Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winnipeg Collegiate Institute / Maple Leaf School (Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg)

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The first high school classes in Winnipeg were held in September 1882. Eight students (seven boys and one girl) assembled in the upper room of a school building on Louise Street but the facility soon proved inadequate in the cold winter weather so classes were moved to a room on the upper floor of the Central School.

In 1891, the Winnipeg School Board chose a site at William Avenue and Kate Street to build, at a cost of $30,000, the city’s first dedicated high school building. Designed by local architect Hugh McCowan, the three-storey brick structure had four classrooms on the first and second floors, and two smaller rooms and a large assembly hall on the third floor. Its initial enrolment was 360 students.

In September 1915, the collegiate was transferred to the newly built Isaac Brock School (and later to Daniel McIntyre Collegiate, as of 1922) and the building was used as an elementary facility called Maple Leaf School. Though the school’s physical systems were considered up-to-date when it was built, they eventually became too expensive to repair and the building was demolished in 1928, to be replaced at the site by Hugh John Macdonald School.

Noteworthy graduates of the collegiate included Nellie McClung, Joseph Lamont, Charles Vanstone, Thomas Glendenning Hamilton, Fawcett Taylor, Helen Palk, Agnes Laut, Joseph Thorarinn Thorson, Edmund Guthrie Perry, Skuli Johnson, Richard W. Craig, and Paul Bardal.

Principals (Winnipeg Collegiate Institute)

Period	Principal
1882-1883	John B. Fawcett
1883-1884	H. T. Galton
1884	James Hoyes Panton (1847-1898)
1884-1888	Allan Bowerman (1844-1923)
1888-1889	Edwin Samuel Popham (1856-1930)
1889-1909	Frank Howard Schofield (1859-1929)
1909-1912	Elwood A. Garratt (1859-1950)
1912-1914	Robert Thomas Hodgson (1864-1950)
1914-1915	Elwood A. Garratt (1859-1950)
After 1915	See Isaac Brock School

Principals (Maple Leaf School)

Period	Principal
1915-1917	?
1917-1919	William Nelson Denike (1871-1948)
1919-1920	Halldora Hermann [Hermannsdottir] “Dora” Magnusson (1885-1977)
1920-1921	David Bruce Huggins (1879-1955)
1921-1928	Wilfred Sadler (1884-1951)
After 1928	See Hugh John Macdonald School

