London Normal School - Spectrum Yearbook (London, Ontario Canada)

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ALL year long I have provided keys for man} ' of your treasures; I have solicitously scanned your records as they came in; my heart has gone out to many of your tales of woe; and now my best wishes go with you for success wherever you may go. WINIFRED R. PRENDERGAST. Secretary and Registrar. To Our Critic Teachers D l RING this past school year our associations have been with two different groups of teachers — .Masters and instructors in the Normal School and critic teachers in the practice schools. To the former we owe a deep debt of gratitude for the complete fairness and sympathy which they have always manifested towards us. We wish also to express our appreciation to that other group of teachers — the critic staff. The word critic gives the suggestion that practice school teachers are ever ready to censure the efforts of inexperienced, unpolished young stu- dent teachers. This has never been true in our experience; never have they been quick to berate our attempts. Always they have been a source of patient guidance and of inspiring enthusiasm for their chosen profession. In the learning pro- cess criticism is a necessary factor. Thus, through their kindly and constructive criticism, we have learned which elements of our methods to discard and which to retain. Any material useful in our lessons was always put at our disposal. Another thing which we appreciated was the fact that they always took into consideration our week-end tests and w r ere more lenient in their assignments near the end of the week. Perhaps memories of their experiences as beginners in teaching have filled them with an understanding of and sym- pathy for the difficulties in which we found our- selves, for they have tried to make our training just as pleasant and profitable as they possibly could. Looking back over this year, we realize just how little we could have accomplished had it not been for their kindly criticism and good practical advice. Right from that first uncertain day they have been guiding us on, along the straight and ever widening way of correct pedagogical methods. For all these things, may we express to the members of the critic staff our sincere appreciation. — A. Louise Lonsbery. Governor Simcoe School Mr. T. J. Thompson, B.A. Miss M. Lancaster, B.A. Miss Z. Faw r kes Miss V. Tisdale Miss I. McLeish Miss L. R. Hoffman Miss I. P. Graham Miss M. Buckle Tecumseh Avenue School Mr. J. T. Parkinson Miss E. I. Davey Miss G. Morris Miss H. Rogers Miss M. Gregory Wortley Road School Mr. W. B. Wyatt Miss S. E. McKone Miss A. Hodges Miss C. Sparling Mrs. P. Smith Mr. T. A. Willis Miss A. Davidson Victoria School Miss A. Clarke Miss E. Deane Miss G. Bapty RURAL SCHOOLS Mr. W. G. Rignev Mr. H. Gilbert Miss H. Webb Miss I. Loft Miss M. McLean Miss L. M. Insell Miss M. Penhale Mrs. Paterson HIGH SCHOOL CRITIC TEACHERS South Collegiate Mr. J. F. Calvert, M.A. Mr. W. T. Armstrong, B.A. Mr. A. McKillop, B.A. Mr. H. B. Dinsmore, B.A. Miss B. McCamus, B.A. Mr. T. S. H. Graham, M.A. Central Collegiate Mr. J. P. S. Nethercott, B.A. Mr. C. S. Buck, M.A. Mr. E. O. Hall, M.A. Mr. W. R. Urlin, B.A. Miss D. McCann, B.A., B. Paed. Mr. E. A. Miller, M.A. Mr. R. G. Campbell, B.A. Page Nine

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To the Class 0 1938 ' - ' Continued HAPPINESS never resides in what an individual has, but always in what the individual does. It never consists of what the individual receives, be it much or little, but always of what he gives, not in money, but of himself. Certainly it does not reside in an easier life, but in a more active life, especially in old age, most positively it does not come from a fine and costly education, but from the personality traits which the individual develops. ( . C. Link, Ph.D.). ANDREW F. HAGERMAN, Instructor in Manual Training. TO the students of 1937-38 we wish success, happiness and an abundant life. The fulfilment of these lies within your own powers. Friendships, a genuine interest and enthusiasm in one ' s work with a body and mind attuned to do our service, make up a triumvirate that will carry you far towards your goal. May the memories of your days spent together remain bright and the friendships formed be true and lasting. Yours sincerely, ISABEL E. DAVIDSON, Dean of Women and Instructor in Household Science and Hygiene. THE closing of this year at the London Normal School is the beginning of your future in the teaching profession. May this year always be a pleasant memory linking the past with the future. You have made true friends of staff and students alike. The friends thou hast, and their affection tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. 1 ' DORIS RIDER, B.A., Instructor in Physical Education. Art does not imitate but interprets. (Mazzini). DOROTHY EMERY, A.O.C.A., Instructor in Art. MLSIC, at its best, is an interpretation of a mood, of an ideal, of an emotion, a revelation of the tilings of the spirit which words make cold, or fail to describe. The mission of musical study is to enlarge the perception of what music contains, so that its full richness may be available for all. A real understanding of music, then, is not a mark of caste, but a state of existence. Ossip Gabrilouitsch. Eminent Conductor. C. E. WHEELER, F.C.C.O., Instructor in Music. THE aim of education or culture is merely the development of good taste in knowledge and good form in conduct. (Lin Yutang — The Importance of Living). . F. MARSHALL, Instructor in Writing. THEY that have read about everything are thought to understand everything too; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with the materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections — wemust chew them over again. — Charming. LOUISE GAHAN. Librarian and Instructor in Library Methods. Page Eight

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A FEW short months ago we, the class of ' 38, came to the London Normal School. Now the long day wanes and we stand in the twilight of another school year. At the outset we thought of our chosen career as a great adventure upon which we were about to embark. We brought with us the ambitions and high ideals of youth, but a very limited knowledge of our chosen profession. At times, perhaps, we have felt that we were falling short of our aims, and that our ideals were not being actualized. We met discouraging situations, but we turned these apparent obstacles into means of progress. In so doing our under- standing has been broadened and our conception of life deepened. A plateau is dull, flat, uninteresting, — we have been shown that we must have the valleys else we should not appreciate the heights. Now, as we stand on the threshold of our chosen profession we pause, and turn with a deep sense of gratitude to honour our masters and instructors who, through their untiring efforts and sacrifice, have sharpened our appreciation of those heights and direct- ed our unsteady footsteps up the path which leads us to self-realization and success. Common interests and ambitions have guided us as a group of students in the development of co-operation, good sportsmanship, and, above all, a true spirit of goodwill. The result has been that we have experienced the joy of the making of friendships based, not on the chance acquaintanceships of the year, but on more lasting understandings and sympathies. The time has come for parting. We turn to go, but cast one longing, lingering look behind. We are approaching another stage of life ' s progress. A new pathway has been opened to us; immediately it gives greater responsibility and influence; further on along that untravelled way lies the path of the ambitious teacher — the way which demands that we remain industrious, conscientious students throughout life. Let us take this path, so that as we advance we may experi- ence the joy which comes only from self-realization and service to others. As we go forth, let us always remember the wonderful relationship between to-day ' s labours well done and to-morrow ' s rew r ard. We stand to-day as moni- tors of young minds, our country ' s greatest resources. If we fulfil this trust well, then shall we build from age to age An undefiled heritage. Donald M. Fortune Page Ten