The Icelandic Canadian - 01.12.1955, Page 43

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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teacher of commercial or related
subjects.
It is offered students of Edmonton,
Clover Bay, Stony Plain and Sturgeon
school divisions and applicants are
judged on academic standing and per-
sonal qualities.
During her three years at University
High School Miss Helgason received
consistently outstanding marks, and
on her grade XII departmental exam-
inations attained an average of 87 per
cent. On graduating she was award-
ed the Rosborough Memorial Trophy,
presented each year to the most out-
standing all-round grade XII student.
In addition she also completed her
grade X in piano with the Toronto
Conservatory of Music and in 1953
she won the Gladys Muttart Trophy
for musical achievement. She has taken
a leading part in other student activ-
ities, having served as editor of the
school paper.
A poem by Miss Helgason, entitled
‘‘Music Festival” was selected for the
Alberta Golden Jubilee Anthology
(see Icel. Can. Autumn 1955)
Miss Helgason is now enrolled in
the Faculty of Education at the Uni-
versity of Alberta and is majoring in
English.
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ICELANDIC CANADIAN CLUB
NEWS
Saturday, November 19th was “Stu-
dents’ Night” at the monthly meeting
of the Icelandic Canadian Club held
in the lower Auditorium of the First
Lutheran Church with Art Swainson,
representing the Leif Eiriksson Club,
presiding. As in previous years the
three organizations, the Icelandic Na-
tional League, the Icelandic Canadian
Club, and the Leif Eiriksson Club
jointly sponsored this meeting at
which, students of Icelandic extraction
in the educational institutions of Win-
nipeg were the guests of honor.
J. T. Beck brought greetings from
the Icelandic Canadian Club, and Dr.
V. J. Eylands from the Icelandic Na-
tional League. Judge W. J. Lindal
presented the GuSrun Norman Estate
Scholarship, amounting to $100.00, to
Eric George Clemens. Prof. Finnbogi
GuSmundsson spoke of the life and
work of Hallddr Kiljan Laxness, the
first Icelander to win the Nobel Prize
in Literature.
Colored slides of the Centennial Ice-
landic Celebration held in Utah were
shown by Mrs. Kristin Johnson. These
slides well exemplified the artistic
photographic ability of Mrs. Johnson,
whose accompanying explanations were
of great interest to the audience.
A delicious Icelandic lunch, served
by Mrs. Gunnlaugson and her com-
mittee, terminated the meeting.
★
Miss Kathleen Lorraine Johnson, a
graduate in nursing last May from St.
Paul’s hospital in Saskatoon, is now
on staff at Nipawin Union Hospital.
She was an honor student in Grade