occasion. Some of the problems of concern just one decade ago were: the need for education in television, the bottom third, cigarette smoking among teenagers, automation, overcrowded facilities in Canadian universities, need for improved school libraries, importance of adult education.

A highlight for P.E.|. came in September 1965, when the Federation played host to an Atlantic Conference. The Con- ference was scheduled to follow immediately after the Federa- tion’s Annual Meeting. In that way it was possible for many national persons including the National President, Mr. A. J. Sands to be present at the Annual Meeting. The one-day Conference was devoted to Federation business, especially planning for 1967 Centennial projects. Much emphasis was placed on ways to make an annual meeting into a real forum on educational matters.

The study on Mobility was a major item on the agenda of an Atlantic Conference held at Fort Cumberland Hotel in Amherst in May 1967. Another important decision of that meeting was to establish an Atlantic Home and School Council to meet at least twice a year to work toward common objectives. The three provincial presidents and two others from each Maritime province were to constitute a Council.

The Atlantic Council has held several meetings and has carried out one important assignment for the Canadian Home and School and Parent-Teacher Federation, namely the revision of the official handbook of the organization. Under the chairman» ship of Jack Sands, a committee named by the Atlantic Council worked for two years to produce an updated and imaginative handbook depicting Home and School as a child-centered organization. Lively and provocative illustrations and cover design were the work of an Island artist, Henry Purdy, Depart- ment of Commercial Design at Holland College. Prince Edward Island's representative on the Handbook Revision Committee was Mrs. Hesta MacDonald, then Eastern Vice-President.

By 1968 the non-medical use of drugs was becoming a major concern in the Maritime provinces. The Atlantic Home and School Council met for a two-day study session in Moncton, seek- ing ways to give accurate information to parents, to teachers and to young people, and striving for ways to support Canadian Home and School in its study of drug abuse.

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