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The Sanatorium is at present a financial problem, this also needs illllllebinilfdertocarryonthe sood work. - . ,

It is encouraging to report that our members are bravely rowing the Mat- They have not allowed the work or the interest of Home and country to drift. ~

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that tutes were often delns in the sch work which incurs be the duty of the trustees. ‘

Out of the questionnaires sent to outrun. or nee been slimm- lndtheseshowedt-hatltliv ofthe children who were attending the schools represented had defective vision. Help of the needy was a phase of work in which reports were frequently made.

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sick but also to those in need of the many every day neousities.‘ ’I‘hls work is not always measured in del- lars andcents but at the same time it is perhaps one of the moat prac- tical and worth while activities of the organisation. In addition to this help. donations to hospitals. or- phanages and such charitable lush-- tutions amounted to 81.828.

From July 10th to October 14th,

poultry raising and eo-cperative marketing. I do not think our Wo- men's Institute can do better than encourage co-operative marketing while co-operation in tlis many ways w, have had it may not be ‘perfect, may have its flaws, still if we are to have a larger and better

At the afternoon swim Dr- mean the saving of hundreds of Macmillan. Acting Premier and donut;

‘ rrs of advance along these lines. In

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Minister of Public l-‘fealth and Edu- ggflon, I110 IIVO u” Oddffin“ welcome was the first speaker. It we; a great privilege, he stated. i0 i; at the annual convention of e Women's Institutes. Ind it VII ggmstplcasureonbehalfcfthe‘ Government and on his own behalf to extend te them a hearty Wel- come to the city, and to the new Prince of Wales College for the first time- Dr. MscMillan expressed the con. fident assurance that the Institutes would continue to have the mark-

The speaker gave the assurance that there would be no discrimin- ation against the rank and file of tbs gtudents, who wished to enter the teaching profession.

It was necessary to make the fourth year pay for iiself. and not make it a burden upon people who were not. interested in'thc work. An attempt was being made to strengthen the Teacher Training course. Professors Shaw and Duchemin were at fllg present time

ed success in the future which taking summer post-graduate [hey had in the past. He regretted sour-m,

merry the continued illness of

Premier Stewart, whose condition Ififli" flashers’ Age Limit

was still unfavourable.

At the last session of the Legis- lature, the speaker had made the promise, which he now repeated, that he would give the women anything within reason, as he be- lieved that the interests of the women were bound up in public health. education, child welfare, and allied work, and that they were always the strongest support-

Dr. MacMillan stated that it seemed the time had come when the age limit for teachers should be raised. At the present time there was a double supply of teachers in the province, and there was all kinda of trouble in districts. Bo- tween 00 and ‘l5 applications for licenses from students sixteen years of age had been turned down by the Department. The limit bylaw was seventeera-It should be eight- eeifor as it is in Nova Scotia nineteen. Many applications had been received to have teachers teach in their home schools. Such an action was an attempt to sacri- fice the school for the benefit of one individual.

It was impossible to makeeducs- tionsl advances in that manner. The Department was endeavouring to uphold what was best for edu- cation in the Province.

lhat statement he had been saying that he would do what he could to . the greatest friends of educa-

and public health, and he would say it again.

Since the last annual meeting things had transpired which, must. have been of great satisfaction to mothers whosachildrcn cams to Normal School. It had been said that the new college was too ox- pensive, but the speaker was quite satisfied to let the WOIIIOg pass judgment on the building.

Dr. Fitsgcrald of Toronto Medic- al School had been loud in praise of the laboratories. which were so necessary in modern educational life. The Department of Education had in mind the providing of mean! to help young people make a success in the race of life.

The speaker invited the ladies to go through the building and ex- amine it for themselves. Why should not the splendid staff be given a fine building to work in with the children of the Province, he asked. Why should not some money be spent on "educati when m? the last few years large

ts were spent on roads, thou he was not criticising the road policies. Which the more important. to save lives which could be saved or to provide paved' highways, the health and welfareeration to the ‘sanatoriinn, and u. of the people or; material things. pressed thanks to those who had In the basement the visitors would "responded. $18,000 had been requir- sec the beginning of the new Pro- *' ed from the Govfrnment to support vinoial Library. A year ago the Wo- l thg institution. He described in men's Institutes had made a recom- l some detail conditions obtaining in mendation for the advancement of the maintenance of the sanatorium. interest in literature. In the new Mrs. George Martin. New Perth, library any book desired would be expressed the thanks of the Wo- either immediately available or‘ men's Institutes to the speaker. The could be provided. Before the three province was fortunate in having ‘Pear demonstration was up a large such a man as Dr. MacMlllan at number of books would be svail- the head of the Government during able. Miss Batcson, the librarian. the regrettable illness of Premier

