Isaac Newton High School - Newtonian Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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THE NEWTONIAN ISAAC NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL TEACHING STAFF Top Row —S. Cormack, C. E. Abercrombie, N. Kernaghan (secretary), R. McCrum, F. C. Davey, I. McBeth, V. Riddle, A. V. Piggot. Middle Row —F. McNair, R. Babb, M. Neil, M. Willoughby, W. J. Sisler (Principal),, M. K. Macleod, E. R. Johnson, M. Hazelwood, A. Hammell. Bottom Row.—J. McLaren, W. G. Pearce, A. S. Bowman, J. Connaghan, M. Morrow.

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FOREWORD The end of our second year as a Senior High School is very near. The graduating class of last year set up a creditable record which their successors ivill find hard to surpass or even equal. Our Grade XI. enrolment, that is the number actually attending in April, ivas two hundred and twenty-four. The graduating class will be approximately two hundred. This is about the same number that ive had last year. A small number of last year’s class are ivorking, and probably fifteen to twenty per cent, of them took first year University work or attended Business College. Many of them have neither found ivork nor have they been able to proceed further with their educa¬ tion. Too many boys and girls have had to drift without any definite occupation. It is to be hoped that conditions which bring about this state ivill soon improve. To the teaching staff I extend my thanks for doing a good year’s work. For the graduating class I wish the highest measure of success. In college halls, in business or honest labor of any kind may each one receive his due reward. W. J. SISLER, Principal. EDITORIAL Although present day conditions seem to belie it, the age-old assertion that Knowledge is Power is true. High School or Univer¬ sity training seems to count but for little in the face of the great tide of unemployment the world is suffering under, and the ten¬ dency of many is to place the attainment of an education as of secondary importance when an opportunity of securing a position, even at a very small wage, comes within their grasp. This is a grave mistake. Of course in many cases necessity enters the question, but if at all possible, education should be placed second to nothing. The general business slump under which we are all laboring is only temporary, and its cloud will roll away as others have before it. Those who have been fortunate enough to have secured some special or advanced training will, upon the return of normal busi¬ ness activity, be given precedence over all others. To depend upon the brain rather than the hand to earn a living is far more desirable to most people. From the standpoint of social values there is little difference, but when considered in the phase of the present competitive age there is a vast difference. Although all the knowledge we will some day possess is not gained in the school, the importance of school should not be under¬ estimated. We as students should build a firm foundation upon which all future knowledge will be based. With an opportunity such as is placed before us in the form of an easily obtainable education, we may some day rise to great heights and command very important positions in life. In closing the staff wishes to thank Miss McNair, Miss Will¬ oughby, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Connaghan and Mr. Sisler for the valuable assistance and co-operation we received from them when compiling this book. We would take this opportunity also to wish the graduating classes godspeed and good luck in the adventure of life and to the others as happy a time in Grade XI. as we have had. WILBUR COLLINS, Editor.