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

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jvkw NORMAL SCHOOL BONERS Mr. Roberts: XYhat is a polygon? Mr. Sirler: A polygon is a dead parrot. :F If at Mr. McEachern: Where did Shakespeare live? Miss Knox: Shakespeare lived at Wind- sor with his merry wives. 41 P11 if Dr. Holferd: What is a magnet? Miss Chandler: A magnet is a thing you find in a bad apple. PF 151 F14 Mr. Roberts: How is our school ventil- ated? Miss Lee: Our school is ventilated by hot currantsf' Pk if PK Miss Conover: 'ADQ-scribe respiration. Miss Loft: Respiration is composed of two acts, first inspiration then expectora- tion. X if IF Dr. Hofferd: How can you keep milk from souring? Miss Poag: To keep milk from turning sour, you should keep it in the cow. BF 25 41 Mr. McEachern: lVhat is the plural of ox? Miss Scott: The plural of ox is oxygen. ii if IK Dr. Hofferd: How can you tell a good dairy cow? Miss XYalsh: A good milk cow can lie told hy her rudder. Miss Conover: Describe the circulation of the blood. Miss Stonehouse: It fiows down one leg and up the other. If if ,F Mr. XYheeler: How do you find the core ect key to a piece of music? Mr. Lucas: Use a pitch-fork. Bk 41 26 Mrs. Partlow: Name instruments used in an orchestra. Miss Gatfield: They are viles, cellars, trumpets, hornets, baboons, hobbo and bubble basses. Miss Emery: I like the painting of the two fish lying by the bowl. It is called Still Life, to show that fish had just been caught and were still alive. Dr. Mark: What is heredity? Miss Deer: Heredity is a bad thing and il ought to be prevented. at ii JF Dr. Hofferd: XVhat is the Zodiac? Mr. Neale: It is the zoo of the sky where lions, goats, virgins, and the other animals go lifter they are dead. BY if X Miss Emery: W'hat are posters? Miss Backus: Posters are sheets of paper pasted on blackguardsf' X if if Mr. Hagerman: lVhat does Geometry teach you? ' Miss Crich: Geometry teaches us to bisex angels. if Sf if Mr. Sitler: W'hat is in the punch for the banquet? Miss Conover: Baboons' legs and cuckoos' ankles. 1 if Pk Dr. Mark: How did the life of Socrates end? Mr. Speake: Socrates died from an over- dose of wedlock. if if 37 Miss Conover: How do you time boiled eggs? Miss W'hite: Look out the window at the traffic light, give them one red and two greens and they're done. X X if Dr. Mark: Could you in a few brief words tell me what you think our biggest post-war problem will be. Miss Bell? Miss Bell: XYho goes back to the kitchen? X If 3 Miss Gahan: Well now, I think you would be wise to stick to teaching for a while, at any rate, Mr. Squire, because you know that there is one 'very serious impediment to marriage nowadays. Mr. Squire: Yeah, to support the govern- ment and a wife on one income. if if if Mr. Roberts: The Wioman has Seven Ages-the infant, the little girl, the junior miss, the young woman, the young woman, the young woman, and the young woman. IF il BY Miss Cunningham, now a rural teacher: Now tell me Ionah,why I punished you? That's fine, blubbered Jonah, first you pound the tar out of me and now you ask me why you did it. Page Twenty-five

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MARCH March, can you bring no warmth for me? I've revelled long in gleaming fretted snowy I was akin to frosty earth and sky- Vl'inged, raptured, flying with the snow. March, can you lind no peace for me? I've been a creature long of thund'ring sound I've been a brother of the blust'ry wind- Breathing, throbbing, singing with the sound March, I need the tender breath of spring. Give me again the painted skies: Show me how streams can surge and tlow, Let me see solace in the skies! GRACE Backus. DREAM ISLAND I saw the peaks of mountains Against the purple sky, l saw the tips of tree-tops Rise up into the sky. There were no birds of thunder Plundering sights like these, For war had passed this island And left it to the seas. I hope the mews and peewits Find shelter in those boughs, For the winds that whip the island, Themselves are birds of war. The snow will cover this island As it comes drifting by: The tips of the changing tree-tops VVill blend with the indigo sky. Then spring will come in April, And summer will come in june, But always the island's a picture, At dawn, at dusk, at noon. I spent a year on the island, I saw seasons come and go, And I captured one lasting picture, Silhouettes of the peaks in the snow. lX'lARG,XRp.'l' litem.. THE AFTERMATH I-Ie woke, and the bright sun shining Cast a gleam over all the earth: He sat with his head reclining And thought of the funeral dirgeg His comrade had just been buried 'Neath the cold, black, muddy ground: He had fought, he had killed: he had fallen He had won a name renowned. Oh, when will this strife be ended, This struggle of earthly fate, The broken world be mended, And men will no longer hate? Oh, when will this world of turmoil Be a free world once again, VVith freedom of speech and religion, And good-will towards all men? IVIABEL IXTORGAN. Page Twenty-four FAITH The earth is but a dreary place, A place of woe and war, It stands upon a precipice Hemmed in by space's door. Some people laugh and others cry, Some people sing and dance, While others live in death's dark vale, These never had a chance. That's what the pious man might say When offering a speech! But me? I think this earth is good If you but work and reach. Our Fathers slaved to make this land A place of love and peace, Our attitude blots out their aim Till this returns-wars shall not cease. So gentry of this rich, clean earth Break down the fence of hates, Instead, build up a bridge of love That faith alone creates. IXIARUARET BELL APRIL April in the starlight night Danced across the grass And left a silver thread of hair Shining as she passed. April danced across the night, And kissed the birds that slept, And left amid the growing grass The teardrops that she wept. COLLEEN BYRN15 CHARGE OF THE BRIGHT BRIGADE Half a step, half a step, Half a step onward, In between classes Dawdled the half hundred. Faster in the halls! he said, So at breakneck UQ speed Moved the half hundred. Masters to right of them, Masters to left of them, Blasters in front of them Volleyed and thundered. Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do or die, Stormed the half hundred. lVhen did their glory fade? VVhen the reports were made All the staff wondered, Honor the try they made! Honor the half hundred- A relieved half hundred! RALPH E. LUCAS

