1931 - Annual Convention

              34 A L B E R T \ W O M E N ' S I N S T I T U T ES
In D. strict No 3 there are 14 constituencies with a total or 101 Institutes
having an aggregate membership of 2016 During 1930 these Institutes raised
$ 16,300 00 which was used for various purposes chief ot which seems to have
been in r e l i e v i n g cases of want and distress caring for cemeteries, assisting
hospitals maintaining communitv halls, advancing educational facilities in the
l o c a l district
I shall not go into the details of the programs undertaken by the Insti­tutes
m the district but trom the reports I note an increasing number of
mtormatne and educative topics being studied and discussed In this way our
women are becoming well informed on the outstanding questions which are
confronting us at the present time
D u r i n g the earh fall each Constituencv held a conference presided over
bv the Constituencv Convener I desire to congratulate these Conveners on
the splendid manner in which these Conferences were conducted In many
Constituencies there was a hundred per cent representation from t h e branches.
This I think is verj fine and is indicative of the keen interest m Institute w o rk
which has been awakened in the women of the province At these Confer­ences
verv excellent reports were given or the fine work being done by the
individual Institutes In addition to the reports mam noteworthy addresses
b\ special sts in their line were given which I am sure must have been . nspira-tion
to those who heard them
Nor a small part oi the enjov ment or these Conterences has been the
sumptuous banquets provided bv the home Institute during the lunch hour
Now we all enjov a good dinner served m the fine manner m which only
Institute women can serve it but it has a l w a j s seemed to me to be somewhat
untair that the member* ot one Institute should be deprived of the benefit
of the Conterence on account of having to provide for the comfort of the
others It has often occurred to me it would lighten the load of the hostess
Institute at our Conferences it the lunch could be arranged somehow after
the manner ot a picnn. I would like to throw this out as a suggestion for
the 1931 Conferences
I am not in a position to report the names of winners of the Scholarships
offered bv our D i s t r i c t at the Olds Agriculture S c h o o l but I do desire to thank
the Institutes for the response thev have made m providing the amount
required to give these prizes The tull $ 100 00 has now been received for this
vear I might just at this point remind v o u that we offered these scholarships
for two v e i r s so j o u w i l l kmdlv keep this in mind in p l a n n i n g vour budget
for 1932
B t i o i e closing mv report I wish to express m\ gratitude to all those
Institute women who have made HI) term or office so pleasant and enjoyable
W h e n visiting the Constituency Conterences I grew to know many of you
verv well and have formed friendships w h i c h I know shall last for many years
to come I hope that even if 1931 is no richer in material gifts than 1930 you
w i l l snll maintain that spirit ot optimism \ o u have displaved m the past, and
that vour achievements mav be even greater in the future
R E P O R T OF DISTRICT NO 4
Mrs F C Alcock, Champion, Director
In giving mv report of the Southern District I cannot speak too highly
ot the women in the south of Alberta Thev have most thoroughly grasped