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A dressmaking class at Sarawak (Asia). At the A.C,W.W. Conference there was a report at a most interesting and prof- itable Sarawak Women‘s Institute seminar on Prac- tical Nutrition for Village Families â€" a seminar sponsored by F.A.O. and W.H.O. of United Nalions. ations Family's drives and the success of ur own Lady Aberdeen Scholarship scheme, tells me that we may compare ourselves to avellers on a road. To reach our destination, teep hills have to he climbed. We don't just allow our owu track, eyes fixed in front of s, seeing only the fixed goal. No, we, as .C.W.W. members, are ready to turn round nd to lend a helping hand to those fellow ravellers having difficulty in keeping pace who re insufficiently equipped.” A Message From Antigonish Right Reverend F. I. Smyth. Director of ady International Institute, St. Francis avier University, Antigonish, N.S., presented he characteristics of coâ€"operation, competition nd conflict. He presented the principles of co-operation as established by the Rochdale ioneers, a group of weavers in the town of Rochdale, England in the year 1844. Very briefly these were: Open membership to all ‘ ho would co-operate in good faith without restrictions regarding race, color or creed. One vote to each member. Capital to receive a limited, predetermined rate of interest. Net savings to be distributed to members as patronâ€" age dividends. All trading to be done on a cash basis at fair market prices. Accounts to be audited regularly and members‘ discussion meetings to be held frequently. The Antigoâ€" nish movement, Father Smyth explained, “fea- tures the Rochdale principles with an additive . . . Whereas the Rochdale Pioneers were interâ€" ested primarily in the economic benefits of CID-operation and secondly in the social bene- fits, such as building better people through participation in the co-operative, the Antigo- nish pioneers were primarily concerned in building better people through a program of adult education.” The ultimate in the objective 0f the Antigonish movement was given in this Quotation from its internationally known founder, Dr. Moses Coady: _"We have no desire to remain at the begin- ning. to create a nation of mere shop-keepers, FALL 1965 whose thoughts run only to groceries and to dividends. We want our men to look into the sun and into the depths of the sea. We want them to explore the hearts of flowers and the hearts of fellow-men. We want them to live. to love. to play and pray with all their l’eing. We want them to be men, whole men, eager to explore all the avenues of life and to attain perfection in all their faculties. We want for them the capacity to enjoy all that a generous God and creative men have placed at their disposal. We desire above all that they will discover and develop their own capacities for creation. It is good to appreciate; it is godlike to create. Life for them shall not be in terms of merchandising but in terms of all that is good and beautiful. be it economic, political social, cultural, or spiritual." Introduction to Ireland In an interesting and witty address giving its history, Mrs. Josephine McNeill, a life member of the Irish Countrywomen's Associa- tion, a former Ambassador of the Republic and the wife of 3. Governor General of the country said: “The fortunes of Ireland were perhaps at their lowest ebb in the l8th century and our situation was aggravated and worsened in the 19th century by that catastrophe in Nature when the potato crop failed and there was famine in the land. Our most tragic emigration took piace after the famine when the population of our country was almost halved. It is a testimony to the vitality of the Irish people that even those famine emigrantsâ€"those that survivedâ€" were able to triumph over their misfortunes. Their descendants and the descendants of suc- ceeding generations of emigrants have built for themselves an important place in the commu- nities 0f the great new countries in which their ancestors had found refuge. We in the old motherland are proud of the contribution they have made as citizens of those countries. We take pride in the many 11