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Visiting her son, a student: at the OAC, Guelph, Mrs. Hoodless thought that she had found the right ideal spot. The Ontario Government agreed to provide teachers but it was up to Mrs. Hoodless to find the means to provide a suitable building. She approached Sir William Macdonald, a millionaire from Montreal, with whom she was ac- quainted. He was im- pressed and finally made, financial arrangements for an outright gift of $175,000., for a building for the teaching _ Of Home Economics. This building opened in 1903 and was given the name of Macdon- ald Institute. Here Mrs. Hoodless was, for a time, a a part time lecturer and for many years her portrait hung in the foyer: - - ' Pursuing her crusdiie TG. the teaching of Home Economics in schools, Ade- laide Hoodless was instru- mental in having classes set up in the Hamilton YWCA Building. The classes soon outgrew the space available and Mrs. Hoodless began to look for a suitable building. There was also a growing need for teachers for this subject. A , Iff 1964 whén the facili- ties of Macdonald Institute ioned and limited the Ontario Women , sJnstitutes pledged to raise $50,000. to assist with expansion. The money was raised for the 75th Anniversary in 1972 of the founding of the first W.I. in the world, but the government, who had pro- mised to provide a per- centage for every dollar raised by the W.I., was then in a restraint program and the facilities have not been expanded as yet. The department now at the University is called College of Family and Consumer Studies. The Ontario Women's Institute! Almost from the very beginning the Women's Institutes took an active part in education in the community. Branches near the local schools were interested in upgrading the facilities that the small country schools provided. Early records tell of the Institutes providing water pails, drinking cups, first aid kits, hot lunch supplies, library books, playground equipment, even an organ or a piano. In fact the W.I. first promoted, the medical inspection and teaching of music m public schools, and were responsible for these. The health of the chil- dren was one of the first things the Institutes stud- ied naturally. They got bulletins from the Health Department on Infant Mor- tality, Contagious . Diseases and about. the health of mothers and babies, often distributing these bulletins around the neighbourhood. Here and there the Insti- tutes battled with school boards to get permission to. have a doctor come in to examine the children. The doctors were sometimes provided by the local Institute Branch. The in- stitutes pioneered the teaching of music in schools. Sometimes when the school board felt that it could not stand the cost of a music supervisor, the local Institute agreed to look after her transportation if (antinged .From Page 22) r.,_hsytutes in aNy1ritr,n the board salary. would pay her Ontario promoted travell- ing dental clinics. Many branches supplied milk and cod liver oil to their schools. Some branches gave as- sistance in an immunization programme for school children. In later years, Branches have been re- sponsible for a crusade to give retarded and handi- capped children ‘a chance at school. If the Branches did not provide these innova- tions themselves they put organized pressure on_the local school trustees to upgrade the facilities. With changes in the educational system, the W.L's urged their members to assist by having principals, teachers, or inspectors speak at meetings explaining- the new curriculum, vocational guidance, new classroom arrangement and such. These programs often end- ed in panel discussions and question periods. In many communities, the W.I. were the first to provide. library services. Members Often acted as librarians and janitbrs. In some cases, the Women's Institutes were the first to raise money to assist in establishing up-to-date li- brary buildings. In 1945, the Provincial Board of the Federated Women's Institutes of On- tario began to plan for a celebration to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the organiza- tion.' A scholarship fund, as a memorial to Mrs. Hood- less and those who laid the foundation of the W.I: was suggested and accepted. Thus it was possible to invest $19,000. in bonds following the-November Board Meetingin 1947, The interest from this invest- ment was to provide five Ontario W.I. Entrance Awards of $100. each for students entering the de- gree course in Home Economics at then Mac- donald Institute at the OAC, Guelph. The scholar- ships were to be, regional, giving students throughout Ontario an equal oppor- tunity to win. Since that time with accrued interest, as many as 25 have been given . some years. With extra .. accumulations the nucleus for additional scholarships such as Dor- othy Futcher and Florence Eadies were set up to honour a former Ontario Wd. President and Miss Eadie whose contribution to juniors and 4-Wers was so great. Also many countries or districts have raised $2,000. which FWIO ad- ministrates and the interest goes back to that county or district tor a scholarship each year. _ International On April 30, 1929, in London, England, there took place an International Conference of Rural Wo.. men , s Organizations. Lady Aberdeen, the wife of a former Giwernor-General of Canada, was Chairman of the meeting with Mrs. Alfred Watt, a former Canadian, and Grefin Mar- garete Keyserlink of Ger- many is Vice Chairman. Twenty-three countries in- cluding Canada were represented. This meeting led to the formation of a new countrywomen’s as- sociation which in' 1930 was formally organized and came to be called the - At the ninth Triennial Conference of the ACWW held in Edinburgh, Scot- land in 1959, a proposal was put' forth that Interna- tional organization should have a Scholarship Pro- gramme' and a resolution was unanimously passed by the Conference. It ‘was decided that this scholar- ship be set up as a Memorial to Lady Aber- deen who had died in 1939. The scholarship was to be used for training women in Associated Country Wo- men of the World. The Ontario Women's Institutes became a Constituent So- ciety of this international body. if feasible from' ACWW funds and enables qualified and voluntary leaders in the field of Home Economics and Rural Community Welfare to study in coun- tries where societies and members will give them all the necessary help in getting insight into the work at hand. The ad- ministrators of the Lady Aberdeen Scholarship usually work closely with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. T ' the field of Home' Econo- mics, Nutrition and Rural Community Welfare. It is financed by voluntary con- tributions from Constituent Societies, individuals and, ‘ ; [Wié’a Carolyn Adams of Denfield, near Lon, don, poses rjfor photographers Wednesday after winning the Miss CNE beauty pageant in Toronto. The CNE opened Wednesday and pontin- ues untirtcatodr Day. (CPR ' The FederatecrWornen's Institutes of Ontario also hate their' own Interna- tional Scholarship, For the 65th anniversary of the first W.I. they raised $50,000., invested and the interest from this money provides generous help for education of young women in the developing countries. The Provincial Board works through United Nations agencies to select recipi-' ents for this Scholarship. In 1966 three young women from the Phillippines re- ceived help for further education in Food Pre.. servation and Nutrition at the training centre for food technology at Mysore, In- dia. In 1968 a sixteen year- old girl from Turkey re- ceived assistance for train- irir to be a nurse midwife in the school of hygiene in Kutahaya, Turkey.