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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
AUTUMN 1977
11. Vocal solo
Mrs. W. H. Paulson
12. Song
Wesley Quartette
13. Vocal solo
H. Thorolfsson
Among the founders of the Stu-
dents Society as well as in years to
come, there wei'e several young
people of promise, some of whom
in their college days won the high-
est academic honors.
Ingvar Buason was one of the
young men of promise. Born in Ice-
land, in 1873, he arrived with his
family in Manitoba (New Iceland),
in 1887. After only one year of public
school, he proceeded to Manitoba
College, where he attended for six
years, for his secondary and college
education, graduating in 1902.
The year 1902 was a memorable
one for Ingvar Buason. He was an
active worker in the Good Templar
Order and shortly after graduation
he attended an international I.O.G.T.
convention in Stockholm as a dele-
gate of the Grand Lodge of Mani-
toba. More important, he was mar-
ried that summer to a young lady
who was also an active member of
the Order, Gudrun Johannsdottir.
In the fall of the year he enrolled
at the Medical College, but failing
health prevented him from continu-
ing his studies beyond First Year.
Untimely death cut short Ingvar
Buason’s career in 1904. His funeral,
conducted from St. Paul’s Church,
on the corner of Notre Dame and
Nena (Sherbrook) attested to the
high esteem in which he was held.
Ingvar Buason.
There were six hundred present and
two ministers took part in the ser-
vice.
Thorvaldur Thorvaldsson was a
brilliant student, and already in his
student days prominent in the Uni-
tarian movement. Born in Iceland,
in 1879, he arrived with the family
in Manitoba, in New Iceland, in 1887.
He attended collegiate in Winnipeg
in 1897, and after the New Year of
1898 he commenced his studies at
Wesley College. He graduated with
a First Class standing, in 1902. In the
fall of that year he proceeded to
Harvard University, where he re-