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Women's Institute members from North Parry Sound Dislricl, at a ‘Norkshop for Secretary Treasurers and Public Relations officers, at Fowasson. Left to right â€" Mrs. Herb Alkins. Collendor, a former Board Direclor and a member at the Women's Institutes for ever 60 years; Mrs. M. V. Kidd, R.R. l, Nipissing and Mrs, Jack Alkins. (4) On drama: Most Institutes have an abun- dance of talent for play-acting in its members and their sons and daughters and husbands. To provide an opportunity for acting means to give some members of the community an outâ€" let for their best means of selfâ€"expression. Role-playing in skits is fun and can be good satire. too. What about a skit on briefs to the Commission on the Status of Women? Or on Woman‘s Public Image as suggested by televi- sion'? It was suggested that a Women‘s Institute might consider putting on an annual presenta- tion of Dickens' Christmas Carol to raise funds for education for retarded children â€" or for children handicapped in some other way. Women's Institute members from the Moxville Branch, Glengarry County at a Workshop for Secretary Treosv urers and Public Relations Officers oi Muxville. Left to righIâ€"Mrs. W. Proudfool, Riceville; Mrs. George Kin- Iock, Martintawn; Mrs. Hugh McMillan, Williamsburg; Mrs. John Sinclair, Moxville; Mrs. Stanley Kippen, Muxville. 28 Child Study The Women‘s Institute objective “to help develop better. happier and more useful Cill- Zens“ would seem to imply trying to learn mun» about bringing up children. Some of the fami- lies in the community that the Institute might be mOSt anxious to reach might not come to lecture on child study, but they would come it. a picture show. The National Film Board he a tremendous library of Films on the Family each accompanied with a commentary an. guide for discussion by the audience. Th Board also has films on agriculture, consort. tion, Canada H her history, her natural re sources and her people, films on natural sc. ence, art. music, drama â€" a wide range of i- formation and entertainment. So an Institui arranging a film showing for the public woui not limit it to the family life message it trying to get across. The National Film Board has 9 Region. Offices in Ontario. Anyone interested in usir films should get in touch with the nearest r gional office. Following are the addresses: Toronto: Mackenzie Building, 1 Lombard St. Ft. William: c/o Ft. William Public Librar Hamilton: Room 551, National Revenue Bldg 150 Main St. W. Hanover: Federal Bldg, 9th Avenue. Kingston: Room 275, New Federal Bldg Clarence St. London: Income Tax Building, 388 Dundas 5. North Bay: 101 Worthington Ave. E., Rom 205. Orillia: 210 Federal Bldg, 17-25 Peter St. TN 2, West. Ottawa: Excelsior Life Bldg, 270 Laurier A\. W. Some Institute districts might consider hrn ing a representative from their Regional Offic speak at their District Annual. Even without films. most Institutes hai enough members of ability to stage a profit“ ble panel and to lead a good discussion or child guidance or other aspects of family life. With Young People We‘re missing something if we don‘t maku an occasion sometimes to let our young peopl- talk to us. At the annual Ontario Girls' Con» ference the 4-H Homemaking Club girls 0i sixteen to twenty show an amazing soundness and shrewdness on questions of interest to youth ~ as well as a high standard of conduct and a warm human sympathy. If. at a famill night or a special youth meeting, we could g“ these girls and young men of the same calibre to say what they think on current youth qUCS' tions, it would carry more weight with younger or less privileged boys and girls than any ad‘ vice from their elders. HOME AND COUNTRY