tion and is published six times each year. It was first published in 
     
     1928. 
     
    

    
     The Home Economics Scholarship is given annually to assist 
     
     a girl who is ready to enter an accredited University as a Home Econ- 
     
     omist student. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A Memorial Book has been compiled containing the names of 
     
     all deceased members from the time of organization of the particular 
     
     group to which they belonged. 
     
    

    
     A short memorial service for Institute members who passed 
     
     away during the preceding year is held during the Annual Conven- 
     
     tion, and their names are then inscribed in the Memorial Book. 
     
    

    
     A Life Membership Book is also being compiled which will 
     
     contain photos and citations of all Life Members of our Provincial 
     
     Women’s Institutes. 
     
    

    
     To summarize:—Through the years Dental clinics were or- 
     
     ganized; music in the schools was promoted; cook books compiled; 
     
     4-H work; sewing clubs; garden clubs; farm radio forum; scholar- 
     
     ships in convention areas have all been sponsored by Women’s In- 
     
     stitute groups, as were courses in First Aid, Swimming and Water 
     
     Safety, Home Nursing, Girl Guides, Brownies, Cubs and Scout troops. 
     
    

    
     We pay tribute to Miss Mary MacIsaac, Charlottetown, who 
     
     was the first woman to visualize, and was instrumental in the form- 
     
     ation of, what is today known as the “Federated Women’s Institutes 
     
    
   
   
    
     of Canada”; and who for many years was supervisor of Women’s In- 
     
     stitutes work in Alberta. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Miss Helen Matheson, Supervisor, represented this Province 
     
     at the 4th Biennial Convention in Victoria, BC. in 1925. The Prov- 
     
     ince was represented by two delegates in 1927 at Wolfville, NS. 
     
    

    
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     During the past number of years Briefs have been presented 
     
     to Government authorities strongly advocating and recommending 
     
     a residence for rural students attending Prince of Wales College. As 
     
     a result of these Briefs and the efforts of the Women’s Institutes, 
     
     the Government in 1959 passed a resolution in the House that a resid- 
     
     ence for girls would be built, and today we have our beautiful “Mont— 
     
     gomery Hall”, named after our much loved Island authoress, L—uEy 
     
     Maud Montgomery, and officially opened in October 1961. It is the 
     
     sincere wish and hope of Institute members and mothers that in the 
     
     not too distant future we shall have a similar residence for the ac- 
     
     commodation of rural young men. 
     
    

    
     It is encouraging to note as this History goes to press (April 
     
     1963) that a study of the feasibility of expanding Prince of Wales 
     
     College to University status, which has been underway for over a 
     
     year, has been completed. Findings of this study are to be presented 
     
     to the Provincial Government. 
     
    

    
     Realizations of the proposed plans will of necessity take 
     
     much time, but Women’s Institute members who have presented 
     
     resolutions from time to time to the Government requesting ~such a 
     
     move, will feel that they have been instrumental in “another step for- 
     
    
   
   
    
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