Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 29, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Winnipeg press. Wednesday april 29.1981 students show school Pride with murals by Glen Mackenzie about 400 students at Minnetonka school in St. Ital have lurked on a beautification program aimed at Mak ing the school look As non institutional As possible. Patricia Stanger a Grade 5 teacher said when some hallways were scheduled for painting last year the St. Vital school Board agreed to a school request to let the students do the work. Instead of simply painting the Walls a new color students have spent the last year working on murals. The multicoloured designs include a transportation mural with everything from boats to air planes an outer space mural and paintings with characters from various stories such As the Jungle Book. Marjorie Kilyk who teaches Art to students in grades 7 to 9, said space has been left on some of the murals to accommodate individual pictures of the estimated 400 students who contributed to the project. The kindergarten to Grade 9 school has about 500 students about 200 of them in Junior High. Kilyk said the murals were started because people in the school were looking for ways to make a school look less like an an annual Spring beautification project involves asking each of the 500 students to bring a Flower for the school s Interior courtyard she said. As Well students have installed about 15 macrame hangers with plants in hallways. University appoints ombudsman the University of Manitoba has appointed Christine Mckee director of the Institute of Urban studies at the University of Winnipeg As its ombudsman. Mckee s appointment is effective sept. 1. The ombudsman a newly created position will investigate grievance brought by students or applicants for admission and provide information on rights and responsibilities of students. Mckee will serve in a half time capacity and retain her position As director of the u of w Urban affairs Institute. A graduate of the University of Birmingham England Mckee has been director of the Institute of Urban studies since last july. She joined the Institute six years ago As a research officer and has been involved in re search concerning housing Winnipeg s inner City evaluation of social Agen cies local planning and local govern ment. Rick Pelland a Grade 9 student said he spent about hours on several monday mornings last year painting the Walls in one hallway with Oil base and Latex. He said sketching and painting of the murals is great for Art classes much better than doing Boring drawings in a classroom. Daniel Brunei a Grade 5 student said he spent a couple of hours painting in dwarfs. The murals make the school look much better than Plain White Walls and help students get to know each other he said. Gwenda Fehr also a Grade 5 student helped paint the transportation scene and pinocchio murals. She said the murals helped her learn about such stories As the Jungle Book and they brighten up the hallways. Designs traced Ronald Bachinsky a Grade 9 student worked on the physical design of the murals. Sketches were drawn and placed on an overhead projector for enlargement paper was put on the Wall and the design was Cut from the paper and traced so students could then paint. The painting was done primarily by younger students the design and other work by Junior High students. Bachinsky said it worked Well for him because if i had to paint i d mess it in october 1979, vandals set a fire in the school and one classroom was gut Ted and others sustained smoke and water damage. Total damage was Esti mated at school principal Wayne Ruff said the fire was t the Only reason for the murals because school beautification started three or four years ago with the planting of some Trees. The murals he added help make students feel the school is their Home and give them More Pride in it. Ruff said the biggest Benefit has been teamwork and co operation among Stu dents. Kilyk said parents helped with Wall papering and did some supervising but the students did the work. The current phase of the program involves painting murals on both sides of an 25-metre hallway and a Small area in an adjoining hallway. The ultimate objective is to paint murals on corridor Walls throughout the school. But we re just taking it one phase at a Kilyk said. Touches on a Flower As she and fellow students work on murals at Minnetonka school recreation studies program launched for fall by Manfred Jager the University of Manitoba will offer a new four year program in recreation studies this fall. Or. Henry Janzen head of the univer sity s school of physical education said in an interview yesterday the program approved by the government s universities Grants commission two weeks ago and by the u of m a few Days later will Lead to a Bachelor s degree. The new program has been planned for the last three years Janzen said and a formal application to the commission was submitted 18 months ago. Although no students have enrolled for the program this fall Jansen said 40 undergraduates will be