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26 A L B E R T A W O M E N ' S I N S T I T U T ES
A c c o r d i n g to the agreement made in 1928 our Government grant is growi
n g smaller and next year will see its final payment.
Mrs. Regan w i l l report that $ 1422.15 was taken f r om the Trust Fund and
placed in the general account. This will show that we lack this amount of
having lived on our income, or in other words that we have not been self-sustaining.
It may seem strange but it is the older Institutes in most cases that are
rinding it hard to finance themselves. The newer ones apparently have little
trouble.
F r o m reports received d u r i n g the year, I find twenty- one gave to W o o d ' s
C h r i s t i a n Home, forty to the Red Cross, nineteen to the Salvation A r m y , two
or three to Beulah Home, and one to Armenian Relief. These are all worthy
causes but in these times there is danger of leaving our own funds short if
we continue to distribute our earnings in this manner.
It would be well if at the beginning of the year every branch would make
out a budget of all its obligations and needs. In this way the danger of overspending
will be greatly lessened.
W h i l e our financial situation requires serious thought and careful management,
I do not think our women should be disheartened. What we need
is plenty of courage, hope, patience and faith mixed with a generous amount
of common sense.
We cannot a l l understand M i l t o n ' s " Paradise L o s t " or " Paradise Regained,"
but we can understand the blind poet s i t t i n g down to write and s a y i n g:
" I argue not
Against heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot
Of heart or hoje, but still bear up and steer
Right onward."
Many of the constituencies are holding fine and well attended conferences.
1 his is comparatively easy when there are a number of Institutes, but not so
easy in the constituency with only a few branches. These can have good
confcrences if the members co- operate with the Constituency Convener in
arousing enthusiasm and making an effort to have a good attendance. Good
conferences and also good meetings with interesting programs can be had
without the outlay of much if any money. It takes time and thought, but
what worth while does not?
Before another Convention there will no doubt be District Conferences
held in all the Districts. I hope that Districts I. and III. w i l l make an effort
to strengthen theirs and that the Directors w i l l have the co- operation of a ll
Constituency Conveners and members in making them a success.
Reports show 253 Institutes r e p o r t i n g and I hope those who are here w i ll
urge upon their secretaries the need for r e p o r t i n g r e g u l a r l y and for m a r k i ng
the attendance in the l i t t l e space allowed for it. It is not possible to tell the
number who attended meetings during the year owing to some of the reports
not stating it, but 26.075 members have been reported as attending and
1657 visitors.
It was my privilege to visit six Constituency Conferences with Mrs.
A l c o r k last summer, two with Mrs. Ferguson, six with Mrs. Short and three
w i t i i Mrs. R o b e r i s . I also attended the District Conference at F a i r v i ew in
J u l y and ihe one in Lethbridge in M a r c h.
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | 1931 - Annual Convention |
| Subject | Convention; Report; AWI |
| Description | Report of the Seventeenth Annual Convention held May 19 to 22, 1931 |
| Language | en |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Type | text |
| Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
| Identifier | awi0811100 |
| Date | 1931 |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Description
| Title | Page 28 |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | AWI Collection |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
| Transcript | 26 A L B E R T A W O M E N ' S I N S T I T U T ES A c c o r d i n g to the agreement made in 1928 our Government grant is growi n g smaller and next year will see its final payment. Mrs. Regan w i l l report that $ 1422.15 was taken f r om the Trust Fund and placed in the general account. This will show that we lack this amount of having lived on our income, or in other words that we have not been self-sustaining. It may seem strange but it is the older Institutes in most cases that are rinding it hard to finance themselves. The newer ones apparently have little trouble. F r o m reports received d u r i n g the year, I find twenty- one gave to W o o d ' s C h r i s t i a n Home, forty to the Red Cross, nineteen to the Salvation A r m y , two or three to Beulah Home, and one to Armenian Relief. These are all worthy causes but in these times there is danger of leaving our own funds short if we continue to distribute our earnings in this manner. It would be well if at the beginning of the year every branch would make out a budget of all its obligations and needs. In this way the danger of overspending will be greatly lessened. W h i l e our financial situation requires serious thought and careful management, I do not think our women should be disheartened. What we need is plenty of courage, hope, patience and faith mixed with a generous amount of common sense. We cannot a l l understand M i l t o n ' s " Paradise L o s t " or " Paradise Regained," but we can understand the blind poet s i t t i n g down to write and s a y i n g: " I argue not Against heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hoje, but still bear up and steer Right onward." Many of the constituencies are holding fine and well attended conferences. 1 his is comparatively easy when there are a number of Institutes, but not so easy in the constituency with only a few branches. These can have good confcrences if the members co- operate with the Constituency Convener in arousing enthusiasm and making an effort to have a good attendance. Good conferences and also good meetings with interesting programs can be had without the outlay of much if any money. It takes time and thought, but what worth while does not? Before another Convention there will no doubt be District Conferences held in all the Districts. I hope that Districts I. and III. w i l l make an effort to strengthen theirs and that the Directors w i l l have the co- operation of a ll Constituency Conveners and members in making them a success. Reports show 253 Institutes r e p o r t i n g and I hope those who are here w i ll urge upon their secretaries the need for r e p o r t i n g r e g u l a r l y and for m a r k i ng the attendance in the l i t t l e space allowed for it. It is not possible to tell the number who attended meetings during the year owing to some of the reports not stating it, but 26.075 members have been reported as attending and 1657 visitors. It was my privilege to visit six Constituency Conferences with Mrs. A l c o r k last summer, two with Mrs. Ferguson, six with Mrs. Short and three w i t i i Mrs. R o b e r i s . I also attended the District Conference at F a i r v i ew in J u l y and ihe one in Lethbridge in M a r c h. |
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