Kelvin High School - Kelvin Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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MR. R. T. HODGSON ■ ■ITH THE DEATH of Mr. R. T. Hodgson lost March, our school lost the man who was largely responsible for the Kelvin of today. Born in Guelph, Ontario, Mr. Hodgson came to Manitoba in 1900, and, after a few years of teaching in Brandon, he came to Winnipeg in 1909 to become science master at Central Collegiate. He served as principal of that school from 1912 until 1914 when he became principal of Kelvin, which position he held until his retirement in 1932. Mr. Hodgson was a kindly, mild-mannered principal who won the respect of his staff and student body by his fair-dealing in administrative affairs. During his years as head of Kelvin, most of the great traditions of this school were established. He will always be remembered by the thousands of students who passed through Kelvin under his guidance. COURSES AND CLASSES THE Department of Education is in the process of revising the courses of study for senior high schools. The next academic year, 1950-51, will see the whole new set-up in operation. All told, five courses have been planned for the province. They include a Gen¬ eral Course and four special courses, the Commercial, the Industrial, the Home Eco¬ nomics, and the Agricultural. Various senior high schools offer these courses according to the local demand. COURSES AT KELVIN This year Kelvin is giving instruction in three: the General, the Commercial, and the Industrial Courses. A High School Leaving Course is also available. THE GENERAL COURSE The General Course, which leads to Senior Matriculation to second year university, or to Normal School entrance, will generally be covered in four years. Provision is made, how¬ ever, for acceleration which will permit se¬ lected students, on the recommendation of the inspector at the end of the first year (Grade X), to cover the full course in three years. Students desiring a Junior Matriculation standing, leading to first year university, will normally take three years. Again, certain students selected for their academic ability may cover the work in two years. For each year of fhe General Course there is a core of required subjects together with options to be selected from a prescribed list. If a student plans to continue his education beyond high school, the requirements for ad¬ mission into various university courses should be carefully considered. A modified course leading to a High School Leaving Certificate is available for those who take fewer than the required number of sub¬ jects and for those who take the full number but do not meet the standards accepted for departmental certification. THE SPECIAL COURSES The special courses, Commercial and In¬ dustrial, will normally be covered in three years. For each year of these courses, fifty per cent of the student ' s time is devoted to classwork on a core of general academic sub¬ jects. The other fifty per cent is devoted to work in the technical fields. GRADUATES For 1949-50 only, which is a transitional year, Kelvin has few graduates. The Senior Graduates are those finishing the old three- year Senior Matriculation Course. The Junior Graduates are the new General Course accel¬ erated students who have secured a Junior Matriculation standing in two years. 12

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DR. J. C. PINCOCK FOR the past fifteen years, Dr. J. C. Pincock has been superintendent of schools for Win¬ nipeg, a position which he has filled with distinction. A native of Newfoundland and a graduate of Mount Allison University, where he obtained his B.A. and M.A. degrees, Dr. Pincock came to Winnipeg as a mathematics instructor in Central Collegiate. In 1935, he became superintendent of schools and in the same year he was granted an honorary doc¬ torate of letters by Mount Allison University. We of Kelvin take this opportunity to pay tribute to Dr. Pincock and to wish him many happy years in his retirement. DR. HERBERT MclNTOSH MR. E. H. MORGAN Dr. Herbert McIntosh, assistant superin¬ tendent of schools, is a graduate of Queen ' s University in Science. After he obtained his M.A. degree, Dr. McIntosh became principal of the provincial Normal School. Last year he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Manitoba. This summer Dr. McIntosh succeeds Dr. Pincock as super¬ intendent. Kelvin wishes him success. Mr. E. H. Morgan, B.A., M.A., a member of Kelvin ' s second graduating class, and a former high school principal, was named as¬ sistant superintendent of schools in 1947. THE WINNIPEG SCHOOL BOARD Back Row: Phillip M. Petursson, Andrew N. Robertson, Stanley B. Laing. Second Row: David Orlikow, Leonard Stephens, George P. MacLeod, W. Stanley McEwen, Peter Jessiman, Joseph Zuken. Front Row: Andrew Zaharachuk, Mrs. Howard Murphy, Campbell Haig (Chair¬ man), Mrs. E. R. Tennant, Adam Beck. Missing: Stanley Carrick. 1 1

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SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION E. F. WILLOUGHBY, B.A., D.Paed. Principal. DR. WILLOUGHBY returned to Kelvin as Principal in 1946. From 1914 to 1938 he had been a Science instructor at Kelvin and has taught many of the parents of the stu¬ dents now in the school. During the interven¬ ing years Dr. Willoughby was Principal of a junior high school in the city. He is a gradu¬ ate of McMaster University and has his doc¬ torate in Pedagogy from Toronto. Widely recognized as a man of experience and broad interests, he was chosen in 1947 as a Cana¬ dian delegate to the UNESCO Conference in Paris. Dr. Willoughby is a great supporter of all student activities. Under his guidance the School Council has grown steadily. KELVIN welcomed Mr. Fyles as its new Vice-Principal last September. He is a grad¬ uate of St. John ' s College in Arts and of the University of Manitoba in Education. He has also studied Philosophy at Edinburgh. Mr. Fyles has taught English, history, French, and Latin in other Winnipeg senior high schools. Now he is having an opportunity to show his financial and organizing ability in a position where his tact, kindliness, and careful atten¬ tion to details are invaluable. Mr. Fyles ' in¬ terest in Kelvin affairs extends all the way from school parties to track meets and soccer games. Every one, staff and students alike, wishes him well in his new position. 13 W. A. FYLES, B.A., B.Ed. Vice-Principal.