would have an opportunity of Stewart. speaking to the ladies either in convention or at the local centres. Satlsf ‘- was expressed by the lPealoer Hoarding the Library School. which new had an enrol- ment of 40, and which was at present fiurctioning in the college. was the second time in the his- of McCill Library School that

Dental Work

At the instigation of the Wo- men's Institutes a vote of $1,000 was passed attire last session of the Legislature for dental work. Th; whole province must be con- sidered in the matter. The districts had been asked to express approv- al or disapproval and asked to contribute a small sum of money. Out of 808 schools, only 188 had answered. 00 wars favourable and 30 were unfavourable. The plan suggested had been that a canto-e should be established for every four or five districts. 'I'hs plan did not appear possible. While the Wo- men's Institutes were favourable, the districts appeared indifferent Last year the speaker had asked that Institutes give special consid-

Ollild Welfare

Mrs. Allen Wyand. Cavendish. Provincial Convener on Child Wel- fare, presented her report on the subject. In openinl Ihe suggested that the answers for each ques- tionnaire should be the subject for it hadlleft the precincts of Mcnt- discussion at a meeting during the real. winter. The questionnaires showed

Only about 00$ of the children had been racoinated. Al Nil-MI the dental clinics-Jill's. Wrens out- lined the history of the work. Dr. MacMillaira department had begun to render financial assistance. The Institutes were requested to raise $1,000. equal to the amount offered by the Government.

E -‘ Ark and Handicraft

"Arts and handicraft in Rural Canada" was the subject oi an in- teresting address by Col. Bovey, lecturer under the Library Insti- tute. In opening he pointed out

' that there would be ' probably a nsndency for the people to seek

country life in the future due to the decreasing amount of labour required in mechanized industry. Rapid communication, radio, aero- planes, television, would make rur- al life more complete. University courses would probably provide courses for young men and young women whose lot would be country ‘life. The aim of education was to add to the happiness of life.

The speaker who was assisted by Miss nuili muni- then dealt with Cauadi handicraft and arts dis- playing typlcal e nrples. Such work might well take up the surplus time of thc individual whose work was being done more and more by machine, Utility and pleasure would be the rewards.

Following was the nominating aiommittce appointed:

Queen's County, Mrs. Win. Match. Mrs. Edgar Hearts, Mrs. W. J. Mutch; Prince County, Mrs. Jss. Forbes. Miss Helen Gallant, Mrs. Gee. Searsto: Kings County, Mrs. Geo. Martin, Miss Celia McDonald, Mrs. Lelacheur.

Following was the resolutions committee: Mrs. Sterling McKay. ‘Mrs. Archie MeFarlane. Miss Julia Carver, Mrs. Frank Cutcliffe, Mrs. Merrill Stewart, Mrs. Buchsnnnn.

Evening SQssIon

1n extending the welcome of the city to the delegates, His Worship Mayor Stewart stated that he was glad to attend the Women's Insti- tute Convention, and to extend a most cordial welcome. ,'I'here were 260 Institutes with 4,000 members

in_ fllg Province. Last year l'l in- stitutes had bseri added to the

number. A tremendous advance had been made during the twenty years of history in facilities. The speaker was glad to see that the Institutes were taking an interest in public health. The women could have the satisfaction of leading the way in the elimination of disease. Hehoped that they would go on from one success to another till they had srflllillcd with "all the problems in the life of the Prov- ince. g Mrs. James Forbes replied to the Mayor's address. stating that while the women were availing them- selves of the hospitality of the city. their chief object of meeting was for work and interchange of ideas.

