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The President’s Corner Mrs. Austin 5. Zoel- Ier, President, the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario. Springtime. new freedoms. sunshine. green grass. seed-time. and the excitement of another season. and for me, my first challenge. the semi-annual board meeting completed. Eight hoard directors have completed their terms. To these women I say “thank you.” We sat on the hoard together. learned to know one another: and all too soon the term was completed. and next [all there will be eight more new faces. Probably this is part of our success in Wom- en's Institute that there is a continual change of olIicers, change of ideas, thinking, and enâ€" thusiasm. Ot’ficcrs’ Conference. too. is over and our reading of the evaluation sheets is to begin. I have hurriedly looked through them, most anxious to know the delegates‘ reactions. but serious consideration must be given to their thoughts, requests, constructive criticism and ideas. A tall, tall stack of evaluation sheets is on my desk and I sit and let my mind wander. and the word evaluation catches my eye. This word has a great deal of scope and depth and can be quite meaningful, I find my- self evaluating and appraising myself â€" I know my strength and weakness. and you know yours. We need both strength and weakness in our characters. for if we were all strength to whom would we turn: what would be left in life if we were never dependent or independent? There is no shame in admitting we do not know or we want to talk things over. This should enrich our lives to know we have some- one to turn to. This does not show weakness but an inner quality only recognized when we seek our friends‘ advice or share a thought. Evaluation goes far beyond an assessment or judgment of ourselves. Time plays an imâ€" portant part in our lives. We either do not have enough time or we can‘t take time; we use time as an excuse. We all know time is money and time is priceless and yet some times we waste it. For some. time flies. and for others time hangs heavy. This is a part of our lives we neither tsell, buy nor lend; this is ours to do with as we choose. Do we evaluate time as an essential part 1 our lives? The most important part of our tin is that which is spent with our families being a homemaker. The formative years at our children somehow reappear as memoir. as the children grow up and have homes , their own. Do we take into consideration the energy \burn tip outside our homes? Do we balant. our lives with work and play? Have we learnu to relax? There are so many ways to become more complete person “- learn a new hobh take a course. learn a craft. read a book. At you interested in your local government? D you understand the county school board- What does area government mean to you? D you understand the pros and cons of the gut eral farm organization? k Some of your time away from home is spot at Women’s Institute meetings. Did you en stop to evaluate your branch meeting. especiu ly the part you play and your participatioi. We gain as much as we give. Three years fro! now it will be 1972 and we’ll all be three yea. older. Did you ever stop to think you‘ll ['- three years older regardless? If you sit and d nothing. you'll still be three years older. x why not learn that new craft or project you energies toward learning more about the worl- around us. I visited a lady in a nursing hom lately who recently celebrated her hundredt‘ birthday; she was busy making bias bindin for aprons for this year's convention. to h sold at the gift stall. As she was sewing thr. bias on the sewing machine. she looked u; with a twinkle in her eye and said. “You knov I learned this trick when I was eighty and ' surely would surprise that slip of a young git who taught me this at the Women’s Institun course if she could see me today." Doesn‘t tha prove something? Learn all you can. take ad vantage of every opportunity; you never knov when you will use it. (Continued on page 5- * ir * LIVE AND HELP LIVE By Edwin Markham "Live and let live!“ was the call of the Old* The call of the world when the world was coldâ€" The call of men when they pulled apartâ€" The call of the race with a chill on the heart. But “Live and help live!” is the cry of the Newâ€"- The cry of the world with the Dream shining throughâ€" The cry of the Brother World rising to birthâ€" The cry of the Christ for a Comrade-like earth. '1: i * HOME AND COUNTRY