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1882-1883	William A. McIntyre (mathematics), ?
1883-1884	William A. McIntyre (mathematics), ?
1884-1885	William A. McIntyre (mathematics), ?
1885-1886	William A. McIntyre (mathematics), ?
1886-1887	William A. McIntyre (mathematics), ?
1887-1888	William A. McIntyre (mathematics), ?
1888-1889	?
1889-1890	?
1890-1891	?
1891-1892	Miss Clune (French), Elwood A. Garratt (science), Mr. A. L. Langford (classics), F. H. Schofield (mathematics), Barbara F. Stewart (commercial course), Mr. J. B. Wilson (English)
1892-1893	Miss Clune, Elwood A. Garratt, Miss Johnston, Miss Killock, Mr. Morrow (classics), Barbara F. Stewart, Mr. Wilson, Miss Zinkan
1893-1894	Primary Department: Miss Andrews, Miss Killoch, Miss Lant. Collegiate Department: Elwood A. Garratt, Miss Haverty, Mr. O. E. Morrow, Barbara F. Stewart, Mr. J. B. Wilson
1894-1895	Mr. Argue, Elwood A. Garratt, ?
1895-1896	D. M. Duncan, Elwood A. Garratt, Miss Hagarty, Miss M. Johnston, Miss Killoch, Miss Laut, Miss Parsons, Barbara F. Stewart, J. C. Saul
1896-1897	Elwood A. Garratt, R. H. Scott (commercial teacher), Miss Maud Somerset (modern languages), ?
1897-1898	Miss Brunsterman, D. M. Duncan, Elwood A. Garratt, Miss Johnston, Miss Killoch, Miss McLeod, J. C. Saul, R. H. Scott, Barbara F. Stewart
1898-1899	Miss A. L. Brunstermann, Elwood A. Garratt, Miss M. Johnston, Miss A. McLeod, J. C. Saul, R. H. Scott, Barbara F. Stewart
1899-1900	Miss A. L. Brunstermann, D. M. Duncan, Elwood A. Garratt, Miss M. Johnston, Miss McLeod, J. C. Saul, R. H. Scott, Barbara F. Stewart
1900-1901	Miss A. L. Brunstermann, D. M. Duncan, Elwood A. Garratt, Miss M. Johnston, Miss A. McLeod, J. C. Saul, R. H. Scott, Barbara F. Stewart, Miss Margaret Young
1901-1902	D. M. Duncan (classics), Elwood A. Garratt (science), Miss M. Johnston (junior English and geography), J. C. Saul (English), R. H. Scott (commercial master), Barbara F. Stewart (music and drawing), Clara G. Walsh (French and German)
1902-1903	Miss A. L. Brunstermann, D. M. Duncan, Elwood A. Garratt, Miss M. Johnston, George H. Ross, R. H. Scott, Barbara F. Stewart, Miss Clara Walsh
1903-1904	Miss Brunstermann (modern languages), D. M. Duncan (classics), Elwood A. Garratt (science), Miss M. Johnston (junior English, geography), C. W. Laidlaw (English literature), Miss R. Rodgers (junior English), R. H. Scott (commercial), Barbara F. Stewart (music and drawing)
1904-1905	Miss A. L. Brunstermann, D. M. Duncan, Elwood A. Garratt, Miss M. Johnston, C. W. Laidlaw, Miss R. Rodgers, R. H. Scott, Miss G. Shore, Barbara F. Stewart
1905-1906	Miss A. L. Brunstermann, Miss S. C. Doupe, D. M. Duncan, Elwood A. Garratt, P. D. Harris, Margaret J. Johnston, C. W. Laidlaw, Miss R. Rodgers, R. H. Scott, Barbara F. Stewart
1906-1907	Miss A. L. Brunstermann (1906), Miss S. C. Doupe, D. M. Duncan, John W. Forhan (1907), Elwood A. Garratt, P. D. Harris, Margaret J. Johnston (1907), C. W. Laidlaw, Thomas Laidlaw (senior commercial, 1907), Flora B. Polson (1907), Rebecca Rodgers, R. H. Scott (commercial, 1907), H. W. Watson (1906)
1907-1908	Miss A. L. Brunstermann (French & German), Miss S. C. Doupe (English & French), D. M. Duncan (classics), John W. Forhan, Elwood A. Garratt (science), P. D. Harris (Latin & history), W. G. Henderson (mathematics), M. L. Hooper (mathematics), Margaret J. Johnston (history), C. W. Laidlaw (English), Miss Flora B. Polson (English & French), Rebecca Rodgers (English), R. H. Scott (commercial), Barbara F. Stewart (music & drawing)
1908-1909	Miss A. L. Brunstermann, Mr. S. A. Campbell, Mr. P. C. Dobson, Miss S. C. Doupe, Elwood A. Garratt, P. D. Harris, Margaret J. Johnston, C. W. Laidlaw, Thomas Laidlaw, W. F. Loucks, Miss Flora B. Polson, Rebecca Rodgers, R. H. Scott, Barbara F. Stewart
1909-1910	Jim Brown, Miss A. L. Brunstermann, Mr. S. A. Campbell, P. G. Dobson, Miss S. C. Doupe, Mrs. E. B. Elliott (1909), R. T. Hodgson (1909), Margaret J. Johnston, C. W. Laidlaw, Thomas Laidlaw, W. F. Loucks, Miss Flora B. Polson, Rebecca Rodgers (1909), Barbara F. Stewart, H. W. Watson (1909)
1910-1911	Mr. P. C. Dobson, Miss S. C. Doupe, W. G. Henderson, P. D. Harris, R. T. Hodgson, Miss M. Johnston, C. W. Laidlaw, Miss Flora B. Polson, Rebecca Rodgers, R. H. Scott, Barbara F. Stewart
1911-1912	Miss Anderson, Mr. P. C. Dobson, Miss S. C. Doupe, Mrs. E. B. Elliott, P. D. Harris, R. T. Hodgson, Mr. E. W. Jefferson, Miss M. Johnston, C. W. Laidlaw, R. H. Scott, Barbara F. Stewart
1912-1913	Miss M. Anderson, Mr. P. C. Dobson, Miss S. C. Doupe, Miss G. Edwards, Mrs. E. B. Elliott, P. D. Harris, Miss M. Johnston, C. W. Laidlaw, J. C. Pincock, Barbara F. Stewart, Miss Towner
1913-1914	Miss M. Anderson, W. A. Cowperthwaite, Miss F. Dodd, Miss S. C. Doupe, Mrs. E. B. Elliott, Miss E. Fielding, P. D. Harris, Miss M. Johnston, Mr. E. A. Miller, J. C. Pincock, Barbara F. Stewart
1914-1915	Miss M. H. Anderson (grade 9), W. A. Cowperthwaite (grade 10), Mr. P. C. [G?] Dobson (grade ?), Miss S. C. Doupe (grade 10), Mrs. E. B. Elliott (grade 9), Miss Edith M. Fielding (special, 1915), Miss V. M. Fox (grade 9), P. D. Harris (grade 12), Dora Hermann (grade 9, September-June), Miss M. Johnston, J. C. Pincock, Wilfred Sadler, Barbara F. Stewart (grade 11)
After 1915	See Isaac Brock School

