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The New Look in Rural Adult Educatiim By Edith S torr Canadian citizenship, but many are not ready to meet its obligationsâ€"not ready because they are uninspired, unqualified or un- equipped! It is here the newly formed Rural Learning Association can help. It can help provide means to advance your own welfare, that of your fellow citizens and of your com- munity, your province and country. Many persons have defined the term “adult education." But no one definition can be ac- cepted by the majority, because adult educa- tion means many things to many peeple. While all of us need to continue to learn as long as we live, we must realize we will only be ready to learn those things which we want to learn. So it would seem the primary aim of any programme should be to help each person ac- quire a readiness for the learning of those things important to him for his living today and tomorrow. Each culture and teacher in- terprets the aim differently. It is our belief in Ontario that an adult edu- cation programme must be based on two as- sumptions: first, that people have within them- ; :LMOST EVERYONE has pride in his selves the resources to find the solutin, most problems which they face in em m life, and second, that the accelerating p, 0',- change requires a flexible programme ,t-h can adjust as the need arises. The Obi; .; of the Rural Learning Association min: he summed up in one short sentenceâ€"to st in the most effective way the needs of ruru ,u. ple in the area of adult education. Membership in R.L.A. is open to a]; ti people in Ontario. The first general in .i of the Association was held in Toror June 10th. The 1965-66 programme st. .rg working in five areas: 1. Through use of radio and TV 2. A pilot project through the media it night classes 3. Leadership training programs 4. An information centre 5. Liaison with farm organizations i «i- tario and other rural adult education grc n other provinces. For further information write to :l Learning Association, 409 Huron Strec vv ronto 5, Ontario. n r Tweedsmuir Competitions 1964-67 From F.W.I.C. Office Competition of the 1964-67 term of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada have now been released. This Na- tional Competition is composed of three sec- tions, the first always the well known project, Tweedsmuir (Village) Histories. Sections two and three. Cultural and Handicrafts respec- tively, change from term to term and are de- termined at each Triennial Convention of F.W.I.C., with a new committee appointed for each successive Competition. For the current term, the cultural project is a Centennial Poem, the theme to have some bearing on any phase of Canada’s one hundred years as a nation. Drawn Thread Work was selected as the handwork. The Chairman of the Tweedsmuir Competition Committee, Mrs. Maryn Pardy, Mount Bridges, Ontario, states that this work is one of the oldest forms of embroidery, its origin dating back to Biblical times. It was introduced into England by the Royal Hou56hold in the 16th century but is be- coming a lost art in Canada. Other members of the Tweedsmuir Commit- REGULATIONS for the Tweedsmuir 12 tee are Miss Anna Templeton, Organizin retary, Jubilee Guilds of Newfoundlant it Miss Eleanor Flint, Handicraft Super ‘ Home Economics Extension Service of th tario Department of Agriculture. “It is a most useful and satisfying ta~ it Women‘s Institute members to see that n: Lâ€"' valuable is lost or forgotten,” said Tweedsmuir when she inaugurated the 1- petition that bears her name in 1945. "ll In should be on the alert always to guard tit ‘- ditions of their homes.” Referring in par" if to the Village Histories, she went on to t. “It is the history of humanity which is ‘1- tinually interesting to us and your villasi tories are the basis of accurate facts the ill be much valued by historians of the fur ' Approximately 2,600 Tweedsmuir His: wS have been compiled throughout Canada if the Competition started in 1945. All of these National Competitions will on April 1, 1967. Complete information =1” be sent to Institute branches in Ontario .am the FWIO ofiice early this summer. HOME AND COUE lTFl‘l