The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1967, Side 39

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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it is anticipated that not less than three
or four concerts or meetings will be
held each week, some in the evenings
and some in the afternoons. The
people attending will primarily consist
of cultural groups and those in at-
tendance will gather in the auditorium
before and after, or during intermis-
sions and will undoubtedly observe the
plaque and read what is on it, in Eng-
lish or French.
The auditorium-foyer is always open
when the main building is open, and
probably also the concert hall. For the
balance of the centennial year, and
probably permanently, there will be
guides in the building and it is expect-
ed that the large crowds of visitors
will start in front of the spacious cloak
room, proceed from there to the audi-
torium, then the concert hall, and then
back to the main marble-walled audi-
torium, which is neither intended or
suited for meetings or gatherings.
From there the visitors will be taken
to the spacious museum to the extreme
right corresponding to the auclitorium-
foyer on the left.
Canadians of Icelandic descent, and,
indeed, all Canadians, because of the
inherent historic value of the plaque,
owe a debt of gratitude to the govern-
ment of Canada and in particular to
the Prime Minister and the Minister of
Public Works for allowing the plaque
to be placed at that special site.
It should be added that an arrange-
ment was made that if so desired the
plaque could at a later date be moved
to the contemplated Museum of
Human History. The consensus of
opinion in Ottawa among those who
have seen the plaque and are interest-
ed, is that it should be permanently
left where it is at present.
—W. J. Lindal