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

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32 THE NEWTONIAN DRAMATICS At the annual concert, which was held in the school auditorium on February 27, 28 and March 1, the dramatic group contributed an inter¬ esting performance to the program. It was a two-act historical play, “Madeline de Vercheres.” Due to the skillful directing of Miss Johnston and Mr. Connag ' han, and the splendid acting of the characters the play proved a great success. Others who aided in sharing the responsibilities of the production were Miss McCrum, who taught the dancing and singing portion; Miss McLaren, who looked after the costumes, and Mr. Cormack, who provided the attractive scenery. The cast consisted of: Madeline de Vercheres .. Mary Kupski Stephanie iwaschuk Paul . Roy Bell, Rudolph Onofreyo Louis — Roy Bilous (Pier toothers) Laviolette—an old man Jack Flom Labonte Anthony Nalz.uk Cachet Morris Labovitch (Soldiers) Madame de Montet Olive Kucyzyk Pierre Fontaine Wilbur Collins Madame Fontaine. Olga Mazick Child Emily Coroski La Monerie . .... Charles Woodward Soldiers... Albert Losen, Sam Kaplan Chief Eagle Feather . Benny Cramer Lone Wolf . Sam Smith Black Hawk Boris Steiman Warriors ....... ...Vladimir Zarowskv Teddy Dobrovitch Harry Sylvester THE SENIOR HIKE One of the outstanding events of I. N. H. S. year 1934-35 was the an¬ nual school tramp held on March 16. The mild weather and the deep snow attracted nearly two hundred enthu¬ siasts. Assisting at the tramp were Mr. Sisler, Mr. Pigott, Mr. Davey, Miss Johnston and Miss McLeod. They tramped along McKenzie to the out¬ skirts of the city; from there west to the prairies as far as MePhillips and along MePhillips to the school. Back at the school hot dogs and coffee were served and each room put on a ten-minute stunt. The sketches created much enjoyment. Room 17 was awarded the prize for the best stunt of the evening. Fol¬ lowing the entertainment soft drinks and suckers were served to the happy hikers. The co-operation of teachers and students made this a very suc¬ cessful school affair. DRAMATICS Fourth Row:—Paul Parachin, Sam Smith, Vladimer Zarowski, Wilbur Collins, Ted Dobrowitch. Morris Labovitch, Boris Steiman. Third Row:—Fanny Lee, Dave Stern, Max Zeavin, Rudolph Onofreyo, Harry Sylvester, Charles Woodworth, Sam Kaplan, Mabel Thorgeirson. Second Row:— Rose Olin, Steffie Iwaschuk, Emily Corosky, Miss E. Johnston, Mr. J. Connaghan, Mary Kupski, Laura Ozeron, Olive Kuzyk. First Row:—-Roy Bell, Benny Cramer, Albert Rosen, Jack H. Flom, Roy Bilous.

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THE NEWTONIAN 31 ORCHESTRA Fourth Row:—Albert Horch, Ervine Hiebert, Bill Kowalski, Charles Barber, Waiter Doschoeh. Third Row.—Bodhan Leckow, George Chikowsky, R. E. McCram, Bill Kolyniuk, Harry Dowbenko. Third Row.—Evelyn Bilimsky, Bernice Capar, Eveline Berbecuik, Roma Hawicka, Jenny Smigel. First Row:—Arthur Buss, Roy Bilous, Rudolph Onofreyo. MUSICAL ACTIVITIES The orchestra and glee club, under the supervision of Miss R. E. Mc- Crum, were quite active throughout the 1934-35 term, and added greatly to the success of school functions. The practices were held every Tuesday afternoon. Due to the fine talent of the musicians and the splen¬ did conducting of Miss McCrum, it made a decided contribution at the school concert. The glee club was divided into two classes. While one part had practices on Mondays and Thursdays, the others met on Wednesdays and Fri¬ days. The girls worked with enthu¬ siasm and spent many memorable afternoons together, which in the fu¬ ture years, no doubt, will be looked back upon with pleasant memories. THE MUSICAL FESTIVAL This is the second year that Isaac Newton has entered a chorus in the Musical Festival. The selections chosen for this season were “Sound Sleep” and “On the Plains”. In the first number the girls were over an¬ xious and did not do as well as they had at practices. They sang well enough, however, to receive 80 marks. In the second piece they sang with spirit, and were awarded 84 marks. We extend our sincerest thanks to Miss McCrum for her wonderful work in training the girls, and hope that she will enter a chorus from Isaac Newton next year. GRADE XI SOCIAL On Saturday, November 12th, the Grade XI’s held an enjoyable social evening. The entertainment began with singing. Mr. Pigott presided at the piano. Talking pictures were shown through the courtesy of the Hydro Electric Co., after which re¬ freshments were served. In high spirits the teachers and students joined in the dancing. The music was supplied by Bill Moore and his Beacon Band. A very pleasant evening was had by all.

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33 THE NEWTONIAN CLASS PAPERS A low hum was heard around the door of Room 5, one frosty morning in January. Busy Grade XI pupils buzzing around Miss McNair’s room like bees around a hive. Bees store their honey; the pupils were storing news. News! Room 5 had issued a class paper called “The Reflector”. They elected the scholar of their class, Mary Kup- ski, as editor. She immediately set to work and with the co-operation of her fellow students produced as fine a paper as anyone could wish to read. Judging by the interest aroused they ' were quite justified in feeling proud of their achievement. Room 5’s paper aroused more gen¬ eral interest than was expected, and in a few weeks, Room 2, the Com¬ mercial Class, followed suit. The “Room 2 Herald”, edited by Wilbur Collins, Stella Moskal, and Bennie Cramer appeared. They spent a good deal of time and patience on it, and it was very successful. There were contained autobiographies of Miss Hazelwood and Mr. Sisler, which in¬ terested the pupils very much and familiarized them with the experi¬ ences of their teacher and their prin¬ cipal. Room 17, seeing the others work¬ ing so hard, were not going to be outdone. As a Matriculation A they buckled down to work and soon pro¬ duced results. Jack Flom, Jennie Lazechko and Anna Phillips were elected editors. The name chosen was “Astra”, the Latin for “Star”. The whole class took a lively interest and helped the editors by pouring in con¬ tributions. It was found that there was a great deal of talent in the room. Verses, short stories, write¬ ups of current events, were contrib¬ uted by many. All the Grade XI people feel that the class paper is a very good thing for both the school and students. It helps in improving literature, com¬ position and grammar. We Grade XI pupils of 1935 hope that the students in the near future will have class papers as we had had, and that they may meet with as much success. A little school gild who was re¬ quired to write an essay, not ex¬ ceeding 250 words, on the subject of automobiles, wrote as follows: “My uncle bought a car. He was riding in the country and it balked in going up the hill. My uncle tried to make it go, but couldn’t, although he spoiled a $25 suit trying. I guess this is about fifty words. The other two hundred words are what my uncle said as he was walking back to town, but they are not fit to write down.” EDITORIAL STAFF Top Row:—P. Krett, M. Willoughby, J. Connaghan, A. S. Bowman. M. Thorgeirson. Bottom Row:—-M. Kupski, J. Flom (assistant editor), W. J. Sisler (principal), W. Collins (editor), G. Senyk, M. Kowcun.