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The P resident’s Corner MIL EVEN!" Small, Floridan! F W I O 'IHE: ARRIVAL OF THIS ISSUE of Home and (mintrv will find many new officers tn the Branches and Districts, To the new offiâ€" CCU. and to those officers who have been re- clecled tn ufllee. I say "Congratulations". It seems most fitting that the beginning of the Brunch year should coincide with the ar- rival of spring. Spring. to most of its, is a sym- bol of new growth The grass appears in a de- lightful \hatle of green. The croeus and the daffodil say. “Spring has arrived”. The birds return with ninth in their throats and a desire to build tor the future. Their nests may have been destroyed but this does not deter them lmm mulling new plans. With thew insurances that spring has ar- rived. the farmer tills the soil and plants seed. While doing this. he is hoping for :1 bountiful honest. HI: knows that unless he makes plans and Works to carry out his plans. he cannot hope to reap that harvest. Is this not the same for each Branch of the Women‘x Institute? The officers make plans for the coming year. ‘I hey plan that every member will participate in the year's pro- gramy. [Each member hat\ a very important purl to plat if the Branch is to have a success» ful year and attain the goal for which it is striving. Have you ever been asked the question. “Is the Women's Institute an educational or a so- Clill organization?" The answer may be similar to that given if a teen-age boy was asked if he likes hamburgers or girls, On both counts. the answer is an unqualified "ch”. No one Could possiny deny that the pleas- me of enjoying a cup of tea with our friends and talking with them keeps many members attending the meetings month after month. But let tn remember that we are at the meetings to learn and to develop skills that will be useful to us now. and in time to come â€" an invest- ment in the future. Have you reviewed the Objects of the Woma en's Institute at your Branch meeting lately? To do so will bring before you again the goals for which the members of the Women's Insti- tutes are striving. i One of the Objects of our organization , train members to become leaders in 1' Branch and in their community. Are we 1'4. in this respect? Your Branch of the Won Institute is just about what you make it. t: be no bigger or finer than you are yourse“ Let us not say that we do not want u. come involved, that we do not want to tal. office. Remember that the person who nothing for his c0mmum'ty, is making it .1 place in which to live. We. as members. h, great opportunity before us. Let each of . sume our responsibility and in so doing come givers rather than takers. We woul well to remember the words of Edward I ett Hale: "[ am only one I cannot do everything But still I can do something And because I can do something And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do The something that I can do." Eileen i: t i THE BRIDGE BUILDER An old man going a lone highway Came in the evenin cold and gray To a chasm vast an deep and wide. The old man crossed in the twilight dim, The sullen stream had no fears for him But he stopped when safe on the other side And built a bridge to span the tide. "Old man." said a fellow pilgrim near, "You are wasting your strength with building Your journey will end with the ending day. You never again will pass this way. You‘ve crossed the chasm deep and wide. When you build this bridge at evening ride." The builder lifted his old gray head "Good friend, in the path I have come." he sat- "There followerh after me today A youth whose feet must pass this way. This chasm which has been as nought to me To that fair-haired youth might a pitfall be. He, too, must cross in the twilight dim. Good friend. I am building the bridge for him Will Allen Drorngi * i * THE CREED OF THE COUNTRYVVOMA ASSOCIATION OF TASMANIA Let us, 0 Lord. achieve the nobler purpose For which we live â€" that others may be blesl Save us from pettiness and all self-seeking. Teach us to seek. to find, to give the best. Let us be genuine with one another. And see in each other the best, that we can ‘ So many lives depend on our: for brightness. lord. keep us have, and help us to be kind. *- i * HOME AND court V