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Here and There With the Institutes Notes from Secretaries’ “Reports of Meetings” Again we have gathered from the Secretaries’ Reports of Meetings, ideas that we think may carry suggestions or inspiration from one Instit- ute to others. Beware this is our purpose rather than It) ,qive publicity to any branch, it may happen that some a] the Institutes having the he,” programs are not mentioned â€" their topics are already well known and many other ln'unt-hes are studying the same things, such as Making Wills, United Nations. Flower Arrangements. Or in their Community Inter- ei'ti' they ma}I he doing the finest tort of work rut-h as sponsoring girlr' 4â€"H Homemaking Chi/)5 or baby clinics or comnmnity metals or film .rhmvings, or providing first aid kits for .t’t'ltmtlx or smnething for the local hospital or community centre. But there proiects are at) well known that they do not carry a‘ new idea mnl it would he ttSele.t.t to lth all the Institutes involved, Even when we try to avoid repetition it (loev get into the report and this makex tire- some reading, for which we apologize. Still. we hope these ttutes‘ may have something of interext for everyone, The reports are not all reviewed here. The others will be dealt with in the next lune. â€" Editor. Program Features Recommended South Tarentorus had a paper and discus- sion on varieties of apples and their different uses. or Ways of cooking each variety. East Korah had a most cnjoyahlc and edu- cational bus trip to Ottawa. where they sat in on a session of Parliament. saw the Mint, the Archives. the Senate Chamber, the Library and Industrial Farm. Dcsbarats had a talk on "intelligence Test- ing" by the school principal and found it "most enlightening for anyone havng children in school." Five Lakes writes: "Our institute is newly formed and our best feature is enthusiasm which we can recommend to everyone.“ Macl.cnnan invited all the women of all the Institutes in the district to a meeting in the hall where they had a speaker from the Cancer Society Also: "After listening to the W.l. Farm Forum broadcast we felt we should learn more about the education program for our schools: so we plan to have a speaker from the District Board of Education in May." Pnrtlock Royal: "A panel discussion ‘Edu- cation â€" ('amidian versus Russian' A grand- mother told about education in I900. High school today was discussed by a mother bf 30 five high school pupils; public school ted. by a mother of public school pupils. TI‘ fourth member of the panel supported it Russian school system. Our programs next yt- will feature discussions with converters standing committees taking a more active par: Skipness strongly recommends a progra- they had at their family night with two nm from the St. John Ambulance Society spas. ing and giving demonstrations. The schtv children attended and boys served as “p tients" for demonstrations in artificial resin: tion and first aid to accident victims. T; report says: “All our members could not i present but they sent their husbands Lt. school age children.” Purple Grove had an “interesting and ill'lll ing" symposium by members on “Let‘s l‘ First Things First.“ Whitechurch had a panel on Prejudice. I lowed by a discussion for members to l;- part in. Manotick recommends more attention fish on home economics programs. Holtyre had a panel discussion on the ri to vote at the age of eighteen, with adu high school pupils and teachers taking p Wild Rose: a talk and discussion on “t you paSS Ontario’s new driving test?" Laurel had a Hydro worker come and SI‘k on safety, Bethany recommends the film. “Four F.‘ ilies" for programs on Citizenship. Also. member prepared an excellent paper on Hot Furnishings from material procured from 1 Loan Library. Morrish: a talk on fire prevention by local fireman. Hampton had an interesting demonstratii on driftw00d. Middlemarch found the film "The Salt Township Anywhere“ very good. Two olli Institutes were invited to the meeting to ' the film. Wolfe Island found an address by a doc! from the Cancer Clinic at the Kingston (it eral Hoapital very worth while because, m result of it. several members have had CO- plete examinations for cancer detection. Louise had an address by a lawyer warml them not to let a high pressure salesman pr suade them to sign contracts involving lur sums of money. "Due to the information gin one member was able to chase out of 11 immediate community men posing as lncoll Tax collectors." HOME AND COUNTR