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

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warm msn., 1 smut Li nemo N'-onoof' DR. C. E. MARK Principal, London Normal School afn Jpprecia tion It is with a feeling of deep regret that we learn that Dr. C. E. Mark plans on retiring from his position as Principal of the London Normal School at the close of the present school year. Such a step brings to a conclusion many years of useful service greatly appreciated not only by members of the staff who have been associated with him, but also by a host of student-teachers who have received their training under him. Dr. Mark was born on a farm near the village of Little Britain, in Victoria County. He attended a rural school for his elementary education and obtained at the close a high school entrance certificate. From this school he went to Lindsay Collegiate Institute when Mr. J. C. Hartstone was Principal, under whose direction the school came to be regarded as one of the outstanding schools of the province. Principal Hartstone, who held the view that education was as much concerned with the development of character as with the imparting of knowledge, sought, by introducing cricket as a phase of school life, to exert an influence on his pupils to play the game whether in school or in after life. It was in such an atmosphere that Dr. Mark learned the value and the importance of dealing fairly with all, whether teachers or students, a principle which has been a guiding force during his long career as a teacher. After graduating from the Collegiate Institute, Dr. Mark attended the County Model School at Lindsay. Subsequently he taught for three years in a rural school-S.S. No. 7, Eldon, Victoria County. At the close of his rural school teaching, Dr. Mark enrolled in Victoria College, University of Toronto, and after four years of study in the institution he graduated with honours in the Department of Philosophy. Later he attended the Faculty of Education at Toronto, where he obtained a high school assistant's as well as a public school teacher's certificate. After graduation, he taught for one year on the staff of the Toronto public schools. At the end of the year he was appointed to the staff of the Ottawa Normal Model School, where, for the first time, he became identified with the work of teacher training. After several years as assistant he was made Principal of the Normal Model School. From this position he was transferred to the staff of the Ottawa Normal School as Master in charge of School Management. From Ottawa he went to Toronto Normal School as head of the Department of Science of Education. In 1931, Dr. Mark came to the London Normal School as Principal. At the end of this year he completes seventeen years of service in this position. During this time, 2,945 student- teachers have received the benefit of his instruction and direction, have been certificated and have obtained posi- tions in the schools, mainly of south-western Ontario. In addition to his work both as Assistant and Principal in the Normal School, Dr. Mark has served as instructor in summer schools during sixteen summers. In 1919, Dr. Mark completed the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Pedagogy. The subject of his thesis for this degree was A Survey of the Public Schools of Ottawa. During his entire Normal School period in the work of teacher training, Dr. Mark's experienced teaching and influence have reached all parts of the province of Ontario, from Ottawa to Windsor. His leadership in education has at all times been recognized. A rich experience and a sound secondary and university education have adequately equipped him to give his students a philosophy of education and a way of life that far trans- cends the classroom. J. G. M., R. H. R. Page Two