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projects. It has over 7000 people employed in its technical assistance programme through FAO, WHO and UNICEF. “In Canada," said Mrs. Houck, "we have a high standard of living because Canada has rich resources, Six hundred million people in the world have never had a decent meal. And unless UN is successful, the time may come when the hungry people of the world will not beg for food but will demand it. It is our responsibility to see that they have food; only as this is done can we hope to have peace.” Asked what a girl could do to give support to UN, Mrs. Houck replied that she could be- come a member of the United Nations Society by paying the membership fee of $3.00. (The address is 180 Bay Street, Ottawa.) She could study its literature and contribute to its agâ€" encies such as UNESCO and UNICEF. A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY Prof. George W. Brown of the University of Toronto spoke on “Canada’s Century.” “What women think settles a good many questions,” said Prof. Brown “50 it’s important, what women think about Canada. Has it any distinctive qualities? Has Canada a national literature, national music, national cookery, national accent, national style of dress? Or are we a pale imitation of some other country? Do we adopt ‘Rock N’ Roll‘ because the United States does? I think we don’t want an emo- tional nationalism,” the professor said, “but we need some strong feelings of loyalty and patriotism." Prof. Browu suggested some reasons why Canada has significance as a nation. The counâ€" try has a unity in spite of such geographical divisions as the Rocky Mountains and the pro-Cambrian Shield. It has its Transâ€"Canada railways and airways and pipe lines. We have developed political institutions that serve the people very wellâ€"our parliamentary system is developed from Britain but used in Canada it becomes a Canadian institution. Our educa- ~O.A.C. Photo Members of Zion Club, Peterborough County, in Iheir demonstration "Milk, the'Child's Delight." 14 â€"0r-l' mm, Elder's Mills Club, York County, with some Ihe equipment used in their Table Manners skit. I _ : girl With Ihe Wig acts the part of the mother tional system is borrowed partly from m, partly from the United States but it . :Cle. to serve Canada. We have a combine of private and public ownership. We ha m languages and two peoples, Engli.» 1nd Frenchâ€"if we can produce an example .m cultures living peaceably together we x be doing something. “Canada stands for co-operative 1‘ ,3. tionalism and has a distinctive role ir 91‘- national alfairs,” the speaker declared. 91-9 in a strategic positionâ€"almost too st. ;ic geographically. We are in a strategy st tion because of our friendship with eat Britain, the United States and France. A we are in a good position because of Ca ‘ii'S contribution made by Lester Peal-501': "is should contribute to international ef‘fo' ch as the Colombo Plan and Canadians hay an willing to support their government l}, But Prof. Brown suggested that a 1. ‘cr danger to the world than Communism he danger of racial animosity. We have no .31 problem in Canada and our immigratiu il- icy should be planned along lines of .al tolerance. The girls showed such an interest he addresses of Prof. Brown and Mrs. L ck that when they were given an oppoi' 13' to ask questions it was hard to get th ‘15â€" cussion closed. ENTERTAINMENT One of the very entertaining features 7 programme was an address on Canadian ‘. alb- bird calls and bird habits by Stuart le "IP' son, wellâ€"known Canadian ornithologist. '1 He was no question period following this at?. "335 but Mr. Thompson was surrounded i1 crowd of eager questioners when the m? ’1”? was over. di- The “Parade of Fashionâ€"1897 to 1957 H named by Mrs. E. V. Thompsonâ€"the i in? HOME AND COUNTRY