Truro, N.S., a pioneer in Canadian Home and School and one of its first National presidents. He too was a knowledgeable and in- spiring friend. One of his many sage pieces of advice was ”if they ask you to do a job in Home and School and it is worth doing say you will do it even if you don’t know how. Then get busy and learn to do the job." Dr. DeWolfe must have been one of the earliest proponents of Learn By Doing. What he said he prac- ticed all his life. He was also a great believer in self discipline. How eagerly we looked forward to his visits! It was during my term of office as President that he made one of his visits as a guest speaker at our 1954 Annual Meeting. He was in his eighties then with his zest quite undiminished. That early organizer, Dr. DeWolfe proved to be one of the most dynamic and down to earth speakers I have ever heard. If you would know more of Dr. DeWolfe’s wit and wisdom, read his Educationa/ Letters

originally published by him in 1951.

We were privileged to have the guidance of many of the National leaders who came to P.E.l. to help us lay a solid founda— tion for our Provincial Federation and we appreciated the warmth and help extended to us at the National Annual Meeting. When we arrived we were greeted as "the baby of the Canadian

Federation".

The great value of the National Annual Meeting was the learning experience. It was a time of great sharing between mem- ber provinces. Together as a National Federation we can do so much, like obtaining family allowances in Canada (a major National project which came out of a local Home and School resolution) and getting better radio and TV for our children. At National we learned that Provincial is the bridge between National and Local but all agreed that the Local Association is the most important unit as it directly serves the children.

The duty of drawing up a constitution for our young Provincial Federation was carefully done by Judge DesRoches and his committee. Shortly after we organized we requested a pro- vincial grant and after repeated requests we were given a $150 grant in 1954. As a result of our mutual desire to cooperate and avoid overlapping on educational matters we were able to report that twelve Women’s Institute Branches held meetings adopting

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