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TWENTIETH PROVINCIAL CONVENTION 4Z REPORT OF EDUCATION AND BETTER SCHOOLS - 1935- 37 Mrs. W. R. Roberts, Sexsmith, Convener. I am both pleased and proud to present my report of the work done by our Branches in Education and Better Schools— pleased because of the excellent response to my request for reports, and proud of the record which they present. I wish to thank all those Secretaries, Conveners and Directors who sent me such full reports of the meetings and the work done. I think nearly every branch has done something. I could not mention each Branch by name, for it would keep you here an extra day at this Convention. So I have tried to group the activities under various heads and only mention individual Branches where the idea or project struck me as original or of assistance to other Branches. More and more our women are being conscious of the fact that education does not begin and end with the school. They are realizing that everything we do can be and should be an education to us. As one secretary wrote, " Education is for life, and every meeting is an education in that, it adds something to the fullness of our life and the richness of our experiences." Papers— The number and variety of the papers on educational subjects given at our Branches is a source of amazement to anyone not aware of the scope of the Institute work. " The New Curriculum" and the " Larger Unit" were the outstanding topics for study throughout the entire Province. The " New Course of Studies and the Enterprise System" was discussed in practically every Branch, with demonstrations by teachers and pupils in many cases. The discussions following these meetings showed how keenly alert our women are to the problems of our schools and their present- day needs. Other subjects on which papers were given were, " Reading as an Education", " Beauty in Education", " Art and Music for the Children", " Health in Education", " More Sanitary School Grounds", " Adult Education", " Leisure and Education", " Vocations for Girls' 1! ' School Systems of the World", " Our Royal Family", " Mental Hygiene", " The Country Women of the World", " The Merits of the Dormitory System", " The Little Red School House", and a number of biographies of famous people in Canada and England, one of which was of our own President, Mrs. Ferguson. Play Contests— Two Institutes sponsor play contests at which several rural schools compete and prizes are given. Oratorical Contests are sponsored by several Branches. Festivals— In many Branches papers have been given on the " Musical Festival", and wherever there is a festival held the Institutes are to the fore witli their assistance, donating medals and shields, donating to the expense of children attending the festivals, serving out- of- town visitors to the festival, and helping the teacher in the training of the children. One Branch bought an organ for the school, another a piano, and another loaned the W. I. piano to the school so that the children could be trained for the festival. One Branch held a public rehearsal of the festival numbers previous to the festival, at which they paid for an outside critic to be present, and found his criticisms very helpful. Several Branches encouraged the pupils to enter the festival and had the contestants give the entry items at the Institute meeting. School Fairs— Several Branches gave donations of cash or seeds to school fairs. One provided the hall in which the exhibits were shown. The members of another acted as clerks for the fair. A Branch in the Grande Prairie District holds its own school fair, which is proving a very worth- while undertaking for this Branch. Another Branch served lunch to the judges and officials of the school fair and gave the proceeds to the fair. School Lunches— Several Branches provide the cocoa and supplies for the hot lunch for the pupils during the winter months. One Branch bought a stove so that the hot lunch could be prepared. First Aid Kits.— Several Branches donated first aid kits to the schools, and others who had donated the kits in previous years had these kits renewed at the opening of the term. One Branch had a roll call answered by a donation to the first aid kit.
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Title | 1937 - Convention Report |
Subject | Convention; Report; AWI |
Description | Report of the Twentieth Provincial Convention |
Language | en |
Format | application/pdf |
Type | text |
Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
Identifier | awi0811101 |
Date | 1937 |
Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
Repository | AU Digital Library |
Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
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Title | Page 45 |
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 | TWENTIETH PROVINCIAL CONVENTION 4Z REPORT OF EDUCATION AND BETTER SCHOOLS - 1935- 37 Mrs. W. R. Roberts, Sexsmith, Convener. I am both pleased and proud to present my report of the work done by our Branches in Education and Better Schools— pleased because of the excellent response to my request for reports, and proud of the record which they present. I wish to thank all those Secretaries, Conveners and Directors who sent me such full reports of the meetings and the work done. I think nearly every branch has done something. I could not mention each Branch by name, for it would keep you here an extra day at this Convention. So I have tried to group the activities under various heads and only mention individual Branches where the idea or project struck me as original or of assistance to other Branches. More and more our women are being conscious of the fact that education does not begin and end with the school. They are realizing that everything we do can be and should be an education to us. As one secretary wrote, " Education is for life, and every meeting is an education in that, it adds something to the fullness of our life and the richness of our experiences." Papers— The number and variety of the papers on educational subjects given at our Branches is a source of amazement to anyone not aware of the scope of the Institute work. " The New Curriculum" and the " Larger Unit" were the outstanding topics for study throughout the entire Province. The " New Course of Studies and the Enterprise System" was discussed in practically every Branch, with demonstrations by teachers and pupils in many cases. The discussions following these meetings showed how keenly alert our women are to the problems of our schools and their present- day needs. Other subjects on which papers were given were, " Reading as an Education", " Beauty in Education", " Art and Music for the Children", " Health in Education", " More Sanitary School Grounds", " Adult Education", " Leisure and Education", " Vocations for Girls' 1! ' School Systems of the World", " Our Royal Family", " Mental Hygiene", " The Country Women of the World", " The Merits of the Dormitory System", " The Little Red School House", and a number of biographies of famous people in Canada and England, one of which was of our own President, Mrs. Ferguson. Play Contests— Two Institutes sponsor play contests at which several rural schools compete and prizes are given. Oratorical Contests are sponsored by several Branches. Festivals— In many Branches papers have been given on the " Musical Festival", and wherever there is a festival held the Institutes are to the fore witli their assistance, donating medals and shields, donating to the expense of children attending the festivals, serving out- of- town visitors to the festival, and helping the teacher in the training of the children. One Branch bought an organ for the school, another a piano, and another loaned the W. I. piano to the school so that the children could be trained for the festival. One Branch held a public rehearsal of the festival numbers previous to the festival, at which they paid for an outside critic to be present, and found his criticisms very helpful. Several Branches encouraged the pupils to enter the festival and had the contestants give the entry items at the Institute meeting. School Fairs— Several Branches gave donations of cash or seeds to school fairs. One provided the hall in which the exhibits were shown. The members of another acted as clerks for the fair. A Branch in the Grande Prairie District holds its own school fair, which is proving a very worth- while undertaking for this Branch. Another Branch served lunch to the judges and officials of the school fair and gave the proceeds to the fair. School Lunches— Several Branches provide the cocoa and supplies for the hot lunch for the pupils during the winter months. One Branch bought a stove so that the hot lunch could be prepared. First Aid Kits.— Several Branches donated first aid kits to the schools, and others who had donated the kits in previous years had these kits renewed at the opening of the term. One Branch had a roll call answered by a donation to the first aid kit. |
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