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Name Ralph Lucas Barry Moore jack Neale Robert Reid lVm. Speake- Bruce Sitler Donald Squire Margaret Abbott Phyllis .Xdams Grace Armour Grace Backus Margaret Baker Barbara Bain Norma Battin Margaret Bell Charlotte Berry Dorothy Black Madeline Brinn Marjorie Burley Betty Butler Colleen Byrne Dorothy Chandler Helene Clegg Ruth Coulthard I-fyelyn Crich Irma Cudney Merle Cunningham Ethelwyn Ilaniel jean Daniel Eileen llattgharty Mary lleer Audrey llobson Mary Lou Doyle Yerlie Elliott Rttth Fact-y Katherine Ferguson Mary Ferguson Shirley Fitzsimmons jean Galbraith Elizabeth Gatlield Shirley Heatherington Genevieve Heenan Lola Herd Lorraine l-Iodgins joyce Hunt josephine jack Doris Jarvis Margaret Knowles Lois Knox Rena Lamperd june Lee Marguerite Leeson Ida Liberty Nancy Little Geraldine Lobban Una Loft Donna Long Margaret Lyman Betty Marrison jean Martindale Joyce Mason Margaret McCallum Page Twenty-six A Normal School Survey Ambition Clergyman :X Normal Master Science Teacher Teaching History Teacher To getia good wife Math. Teacher .VX good teacher 'Teaching To redttce Finish homework K. P. teacher Teaching Teaching Housewife Home lic. teacher .X family woman To grow tall To reduce Baseball Superannuation Math. teacher To speak slowly No examinations Good teacher I'ritna Donna Travelling 'Teaching abroad To travel Primary teacher A good teacher Primary teacher Farmer's wife .-Xir-line hostess Radio singer Auxilia ry teacher .-X good teacher .-X good teacher .-X good teacher F. T. teacher Rural pedagogue Math. teacher Designer Math. teacher Primary teacher ,-Xn A-1 teacher :X good teacher Three children Self-improvement Mission teacher English teacher Softball player Travelling No grey hairs Travelling Sleeping Travelling Getting my B. ,-X. Primary teacher Primary teacher A family Rural teacher FORM I Hobby Reading None Photographing Monkeying around XYoliing around Nature Study Sports Collecting Collecting poetns Teaching Eating chocolates Music Sketching Dancing Figure-skating Teasing lYallace Letter-writing Salads Stamp collecting Insulting agents .Xutographs Sailing Collecting sailors Cooking Baking Roller skating FOR FOR MII Dancing Music Dancing' Knitting Music lvriting letters Dancing Dancing Reading and singing Sewing Se tyi ng M usic Reading Sports Sketching Motoring Music Bicycling llialking Stamp collecting Reading Collecting Gardening Reading Scrapbooks Collecting photos M III Knitting Reading Picture collecting Shows Stamp collecting Hunting men Music NVriting letters Roller skating Sewing Advice Good choice. Get a hobby No Cover girls Concentrate. Cut it out Both fascinating Calculate well Stick to it Be discriminating Try exercise Less chocolates Keep the pitch lYatch form Step lightly XYatch curves Cut it out Spell correctly Try milk Eat less See Mr. Roberts Get mine lVatch waves Beware Make good Try Ralph ll'atch the balance Don't jitterbttg Aim high Step, step, close Watch stitches lVork hard Send them airmail Learn to mill: Fly high Practise scales Be patient Be cheerful XVatch notes Keep it up Keep lit lvatch lines Watch the road Watch styles NYatch balance Not too strenuous Stick to it No dime novels Pick a soldier Dig! dig! dig! Keep going Read critically Try Crosby Knit no brows Dye it Use a camera Find soft seat Lick them Set traps Keep at it Use ink Roll straight A stitch in time