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

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THE NEWTONIAN

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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.

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THE NEWTONIAN DEBATING At the beginning of the school term, it was thought it a good idea to form a “Debating Club”. Each room of the Grade XI’s elected a re¬ presentative and the teachers elected a committee. At the first meeting, a debate was suggested between Rooms 20 and 17. The topic was “Should the City of Winnipeg take over the Winnipeg Electric as a Public Util¬ ity?” Jack Flom and Sylvia Leven- thal had the affirmative while Joe Granda had to defend the negative alone. The decision was in favor of the affirmative. At the next meeting it was sug¬ gested that short five-minute speeches should take the place of debates. The speakers were Mabel Thorgeirson, Polly Nazer, Sam Smith, and Laur¬ ence Kolisnyk. Later on, another debate was stag¬ ed, between Rooms 5 and 8. The topic was “The Depression has im¬ proved the character of the Canadian people.” Room 5 defended the af¬ firmative, the debaters being Esther Cooper and Mary Kupski. The nega¬ tive was taken by Room 8, whose de¬ baters were Edna Ingram and Olga Chichochi. The judges ' decision was in favor of the affirmative. In order to close the term with eclat it was suggested that the two successful teams debate against each other—Rooms 5 and 17. The topic was selected but as yet the contest¬ ants have not been able to agree upon a date. Why Teachers Look That Way A transparent object is something you can see through, as for example, a doughnut. GLEE CLUB COMPLIMENTS OF THE ACADEMY FLORISTS 396 ACADEMY ROAD PHONE 403 922 Parr St. Greenhouses - - Phone 51 093 Flowers for All Occasions Wedding Bouquets and Floral Designs Cut Flowers a Specialty — Pot Plants WE DELIVER