delegates to the Convention. Mrs. Keith Rand presided during the 
     
     afternoon. She emphasised the fact that the greatness of our organ- 
     
     ization lies in the fact that there are so many voluntary workers in 
     
     the field of education. Mrs. H. G. Taylor, national secretary, reported 
     
     on the work of the head office, and Dr. Nancy Adams spoke on many 
     
     matters pertaining to ACWW. Dr. Frank MacKinnon, Principal of 
     
    
   
   
    
     the College and President of APEC addressed the evening meeting at 
     
     which Mrs. Wilkie presided. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Entertainment features included: Tea at Government House; 
     
     a tour of the National Park and Green Gables, followed by a buffet 
     
     lobster supper at Lakeview Lodge in the Park, tendered by the pro- 
     
     vincial Department of Agriculture; a visit to the Experimental Farm; 
     
     and a tour of the Gardens of Col. E. Johnstone and Son, where the 
     
     Woodleigh Replicas were viewed. 
     
    
   
   
    
     At the close of the Board—MeetirTg Dr. Adams - presented Life 
     
    
   
   
    
     Membership pins to Mrs. Rand and Mrs. W. L. Clark in recognition of 
     
     their work for FWIC. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     “How far that little candle throws his beams! 
     
     So shines a good deed in a naughty world.” —— Shakespeare 
     
    
   
   
    
     Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada 
     
    
   
   
    
     In February, 1919, many women, representatives from each 
     
     province, travelled to Winnipeg to discuss the idea of creating a 
     
     National Organization. Here we pay tribute to Miss Mary Mac- 
     
     Isaac, of Charlottetown, P.E.I., who was instrumental in the forma- 
     
     tion of What is today known as the Federated Women’s Institutes of 
     
     Canada, and who for many years was Supervisor of Women’s In— 
     
     stitute work in Alberta. 
     
    

    
     So, twenty-two years after the first meeting in Stoney Creek, 
     
     the Federated Women’s Institute of Canada was founded. Judge 
     
     Emily Murphy, who wrote under the pen name of “Janey Canuck” 
     
     was elected president. With her experience as the first woman 
     
     magistrate in the British Empire and as judge of the Juvenile 
     
     Court, her knowledge of human nature, her grasp of affairs and 
     
     sense of humor were just what the Federation needed. So, too, were 
     
     Mrs. Watt and the first national convenor of Home Economics, 
     
     Laura Rose, who previously had married W. F. Stephen of Ottawa. 
     
     “In the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada,” wrote the Win- 
     
     nipeg Free Press “there has risen a mighty force whose influence 
     
     knows no bounds.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     As a tribute to her war work and social services, Judge 
     
     Murphy was decorated with the order of St. George of Jerusalem 
     
     by King George V. Among other things she had succeeded in having 
     
    
   
   
    
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