The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1945, Page 38

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
June 1945
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN
The names of the following students
of Icelandic extraction appeared in the
Convocation Programme of the Univer-
sity of Saskatchewan, May 11.
Barbara Rase Olafson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Thorsteinn Olafson of
Unity, Sask., won the Homemakers’
Prize for Household Science.
Conrad Gislason, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Gislason of Leslie, Sask., won a
second year scholarship in Agriculture.
Oliver Eggert Laxdal, son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. E. Laxdal of Kuroki, Sask., was
awarded a certificate in Medicine. He
has proceeded to the University of To-
ronto to complete his course.
Two Icelandic girls have excelled this
year in extra-curricular activities at the
University of Saskatchewan. Aldis Peter-
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Peter-
son of Saskatoon, was awarded the “Spi-
rit of Youth” trophy as “the girl most
outstanding in sports and qualities of
leadership.” Miss Peterson has had a
long record of participation in sports,
especially basketball and tennis, and
as a leader in University student organi-
zations. In her senior year in the Nu-
tana Collegiate she held the highest
distinction in her class, being “Senior
Pin.” At the University she was Secretary
of the Women’s Athletic Board in 1942-
43 and President of the same organi-
zation in 1943-44. She has been Captain
of the Girls’ Basketball Team, President
of the Penta Kai Deka Society and
Vice-President of the Students’ Repre-
sentative Council, the highest offices
for which a girl at the University is
eligible.
The other girl is Lily Kristjanson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hakon Krist-