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

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CHALLENGER SMART models with many points to recommend them as Graduation Gifts . . . appear- ance, accuracy, value and a Guarantee of service in our stores from coast to coast. A. 1 tkt. natural gold case, 17-jewel movement 75.00 B. lOkt. natural gold-filled case, 17-jewel movement 40.00 :£ 3 JEWELLERS BIRKS-ELLIS-RYRIE LTD., London Compliments . . . of . . . MOYER SCHOOL SUPPLIES Limited MUSIC LOVERS You are always welcome to visit our store. You will find music suitable for all occasions ... If you have some musical problem, let us help you solve it. CHAPMAN HEWETT The Friendly Music Store 430 Wellington St. Met. 3690 London Page Thirty-one

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He is having fun. He simply likes seeing the colour grow upon the paper before him. Life compels us as adults to think of, and work for a purpose; but unless we enjoy the process while striving for that purpose, we have lost something invaluable. That is what we can learn from children. Every job has its details and they change from day to day. We have only to notice them as a child does and we will find our work less hum- drum. This is precisely the point of view. Everything can be an adventure if we make the effort to see it that way. We have only to acquire childhood ' s knack of using all the senses, of never permitting yesterday ' s trouble or tomorrow ' s threats to cloud the swelling beauty of today. This is shown when Thomas Gray describes children in On a Distant Prospect of Eton College — Alas! Regardless of their doom, The little victims play; No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond today. JEAN FEWINGS ON THE CHOICE OF FRIENDS Few things in life are more important than beinq able to make the right friends. I suppose that most of us, if we could choose the gifts which the fairies would place in our cradles, would find even in the short- est list, a place for the gift of being able to make friends and to cultivate friendship. It is an old truth that a man is known by the company he keeps. Perhaps we wonder why that is, but it is true that a man is very largely made in character and position and social standing by his friends. Some people feel they cannot make the friends whom they would like for lack of money or expensive clothes. But is it not true that the most influential friendships of life, the friendships which are most worth-while are those which are independent of clothes and circum- stances? The friendship which has no better foundation than the attrac- tions of a piquant face or the beauty of a pretty frock is not likely to possess many enduring qualities. As a matter of fact, most of the friendships of life are made outside your homes, and mostly in your leisure hours. Most friendships begin in a common interest. Your roads must meet and cross, but you would never have given each other a second thought if it had not been for the fact that a few moments ' conversation revealed that you were both inter- ested in the same sport, or that your habits of life were practically the same. It may have been something as frail as gossamer, but it served as a link, and much intercourse and a sharing of the common interest made the gossamer band as strong as hoops of steel. If you would make friends with great minds you must develop your own mind to appreciate their advances. Shakespeare will sit beside your fire and yet he will have no message for you unless you bring the offer- ing of a common interest and prepare your mind. It is an old saying The re is no place at the feast for the man who will not put on a wedding garment. For truly, there is no real enjoyment except that which is shared; there is no secret which is worth keeping if we cannot whisper it to a friend. The true flavour of the wine of life is missed by those who feast alone. And, most assuredly, we would not stop with one friendship, but we should endeavour to have the whole world full of friends. GORDON B. GRACEY, Form I. Page Thirty

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SCHOOL SUPPLIES We carry a very large and complete stock of School Supplies, including Scribblers, Exercise Books, Loose Leaf Books, Fillers, Chalk, Crayons, Inks, Art Materials. Also Sell School Furniture and Seating, Blackboards and Equipment Quotations gladly given HAY STATIONERY CO. LIMITED 331 Richmond St. London, Ont. Page Thirty-two