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leadership abilities and to help people to be creative in their efforts. The Women's Institute in the community must think and plan for people Outside the organization; and the need for what the Women's Institute has to offer is growing." concluded the Director. Mrs. Small introduced Dr. Winegard, the new President of the University. Dr. Winegard welcorned the delegates and Spoke of the long and special interest the Women's Institutes of Ontario have had in the University and espe- cially in Macdonald Institute. Dr. Winegard explained. by using slides, the plans for the expansion of the University facil- ities and invited the delegates to visit some alâ€" ready completed new buildings. The president said that plans for the expansion of Macdon- ald Institute are not yet complete but that the estimated cost of this expansion would be beâ€" tween two and five million dollars. Deans â€" Dr. Margaret McCready. Dr. T. l.. Jones. Dr. M. H. M. MacKinnon. Mr, N. R. Richards were introduced by Dr. Winegard. Dr. McCready. Dean of Macdonald Instiâ€" tute. said. “Macdonald Institute has been be- holden to the Women's Institutes for years for their continuing interest and for the money for scholarships for girls in the Home Economics courses. The seventytifth anniversary project of raising 350.000 for the expansion fund of the Institute will be a tremendous boost to helping Macdonald Institute serve more ade- quately young women who wish to attend the courses offered there. At the moment. there are many more applications from students, hoping to enter Home Economics courses. than the present facilities can serve. "We hope in the future to he more student oriented than we have been. perhaps. in the past. and to encourage better cooperation and understanding between students and faculty. Home Economics is just as important as it ever was. perhaps more important since it has been discovered that there seems to he a definite link between nutrition and the develâ€" opment of mental ability in children. Graduate home economists are finding employment in many areas. such as industry. as well as in teaching." concluded Dr. h'lcCrcady. Dr. Jones, Dean of the Veterinary Comet explained that this College accepts eighty .iu: dents a year but there are twice as many spirit cations. Besides training in the treatment “f sick animals, students are engaged in rese: .jh for the prevention of disease in animals. Vt r ‘1. out healthy animals. research that has restt -d in successful heart surgery, treatment for eases such as diabetes, etc.. could not be . ried out. With increased leisure and increased Ion. ity. companion animals, pets and pleasure mats. horses. are more important; and t! . animals have to be kept healthy. The n‘ , limitation to expanding services at the Vc' nary College is space. Dr. M. R. MacKinnon, Dean of Welling College, Arts and Science, commented on J Donne, the author of the theme of the I“ tieth conference. He said that John Donnt thinker of the sixteenth century, felt that was nearing death and was preparing his n' for this event. People in that century selt realized that they were not just human boo isolated from other human bodies. It camt Donne’s mind that this was not so. “No mat an island, complete unto himself." thon Donne. The purpose of the University i~ liberate men's minds from prejudice. Speal- of the effect that university life is SUPPOSCL‘ have on the lives of young people, Dr. M Kinnon said, “Young people who are scn= University with a good home background training will be tested but not destroyed in t versity." Mr. Richards â€" Dean of the Agricullt School. “Agriculture is the interaction of ence and biology over time in man’s effort~ dominate nature to produce food and cloth for mankind.” There is increasing need to for the application of scientific methods in riculture and niOst changes in agriculture the results of scientific research. Agricultun not only facing problems of production but cial problems. such as the problems that rev ed in the formation of A.R.D.A. * i i' Lady, cheer up: most of our ills blowing loudl‘ ln dreams by night, grow milder when 'tis dat SUPI'IIH Dr. Margaret Nix uddressingl Ihe women at Harcourt Memorial Church. Guelph, Ontario at the Program For Wamen' during Farmer's Week or the University of Guelph. ‘6 HOME AND COUNTR