President's Report

llldlowing is the president's re- port presented at the evening aes- aion by lvlrs. S. J. Rose: ‘ when we met in convention last year we little reclined that it would

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be our ' to ind our ‘Ilenth Annual Convention in the new Prince of Wales College Hail. A college where another year has been added to the course in order to educate our young people to take their part in the modifies of all that is for the betterment of humanity. ‘me dark clouds of de- passion unrest and. uncertainty still obscure the sunshine of hap- piness and prosperity, but we have hopes that the many great stator men now in Ilondon. attending the Economic f‘ fsmence, may be led byDivinewisdomsoastocaussa fewraysoflighttoshinethrough. We in our rural limes have much tobethsnkfulfoialfwehavenot as much money as usual, we have a sense of security and enjoy the loving fellowship of our friends and neighbors. ‘

Wehavealovclylpotto dwell on, a land where God tempers the windonallocoasionaLetiaasW. I members do our part in making itabetterplleetolive. Let in help to educate our ywfld P00?" by organising. Younl’ Pee?!" seeieuit. debating clubs. study poops, girls clubs. etc. Let us take advantage of the wonderful Lib- my that Andrew Carnedie m“!!! Ins made Wilde for P. S. I. to enlvy.

Our schools need our attention even more than in the plli- Ill‘- us do what we can to help in every way to make our schools comfort.-

Prea. said in Winnipeg, as she WI-l presented with her life mem- Wlhiil badse. I will return to my 113316 Institute in the country. There is where the real work is being done.

Iwiditotliankyouallforyour loyal support while I acted as your President and .for your kindness in milking it possible for me to at- tend the F. W. I. C. held in Winni- peg. I feel that I have been greatly rewarded for gmy efforts to help with the. W. I. work, and I ask you all to kindly help my successor to make the 1985‘ Biennial Conven- tion to be held in Charlottetown a success. In conclusion I will add s short poem by Biricklan Gllllln the words of which we as W. I. mem- bers have proved that P. F. I. ought to be fine because we live here.

A garden. a perfect mosaic, deep green, 'gainst the blackest of

loam,

Spread out near a little log cabin- obscure but immaculate home!

I paused to admire-who could help it? the weedless ex- panse near the door, , r

Where, pleased with my pleasurcd inspection, stood a “mam- my" years that are yore.

"‘A beautiful garden" I ventured,

She cupped a brown hand to her car, ‘

‘iFlne garden" I shdliyl

"It ought’ to be’ fine! I live here!"

I went on my way with n sorrow as great as I ever had heard.

'I‘he highest paid preacher exist- ent could never have added a

shouted. Olh

the tiniest‘ spot of the earth To see the place be inhabits-the work, brain or fingers gave Stood'pcrfect' as o'er he could make lt-dear God, what a differ- ent sphere! Let us boiow

d “It ought to be fine-I live here!" ' Nesta C. Rose.

our motto from

SUPERVISORS REPORT

Miss Halberd in submitting her

report said in part;

We welcome to our organization seventeen new branches organized since last July at Riverside, Anglo Tignish, Peter-villa, Sea. Cow Pond, Southwest, Kilmuir, Mt. Royal, Har- per Road, Central Kildare, Bristol Lot 40, Albion Cross, West Devon, Duvar, Howlan, St. Peter's Harbor, South Kildare and Bradalbane Vil-

Our nistitutes now’ number 257 branches with a membership of 4,- 000 members.

The annual reports received from 228 branches give evidence of the loyal support which institutes con- tinue to give to the work and up- building of our province in general. The total amount expended by in- stitutos for various purposes amounts to 014.077.. School improvements have been made to the amount of $4.683 including improvements of every kind from cleaning and paint- ing the interior of the school in some cases to the erection of new buildings in other oases. Improve- ment in general cleanliness and tid- incss is a. very notable factor in dis- tricts where institute b-anches are established.

School fairs have also been aided and prises and donations amounting ‘to some two hundred dollars have helped to encourage the boys and girls in this work.

The greatest help, however, that can be given to these young people is the encouragement of honest competition in thc preparation of their exhibits._

Besides the help given to schools in the districts other community im- provements have been made a- mounting to over 04,000 on halls, public grounds, streets, etc. The en- couragement of clean sport through such means as the erection and up- keep of play gmllnds, skating rinks and tennis courts, the assistance of hockey teams, and the formation of debating and other intellectual clubs has done a great deal for the young people of the various communities.

