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Citizenship and Education _ Mrs. D. H. Hart, converter of Citizenship-and Education said that the keynote of good Citizen- ship is kindness â€"* “not the superficial smileâ€" forâ€"everyone kindness, but a deep-rooted concern that reaches down to the causes of anothers need and seeks to remove the cause as well as to fill the need.” _ From the reports this year. the convener said, she had noted “a perceptible upswing in the quality of programmes and projects in both cm- zenship and education." Following are a few of the features quoted: Roll Calls on Citizenship: “One way I can show my appreciation for the privilege of Cana- dian citizenship". “One step I can take with my child toward world peace“, “What my community needs from its young people", "The Oath of AllegianCe“. On Education: "What I read for education“, “What I have done to further my education since leaving school", “A change 1 would like to see in the school curriculum". “Should we have women on the school board and why?" Mottoes: 0n Citizenship: “Homes are green houses where the plants of citizenship are started”. “The family still is the central part of society.” On Education: “Education means developing the mind, not stuffing the memory", “Are we less educated than people were twenty years ago?“ Papers. Talks. Panel Discussions â€" On Citi- zenship: “Foster Parent Plan“, "Canada's debt to immigrant women“, “What causes prejudice and what can we do to remedy it?", “Procedure of naturalization of aliens", “Eskimo Ancestry“ and the film "Eskimos of Baffin Island", “Indian Lore". “Hidden taxes. wills, succession duties, estates". On Education: “Special education, viz. for the retarded and the gifted", “How best to help the slow child in the average school", “Edu- cation for what?“, “Must schools be palaces?" â€"dealing with communities being taxed to supâ€" port properties that are out of pr0portion to the need or to the incomes. There were two topics for debates: "Resolved that the modern school turns out better citizens than the little red school" and “Resolved that human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe". Mrs, Hart suggested that Institutes get in lunch with the Citizenship Branch for help with their citizenship studies. The address is Canadian ( in. zenship Branch, Ottawa. For a workshop of the Citizenship conveners of the district Mr. J M McCullagh. Regional Liaison Officer. Cilnlltilan Citizenship Branch, 120 Queen‘s Ave, Lemon has offered to help. The Board endorsed Mrs. Hart‘s proposal rim the Department of Education be asked for n, up help in providing special itinerant teacher to assist the regular school teachers in teaching rt. ceptional, that is retarded or very gifted child ,n, What those interested especially want right mw is a mobile classroom. a van and a teacher to carry on a pilot project in this special typt if education. Historical Research and Current Events “We cannot see the present clearly witi it knowing the past," said Mrs. Bernard Bro. 1., convener of Historical Research and Cur 1 Events. “As Women‘s Institute members lel .s look forward into the Golden Sixties and _ history as a building-block to make our lmt' and our Institutes instruments for peace." Tlt c items from Mrs. Brooks‘ report may offer St" suggestions for the year's programmes and tivities. along with the regular standard p grammes and practices in this field: Roll Calls: “Name an advantage and a dis. vantage a girl of today has in comparison v. her mother as a girl." “Name a native boy girl who has become prominent in some Oli place.“ “Describe a holiday of your youth a your means of transportation." Mottoes: “Our heritage is a priceless lreasu entrusted to our care.” “Is present progress [1 rapid?” “Great events are taking place in 1? world today. Are you aware of them?" Papers and Talks: Quilts, buttons. needlecra and cooking from the time of the caveman wet discussed. Some other topiCs of special intert- were “Slave days in Upper Canada", “Past an present events of the St. Lawrence seaway", “0t Institute in bygone days“ (given by someone wh can remember the early days). “Women's lnsl tutes in the Yukon and Mackenzie districts" 7 F.W.|t0, Booth at the Royal Winter Fair feolur- ing safety in the home. The award shown reads: “This certificate is award- ed in recognition of lhe achievement of twelve months' sofe living in oil lheir daily pursuits by those who live within the walls of this house." It is signed by the provincial president and the secre- tory of the Federated Women's Institutes of On- iorio. HOME AND COUNI‘RY