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4 H CONFERENCE The University of Guelph provided. the meeting place for ISS 4â€"H Homemaking Club girls attending the annual 4-H Girls‘ Conference. ‘ _ A high percentage of those attendinghad achieved provincial honours. and all were enthusiastic and eaâ€" gcr to enjoy campus facilities and contribute as much as possible to make the days together a success. The Conference planning under the direction of the Supervisor of Junior Extension. Mrs. Margaret Woof. the Regional Supervisors and County Home Economists afforded opportunities to meet new girls. and learn from the specialists. _ _ A former Supervisor of Junior Extenstoni Miss Jean Scott. provided the “extra incentive" in her keyâ€" note "Horizons" address to set the mood and pace for the days ahead. _ In her opening remarks she said. "I hope this Conâ€" ference will help you to not only enjoy the wonders of today but to catch a vision of what lies beyond your I976 horizon." In the next twenty years you and others of this generation will be the leaders. Looming large on your horizon. is the choosing of a career. It is natural for all of us to want to perform useful and satisfying work. Something which makes use of our special talents and abilities. and something where we can enjoy a sense of achievement and feel we are building for the future. When Choosing a career. we first need a VlStOl'l of what we wish to accomplish. a sense of purpose end ahling the attainment and then plans to make our vi- sion and purpose come true. Now is the time to plan. Work alone is not satisfying. we all need divcr~ sification. including play and recreation. Dr. Wilder Fenfield once said this is an age of leisure but we should strive to make it an age ofopportunity. lfthis is so. then leisure is opportunity for cultureâ€"culture of the mind and body. "A disciplined mind and a good character can be had only by the person who is willing to pay the price for them.“ FITNESS FOR LIVING A session was spent with Dr. Brian Wilson. Depart- ment of Human Kinetics. Guelph. who said basi- callyiHuman Kinetics is the analysis of human movement front all aspectswmovement in totality. Weight itself is not the important variable to measure. more importantly is the percentage of body fat. A measure of fitness comes about through the en- couragement of participation. exercise combined with a proper diet. lfyou want to lose fat don’t take it off in a hurry but look at a year’s programme. the diet most be kept constant. Loss of weight should come from both components muscle and fat. The group then moved to the gym with Mrs. Ann Stallman for an exercise period. The workout quickly showed each delegate‘s level of fitness. CAREER HORIZONS Lori .locus, 21 graduate of Child and Family Stud- ies. University of Guelph, whose career was in the field of co-ordinator of childhood education and Su- pervisor ofDay Care Centres, enjoyed the challenge of working with young children. Day Care is becoming 18 increasingly more important because of workin mothers, and careers are experiencing expanding lttiri. was too. The areas of work could include work-in with handicapped. mentally and emotionally uptcl play therapists in hospital. case workers, conglan etc. She told of personal experiences in her own yum-d career. and now looking back, found it most Satisfy in g L to be a woman, to have a professional career, wife 4!le now expectant mother. Panel Moderatorâ€"Mrs. Betty Obokara. Jill Vamell, also a graduate of Universit: Guelph. former County Home Economist. wife mother. has a strrong involvement in community tivities. Her philosophy on homemaking. is man should be a partnership, responsibilities in the li should be shared and you should prepare yoursel all occasionsâ€"marriage. motherhood. career . housewife. You have to like yourself, and be yOlJt to become an important person. Life is a lot of 5: things rolled up to make one big thing. For her- dren, most important of all she wants them to lean accept responsibility so they can better cope when : leave home. Christine Silverberg is a graduate of York Ul'l‘i sity in Sociology and Political Science. A policewo; now a constable working with the Mississauga Pi Force. The 29 women on the force work in all a and she feels if a woman is suited for the job thei no reason why she could not become a law enfoi ment officer. Many jobs are available, general put fraud squad. finger printing. the field seems to opening up with more and more women joining. Women do have to be versatile. for indeed it- are some gory aspects encountered. She feels man} programmes overplay and glamourize the force. Mrs. Silverberg feels she is accepted by the ob othcers. not because she is or is not a woman, inst: for her “worth” as an ofiieer. PROTEIN OF THE FUTURE The experts. Dr. N. C. Stoskopf. and Dr. 1. Stone. both from the University of Guelph. deba' whether people can be fed properly with only anh- protein or plant protein. Dr. J. C. Rennie. from Ministry ongriculture and Food. acted as moderalt . Dr. Stoskopf opened on the defense of plant pi tein with the question of land use. Whether in t years ahead the land can support grazing cattle. gm tng grains. and still have enough space for future it 131g. Cont’d page 7