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interested are welcome, whether menibers of the institute or not. Copies of 

 said prnjiranniu's slioiild l)e sent to the scliool-teacliers in tlie district, witli tlic 

 re(iuest tliat tliey l)e carefully distributed anionj^ the children. 



30. A copy of each poster and each progrannne shall be sent, as soon as jaili- 

 lished. to the superintendent and to each speaker advertised. 



40. When institutes are notified of the dates assigned for their meetings, and 

 are furnished with the names of the sjjeakers and a list of topics, the executive 

 connnittee should proceed to complete arrangements according to these rules^. 

 They shoidd finally engage the hall, select local talent, etc. At least half of the 

 time of each meeting should be occupied by local talent. The hall or otlier l)uild- 

 ing to be used for holding the institute meetings should be lighted and heated, 

 when such is necessary, at least half an hour before the time advertised. When 

 light and heat are not required, said places should be opened and iirciiaicd for 

 holding the meeting at least one-half hour before the time advertised. 



41. The time allowed speakers should be from five to thirty miiuites, to vary 

 according to the subject and the ability of the speaker. It is no breach of 

 courtesy to linut each speaker to the time allotted him in the programme. When 

 the ])rogrannne has been carefully jirepared on that basis, no speaker should be 

 allowed tt) exceed the time, to the embarrassment or detriment of the speakers 

 who are to follow him. If speakers ai-e held down to their time the work of the 

 institutes, as a rule, will be benefited. Sessions should not be too long. 



42. No one should be named on a programme who has not agreed to do the 

 specific thing he is advertised to do. 



43. At each meeting of the institute a committee should be appointed to can- 

 vass the audience for members. 



Board or Directors. 



44. The Itoard of directors, under these rules and regulations, shall have full 

 control of the aff.iirs of the institute. They shall arrange time and places of 

 meetings, when not otherwise arranged for. and shall outline the work and policy 

 of the institute. 



4;"). The directors of each local institute shall convene each year in the month 

 of February for the purpose of arranging for the annual meeting. At this 

 meeting the order of business shall be as follows: 



(1) Selection of a place for holding the anniial meeting. 



(2) Shall a request be sent to the superintendent for a delegate to attend the 

 aimual meeting? 



(3) If it is decided not to send a request to the superintendent for the serv- 

 ices of a delegate, the directors shall select a date on which to hold the annual 

 meeting, which shall be between the 1st and 20th of June. (See clauses 14, 

 10, IT, and 18.) 



Executive Committee. 



4(i. The executive committee shall carry into effect the plan of work decided 

 upon by the board of directors and shall arrange the details of the s.-ime. (See 

 clauses 9 and 66.) 



Notice of Meetings. 



47. A meeting of the directors or of the executive committee may be held at 

 any time, provided one week's notice by letter be given to each director, in the 

 case of a directors' meeting, and a similar notice to each executive othcer in case 

 of an executive connnittee meeting. Meetings of the executive ollicers or of the 

 directors nniy be held on shorter notice', provided each director or executive 

 officer be otherwise notified and agrees thereto. (See clause 25.) 



