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

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Standing left to right: Ed Labun, Mr. Alan Janzen, Staff Adviser; Lucille Kroeker, Elvina Dyck, Peter Dyck, Convener. Ore ; cstra ( ' ' Ovnvnittee “Tune up, basketballs away, we’re five minutes late already”—this is the cheery voice that greets us every Tuesday and Mr. Janzen calls his obedient orchestra members to attention. The practice then begins with the painful tuning of the string instruments. The orchestra began its season in October and with the exceptions of holidays and exams we had practices every Tuesday night at 7:45. At present we are prac¬ ticing several selections for the festival and later on we are anticipating a spring concert together with the choir. We, as orchestra members, had the privilege this past year of performing at several Parent Teachers As¬ sociation meetings and church services. On behalf of the orchestra I would like to thank Mr. Janzen for the patience that he has shown us, and for the instruction which he gave us. PETER DYCK 61

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Standing left to right: Irene Lenzmann, Glen Janzen, Mr. H. T. Thlessen, Staff Advisor; Peter Dyck, Elaine Kroeker Seated- Javne Dvrk Convener, Elvina Dyck. ' ' The Winkler Collegiate Senior Choir is organized every year for the purpose of providing its students with an outlet for self-expression and service through the medium of singing. Membership of the choir this year has numbered one hundred and thirty-five, all being volunteers from grades X to XII. The school’s policy allows anyone to join provided he is interested in singing and willing to sacrifice some of his own time because most of the rehearsals are held during the noon hours. This has been another busy year for the choir. There were two major assignments before Christmas— The M. B. Youth Conference and the Christmas Carol Service. After the New Year, the choir performed on three different occasions, namely; at the Winnipeg Festival, at the Southern Manitoba Music Festival and the annual spring concert in May. Students have en¬ joyed the choral work under the direction of Mr. Henry T. Thiessen. The pianist for the choir was Frances Elias, a grade XII student. On behalf of the conductor and the Choir Com¬ mittee, I wish to commend the students for their en¬ thusiastic participation and splendid co-operation in all choir assignments. This has made my work as conven¬ er easy and enjoyable. JAYNE DYCK, Convener. 60

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5ports C3 ovnmittee Standing left to right: Dick Derksen, Convener; George Dyck, Ross Browne. Walter Labun, Douglas Dyck, Harold Reimer, Bill Luptak. Seated: Ernie Doerksen, Barbara Thiessen, Warren Browne, Mr. H. Mesman, Staff Adviser; Keith Wiebe, Rick Wall, Harry Thiessen. Our school sports season started with football. The football team was stronger this year than it has been in the last few years, and finished the season with five wins and three losses. The girls’ volleyball team also had an excellent season, losing only two games and winning six. A cross-country race was held in Winkler with teams from Miami, Morden and Winkler participating. The entire course was approximately 2 miles long. The Winkler team won the race and received the trophy. With the football season over, our P.E. instructor started an inter-room volleyball and soccer program. In the volleyball program the 11W girls and the 12B boys proved themselves champions by not losing any game. The soccer championship was won by the 10A boys. The inter-room basketball program was started aft¬ er the volleyball program was finished. Our instructor had enough girls, as well as boys, signed up so that he could form six teams for both girls and boys. The basketball season started as soon as the foot¬ ball season was over. The girls had a fair team and at the end of the league schedule were in third place with five wins and five losses. The boys had an excellent team and ended the league schedule in first place with nine wins and only one loss. They then went on to defeat Miami in the semi-finals, two games to none. However, they lost the finals to Lowe Farm, two games to none. Our instructor held sprint championships after Christmas for the High School. The overall champion of the girls was Shirley Giesbrecht and of the boys it was Ron Kehler. Our instructor plans to have cham¬ pionships in the following events: country-country and the mile for boys only, 100 yards, 220 yards, 440 yards, 880 yards, hurdles, high jump, shot put, broad jump and discus for both boys and girls. GEORGE DYCK 62