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chool Business Administrators’ Association, niversities of Ontario and for the first time e F.W.I.C. I An address by D. Stephen Cory, Director of 'orace Mann-Lincoln Institute of Experi- entation, Chicago, described a plan which ill take some of the control of education 'way from experts and put it into the hands f parents, teachers and pupils. This plan is alled the Co-operative Curriculum Develop- ent. Discussion groups dealt with The Evalua- 'un of pupil's progress and promotion; School ommunity Relations; Curriculum Improve- ents in the Primary, Junior and Inter- ediate Divisions, Providing for pupils capâ€" ble of high academic achievement, Providing or the slow learner; Extra curricular activi~ '95, School Community relations and use of ommunity resources in teaching; The Camp chool; Applying our Knowledge of human .elations and group behaviour to teaching rocedures, Developing the sense of Respon- ibility. Mrs. McPhedran closed her report with ‘Education is being termed ‘big business’ to- ay in Ontario and undoubtedly it is; but it is lso a very great deal more than just big usiness to the mothers in the province, that s to us, who stand for Home and Country. t means moulding our children to be the itizens of tomorrow." Plans for a National Convention Mrs. George'Ridley read the brief which ad been prepared by the F.W.I.C. committee 0 be presented to the Board of the Federated omen’s Institutes of Canada in regard to its ndeavor to establish a National Convention. his brief was the result of a concentrated ffort on the part of the committee which as set up to consider the questionnaire sent ut by the F.W.I.C. The F.W.I.C. Board nanimously agreed that the F.W.I.C. should ttempt to hold a National Convention and he Board commended the F.W.I.C. on this orward step. Mrs. MucPhalter, President F.W.I.C., extreme right pre» sent: Ontario Women's In» sli'lute Awards to five students in the first year of the Degree Course at Mo:- donuld Institute. From left to right the girls are: Sheryl M. Crozier, Cobden; M. Beth Taylor, R.R. #21, Exeter; Vivian A_ M. Hy- I'unds, Cobalt; Margaret U. Fair. R.R. #5, Guelph; M. Pauline Acres, R.R. #1, Britannia Buy. All. 1954 Project for 1955 It was decided that in 1955 the F.W.I.0 will raise money to equip women’s work centres in four villages in Ceylon, under a plan initiated by UNESCO. The cost of each in- dividual centre will be $1,310, a total of $5,240 for the project. Equipment will include sew~ ing machines. cooking ranges and canning equipment for teaching Ceylonese women better housekeeping methods, Women’s Institute in Ceylon will supervise the funcâ€" tioning of these centres. thereby forging a link between the two countries. Representatives to Other Organizations The Board made the following appointments of representatives from F.W.I.O to other organizations; Rural Leadership Forum Council â€" Mrs. D. S. MacNaughton, Navy League of Canadaâ€"Mrs. Gordon MacPhatter, Royal Agricultural Fair~Mrs. Charles Agnew, Children's Film Libraryâ€"Mrs. R. A. Birrell. Ontario Federation of AgriculturesMrs. R. C. Paisley, Conservation Council of Ontarioâ€" Mrs. Stewart McDonald and Mrs. J. C. Thompson, Radio Program Evaluation Coun- cilâ€"Mrs. D. S. MacNaughton. Canadian Cancer Society and Ontario Society for Crippled Chiidrenâ€"Mrs. J. H. McCulloch, On- tario Curriculum DevelopmentkMi's. Peter McPhedran, Community Welfare Council of Ontarioâ€"Mrs. G. Gordon Maynard. Committees Appointed A committee was appointed to study auxili- ary Class work â€" Mrs. W. A. Davidson, Mrs. Douglas Hart and Mrs. Norman Keating. To plan W.I. holidays and conferencesâ€" Mrs. Loren Guild, Mrs. G. MacPhatter, Miss Lewis and Mrs. G. Maynard. F.W.IO. Tent at International Ploughing Match ‘ Mrs. Keith Edwards, Mrs. P. McPhedran. Miss Lewis and Mrs. G. G. Maynard. F.W.I.C. Booth at Royal Winter Fair â€" Mrs. C. AgnewI Mrs. J. H. McCulioch, Miss Lewis and Mrs. G. Burkett. 11