nent resource areas where material would be readily available and 
     
     teaching aids could be best utilized. 
     
    
   
   
    
     My final official function as President represented another 
     
     Home and School first when our Annual Meeting for 1971 
     
     coincided with the release of the School Act and the Tax Act 
     
     before the Legislature on November 4. The Minister of Education 
     
     and the Minister of Finance were present on this occasion and 
     
     engaged in the first public discussion following the tabling of 
     
     these two very important pieces of legislation. This meeting was 
     
     very well attended and all delegates were provided with copies of 
     
    
   
   
    
     the two acts. 
     
    
   
   
    
     RONALD E. ELLIOTT 
     
     1971-1972 
     
    
   
   
    
     I was President during what may prove 
     
     to be the most significant period, 
     
     education-wise, in the history of Prince 
     
     Edward Island, for it was in the fall of 
     
     1971 that the government brought 
     
     down legislation to create five admin- 
     
     istrative units and give us a new School 
     
     Act, The 1971 Annual Meeting was 
     
     delayed so that the delegates could 
     
     hear a presentation by the Ministers of 
     
     Education and Finance and have an 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     opportunity to discuss the new legislation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     One of the main thrusts of that particular period was to 
     
     increase the membership of Home and School to make it oossible 
     
     for it to function more effectively in the province. To this end we 
     
     applied for and received a grant of $2,500 through the Depart. 
     
     ment of Development. We carried out a province—wide niember- 
     
     ship campaign and fund raising drive. We organized a very 
     
     successful Home and School evening at the Charlottetowr Hotel, 
     
     at which time all past presidents were honoured. Mrs. Beryl 
     
     Plumptre, President of the Vanier Institute of the Fam y, was 
     
     our guest speaker. 
     
    
   
   
    
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