Libraries have been established in the greater number of districts for some time past while each year oth- era all added to the number. These will all greatly appreciate the help which they will receive through the new library system. and we are glad to have Miss Bateson, wno is the librarian in charge, ‘address our meeting. Miss Satcscn will explain the ‘many different types of litera- ture which may bs secured and also

how the books are to be distributed

to the different centres. Community work would not be

complete, without some mention of

the kindnsmaodaympatny shown

Were every human who oumhers"

fifteen district conventions were held thrfliltb. which Miss Maclidillan and I came in touch with 188 branches. This year it was thought advisable to divide some of the larger conven- tion groups so that branchea would find it easier to reach thc centre of their group and thus induce greater attendance. So far this plan has proved very successful and in every case where a division was made at- tendance had a marked ‘ reasc which greatly exceeded that. of for- mer years. During the month of J1me just past ten district conven- tions comprising ‘19 branches have been held. '

Two meetings of the Provincial Executive. one called in February and another in April did not mater- ialize on account of the ‘prevalence of flu and unsatisfactory weather conditions.

On May 3rd a meeting was held to discuss an exhibit for the Biennial Convention and at this meeting plans and dates for our present Con- vention were discussed.

A motion, whereby only properly authorized delegates or their substi- tutes and thc Executive should henceforth be recognized as voters at the annual convention was’ pas- sed at this meeting. Dental clinics were also discussed and Hon. Dr. MaoMillan was requested to proceed with the organization as he saw fit.

On June 23rd another meeting was held to complete plans for the con- vention: At this meeting girls’ clubs and the liaison committee of Rural Women's Organizations were dis- cussed. A motionawas passed that the Prince Edward Island Women's Institute join the liaison committee.

One three weeks‘ Short Course in

February and March in the new quarters in the college.

The Day Classes were attended by twenty girls. Daily classes were scheduled for cooking. sewing, mil- linery, handicraft, and home nurs- ing, as well as lectures in nutri- _t.ion andpther subjects.

Another feature of the course was a visit to Stewart's Bakery and Stems Steam Laundry.

The course was brought to a close by the students serving afternoon tea‘ to their friends and members of

‘the Government. The work accom-

plished in the sewing, handicraft and millinery classes was on dis- play, as well as Certificates granted for Home Nursing. These made an exceedingly good showing.

During the same time two night classes in cooking were conducted, attended by forty-five women and girls of Charlottetown.

The Handicraft Exchange was carried on from June to September at the Tourist Association, under the management of Mrs. MacFad- yen, and $650 was realized by the sale of rugs.

In August the Women's Institute Booth at the Provincial Exhibition demonstrated the importance of a well prepared School Lunch.

We were especially pleased to note the keen interest taken by the school children in this demonstration, and were rewarded by finding that, a large number of School Lunches ex- hibited at the Central School Fair showed many of the ideas conveyed by the School Lunch Demonstration Booth.

During September our time was given over to. Judging at the

Georgetown, Scuris, Alberton and

Egmont Bay Exhibitions and the Central School Puir in Charlotte- town. *

l Reference was then made to the Institute News, four publications having been issued.

Report 0n I gislation

Mrs. J. A. MacDonald said that ire on legislation was

Al

the responded to by 80 branches, 23 have done nothing in the line of study,

but the others are anxious to take up the study of public health. Five branches studied the findings of the Hague Conference respecting thc nationality of married women, two the provisions for our juvenile de-

linquents. Only one has asked for information regarding thc making

of wills, succession duties, etc. Mrs. MacDonald than submitted some interesting facts concerning

the subject of wills and the general law concerning the administration of estates.

Agriculture Report

The following report on Agricul- ture was presented by Mrs. Alliston MacMillan, convenes:

I have the honor to present to you this i088 convention now in session the report on agriculture in connection with our Institute work on Prince Edward Island.

It seems to me the reports sent in by the various Institutes all sound-

Home Economics was heldduring-

worthy movement, and I am sure we have read wtili pleasure the creditable recognition our calf club members have received in the province and under provincial judging 25 institutes have given as- sistance to school fairs.

‘Institutes today as in the past are interested in community im- pd vemen‘, planting of trees, rub- bish cleaned up, school gardens at.- tcnded to, school signs, flag poles erected, etc. '79 Institutes reported growing small fruits and vegetables for home use, while 92 showed an interest in growing flowers. 10d In- stltutcs have had some phase of agriculture at some of theirmeet- ings. Many have assisted with Arbor Day celebration.