Alberta Normal School - Aurora Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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EDMONTON NORMAL SCHOOL FIRST AID Over two hundred students attended First Aid Classes under Miss Hastie’s skilful supervision. With so many enrolled, three classes had to be formed, one of which met Wednesday nights, one on Friday afternoons, and one on Saturday mornings. Although our time this year had been shortened consider¬ ably nearly all the students attended faithfully, and were credited with the required number of hours to qualify them for taking their final examination. The classes took the form of interesting lectures by Miss Hastie during the first hour, followed by practise in first aid principles on various “patients” during the second hour. The course was terminated by an oral examination conducted by a doctor secured for the purpose. In addition to the fun, we had the gratification of successful work, for all of us qualified for the first certificate. “FIRST AID” “First Aid to the injured” Is Nurse Hastie’s cry. Some two hundred students To do or to die. Splints to the right of them, splints to the left of them. Bandages and reef-knots—they tied the best of them. Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays too, All members attended, we give them their due. They acted as patients and helped us to see, What a real first aid case is likely to be. Peter Bodnar pretended his leg had been broke, And Bill Hansen splinted him—it wasn’t a joke. With tears in their eyes the students stood by, And watched Bill splint Peter as there he did lie. And then there was Aaron, alas and alack, Stretched out on the floor, with his poor broken back. They tenderly raised him, to Nurse’s instruction, Onto a stretcher of proper construction. And then the jaw bandage—it really was funny The patient looked just like a big Easter bunny. And poor drowned Sadoway, gasping for breath, Saved by resuscitation from horrible death. The exam had been scheduled—the examiner obtained And for those who succeeded, a certificate gained. S o now, friends and patients, all joking aside We know our “First Aid Rules” by which we’ll abide. E. SNOW, Class F.

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66 EDMONTON NORMAL SCHOOL By changing the constitution of the Students’ Union, the Normal School Local of the A.T.A. was organized with the same executive personnel as that of the Students’ Union, so far as was necessary. The Students’ Executive became the official body for our local. In accordance with the A.T.A. constitution the Students’ Union paid fees for twenty-five students, who became provisional members of the A.T.A. Through our delegates to the Annual Meeting of the A.T.A. at Calgary, efforts were made to change the set-up of our local so that by paying a fee equal to the one paid this year, ALL members of the Students’ Union may become provisional members of the A.T.A. David Clark and Lloyd Cook presented this suggestion to the meeting. Such an arrangement would mean a much closer contact on the part of prospective teachers with educational happenings in the province. Through our local of the A.T.A. we were informed of its activities. As Normal Students, it is our duty to become familiar with the organization, rules and functions of the A.T.A., and to take an active part in its operation. This was impressed upon us by members of the Central Executive (Mr. Baker, Mr. Barnett and others) who spoke at meetings of our local. These speakers also did much to clarify for us our duties in the A.T.A. as teachers.