1931 - Annual Convention

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us the city. I am persuaded that all ot us who were here before, immensely
enjoyed the privilege of coming again. When 1 first entered these halls and
corridors I was astonished how the very atmosphere of this place was filled
w i t h the spirit of youth. It just seems to saturate our own beings and makes
us feel glad and carefree. We want to t h a n k H i s H o n o r , L i e u t e n a n t - G o v e r n o r
W a l s h . Honorable Premier Brownlee and Mayor Douglas for their presence
at our assembly. We greatly appreciate it. The very fact that they gave us
some of their valuable time is a compliment to us. The representatives of
the Women's Institutes fully value the honor of their presence. The problems
that were facing the " statesmen of o l d " were child's play to the tasks that
are coming before the political leaders of today— here in our dear homeland
as well as in the greater nations. Immense must be the claims upon their
time and good w i l l , and yet have they found time to greet us and welcome us
to their fine city. By their presence we feel too that they recognize the great
and wonderful purpose of our organization.
And really the results of our united efforts arc inestimable. We are stand­i
n g for Home and Country. Out of a good home we send good c i t i z e n s ; we
give to our country the men and women it needs. In the home we lay the
foundation of a l l that is good and true. Whatever is accomplished in any
sphere of life, we in the home prepare the ground. The home is the s t a r t i ng
point of all new issues of life. Out of our homes comes young Canada, the
future generation, our boys and g i r l s ; they who fill the schools, the workshop,
the factories, the offices, this fine a u d i t o r i u m ; they, who are going out to fill
every day life with the spirit of the home- atmosohere. Unlimited are the
fruits of the home influence, and the task of the Women's Institutes to form
and shape the coming generations is of the utmost importance. Therefore,
let us give our very b^ st to Home a n d C o u n t r y ! I thank you.
GREETINGS T O T H E A L B E R T A WOMEN'S INSTITUTES
Miss Storey, Acting Director, Alberta Women's Bureau.
It gives me very much pleasure to b r i n g greetings and good wishes from
the A l b e r t a Women's Bureau to the members of this Convention, and to con­gratulate
your President and Executive on the very excellent convention
which you are having. I feel sure that every delegate will go home to her
own branch feeling that it was good to have been here.
In the first place I wish to give you a short and concise outline of the
work that was accomplished by the Bureau in 1930. I am pleased to be able
to say that it was one of the most successful years the Bureau has ever
enjoyed. We had a total of 268 short courses and demonstrations, some of
these one, two. three, four days in length. Total attendance at these courses
numbered 15.000. and the average daily attendance was approximately 14; this
we consider was very good. These courses were held all over the province,
and 1 ? m p'eased to be able to tell y o u that we were able to arrange courses
for practically every organization m a k i n g application. The exceptions to these
were in a few isolated cases where request was not made until too late for
it to be included in one i t i n e r a r y.
Discussing these courses in d e t a i l : Our sewing and our basketry courses
headed the list w i t h a b i g majority. In all we had a total of 78 sewing courses
and 76 basketry. These were all either three or four day courses. The average
daily attendance was well over 14. w h i c h is proof of the p o p u l a r i t y of the
courses.