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DR. ETHEL CHAPMAN For her address to the Annual Girls” Con- ference Dr. Ethel Chapman chose the title “To Make Your World A Many Splendoured Thing." She opened her talk by quoting from the poem "The Kingdom of God." by Francts Fhompson. "The angels keep their ancient places;â€" Turn but a stone, and start a wing!â€" ‘Tis you. ‘tis your estranged faces That miss the many splendoured thing." The speaker continued. "The eternal Verifies W goodness. truth and beauty have not perâ€" hth from the earth; they are still here for anyone who wants them. ‘Turn but a stone and start a wing.” Just as when you are walk- ing through the woods your foot hits a stone and a bird llies up from where you least ex- pect it. so some incident in your life may show you that the ‘wings‘. the true values are still in operation sometimes where you least expect them, ' ‘Tis you, ‘tis your estranged faces that miss the many splendoured thing'. If you tttrn away. if the second or third class ways of liVing suit you as well as the first class. then of course you will never know the beauty, the brilliance. the many splendours that go with the best ways." Dr. Chapman warned the girls that one of the hardest facts we have to face is that we have to decide for ourselves the really impor- tant choices of our lives. In all things we choose our own standards, and there isn't much anyone else can do. At the Same time â€" especially if you start when you are young â€" there‘s almost no limit to what you can do. “to make your world a many-splendoured thing." “(‘onsider some ways by which girls can acâ€" complish this." said the speaker. “The areas where a girl can do must for herself are in her vocation or career. in her human relations. The girl herself â€" quoting Bobby Burns, Ilr Chapman said, "She dresses aye sac clean and neat, lioth modest and genteel And then there's something in her gait Makes ony dress look weel." "Your cltth leaders have been telling you â€" that the way you stand and walk and carry \utlrscll can make a $9.95 dreSs look like something from the French room," "Beauty. personality. charm. elegance may gnu grace and sparkle to a girl; but there‘s something above and beyond them all â€" that 11 is character. Our characters are really whu: .. are. Are we honest? Are we dependable? t we the stamina to stand by what we bent... be right even if no one in our crowd A with us? Can we take disappointment? A: compassionate? Have we the capacity to h “The answers to these questions are fin to our characters and character is som. we build for ourselves." “A girl should consider carefully the t which she chooses. She should dream aht Through our careers, our vocational cor tion to society we have a tremendous c to make her world a many splendoured it “Your first experience in human rcl and one that will have a bearing on whole life will be your relations with family. With our own families, one 01 troubles for most people is that the} show their feelings. They want to but haven‘t learned how to give or receive tion. And this may be something a > member needs badly. If we could only It- let ourselves go with our own family!" “The choice of the man whom you \sz ry should be considered carefully. A rul could throw some light on a young character would be to find out: his attittw ward money, his attitude toward God. i action to a crying baby." At the end of her address Dr. Ch.- posed a number of thoughtful questio: the girls to consider. These questions pro a lively discussion with the girls fll around Dr. Chapman later to continue ti sent their problems and hear her wi» kindly answers. THE BANQUET On Thursday evening, the girls. \‘r their prettiest dresses gathered in Cu- Hall for their Conference banquet. Ml» as chairman for the evening welcomed tl. cial guests which included the Honor William A. Stewart, Minister of the ('1 Department of Agriculture and Food ant. Stewart. Other head table guests were Helen McKercher. Director of the Hont nomics Branch of the Ontario Departm. Agriculture and Food, Dr. Ethel Chu- Dr. Janet Wardlaw, dean of Macdonald tute. Mrs, Austin Zoeller, president of th-. crated Women‘s Institutes of Ontarir Branion. assistant to Dr. Winegarden- dent of the University of Guelph, am? Branion: Dr. Elizabeth Waterston ant Douglas Waterston. HOME AND COL