St Johns High School - Torch Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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' JSB p :: v X3i A. Mederski R. A. Storch M. W. Thierry M. Vant R. Whiteside M. T. Woods D. Allison G. M. Newfield M. E. Owens R. Pastuck L. Pettingell M. Ritchie B. A. Ross J. Silverberg L. P. Snider H. A. Staples MISSING— D. Baig C. J. Burrows S. G. Dock T. O. Durnin E. S. Heys H. Hutchison G. Campbell J. W. Beer M. V. Christie E. Collisson T. A. Farenhurst G. Gallimore J. Blount D. Costantini E. Birley D. Lowe C. Macdonald F. E. McGrath H. G. Lavcup M. L. McKerchar M. Manishen J. L. McAllister R. E. McCord F. Harder E. Handel H. B. Hawryluk W. P. Johnson E. Humphries school starr

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FOREWORD This Year Book records the outward and visible achieve¬ ments of St. John ' s in the 1950-51 school year. We must not, however, lose sight of the fact that the central purpose of the school is to make of each pupil the best human being that he is capable of becoming. Since better human beings inevitably make better com¬ munities, it follows that the success, or failure, of a school can rightly be measured only in terms of its effect on the community served by the school. In other words, not until twenty years from now will it be possible to appraise the work that is being done in the school this year. Yet, as one looks to-day at the community in which we live, and at the part played in its life by St. John ' s graduates, there arises the firm conviction that over the years the school has done a good job. The current graduating class has done its part in main¬ taining the proud traditions of the school; it will, in its turn, do its part in making our community a better place to live in. May all good attend you ! G.J.R. 3

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IN DEDICATION ... Mr. A. C. Campbell, our principal for the years 1910-1925, was born in Dominionville, Ontario, and was educated at Cornwall High School and Harbord Street Collegiate Institute, Toronto. After a university course at Toronto, where he specialized in mathematics and science, he came west and received his normal training in Winnipeg. Due to his brilliant university record he secured the post of Science Master at the Portage Collegiate. In 1904 he was transferred to the mathematics department of the same school. In 1906 Mr. Campbell was appointed Inspector of Public Schools, and he held this position for three years. In 1910 he became the principal of St. John’s. In 1926 he became principal of Daniel MacIntyre where he remained until the time of his retirement. Apart from his connection with Tech, Mr. Campbell had rendered notable service to the cause of education in the province, having held various important offices in different educational societies. It is difficult to say in a few words what Mr. Campbell had done for St. John’s. Under him the school grew from an enrollment of eighty to a thousand, and made a record for efficiency that compares very favourably with that of any school in the country. But these outward evidences of success give little or no indication of the really great work accomplished by Mr. Campbell. His keen sense of right made him a terror to evildoers, while his love of hard work made him say with Shylock: “Drones hive not with me.” On the other hand his appreciation and warm encouragement of real effort will be long remembered by the students of St. John’s who worked under his guidance. From the 1925-26 “Torch.” The 1951 edition of the Torch is dedicated to the Honoured Memory of Alexander Charles Campbell, M.A. LL D. ; Principal of St. John ' s 1910-1925. He laid true and firm the foundations of St. John ' s Technical High school. His motto: nil nisi probum. 5