The Icelandic Canadian - 01.12.1971, Síða 61

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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president, Tim Samson, as an ex-
officio member.
The meeting was open to the public
and a number of non-members at-
tended. The president challenged club
members to take active interest in the
club’s activities and invited non-mem-
bers to express their opinions to the
meeting. Several responded with sug-
gestions and relevant questions.
Club member Bill Helgason suggest-
ed that to keep members interested
and aware of club activities, a news
letter might be published and dis-
tributed at intervals.
Splendid entertainment followed the
short business meeting, when Dr.
Bjorn Jonsson of Swan River showed
a selection of interesting slides taken
on a recent trip to Iceland. Many
were unique, with appealing touches
of human interest. —C.G.
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JONAS TH. JONASSON REMEM-
BERS -
Wesley College and Dr. Sparling
(Excerpt from a letter from Jonas Th.
Jonasson, dated September 9, 1971)
. . . That brings back memories of
sixty years ago, when I was at Wei-
ley. On a cold winter morning there
was a stream of students hurrying
along Ellice Avenue to reach their
classrooms before nine o’clock. When
the nine o’clock bell rang Dr. Sparling
took up his post at the door of his of-
fice with his watch in hand. If you
happened to be a little late he would
say, “You are a little late, my boy—a
little late”. That was all, but we took
that more to heart than if he had
given us a severe scolding. I think
there were twenty-three graduating in
my class — what a change to now! —
All our teachers were dedicated men
and I know that I remember some of
the things they said relating to matters
outside the lessons while the material
of the lesson has vanished.
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DR. H. E. DUCKWORTH INSTAL-
LED AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNI-
VERSITY OF WINNIPEG
Dr. Henry Edmison Duckworth was
installed President of the University
of Winnipeg on October 16, 1971.
Participating in an impressive cere-
mony were representatives from 93
colleges and universities the world
over. They marched into the aud-
itorium in the order in whioh their
universities were founded, starting
with Oxford and Cambridge, founded
in the thirteenth century.
Chancellor P. H. T. Thorlakson
introduced Dr. Duckworth. He spoke
briefly of Dr. Duckworth’s accomplish-
ments and qualifications and led him
through the formal oath of instal-
lation. Dr. Duckworth is president of
the Royal Society of Canada. He has
been chairman of the Commission on
atomic masses of the International
Union of Pure and applied Physics
and is internationally known for his
research into mass spectrosopy.
Dr. Leo Kristjanson, of the Univer-
sity of Saskatchewan, represented the
Canadian Association of University
teachers in this occasion and Dr.
Carolyn Matthiasson, of Winnipeg,
represented her Alma Mater, Beloit
College, in Wisconsin.
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AN ICELANDIC DISPLAY IN
WINNIPEG IN 1884
In September 1884, the Manitoba
Historical Society arranged an exhibit
in the Knox Hall, Winnipeg, in honor
of visiting members of the British