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editorial How do you assess the benefits «if attending a conference at the :\§\ut’i,|u\l (".mnin \V'nmen nf the World? Mrs. Raymond Sayre. a fort-net l\iC.\V'.\Y. president addressing .tn I-tlucalinnal Seminar at the Oslo conference. mmmcnnng on the statement. "\V'hat . ‘.\\l\\'. dun tltruuqh mu ferences said‘ They inform. they stimulate. they activate and tl'IL'\' inspire.~ I Mrs. Sayre continued. "An t-\.C.W.\\”. conference dues what ginornntunts tan‘t do. Tin-i provtde person to person contact They give us the nppnrtnnitt m lunm- with tltlu'rls Lin-s and to visit each other‘s homes; to evaluate our own efforts in find out “hr-re “e .m- and in determine future policy." These Simple Peninem words “i 3 WW: find experienced unnutn espren' mine of the thinly ing of those who attended the conference. in the first days after returning home frum ~nicli .t trip it i~ diliitult hit man ut' us In sort out our thoughts, for each day brought a new pleasure, .i new stimulant-n. .I ncu insight Now that we have settled down to everyday existence in- ll‘.l\‘l: time to sort nut unr lllIVlllzllh and savour in retrospect lllt.I pic-Mums and to try to unherly assess \\h.tt ll'tis l‘VI‘l‘l’lL'llll‘d'ldA clone to us as persons. Norway Day, the opening day of the cunlerence! What it thrill when the flags .it' ..]I in the countries represented there were brought in in the great hall at Iilindetn l'nixetsiti! We \\ ere proud and so conscious of the Canadian maple leaf! It was there. we were there. and “1- .IOntario Women's Institute members were a part of thix world hide and trenu-iidntid\ lllllll ential organization. There was stimulation. [lit-re u.“ itispimtiun! As for information, there were great .‘llniiunts ui it preselllul tn Ll\ nu men lair-t ul [ht- work of A‘C.W.W. Certainly there was ltHI much for n; in .I.\\llllllllll‘ in the llllll' that we had. Copies of the reports and speeches were availahle and the reading nt them will enalile us to re-feel the excitement of the setting in “l‘liL‘ll they were presentul .Ilung with .l tit-are: understanding of the content, But the most important effect on the delegate will he the llnpdtl nl’ getting in Linux delegates from other countries. In the seninm. in the dining rnmm, in the r- idem t'\. \tt' “etc all together. women of many races. creeds .tnd L'lllllll’t’s. \V'e learnth in llkr l‘.llll Ulllr! .h persons and accept the differences with tolerant»; and understanding. The conference tours were experiences in adult ednratinn. Ntll’\\‘.l\ l'\ nn hunter Lu and» Being entertained in the delightful Norwegian home-t hy ll‘IIFNL‘ Mrulllllll“. liatnlwnu- Nnrui-giau eople (and this applies to other countries in wliith there were tours). lnuugln Its lieu ii'iends and sometimes a mind stretching adventure in csttll'tli‘lllllt: iunnnnnii.nmns. The impact of the cnnl- ence on the thinking at (lulu: who attended “ill he aunt-ding til the personality of the individual. And there will he lingering inflnt-mes nl Lining degrees. The faces, voices, actions of those they Were in contact “ith will remain .h \l\lll iii-.iues. \‘i'hen we read of disasters in Pakistan or Malaysia ur India or Ireland. lllllllgitls will tttll'ttllldllltllh turn to an individual whom he have met, Sympathy, understanding and turnern “ill tlt‘1‘t‘lltl‘ in our thinking for that person. This trimern will prnhahlt' spread it) nnr families and other» It wili be like a pebble dropped in a pun! oi water with ever \sitlrning turtles. lll'll' “ill ltlllll‘ activation, some of slight importance. some having far flung (“L'th A simple effect of the conference will surely he a heltcr nmlcrstamling nl lllis internatmnal organization to which we all lit-lung. At the cunlerente. entlnni.‘ in this high. \‘ume ul Ellis enthusiasm and understanding must have returned uitli tltt‘ delegates and will he passed no through the hundreds of pictures, pamphlets. uptl‘lllt'i, HHH’L‘Hin. en. lit-tught hark. Miss Isvan of Turkey. the liaisnn person lit-tween the Ontario \V’umen's Institutes and nut Nazmiye Saiman, whose education has been furthered lay nnr nrgattimtinn. “.h inrnterli‘ a nann- at the end of a letter. Now that name conjures a permn. tltarniing. tapalvle, kllttult'tlgt'alilt' Her pictures showed us the type of home iti which Nanniic Salnmn grew up, and pnintetl up the need for assistance for her and others like her and what the future efieth nl her training will he on her village. This was a side heat-lit of personal interth In the Hntariu nn-nilu-n Oll'lel' adventures in under-Handing were experienced. Attendance at this conference. Picthtlnl an it was for thme wlm were there. l'IIII{J~'l|' “Uh M an obligation and that is to share with the people to Ulll’ hrantlnw the inspirunnn, nilurnmtmn and stimulation which we were privileged m wink FALL 1971