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

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36 Isaac Newton High School 1947 — and Newton has reached its twenty-fifth milestone. Have you ever wondered how our “proverbial red- school” came into being? It started ’way back in 1921. The building was planned with the assist¬ ance of Mr. W. J. Sisler, who later be¬ came its first principal. W. J. SISLER, B.Sc.E. There were many obstacles to be overcome, and the job called for per¬ severance and enterprise. Mr. Sisler worked with untiring persistence, and finally, in January of 1922, with the building still incomplete, the first class¬ es moved in. They were comprised of students from the Aberdeen, Srathcona and King Edward Schools. The change¬ over to the new school was executed so efficiently that there was no noticeable break in the regular routine and the term’s work went on as if uninter¬ rupted. The establishment of the Isaac Newton School brought into being one of Winnipeg’s first Junior High Schools. It accommodated only grades seven, eight and nine, having neither primary nor high school classes. As the district expanded and the stu¬ dent’s of Newton’s junior classes gradu¬ ated, there was a pressing need for a high school easily accessible to the chil¬ dren in the community. The addition of Grade X classes in 1926 was the first step in this direction. It was not until 1933, however, that Grade XI classes were added, and the Junior High was then permanently discontinued. In 1940 the addition of Grade XII made the school a complete Senior High School. The transition period that changed Isaac Newton from a Junior High t o a Senior High was a phase that was fraught with difficulties. Previous to this, as has already been mentioned, Isaac Newton, being a Junior High School, was regarded with the same in¬ difference that is accorded to any Junior High by its Senior brothers. This same feeling of insignificance persisted even after Newton was trans¬ formed into a full-fledged high school. The only way for Newton to establish herself as an equal academically, cul¬ turally and athletically was to attain the same high standards set by her fellow High Schools. This she set out to do in a determined manner. Thus it became the duty of our teach¬ ers to do their utmost to instill in the students a desire to develop their minds as well as a pride in their school. They did the job and did it well, as is evi¬ denced by the fact that during her short term as a high school, her students have already been awarded several Isbister Scholarships as well as numer¬ ous other awards. (Due to our inability to receive photographs, we have not been able to reproduce pictures of all winners.) ISBISTER WINNERS H. ITZKOW 1933 P. ELLIS 1941 Anne Sudack - 1934 Elsie Zepic - 1936 Harry Itzkow - 1936

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Newtonian 35 A PSALM OF LIFE (Excerpt) Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. ■Longfellow.

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N E W IONIAN 37 Clara Micanovsky - 1937 Clara Green - 1938 Patricia Ellis - 1341 Newton also takes pride in her win¬ ners of the Governor-General’s Medal. This is awarded annually to the stu¬ dent obtaining the highest degree of proficiency in scholarship, leadership, sportsmanship, and all round ability. Since its inception, there have been 13 winners of this coveted award, dating back to 1934. GOVERNOR-GENERAL MEDALISTS Anne Sudack - - 1934 Phyllis Krett - - 1935 Elsie Zepick - - 1936 John Kost - - 1937 Elizabeth Zelinski - 1938 Nicholas Mozel - - 1939 Wilbur Baird James - 1940 Molly Kornberg - 1941 Rose Salamanski - 1942 Joseph Bergal - 1943 Amelia Fritz - 1944 Ernest Schaeffer - 1945 Richard Schoutsn - 1946 LIBRARY As each year passed, Newton, with its added facilities for study and recrea¬ tion, became more fully developed. During the first years it lacked a good library, which is now considered a prime requisite in every modern high school. Newton awoke to this need and devoted part of the school treasury to the establishment of such a library. Our library now holds over 3,000 books, which are freely circulated amongst the whole student body. Each year $300.00 is allotted for the purchase of new books, magazine subscriptions and periodicals. FIRST EDITORIAL STAFF OF TKE NEWTONIAN - 1933-34 BACK ROW: Lefi to right — A. Richmond, J. Connaghan, I. McGregor, W. J. Sisler (Principal), F. McNair,, T. O. Durnin, R. Papineau. FRONT ROW — A. Eustace, E. Telfer, G. Porter (Editor), A. Buloba, M. Gordon. YEAR BOOK graduates of the school. We have en- This year sees Newton presenting its deavored to make it the best edition fifteenth Year Book to the students and ever offered, and we think it compar-