cepted a position where she teaches English and acts as vocational guidance counsellor. Misa Kelman said that as early as Grade XI :1 girl should consult with her teachers about the subiects needed for different courses. Then she has to decide about work she likes and for which she is fitted. To be a good teacher a girl should have an abundance of physical and mental energy and good emotional bal- ance. She must be interested in young peoâ€" ple and should have enough skill in keeping them interested so that she will avoid discipline problems. She must also be willing to do a lot of homework. There is a great demand for high school teachers. Salaries are good and there are special fields such as English. Mathematics. Science, to suit different teach- ers. Mrs. Scott's preparation for nursing inâ€" cluded Grade XIII at high school, three years' training in hospital and one year in University taking Hospital Administration. “Decide on the type of nursing you want to do,“ she said. “Most nurses will continue in a hos pital or a nursing home. The year after grad~ uation is pretty much a learning year too; and it is hoped most hospital courses will soon be reduced to two years. Another way to train for nursing is to take the University course getting hospital training in special peâ€" riods during the four year course.“ Some ad- vantages of the nursing profession, Mrs. Scott said, were that the remuneration is fairly good; the profession otters endless opportunities to travel‘ and it can often be carried on as a On a tour of Mucdonald Institute, girls examine an electric dishwasher, :3: Hon, W, A. Stewart, Ontario Minister at Agricultur and Food, speaks with limits Cosler. At the bonqu. Lindo thanked the University for hospitality and olh. assistance with the conference, part time occupation by a woman after Si is married. There are varied fields for nursin such as outpost hospitals and missionary wor work with the armed services or with ham capped children. Some of the joys of t7 profession are the satisfaction of helping pr; pieâ€"showing a baby to a new motherr if gratitude of an old man when you stop make him more comfortable in the night: 5‘ of course the training is most valuable to woman in taking care of her own family. Mrs. McAllister spoke for the career homemaking. She is the wife of a farm lives on a “century farm" and has three cit dren. fiveâ€"and-avhalf, three-and-a-half and o. and-a-half years old. She is a graduate Macdonald Institute and her husband 21 gr. uate of the Ontario Agricultural College. “enjoy what we think is a rather special r: tionship with our children. partly because It father works at home," she said. The satist tions of homemaking vary with differ women, Mrs. McAllister said. “Being mother, chef. seamstress, gardener, psycht gist and sometimes a policeman is not e. But I hope I am a homemaker. not a hm keeper. Each new baby I brought back h- the hospital meant four more hours of “I a day: but the atmosphere of the home did deteriorate. We have to dispense with so of our standards of gracious living. For eve day we have our meals from the bare to" top instead of from a linen tablecloth; but ‘ do bring our gracious living out of motth occasionally so we don‘t get away from entirely." Mrs. McAllister emphasized the I portance of education in a homemaker. “T practical training at Macdonald Institute useful every day." she said! “An educat" 1161135 a homemaker in family relations. HOME AND COUNT!â€