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

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GREEN AND GOLD! GREEN AND GOLD! These are the colours we uphold Razzle, dazzle, Sis—boom—bah, Altona Aces Rah, rah, rah! ! COMMITTEE David Wiebe Rick Janzen Mr. P. Hildebrandt Ronald Enns

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Rita Loewen, Mr. Giesbrecht, Gordon Friesen, Ken Thiesen. CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE Because the old constitution was outdated and or¬ ganizational reforms had already been made, the Council found it necessary to revise the constitution. The committee members, Rita Loewen, Gordon Frie¬ sen, Ken Thiesen, and Mr. Giesbrecht, the faculty sponsor, optimistically embarked on this chore, which would surely rob only a few moments from their busy schedules. Little did they realize the magnitude of the task. The old constitution was carefully studied and countless minor changes were made. Only a few major revisions were effected, however. The ineffi¬ cient system of autumn elections was changed to a system where nominations would be made in June and elections held before the close of the first full week of school in fall. The duties of the treasurer were trans¬ ferred from the secretary to the vice-president. The new system of government adopted by the school this year was incorporated. The Council met on January 6, 1965, and after much discussion and a few minor changes was passed on to January 13th. “Well,” the committee members thought, “our work is finished now. The coming Jan- 5 uary 22nd plebescite is merely a formality.” How misguided these minds were! The constitu¬ tion was voted down. It was felt, however, that the j students didn’t thoroughly understand the constitution. | Every class was now visited and the constitution was a read and discussed. Objections and recommendations | were received from the students and the draft went ; back to the committee and was again slightly revised. ) The constitution is currently in committee, being j prepared for the second presentation to the students, We feel sure this time it will be ratified. As sophomore president, I would like to pass along j our sympathies to the freshmen. We occupied the huts] last year and know that it is not too pleasant being ) cut off from the main student body. However, better things are on the way. Take heart! I would like also, to mention that a good part of 1 the work done by the social convener was ably per¬ formed by Clifford Falk who occupied my position of,! president until January. 34

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Team Statistics Altona 23 Altona 15 Altona 16 Altona 46 Altona 39 Altona 44 Altona 35 Altona 42 Altona 24 Altona 46 Carman Morden Winkler Miami Steinbach Lowe Farm Steinbach Morris 44 20 61 47 120 68 59 68 74 59 Utotui The 1964-65 basketball season saw the once vaunted Aces score a perfect 0 and 10 record. One might have expected such a team to despair. However, this was hardly the case. After the humiliation of a win¬ less season, the Aces went on to win top honours in the “Underdog” tournament at Morden on March 6. After trouncing of Carman, (41-22), a team which had beaten Altona in the first league game, the Aces met the Morden Mohawks in the cham¬ pionship play-off. Here again the green and gold squad demonstrated unexpected superiority, winning by a score of 50-36. 1964-65 was a season for “rebuilding” where the Aces were concerned. Because of an over-abundance of senior talent in re¬ cent years, few juniors and sophomores had had the opportunity of breaking into the line-up. With this talent gone a new team had to be built from the ground up. Only one pillar of strength remained, and that was John Dick, alias “Big Red”. John’s performance was outstanding in all games in which he participated. Other stars, however, have appeared on the horizon. Vic Friesen, Ray Klassen, and Harv Toews should form a solid nucleus next year. Chafing at the bit of course, are present Freshmen like Rick Janzen and Jim Wolfe. A new season should see the Aces well up in the Southern Manitoba Basketball Conference standings once again. 36