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

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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.

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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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THE NEWTONIAN 9 En. Wt •.aplf ' i T LI- i t MjPTwf W ' 1 t etc- jM GRADE XI A, ROOM 17 Fourth Row—Mike Kisil, Al. Diamond, Paul Parachin, Vladimer Zarowski, Peter Nyznvk, Morris Silbertfarb, Max Zeavin. Third Row:- Mary Stocki, Anne Halleck, Jennie Boychuk, Jennie Lazecko, Phyllis Krett, Evelyn Berbeciuk, Olive Kuzyck, Olga Dydyk. Second Row:—Jennie Bilsky, Rebecca Labovitch, Sylvia Leventhal, Anna Phillips, Miss M. McLeod, Emily Corosky, Jessie Dyll, Sara Silver, Alice Tretiak, Mary Malyszka, First Row:—Dan Fundytus, Louis Mickelson, Morris, Labovitch, Dave Stern, Jack H. Flom. Rudolph Onofreyo. Missing:—Antony Natsuk. GRADE XI MATRICULATION A, ROOM 17. Dear Miss Macleod: Grade XI A, the backbone of the I. N. H. S., takes this golden opportunity to thank you for your helping hand and patience. You will realize the effort was not in vain when you recall the members of our class. Consider, for example, our athletes. Dave S., boys’ sports captain, played on the school’s senior basketball team. Phyllis K., president, was a star basketball player. Jessie D. also played on the school’s victorious volley-ball team. Did chewing gum help ? Sara S., girls’ sports captain, however, was more interested in dancing. We boys won the volley-ball pennant and came near to gettig the basketball trophy. Think also of the scholarship contenders. There was Jack H. F., one of the brightest members; Morris S. (sec.) always complimenting someone; and Antony Natsuk, an earnest scholar. Morris L. was another who had his eye on a scholarship. Our Algebra wizard, Vladimer Z., used to complain that there were not enough questions in the text. Of the girls. Jennie L. equalled anyone in brilliancy, but excelled in her art drawings. Sylvia L. was another smart lass. Do you remember Mike K., that demon on skates; Evelyn B., a violinist who certainly knew her French; and that nice talkative girl, Rebecca L? We hear Alice will some day be Dr. Tretiak. Violinist Rudolph’s jolly chattering, Jennie Bilsky’s quietness, and Mary M.’s hesitating did a great deal in the way of sound effect. But we mustn’t forget the others. There was dark and handsome Dan F.; Emilv C. who had a good word for everyone (including the boys); Jennie Boychuck, a brilliant student, could also carry off honors in a blushing con¬ test. I wonder if Abe D. liked school. He made sure not to arrive before the last bell. Olga D., our “Fancy Day”, played the organ at church every Sun¬ day. Peter N. delighted in torturing us by reading French with the correct accent. For a treasurer we should have had quiet, economical Louis M. Annie H., so industrious and mild, was the bosom friend of Mary S., a future prima donna. We must mention four pupils who will be prominent citizens in the near (Continued on Page 16.)