1928 - Annual Convention

              F O U R T E E N T H A N N U A L C O N V E N T I ON 11
Whereas we deem it detrimental to the welfare of the country to settle
non- English- speaking immigrants m colonies; therefore be it resolved that
the Department of Immigration be asked to stop this practice.— Cereal W . I .,
A c a d i a West Constituency.
I n v i ew of the recent case of a Scottish woman and alleged feeble- minded
child being deported and the husband and four older children being admitted
to Canada, we respectfully suggest to the Department of Immigration that
greater care be exercised in medical examination at ports of departure.—
Calgary Women's Institute, Glengarry Women's Institute.— Carried.
Whereas marriage being honorable and necessary for the race and the
result of hasty and ill- mated unions l i k e l y to be disastrous; therefore be it
lesolved that legislation be enacted that would secure a leasonable time to
elapse between the application for the license and its issue, and that due
p u b l i c i t y be given i n the districts where both the contracting paities reside.—
A r g y l e W . I . , K m s e l l a W. I.— Lost.
REPORT OF T H E SECRETARY- TREASURER
( Mrs. D. R. M c l v o r , Stettler)
A meeting of the Advisory Board was held in Athabasca H a l l immediately
after the convention in 1927. Mrs. Rogers was asked to pay all petty
accounts in connection with the convention. As Mrs. Macgregor Smith had
been appointed Supervisor of W. I. Girls' Clubs, it was agreed that she
should attend the Girls' Club Convention i n Banff A gift of $ 25.00 was
sent to the Girls' Club.
The usual expense allowance of $ 300.00 for the president, and an honor­a
r i um of $ 100.00 for the secretary, were authorized by the board
It was agreed that the Institute of Chesterwold be transferred from the
constituency of Lacombe- Ponoka to Wetaskiwin constituency, and that
Hesketh be transferred from Red Deer and Innisfail East to Hand Hills
constituency.
A t a meeting of the A W . I . A d v i s o r y Board held i n March, 1928, Mrs
Rogers was requested to diaft a small pamphlet, " Rules of Order" for use
i n Branch Institutes.
A request was received f i om the Canadian Social Hygiene Council asking
that the Women's Institutes of A l b e r t a be represented on the Educational
D i v i s i o n of the Council.
Mrs Short, of Woodbend, was appointed as representative for the Nor­t
h e r n division w i t h offices at Edmonton, and Mrs. G a l b r a i t h , of Vulcan, as
representative for the Southern division with offices at Calgaiy.
The advisory board, in co- operation with the Department of Education,
is arranging for the selection of a provincial flower for A l b e r t a A cncular
letter is being sent to each school, along with the depaitmental examination
papers, the teacher being requested to take a vote of the school childien, and
attach reply to t e rm report, to be sent to the Department.
Mrs. Short, P r o v i n c i a l Convener of Education, represented A l b e r t a In­stitutes
at the C . N . E i n Toronto last year. Her expenses were covered by
the grant from the Department of A g r i c u l t u r e.
This year we w i l l be represented by the " winning team" from the
Wetaskiwin Girls' Club, who w i l l " Sell A l b e r t a " at the Canadian National
E x h i b i t i o n in Toronto.
Many of our constituency conferences had to be postponed and some
cancelled altogether, on account of the infantile paralysis epidemic. This
rather disorganized our work throughout the province.
Three districts, namely, 2, 3 and 4, held conferences this year.
Re suggested training for emergency home helpers, I have the following
message: " A s only three applications have been received through the provin­c
i a l secretary- treasurer of the A l b e r t a Women's Institutes, the Minister of
A g r i c u l t u r e and Health has come to the conclusion that the expense of such
a course would not be ^ s t i f l e d .— ( Signed) Jessie C. M a c m i l l a n ."
On M a y 1st a meeting of the advisory committee, called by the Honorable
George Hoadley for the consideration of the administration of the A l b e r ta
Women's Bureau Act, was held at the Government Buildings, Edmonton.