Photos & Coordinates

Postcard view of the Winnipeg Collegiate Institute (no date) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2013-0091 Winnipeg Collegiate Institute (circa 1910) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Winnipeg - Schools - Collegiate #7, N5222. Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90270, W97.15293 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Isaac Brock School (1265 Barratt Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute (720 Alverstone Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Hugh John Macdonald School (567 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Maple Leaf School No. 83 (Morden)

Sources:

Manitoba School Records Collection, Winipeg School District No. 1 (Winnipeg Collegiate Institute) Daily Registers, GR5004, Archives of Manitoba.

“The high school,” Manitoba Free Press, 16 February 1883, page 5.

“What’s in a name,” Manitoba Free Press, 13 November 1889, page 4.

“A collegiate building,” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 June 1891, page 3.

“A new high school,” Manitoba Free Press, 30 June 1891, page 8.

“Opening of city schools,” Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 2 September 1899, page 4.

“Assignment of teachers,” Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 1 September 1900, page 1.

“Holidays end Tuesday next,” Manitoba Morning Free Press, 31 August 1901, page 10.

“The staff of city teachers,” Manitoba Morning Free Press, 1 September 1902, page 3.

“City schools re-open Monday,” Manitoba Free Press, 29 August 1903, page 7.

“City schools open to-morrow,” Manitoba Morning Free Press, 31 August 1904, page 3.

“Assignment of Winnipeg teachers,” Manitoba Free Press, 2 September 1905, page 11.

“Changes in city schools,” Manitoba Free Press, 31 August 1907, page 45.

“Presentations to Schofield,” Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 12 October 1907, page 5.

“Farewell to veteran,” Manitoba Free Press, 11 July 1913, page 28.

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

“817 teachers are appointed for new school term,” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 August 1921, page 1.

“Many men prominent not only in city but throughout Canada passed through the portals of the old collegiate institute,” Manitoba Free Press, 9 December 1922, page 31.

“Daniel McIntyre Collegiate, Winnipeg,” Manitoba Calling, May 1944, page 17.

“Hugh John Macdonald School,” unpublished file by Winnipeg School Division.

We thank Joyce Wawrykow, Olga Zaporzan, and James Burns for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Nathan Kramer, and Reid Dickie.

Page revised: 3 April 2020

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