Winkler Collegiate Institute - Collegian Yearbook (Winkler, Manitoba Canada)

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ONE HUNDRED Winkler was still resting deeply beneath heavy feather quilts, but “with catlike tread” the Grade X’s and XI’s stepped on to the cool floor in a chilly room that last crisp day of October in 1958. No! Hallowe’en tricks and treats were not the cause of this anxiety which dwelt within the heart of every student. Breakfast was forgotten as they grabbed their bags of “grub” and head¬ ed for school. At 7:30 one hundred and ten excited students boarded the three waiting buses, and the beaming faces peered through the windows as the “smiling” bus rolled along the grey, winding strip of pavement with its large family. They were finally off to Winnipeg! Greater happiness could not have reigned, had they boarded the largest air-liner to Europe. Those “not-quite-awake” ones took a short nap but so on the bus was transformed into the most enormous noise-box on the road, as everyone chattered, sang from deep down, and even began nibbling small parts of their lunch trying hard not to distort it. Shortly after 9:30 the Winklerites arrived at their destination. The three groups visit¬ ed the factories alternately, after all, who wants 110 faces staring at you at once while trying to do your work. The airport was the first stop on our agenda. After • circuiting the repair-shop, the manufacturing plant, and assembly plant we were allowed to enter a plane, and watch the Blue Bombers take off for their next out-of-town game. Some naturally longed to be a football player rather than a pilot. VALEDICTORY (Continued) their accomplishments with regards to lunar and interplanetary space flights. In order to progress in the modern scientific world we must acquire various scientific data on cosmic rays, radiation, and magnetic and gravitational fields about the earth’s atmosphere. These enormous accomplish¬ ments can only be achieved by the co-opera¬ tion of intelligent men who have specialized in various phases of Science and engineer¬ ing and can each contribute his knowledge to the development of various projects re¬ lating to the exploration of our universe. In other fields as well the key note appears to be specialization. Agriculture emphasizes vertical integration, medicine demands spe¬ cialists in each department and business requires people who are masters in one par¬ ticular branch or phase of work. Even in the teaching profession there is a growing demand for teachers who have taken ad¬ vanced courses and specialized in particular Page 64 HIT WINNIPEG At Christie’s Biscuits, most of the girls decided that considering all the buttons and levers in the pilot’s pit, it was much simpler to bake biscuits. A guide dressed in immacu¬ late white, made the explanations, but I wonder how many boys watched the cookies on the rollers — or was it the working girls in overalls? Dough fell from the ceiling like yellow sponge blankets; icing ran from barrels; and finally the students marched out of the door with a bag of cookies in their outstretched hands. Once in the bus “the 37” opened their lunch sacks and munched their respective “liverwurst” and sipped Pepsi-Cola. After lunch we found ourselves among thousands of screws, bolts, machines and men. The men at the C.N.R. shops were tremendous hosts and explained their work fully. At Monarch Machinery we entered a clean show room of pumps and motors which were admired as “beauties’’ by everyone except some girls who could not understand why such things were considered so beautiful. We were swept into the smelting plant by the smell of ashes and tar, where the “beauties” originated. Just before four we sat on the steps of the Parliament Building waiting for everyone to arrive. The most patriotic smiles were put on as the young British subjects march¬ ed up the marble stairs to listen intently to political speeches and hear our M.L.A. an¬ nounce our arrival and put in a few good Continued on Page 80 subject fields. Let us be mindful of these unlimited opportunities as the lure of the vast unknown summons us to leave our institution to follow those who have gone ahead. And yet, as we strive to become spe¬ cialists in one particular field, we shall still keep in mind the words of Dr. V. K. Greer. “The aim of all education is to pro¬ duce citizens who will be publicly useful and privately happy.” In this endeavor to obtain a true educa¬ tion, we want to show our parents, teachers, school board, and citizens of the community that their efforts were profitable and that the school they have provided for us has aided us in this endeavor. We, the 1959 graduates of the Winkler Collegiate, shall be found striving for a goal so capably de¬ scribed by Longfellow: Not enjoyment and not sorrow, is our destined end or way; But to act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today.

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SUMMIT CONFERENCE—A SITTING ON SCHOLARSHIPS Walter Suderman, Mr. Feldbrill, Theodore Redekop. Page 63

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1958 GRADUATES