Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute
Graduating Class of 1926

It was the last year that the school's paper (published throughout the school year in small pamphlets) was known as the "Mercury". In the November 1925 issue of the Mercury, Mr. A.C. Campbell expressed: "my sincere appreciation of the way in which I have been received as Principal of the school". He continued: "I have faith that the boys and girls now attending the Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute will become worthy citizens of Canada, a land of mighty rivers, of vast inland seas, of titanic mountains, of widely extended prairies, but above all, a land of wonderful opportunities".

In the fall...

• Miss Kinley, the Director of Music, organized music under four headings: Senior Glee Club for girls, Junior Glee Club for girls, a three-part Boys' Chorus, and a four-part Mixed Chorus. During allotted school periods, folk-songs, old English madrigal part songs, a few song classics, and some modern art songs were to be learned.

• Room 22 held a corn roast on September 16th at the "Haunted House" (Colonel Thompson's house on North Drive).

• The girls of Room 45 held a corn roast on September 25th at the home of Viola Adams, a student of that room. Miss Bucknam was their guest.

• The girls of Room 15 held a wiener roast on October 3rd In East Kildonan. After assisting the dry docking of their host's launch, the spent the rest of the afternoon and evening playing baseball, horse-back riding, dancing, and singing around the bonfire. Miss Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. McIvor were guests at the party.

• Rooms 53, 55, and 58 jointly held a hike and wiener roast on October 10th. After hiking from Tuxedo Barracks through City Park to Elmhurst, they gathered around a huge bonfire to roast wieners for mustard deluged hot dogs.

• The Inter-High School Field Day was held on October 12th. Daniel McIntyre tied with Kelvin for second place. Accomplishments during the meet included:
  • Scanlon won the Junior 100 yard dash in 11 seconds, breaking the record.
  • McDonald tied the record for the 100 yard dash.
  • Clinton Fogg became individual champion by making nine points in the Intermediate class. He also equalled two records, one in the 100 yard dash and one in the 220 yard dash.
  • Wilson was Senior Individual Champion with eight points and McDonald was second with six points.
  • McBride won the Junior honours with eight points, half a point ahead of Scanlon.
  
  
  The 1926 Girls' Track Team

• On October 27th, the Senior DMCI Glee Club held a Hallowe'en tea in the Music Room at which Mrs. Ireland, formerly Miss Armstrong, was the guest of honour.

• The girls of Room 7 held a Hallowe'en Party on October 30th at one of the student's homes. All who attended were in costume. Guests of honour were Mrs. Binding and Miss Hickson.

• School elections were held.
  • In the Primary elections: Howard McLean was voted president, Patricia Muir secretary, and Sylvia Clarke, Mabel Archer, William Danskin, and Herbert Hill members of the council.
  • In the Junior elections: Gordon Cane was voted president, Willa McLean secretary, and Josephine Wilkinson, Helen Chestnut, Albert Landy, and John Leishman members of the council.
  • In the Senior elections: Jack Gilmer was voted president, Stephanie Joseph secretary, and Edith Keating, Evelyn Morris, Stanley Orris, and Waverly Watson members of the council.

In the winter...

• In the February 1926 issue of the Mercury, there was an editorial which described the inception of Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute:

            "The present Daniel McIntyre Collegiate, with its many interests and activities, was not always such a large and flourishing High School. In the year 1882, when the pioneers of today were yesterday's children, the Winnipeg Collegiate Institute had its tiny but significant beginning. In the upper part of a dignified Louise Street dwelling-house, seven pupils met with their principal, Mr. J. B. Fawcett, M.A., and there began the Winnipeg Collegiate Institute, which has, after many years of wandering, grown into the Daniel McIntyre Collegiate.
            However, the cold which these students endured during that first winter was so extreme that at the end of the term the whole Collegiate removed to the Central School on Bannatyne Avenue, where it remained until 1892. In these new quarters a notable event took place when Miss Nellie Brown entered as a Matriculation student, she being the first young woman even to dare to think of attending the Collegiate.
            The year 1892 was exceptionally important to Collegiate students, for on the twelfth day of February, the Winnipeg Central Collegiate on Kate Street was formally opened. The new building was well equipped in both gymnasium and laboratory, while gradually the halls and the rooms were decorated with pictures and statuary.

  

            This general improvement continued until these quarters were also outgrown, and in 1917 the High School was again transferred, this time to the Isaac Brock School. For a few years the home of the Collegiate remained there, but once more it was necessary to make a move. In 1922 The Daniel McIntyre became the permanent home, we hope, of the Collegiate which has so long been a High School, true to its traditions, yet ever ready to advance."

• The Glee Club, Special Groups and Orchestra held a concert in the first week after Easter holidays.

• An "interesting event" in Girls' Sports was the "Captain Ball Series".

• There was a girls' Inter-Room Skating Night where the school team of Isa Douglas, Nora Plummer, Nancy White, and Edna Lucas was selected.

• The D.M.C.I. Curling Club was filled to its capacity. In all, ten rinks curled every Saturday at the Thistle Curling Club. The rinks were competing for the Birks Trophy. Several rinks were slated to compete in the Inter-High Bonspiel.

• The Daniel McIntyre hockey team was second in the Inter-High series. Inter-class hockey was also receiving "more interest than usual".

• The most popular inter-class sport was ring-ball. The object of this sport was to prepare and practise for "basket-ball" season.

• The Dingwall Swimming Cup was won for Daniel McIntyre by Vera Tustin, Bessie Shea, Marcus Quast and Robert Malcolm for the second year in a row.

• On November 18th Rooms 46 and 47 held a joint party at the Cabbage Patch. The students spent the evening dancing and playing games. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver attended as guests.

• On November 25th Room 53 had a theatre party at the Orpheum.

• On January 13th Room 24 held a toboggan party at River Park after which they returned to a home of a classmate where the rest of the evening was spent with music and games.
• On January 15th, Room 61 held a toboggan party at River Park slides. Afterward they returned to Kathleen Lawrence's home for refreshments. Miss Clark was their guest.

• On January 23rd the girls of Room 15 held a toboggan party at Mr. D.A. Ross' slides in East Kildonan.

• On January 29th the Senior classes (Grades XII & XI) held a party in the Erection Hall. Members of the staff welcomed the students to the party then dancing to the "enticing music" of the Melody Kings commenced. Those who did not dance participated in an indoor track meet. Refreshments were also served.

• Year End Honours...

Margaret Davies won a scholarship after writing her final examinations. In 1927, she went on to win an Isbister scholarship worth $75 at the University of Manitoba. Margaret was a popular member of Room 56 during the 1925-1926 school year.	Donald Moran also won a scholarship in June of 1926. In 1927, Donald went on to pursue a course in accountancy. He was a member of Room 51 during the 1925-1926 school year.	Anne Nemenoff was librarian of Room 56 for the 1925-1926 school year. She also won a scholarship in this, her graduating year at Daniel McIntyre. In 1927 she was within four-fifths of a point of winning an Isbister Scholarship at the University of Manitoba.