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

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The highlights of Education Week in Altona were the Silver Tea, Art Exhibit and a variety program held on March 9. On Thursday afternoon, “Open House” was held in all the classrooms of the Altona schools. Classes were in session from 1:30 till 2:30 and parents and other interested persons were invited to visit the classrooms in operation. After the students were dismissed they served a dainty lunch of sandwiches, cake, tea and coffee in the audi¬ toriums of both Elementary School and Collegiate to continue the tradition of “The Silver Tea.” The art display in the Collegiate Auditorium, consisted of work done by the Morris Art Group, a group of amateur artists and nurses, farmers, doctors, housewives and clerks. Members of the group were on hand to explain the activities of this organization. In the evening a variety program was sponsored by the students under the direction of Mr. Albert Braun. The choir sang a number of Negro spirituals. The play “Shall We Join the Ladies,” which received a commendable mark of 86 at the festival was again performed for the benefit of the people. Another interesting item was the debate “Resolved That Manitoba Needs the Newly Proposed General High School Course,” which was delivered by the two Altona teams who won at the festival. It is to be hoped that in years to come our Collegiate will continue to produce new and varied programs, thus preserving the essence of progress in education. 58

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Grade XI Class Tour At quarter after seven, the Altona grade eleven class left Altona to invade Winnipeg. Vernon Neufeld, a member of the class, was at the wheel of our chartered bus. At nine o’clock we arrived at C.N.I.B. We were guided by a blind man through the workshop where blind people made brooms and dresses. We were then shown the living quarters where we saw a great variety of door knobs. They had a Braille world map, shuffleboards, tape recorded stories and a lounge as a place for passing time. Our next invasion was the Winnipeg Inter¬ national Airport. In one easy lesson we learned how to build airplane engines, and how to repair broken planes. Our guide took us through a plane under repair. Then everyone had free time at Polo Park. This was time for shopping, eating or fooling around. At two o’clock everyone travelled to the Orange Crush Bottling Company. We were shown how it was made and at the end of the tour, all of us Grade XII The Grade XII class tour got off to an early start at 8:00 o’clock on the morning of March 17. The bus that we had chartered for the day was waiting for us and on the way in the students ate breakfasts, caught up on sleep or just talked. We arrived in Winnipeg at 10 o’clock and pro¬ ceeded to the airport. We were given a short tour through the TCA hangars and through a TCA Viscount Turbo-prop. We then were taken to the DOT aircraft control units and given a complete and exhaustive tour through the radar and air traffic control units. We were then given were surprised to get a FREE pop. North Star Oil Refineries in St. Boniface was the place of our next tour. First one of the guides had a brief chemistry session with us to make sure we all knew what happened at each building or tower. Then we were shown into the “smelly” refining area and the control building. (Exciting?) Back to Polo Park we went, where at six o’clock we were to see CJAY-TV studios. Our guide showed us the cameras, some scenes for filming and many of the studios. In the control room, we could watch the actors fooling around while not on TV (Interesting!) Everyone went past the receptionist (wow) to the bus. Then everyone went to the Gaiety Theatre to see the great classic “Ben Hur.” This lasted ’til fairly late, and we started home. First we stopped for a bite to eat at Pony Corral. We got home at two o’clock at night and snow was falling quietly and gently. Man — what a day! Class Tour time off for dinner and a little spare time. We met at the bus depot and proceeded to St. Boniface Cathedral where we had another informative and interesting tour. We left there about 4:00. The class then was taken to the Rupert St. Jail and taken on a complete tour. Then we were taken to supper together. After supper and a little more free time we proceeded to the MTC for a very entertaining performance of Juno and the Pay cock. After the play a still fairly lively class boarded the bus for the trip home. 57

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