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The Tenth Officers9 Conference was the theme of the tenth annual Women’s Institute officers' conference held at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, on May 8 and 9. Speaking on this theme, Mrs. James Haggerty, President of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario said: THE CHALLENGE OF TOMORROW" “Any organization which is successful and progressive looks forward with dreams and visions of possibilities for the future. Every year that passes reveals more aspects of eduâ€" cation, of opportunities for expansmn, more frontiers of knowledge to be explored. These are all challenges of tomorrow and are inâ€" centives for broader programmes of study, action based upon our studies and ability to meet challenges that come to us suddenly and without warning. Women's Institutes need not desert their early aims and objectives to build such a programme. Our branches still render many 7 services in their own communities, find that there is still much to learn about home- making, housekeeping and business manage- ment of the homes; but as modern living has drawn communities, provinces and nations more clOsely together, just so have the affairs and welfare of all these places become our interest and concern, “ ‘World Peace and World Safety are every- one's responsibility.‘ These words were spokâ€" en by the Hon. Lester Pearson, and he went on to say that no matter in what walk of life we live, each one of us has a contribution to make toward World Peace. The first step is to learn to live peaceably with our families, friends and communities. “One of the main detriments to World Peace is insecurity, and insecurity creates fear and fear leads to danger. Unless people can feel safe they live in constant fear. In this land of plenty of ours, safety means something different to us than it does in many other lands. Our safety is threatened by hazards which in many cases could be prevented quite easily. There are home, farm, highway, water. industrial and many other accidents that need not happen if reasonable care were taken. These are challenges for Women’s Institutes to accept. We must try to plan a programme to deal with these problems. “In many other countries the situation is different and the people have never known the feeling of safety and security, of adequate food, clothing, warmth, laws to protect their very existence. Many of their lives have been constantly threatened by war and instruments of war, by being driven from their homes, separated from their families. With no safety anywhere, with constant fears haunting them, can we expect world peace while such condi- tions must? 4 “These are some ‘frontiers of know that we must explore. We cannot this eyes and hearts to the sufferings, curity of part of the world. ledge’ 0 our “IF: inse. "Women‘s Institutes always rise 1,, ,h occasion as far as possible to meet Cll'lllfllig; from other countries. This past ymr the; have been called upon to respond ,., ,w, projects especially. The contribut; ‘lS f0;- Layettes to Arab Refugee Babies anl puu_ over Sweaters for Korean boys and a. been wonderful, and show thatâ€" hearts and hands go out in a mate to children of any land. “When the Lanka Mahila Samiti rt Milo“ appealed to the Women’s Institutes 0' inada for relief following the devastatir Hoods there. I hesitated to write to the big: «‘5 to ask for more funds when they had at l‘,’ 50 many demands, so I made the app [.5 a purely voluntary one, and what a r tinsel The cheques simply poured in. All i: l the branches contributed $4,047.87. “It has been almost definitely do. that the floods in Ceylon were due of soil conservation and forestatio: goes to prove that our study here in on Soil Conservation is a sound (- study and is a safety measure as we ' have i-men’s | way “While help to other countries is a project, there is a challenge to be home. EVEI'y Institute member has 2.11 tion to her own organization at the levels. If we fail to carry out our ClLll at home we shall be in no position 1 other people. Contributions to the ' project are coming in satisfactorii is the additional donation per mEI' carry on our own work. I hope tli. branch will accept this project as a l' bility. The project does not close on tember 30. “The new F.W.I.O. office is a step : and I hope each one of you will be visit it sometime. We are indeed gram the Department of Agriculture for pi us with beautiful quarters, and We ioying working under such condition your help we are putting forth our bes, to set up policies and administer the l in a manner that will best meet the n today and shape the things to come world tomorrow.” The Challenge of Change Welcoming the delegates to the Colic -. the President, Dr. J. D. MacLachlan said there were two reasons Why he is always hv inn" ['3‘ welcome Institute women to the campU first» the admiration he has for the Institute abjec- HOME AND COUNTRY