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

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E. J. ENNS L. GIESBRECHT ;H EM ISTR Y XI 1ATHS X IUS. PRACTICE X H. PAULS, B.A., B.Ed. NEIL ZACHARIAS, B.A., B.Ed. O. GRAHAM, B.Sc. CHEMISTRY XI SCIENCE X GEOGRAPHY X GIRLS ' CHOIR COMP. XII NOVEL XII COMP. IX MUSIC IX HISTORY XI LITERATURE X LITERATURE IX

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acuity DRAMA XII POETRY XII COMP. XI GERMAN X TYPING I II MIXED CHOIR BOYS’ CHOIR GERMAN XII MATHS XII GERMAN XI MATHS XI A. SCHMIDT, B.A., B.Ed. (United College, U. of M.) HISTORY XII LITERATURE XI GUIDANCE X XI COMP. X LITERATURE IX P. HILDEBRAND BOYS’ PHYS. ED. IX-XII MATHS IX J. PENNER, B.Sc. (U. of M.) CHEMISTRY XII SCIENCE X GEOGRAPHY X 10

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The U.N. Seminar Report The twelfth annual United Nations Seminar was held at the Manitoba Teachers College Campus from August 9th to 14th. I felt honored to be one of the one hundred and five young people who attended this seminar. The speakers treated various subjects. Mrs. Marg¬ aret Konantz, M.P. for Winnipeg, shared with us her opinion of the United Nations. Dr. Cortney of Bran¬ don College gave a realistic, yet very informative re¬ port on the history, the shortcomings, the successes and failures of the U.N. “UNICEF” was Mrs. Temple’s subject. She made us aware of UNICEF’s great work and reminded us that helping children was not a charity but an investment. Dr. Morley R. Elliott, an authority on World Health Organization, stated that the object of WHO was to bring man to a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. The United Nations’ role in international affairs was a subject discussed by Mrs. G. S. Murray. Mr. Micheal Clague led a very involved discussion on how to start the United Nations within each individual by the way he lives. Approximately one half of the sessions were dis¬ cussion periods. All the young people were divided into ten groups. The questions raised and discussed during these periods were varied and some were quite unrelated to the U.N. Among the topics were: birth control — right or wrong; does it pay to have the U.N.; is there a chance for an international federa¬ tion; and does the Indian of Canada have as many rights as the Canadian. A number of films treated still different aspects of the United Nations. “Workshop for Peace” took us through the U.N. buildings in New York. Two other films were entitled “Water” and “A Grain of Sand”. The entertainment was well planned. On Sunday night we had a get-acquainted social. The object of this informal gathering was to talk to a minimum of twenty kids. A dance was the highlight for Tuesday night. At 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, two chartered buses took us to Rainbow Stage to see Gypsy. Thursday was our stunt night. Each group prepared a skit and presented it that evening. Dormitory life provided quite a bit of color for the Seminar. Some of the incidents I remember: a climb of seventy-two stairs every time I went up to my room; Chicken Delight at 2:30 a.m.; the typical English humor of Professor Tweedie, the director; the catching of a mouse in the lounge; the lively conversations over pop in the canteen. I found the U.N. Seminar very worthwhile. We learned not only how the “big” United Nations in New York functions, but also how the “little” United Nations in Winnipeg evolved. I want to thank the Altona Collegiate Student Union and the Altona Chamber of Commerce for making my experience pos¬ sible. — BETTY KEHLER 12