Altona Collegiate - Green and Gold Yearbook (Altona, Manitoba Canada)

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CALENDAR ' 55- ' 56 A.C. ACTIVITIES August—School commences. September—Student Council elections. Magazine campaign. October—Teachers’ Convention. Halloween and Initiation Social. November—Scholarship Night. Remembrance Day—Rev. Loge addressed the student body. December—National Photo Studios photographed entire student body. Carol service in the Bergthaler Church. Christmas Social—Rev. Freer was the guest speaker. Exams. January—Skating party. February—Transferred to new Collegiate. Trip to Winnipeg. Teacher-Student hockey game. Score: 9-2 in favor of students. March—Education Week: Formal opening of the Collegiate. Silver tea. Presentation of “Arms and the Man.” Middle River Band gave a concert in Collegiate Audi¬ torium. High School Bonspiel. Exams. April—Driedger family moves to Winnipeg. Special students arrive to take a short course. Festival—Choir wins Dr. S. S. Toni trophy. May—Winkler High School Orchestra gives a concert. J une—Graduation.

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s T C U O D U E N N C T I L EXTRA-CURRICULAR President: Audrey Friesen Vice-President: Don Braun Secretary-Treasurer: Irmgard Wieler Representatives: Grade IX— Marlene Epp Bernard Penner David Hoeppner Grade X— Don Zacharias Judy Friesen Grade XI— Adelaide Giesbrecht Rosemary Howe Les Friesen Advisors: Mr. Goertzen, Mr. Kroeker A student council is composed of representatives from all grades and through it, all students have a voice in the planning of their activities. The purpose of a stundent council is to plan an active program of extra¬ curricular activities and also projects to finance these undertakings. Extra-curricular activities are beneficial to a school because they provide a welcome change from the monotony of studies and they help to develop a feeling of comradeship and unity among students. All social and extra-curricular events seen on the following pages were either sponsored or organized by the student council. The major project this term was the sponsorship of a yearbook. All these activities require finances and the students undertook various projects with this end in view. Financially, the 1955-56 student council has been very successful and raising and managing finances has become “big business” for the students. The total turnover this year has approached $1,000. The student council as an organization has much merit: it teaches simple democracy; it teaches self- reliance; it builds school spirit. 20

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I. S. C. F. The Inter-School Christian Fellowship has been in existence in Canada for many years. Its purpose and aims are well expressed in its motto, which is: “To know Christ, and to make Him known.” Three years ago a representative of this organization visited our school and as a result a number of interested students formed ' an Inter-School Fellowship here. Although the I.S.C.F. has been a relatively small group it has been to many students a source of inspiration and strength. This year’s committee consists of Irene Artes, president; Anne Falk, vice- president; Grace Heinrichs, secretary; Sara Bergen, publicity secretary; and Walter Braun, social convener. Every Thursday after four we gather in one of the classrooms for informal Bible discussions. We have had a number of good speakers, among whom were Rev. H. J. Gerbrandt, Rev. J. Guenter, Miss Helen Willms from Matheson Island, Miss Marie Duerksen, missionary in India, and Miss Esther Patkau, in Japan. We have also had several interesting and instructive films and slides, and a social. This year we plan to hold the I.S.C.F. con¬ ference here in Altona. The I.S.C.F. groups from Winkler, Steinbach and Manitou will take part in this annual affair, which will be under the leadership of Mr. Don Ford, the staff member for Manitoba. We hope that it will prove a successful and effective climax to the year’s I.S.C.F. activities. MAGAZINE CAMPAIGN The magazine campaign was more successful than ever this fall. It was the Student Council’s first big fund-raising activity. Subscriptions for the following firms, Maclean-Hunter, Curtis Distributors and D. W. Friesen Sons Ltd., totalled a gross of approximately $900.00 and enlarged the council’s bank account by some $300.00. Though almost the entire student body con¬ tributed toward the general effort, the bulk of the sales were made by crack salesmen like Don Fehr, Don Braun, Irwin Kehler and Bernard Penner, shown discussing “business” with the secretary in the picture (left). To Don Fehr goes the credit for 30 per cent of the returns. 32