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y y ~UPrpg" The Women‘s Institute...Do you know that...? the ; â€" e Person 1: The author and origin of the Institute Ode are unknown. It has been reported that AC ' it was used by the "Sons of Temperance" Lodge in Stroud, Simcoe County in the late 70‘s. t. ue $ Person 2: We thank Thee Father for Thy Care p h s Food, Friends, and kindliness we share. 3}:;{? m â€" | May we forever mindful be ' â€" T j Of Home and Country and of Thee." B s This grace was composed by Mrs. Clara Lintel1 of City View and Merivale Institute. The tune 5 ‘is "Old Hundred". lt was submitted to the Provincial Board by the Ottawa Area for C loonsider*ation at the Annual Meeting November 1950. The Board recommended that this Grace by o - - & ‘used at Women‘s Institute functions. } 5 46e I | *3 Person 3: Mary Stewart, author of the Collect, was born in 1876, in the State of Ohio, and | _ 3 ‘moved with her parents to Georgetown, Colorado when quite young. She wrote the Collect as s â€" s :a prayer for the day, and later in 1904 she offered it for publication. It was first printed § in the "Delineator" a women‘s magazine nationally popular at the time. Miss Stewart called x. # s*'it a "Collect for Club Women" because she felt that women working together with wide 4 4e # interests for large ends was a new thing. While visiting in England, she spent some time B “. e R â€"with Mrs. Alfred Watt, president of the Associated Country Women of the World. In the studio | * cS s of Robin Watt, the artist son of Mrs. Watt, Miss Stewart personally supervised his work of | s s â€" : copying out the prayer. f ts ( j 7 â€" \Person 4: in the early days of the organization, the Women‘s Institute conventions were held 1 $ & : at Guelph known as the Royal City because Guelph was the family name of Queen Victoria. For | [ hn E i this reason, purple and gold, the royal colours, symbolizing loyalty and royalty, were chosen | ts e ‘for the Women‘s Institute. Through the years, it was found that the purple colour was | s f \difficult to obtain in ribbon or paper, so blue often had to be substituted and the purple ie p 73e ' (was gradually replaced by blue. Now blue and gold are accepted as the official colours of i 2 F . | the Women‘s Institutes in Ontario. The dark blue of the cornflower is considered the nearest | t > I : shade in blue. Y â€" ; e f _ Person 5: In Feburary, 1903, a committee was appointed to arrange for an emblematic badge es for Institute members. Again, Laura Rose Stephen provided the idea. She drew a sketch from Ca i ‘a signet ring which she wore and said, "If we could have the initials of our institute, hss 5 | * ‘ O.W.1., in the centre, it would be fine". The maple leaves were not included. This sketch $ §iz2> . % § | : was sent to Ryries, who made two or three designs. From these our badge was selected so we | s 3 s | ‘ have our Institute pin, a small oval in blue and gold with a small maple leaf at each end and B es the words of our motto engraved on the oval banding. The National badge of the Federated | n ons Women‘s Institutes of Canada is a square badge with the design enamelled on it. The badge 4 se of the Associated Country Women of the World â€" the international organization has four points & > which represent the North, South, East and West. & se °s s Person 6: At a convention held at Guelph, the subject of a motto was discussed and several | oys Th members were asked to submit a suitable one. Mrs. Adelaide Hoodless and Miss Urie Watson, txâ€"yâ€" _ Dean of Macdonald Institute were chosen to be the judges. Laura Rose Stephen relates that, E & e as she sat in the back of the parlor of her mother‘s home, in @ueiph, that evening, she | ‘I? : has: penned four words "For Home and Country". Later it was the decision of the judges that these 5o m > : § four words be our motto. This was in 1902. Speaking at a later time, Mrs. Stephen said, "Do E. %r{ J C not stray too far from the first phrase of our motto â€" For Homeâ€" and devote too much time to o We â€" _ s the second phrase â€"and Country. The first is the foundation on which the second is built. e taesy _A Person 7: From 1923 to 1930, Annual Reports of Women‘s Institute work were printed and | v Soxe . distributed to the Branches. Also News Bulletins and circulars were sent out. The first | > Ese & 4 hand edition of Home and Country appeared in May, 1933. 1t was a four page bulletin. With Volume | he e n pasee 18, Summer 1952, our official publication assumed "A New Look" and Miss Chapman was welcomed | s ; The Women‘s Institute . | ues s & | T897 + 1997 | ACUIAV, ) | : | C armuivensary _< | . A R [ _ For Home and Country ‘ (