The Icelandic Canadian - 01.12.1955, Side 42

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Winter 1955
City, Utah, and went to California in
1946, graduating from Imperial Valley
Union High School at Imperial, Cal.,
before going to George Pepperdine
College. At Imperial Valley Union
he was an honor student and Salutator-
ian in his class.
A gold seal on his high school
diploma marks Mr. Cline as a life
member of the California Scholarship
Federation. The Bank of America
award in mathematics and science was
given him during his senior year, and
at graduation he was named the out-
standing boy in his class and received
the American Legion Award. He hopes
to complete his undergraduate work
by next June.
★
WINS QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY
SCHOLARSHIP
John Dennis Valberg
John Dennis Valberg, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Valberg of Regina, on
completing his fourth year in Med-
icine at Queen’s University, Kingston,
Ontario, was awarded the J. A. S.
Dorance $200.00 scholarship. Accord-
ing to the will of the late Dr. Dorance
this scholarship is awarded to the
student “resembling most nearly in
character and demeanor the late Dr.
J. A. S. Dorance.
Dr. Leslie Stephen Valberg, a bro-
ther of John Dennis, graduated in
medicine from Queen’s University in
the spring of 1953, winning several
scholarships (see Icel. Can. Winter
1954).
★
WINS ACADEMIC HONORS
Miss Denise Helgason
The National Office Management
Association, Edmonton chapter, schol-
arship for 1955 was awarded in Oc-
tober to Miss Denise S. Helgason, a
graduate of University High School,
Edmonton.
Miss Helgason is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Helgason, 11610
75th Avenue, Edmonton, and grand-
daughter of the late Jonas and SigriS-
ur Helgason, pioneers og Grund in
the Argyle disrtict near Baldur and
Glenboro, Man.
The scholarship of $100 is awarded
each year to a selected high school
graduate entering the faculty of edu-
cation at the University of Alberta
with the intention of qualifying as a