1930 - Annual Convention Report

              10 A L B E R T A W O M A N ' S I N S T I T U T ES
Provincial and Dominion legislation was discussed ' by M r s . J . P. Ferguson
of Trochu, i n her report as convener of the standing committee on legislation.
The domicile and nationality of married women, Sex Disqualification Removal
Act and the Security Frauds Act were some of the measures ably handled
by the speaker See Page 42 for full report
On motion of Mrs Ferguson, seconded by Mrs McArthur, the report was
accepted
Mrs F A Nye, of Edmonton, gave a most interesting address on " Alberta
Schools of Agriculture," in which she stated that the chief mission of these
schools is to train the boys and girls in the best farming and household
methods, and to encourage them to remain on the farms See page 67 for
address in full
The only folk song of the west, " The Red River Valley," was then sung
by Mrs J W Bishop, accompanied by Mrs J J Wilson, " Two Old T i m e r s"
The pleasure this number gave the audience was manifested in enthusiastic
applause, to which the musicians graciously responded
Mrs J N Beaulbier, Champion, Convener of the committee on the " League
of Nations," read her report, which appears on Page 56
An outstanding feature of the session and no doubt the one longest to be
remembered was the address given at this time by Dean E A Howes, on
" The Old Homesteading," presenting a graphic account of the structure and
furnishing of the old- fashioned home Permission has been granted to print
this soul- stirring story in full See Page 70.
Meeting adjourned at 5 30 p m.
Wednesday Evening, May 21st.
Honoring the delegates attending the convention of Alberta Women's
Institutes, the Calgary branch, assisted by a liberal grant from the city,
entertained with an elaborate banquet on Wednesday evening in the E l i z a ­bethan
room of the Hudson's Bay store
W i t h Mrs F G Grevett, president of the Calgary W I, graciously
presiding," an interesting programme of toasts was presented Following the
toast to the King, Mrs A H Rogers, vice- president of the provincial organ­ization,
proposed the toast to " The Convention C i t y , " to which His W o r s h ip
Mayor Davison, responded The toast to " The Provincial Officers" was pro­posed
by Mrs J F Price, Mrs H J Montgomery, P r o v i n c i a l President, reply­i
n g Mrs J N Beaubier, Recording Secretary, proposed the toast to " The
Federated Institutes," to which Mrs W F Cameron of Davidson, Sask.,
President of the F W I C , responded Other speakers included Honourable
George Hoadley, Minister of Health, who brought greetings from the gov­ernment,
Mrs Harold Riley, President of the Calgary Council on Child and
F a m i l y Welfare, and Mrs Nellie McClung, who in her usual happy manner
delighted the audience with her quaint and humorous address
Musical selections were pleasant interludes during the evening, presented
by M r Norman Kennedy, tenor, accompanied by Mme Beatrice Chapman;
a piano solo by Miss Therese Lowden, Miss Kathleen Tierney violinist,
accompanied by Miss Barbara Fay at the piano.
Two dance numbers, contributed by pupils from the Penley Dancing
Academy and the ceremony of the crowning of the May Queen and the
Maypole dance, along with a patriotic pageant under the direction of Mrs.
H E Kelly, added to a highly entertaining and diversified programme.