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

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£cUt n ' i Ttte teiye This year is almost over, and it has been a great success thus far. It has been a year of constant activity. When June examinations are over, and all the students have left for their sum ¬ mer holidays, there will be nothing left of the enthusiasm and school spirit that generally pre¬ vailed this year. All that will be left will be some warm memories of a year well spent. It is my sincere hope that this yearbook will help make the memories more vivid. A lot of work has been done to make it a true view of school life. A number of contributions were made by students not on the yearbook committee. Be¬ cause of general interest on the part of the student body, this publication is not the work of just a few people, but the product of many people’s labours. I would like to thank everyone who partici¬ pated in the production of this yearbook. I hope they enjoyed the work and derived as much benefit from it as I did. I feel that it has been a rare privilege to serve my school in this way. If you enjoy reading this book, the work will have been worth it. 4

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this school: H. H. Goertzen (7 years); A. G. Braun and J. I. Warkentin (6); A. C. Kroeker (5); A. P. Hildebrand and A. Heide (4); H. Pauls, A. Schmidt, J. Friesen, and D. R. Dyck (3); H. Dick, L. Siemens, and D. J. Penner (2); C. P. Zacharias, E. Enns, J. Penner, P. Hildebrand, L. Giesbrecht, B. Smith, R. Loewen, and H. T. Thiessen (1); R. J. W. Lyons, Pat Mueller, D. Epp, D. Winter, J. Neufeld, C. Sigurdson, J. Krieger, H. Engbrecht, and O. Graham (partial terms). There have been three principals: A. C. Kroek¬ er (1956-1960), A. Heide (1961), and A. P. Hildebrand (1962-1965). Two inspectors have served: J. W. Butcher (1956-1959) and J. C. Callendar (1960-1965). The students who have achieved the highest standings during the past nine years (this year’s race is still wide open) are: 1956 — Irmgard Wieler, average of 86; 1957 — Evelyn Sawatzky, average of 67; 1958 — Sara Bergen, average of 75; 1959 — Dora Toews, average of 80; 1960 — Brian Topnik, average of 79; 1961 — Ken Schmidt, average of 67; 1962 — Dolores Braun, average of 69; 1963 — Gloria Friesen, average of 71; 1964 — Gerald Gerbrandt, average of 76. The presidents of the student councils of the past ten years have been: Audrey Friesen (1956), Donald Braun (1957), Jim Pearson (1958), David Hoeppner (1959), Robert Wieler (I960), Vernon Hoeppner (1961), Rita Kehler (1962), Raymond Hoeppner (1963), Eric Friesen (1964), and Dorothy Howe (1965). Among the graduates of these ten years can be found medical personnel, teachers (at all levels of the educational system), farmers, phar¬ macy and hospital personnel, businessmen, mu¬ sicians, radio people, social workers, and students in institutions of higher learning. Most of them are adding glory to the name of their co llegiate alma mater. Memories include winning teams of Aces and Acettes; exciting intramural competitions of all kinds; rewarding carol services and Festival par¬ ticipation; publications of books, of poems, of short stories; classroom sessions when learning visibly occurred; academic records set that any school could be proud of. A school is many things. Those of us who have been a part of the Altona Collegiate’s period in this — the “west unit” — are proud of its record, sorry for its shortcomings, and optimistic about the future of our school when it moves into the new division collegiate next fall.

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' PieAideat ' ‘TJtcte.aye The 1964-65 school year has been a very active one for everybody at the Altona Collegiate. It has been a year of changes in every phase of school life. The most notable change is, of course, the switch from the old examination system to the new monthly testing program. However, this originated with the school board and staff. We students have been busy too. Student government has been revised to accommodate the further influx of students next year. Under the old system the council had become too large and consequently very unwieldy. Every council member has a definite activity in the school for which he is responsible. Thus we have spread the duties over the entire coun¬ cil, making the grade nine representatives just as responsible and important as the seniors. Prior to this term, it had been the tendency to leave all activities up to the senior members. All the members have proved themselves capable of car¬ rying out their assigned duties. Thus, it has been a year of accomplishment. A letter system has been instituted and a point system drawn up. We have started a school paper, The Collegian under the editorship of Grant Thiessen. Our constitution is in the pro¬ cess of revision. We ran our drama, our maga¬ zine drive, and our yearbook publication sales concurrently, and ended up with three successful projects. Besides all projects, we were responsible for all social events, sports events, and the library. Now we present our 1964-65 -yearbook of which we are very proud. It has kept the year¬ book and finance committees busy for months. I feel it is the climax of a year which has proved that spirit still exists in our school. Next year, when we enter our new school and welcome new students from all points of this district, we will be ready with a full slate of activities. We admit that everything hasn’t been perfect, but we can learn from our mistakes. As for myself, it has been an honour to work for the school this year. Thus it is that I look forward to next year and new projects which we, the students, can claim as our own.