admitted each year. He said the physical education school will not admit More than the usual 120 new students each fall. What this Means is that the mix is different the emphasis is different particularly for the 40 students taking this Janzen said students wanting to take the new degree must have completed 30 credit hours of general arts studies with one course in recreation before being admitted. Essentially this Means first year arts plus three years in the new pro Gram with a four month internship to be served in a provincial recreational Agency most Likely during the final Janzen said. Students who have qualified for the initial 30 credit hours at another Mani Toba University will qualify for admission to the bachelors program he said. Although the faculties of administrative studies human ecology social work music arts and landscape and architecture will be involved in teach ing students in the program the school of physical education will not incur any extra expenses he said. Janzen said indications Are that about 50 students finishing first year arts Are interested in the new specialization. We Haven t actually enrolled any one so far but there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that we will get the 40 we can admit to Janzen said final student selections for the program will not be made for several weeks. Or. Don Hunter a professor of physical education and recreation has been appointed director of the new program Janzen said. Hunter graduated from the University of Manitoba earned his master s degree in physical education from the University of Alberta and his doctorate in recreation and Park management from the University of Ore gon. Last year the University of Winnipeg asked the Grants commission to approve its proposed degree program in recreation and athletic studies. The application was turned Down. U of m medical school gets Grant the Canadian cancer society has awarded a Grant from the Terry Fox special research fund to the University of Manitoba medical school it was announced yesterday. Or. Arnold Naimark Dean of the medical school said the donation will enable his school to Supply Start up funds for two cancer research pro Grams Here and to stimulate cancer research work by undergraduate medi Cal students through summer pro Grams. The funds will be used for staff support and student sponsorship Over a three year period. First allocations from the Terry Fox special cancer research fund Are expected by july. To Date 10 Canadian universities have qualified for special awards from the fund. Weather City Calendar Winnipeg area forecast variable cloudiness today with occasional showers in the afternoon and evening. High 12 to 15. Mainly Cloudy tonight and tomorrow. Low tonight near 2. High tomorrow near 10. Extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba sunny Friday Cloudy saturday with frequent showers sunday. Temperatures near Normal read Ings of 14 and 2 Friday a Little above Normal saturday and sunday. Northern Manitoba mainly sunny Friday and saturday clouding Over sunday. Temperatures near Normal readings of 10 and -4. Northwestern Ontario sunny Friday increasing cloudiness saturday showers sunday. Temperatures a Little below Normal readings of 12 and 1 Friday rising to a Little above Normal sunday. Temperatures Canada and the world St Boniface general Hospital department of geriatric Medicine will hold its annual Rock a Thon from 7 to 9 . Tonight in the Hospital auditorium. Proceeds will help the activities fund. The fifth annual Arrowhead Model United nations Assem Bly will involve More than 250 students from 14 universities and colleges from Canada and the . The Model in begins at 10 . Tomorrow in the great Hall of University College and concludes with a plenary session at 9 . Saturday. Carl c. Dauterman curator emeritus at new York s metropolitan museum of Art will give a lecture and slide presentation entitled Kings Queens and soup tureens at . Tomorrow in the Muriel Richardson auditorium of the Winnipeg Art gallery. Admission is free. The Manitoba cat club will hold a three ring household pet cat show from . To 5 . Saturday at Garden City shopping Centre. Admission is free. Lord Selkirk boy scout pipe band will present a scottish variety concert at . Sunday in the Muriel Richard son auditorium of the Winnipeg Art gallery. The caledonian singers and the scottish country dancers will be featured. Norman Art group will hold an open House from 1 to 4 . Sunday at 3172 Portage Avenue. Oils water Coors sculpture and woodcuts will be be for Sale. Trem Bita school of Folk dancing and the trem Bita dancers will hold its fourth annual concert at 2 . Sunday at tech voc theatre Centre 1555 Wall Street. Deaths classified death audio fully reconditioned trades St backed 100% by Advance guard i i save National Victoria. _ _ _ Vancouver. Calgary. Edmonton. Want leg. Thompson. Kenora. Brandon. Dauphin. Thunder Bay. _ Toronto Ottawa. Montreal. Halifax. International Minneapolis. Hew York. Boston. Amsterdam. Man. Man. Max Mia. 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