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cause of Eugenics. The modern age is realizing that a nation must 

 preserve its best men and thus they cannot engage in long wars of contest. 

 The main object of Eugenics is to create a sentiment that shall cause 

 persons of marriageable age to choose companions of physical and mental 

 fitness. They think those unfit should be controlled by the State. 



Miss Raveiihill, of Victoria, B.C., gave an address on "Physiological 

 Growth and Development in Childhood and Adoloscense." She said: 



"Man is born the most helpless among animals. The periods of 

 growth are: (1) Infancy; (2) Early Childhood; (3) Later Childhood; 

 (4) Adolescense. The latter is a period of change in mind and body. 

 It is a time for training in hygiene and self control. Allowance should 

 be made at this time for the instability consequent upon the many physical 

 changes active at this period of life." 



The afternoon session opened with a solo by Mr. Fleming. 



Mr. W. L. (Mark, of Leamington, Ontario, gave an interesting address 

 on "Farmers' Sons." He emphasized the importance of teaching the 

 boy what he should know. The keynote of his address was the necessity 

 for purity. 



Prof. Geo. Putnam, of Toronto, gave a report of the Ontario Women's 

 Institutes. He said: 



"We cannot emphasize too much the importance of high ideals in 

 the home and which are reflected on the national life. While the fieH 

 of greatest promise lies in educating the young, still we have a present 

 duty in affording facilities for self improvement, to those who are now, 

 and have been for years, face to face with the problems of home making 

 and home keeping. One of the organizations which has been very success- 

 ful fn this line is the Women's Institute of Ontario." 



Mr. Putnam outlined the beginning of this work and followed its 

 growth and expansion into 700 branches with a membership of 21,000. 

 Each organization is doing something towards instruction in food values, 

 methods of cooking, care of children, sanitation in the home, and other 

 features that bear directly on the individual and the home. The Institute 

 is a force today because it does things on its own account. The Institutes 

 deal with problems of interest to the community and the Province; School 

 problems, rest rooms for women who come to town for a day, civic im- 

 provements, libraries,^ etc., are receiving attention, and those who are 

 in touch with Institute work see greater possibilities ahead. 



Mrs. Muldrew, Principal of Alberta's Ladies' College at Red Deer, gave 

 an address on "Education of Girls." She said: 



"As a rule we have used more wisdom with the education of our 

 boys than with our girls. This is because we look upon our men as the 

 producers of wealth. When a boy leaves the High School and we can 

 afford to give him more training, we make it bear on his vocation, so 

 that whichever line he follows, he will be a better producer of wealth. 

 We have not used the same wisdom with our girls. Education should 

 meet the nation's greatest need. If the training of our girls has failed 



