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_e Canadian Government has conferred a ctive honour on Miss Irene McBride of ntario Women's Institute Branch in the d of a fellowship to study Psychology in etherlands. is is one of nine fellowships awarded by tDepartment of External Affairs this year lfinanced from Canada’s unused credits ance and the Netherlands. The fellowâ€" are for advanced study in the arts, anities, social sciences and professions, and intended to give Canadian men and a en of proven ability an opportunity to d a year abroad in Whatever study they will be of most benefit professionally. ss McBride is well qualified by ability, ing and experience to benefit from this rtunity. In 1928 she received an Honours helor of Arts degree in Philosophy and use of aptitude and high standing was ointed to the staff of the Psychology Deâ€" ent of the University of Toronto. In 0 she took her Master of Arts degree in 'hology and with further work at the versities of Toronto and Chicago she has ileted all the necessary course require a 5 toward a PhD. Her practical experiâ€" ' includes work as psychologist with an tario Mental Hospital and travelling Mental 7‘ th Clinic; several years as senior psyâ€" logist with the Division of Mental Hygiene the Toronto Department of Public Health, rvising the psychological work in the city '55 McBride joined the staff of the at present is Supervisor of Extension 1k in Psychology, specializing in child dy, family relationships and mental health. la ,tario Women’s Institute women who have ‘ e to know MiSs McBride's work will look ward to her return to this field. Institute Branch wilh their puppels; Mrs. Mrs, Worker, Mrs. Willing and Mrs. Know-all, Mrs. George Kerr, ol eightyJour still active in the Fall- brook lnslllule, South Lonark. A PioneeruStill Active Mrs. J. R. Geddes of South Lanark sends us this tribute to the district's oldest active member. and a life member of Fallbrook Branch, Mrs. George Kerr, aged eightyâ€"four: "Through Mrs. Kerr's influence, Fallbrook organized an Institute in 1919. (The Institute was organized by Mrs. Alfred Watt. assisted by Mrs. Fowler of Perth.) Since then Mrs. Kerr has held all officcs in the branch, and has been district president, district secretary and district convener, "Mrs. Kerr has been almost entirely re- sponsible for the Fallbrook Tweedsmuir I-lisâ€" tory. She has given time and energy to the promotion of Girls’ Homemaking Club work in her village. She had the drive that resulted in getting things done for the community such as the purchase of two acres of land and a hall for Women’s Institute meetings. “Mrs. Kerr is 84 years old, At the Ottawa Convention last year she was asked to speak, and she spoke remarkably well, telling us that she enjoyed life, especially Women’s Institute work, and that at Christmas time she had played the church organ in the absence of the organist. “At the Fallbrook July meeting Mrs, Kerr gave a paper that she had prepared herself. It put some of our younger members to shame. A wonderful and uplifting paper for older and discouraged people, it carried the thought that one is never too old to begin new ventures, and gave a list of prominent men and women who began illustrious careers at seventy." 1|