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Special Programs and Projects A Note to PRO’s The purpose of this Special Programs and Projects section is to give Public Relations Officers (1 spot in Home and Country where they can tell all the Institutes of the province about anything done in their own Institute which might offer a suggestion to other branches. As we have explained in previous issues, we cannot give space to routine reports of meet- ings â€" unless the program is so original or outâ€" standing as to give an idea of other institutes. A particularly good subject for a topic. disâ€" cussion, debate, motto or roll (all would be welcome. Some years ago it was decided that we could not report anniversary celebrations. These are of interest mainly in the local community where the participants are known and of course P.R.0.’s will see that they get into the local papers. And please note that to produce an illus- tration we require a photograph. not the nega- tive; and that we cannot make a out front a colored picture or from a slide. Perhaps the best way to see the sort of material we need for this section is to look at the topics in this and previous issues. Then. as P.R.O. for your branch or district or area. if you have a story that should be told. do, please, send it along. â€" Editor. Adventure With a Book .FEW YEARS AGO, the editor of Home and Country, talking about books at a meeting of the Woodbridge Institute, told the women that Bess Streeter Aldrich's novel “A Lantern in Her Hand" had been pre- scribed for supplementary reading in some of the high schools of the United States because it contained important history of a part of the country in a certain periodâ€"the opening up of the midwestern prairie states for settlement. And it was suggested that Canada had some- Ehiflg comparable to “A Lantern in Her Hand" in Nellie McClung’s book “Clearing in the West.” now â€"~ or at the time of the meetingâ€" 0‘" Of Print. Those who have read the book Will remember that it is an autobiography of FA“. 1964 Nellie McClung. from the time her family. the Mooneys of Grey County. Ontario. set out to “take up land“ on the North West prairie. until the day of her wedding. A considerable number of Ontario farmers. especially young bachelor “homestcudcrs” were migrating to the West at that lime. and the experiences of the Mooney family were typical of many others. Before the meeting was over the Woodbridge Institute decided to try to get “Clearing in the West" in print again. They took Ibis up with the publisher: they framed a resolution which was later supported by the F.W.l.0. Board. urging the publisher to consider getting out a reprint edition. especially with :1 view to how ing the book adopted for supplementary read- ing in schools. The publisher found the Dcâ€" partments of Education in Suskulchcwun and Manitoba sympathetic to the idea of using the book in schools; there was also some interest in the Department in Alberta. Al the time of writing Ontario is not yet committed. But the book is out! "Clearing in Ihc West" with all its graphic pictures of pioneer life among progressive. God-fearing. hardworking people. its stories of good neighboring. its warm human interest and its delightful humor. is now in circulation again. The publisher bus done something for (‘anudu in reviving the work of a great Canadian woman and writer as distinctive as Nellie Mc('|ung. He has done something for Canadian youth in giving them a book that makes fortitude and courage and resourcefulness and compassion and sound clhi- cal standards both challenging and ullruclivc. “Clearing in the West" is un cnlcrluining und lengthy hook â€" 378 pages. Publisher. Thomux Allen [-ld.. Toronto: price $2.98. â€"Elhcl (‘hupmun The Sound of Music By Mrs. Harold Blusing N THE "Herc and Thcrc Wilh lhc lnati‘ I tulcs" section in Home and Country. Mitchell Square Institute is quoted us say- ing the institutes should do more to crculc in their rncmbcrs an inlcrcst in music and poetry. On this subject I would like to tell what hup- pencd in our branch. Hampdcn. this year. In February Hampdcn had an International program and our convcnor for thc day had it singsong of as many diffcrcnt countrica' Hangs as were represented in our Women‘s lns:itutc song book plus The Hymn of All Nations. Everyone enjoyed lhis so much lhul right uwuy. as District President. I suggested that this would make a fine item for our District Annual. Hampden already having been asked to provide a musical number. A committee was appointed with the same convencr as for our Interna- tional Day program. I did not volunteer as part 19