Calgary Normal School - Chinook Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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OAjl Q u i wA iFnr tljp Unk iEttUing RETCHING—that was the assignment. And I wouldn’t know a sketch if I met it strolling down the avenue. My ignorance was appalling. What could I do? I decided there was only one thing to do—start out bravely, work boldly, and hope for a quick dose of sketching knowledge. It was Saturday afternoon that I took the fatal plunge. Accordingly, I set off with my supplies — sketch book, eraser, ruler, triangle, scrap paper, finder, six pencils, and some old newspapers to sit on. I intended to be well- prepared! Oh yes, I also had a knife in case I broke any of my pencils. As I strode over the hills I searched for a suitable scene.There it was!—simple and terribly prosaic I will admit—but I felt it was equal to my sketching powers. I quickly spread my newspapers and sat in the most uncomfortable posi¬ tion. The ground was hard, and there were ants slithering about in search of just such a poor victim as I. As soon as they saw me they charged as fear¬ lessly as any British soldier. No matter! Whatever privations I had to endure I was going to sit (and probably scratch) them out. And now the sketch! I gingerly lined in the hills. There was a house over there which sprouted innumerable gables. That was left out. A wind whisked away my scrap paper and I had to stop and sprint after it. Those trees might as well be blotted out, too. I don’t know how to make that fluffy kind. Shucks! now I’ve taken out too much. And so on for almost an hour. By then I thought I had my finished product. I picked up my belongings (having used fully half of them), and strolled homeward. Ants, wind, dust, and flying papers—I had taken them all in my stride. But what surprised me most was that I had thoroughly enjoyed myself. It had been fun sitting out there on a hilltop trying to put a bit of Nature’s glory on paper. Before I had reached home, I had decided to recapture some of that pleasure the next weekend. RUTH GODWIN, Class C. Page sixteen

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YEAR BOOK STAFF Belt to right: Reece Gibb, Biography Editor; Lloyd Anderson, Photography Editor; Robert Armstrong, Business Manager; Charlotte M ontgomery, Assistant Editor; Janet McGregor, Biography Editor; Melvin Sillito, Editor; John Tuskey, Art Editor; Miss Chittick, Staff Advisor; Audrey Innis, Secretary. lEiittnrtal VF.R a generation ago the first class of Normal students began the process of creating Vf7 an atmosphere—a soul if you like—about this school. Year by year, succeeding classes thronged these halls and added their contribution to the connotation of “The Calgary Normal School.” Have we made our contribution? Have we added to their accomplish¬ ments or taken the sting out of some of their disappointments? Or have we passively accepted their heritage? If we have not yet made some contribution, however small, to our chosen profession, we should pity ourselves. If we do not begin soon to make some such contribution, we should pity those whom we shall influence in the course of our pro¬ fessional careers. But we believe we have begun to shoulder our share of the burdens of teaching. This class must of necessity do the pioneering in a changing system of education: we go to build a highway where as yet there is only a faint path. All of us will not succeed; few of us will measure up to our own ideals in this work. But for those who valiantly strive there will be a reward—the happiness of children, the kind word of a parent, the deep satisfaction of sincere effort. To us falls the honor of expressing to our principal, Dr. Coffin, the cumulative tribute of many classes and the appreciation of thirty years of work well done. To this tribute may we add our grateful thanks, not only for the privilege of being a student under Dr. Coffin’s friendly guidance, but for the Calgary Normal School heritage which has been created through the years under the gracious influence and understanding personality of Dr. Coffin. No problem was too small for his consideration, no effort too insignificant for his recognition, no failure so great as to be final. He gave to all a scholarly ideal, an understanding of the meaning of tolerance, and an inspiration for the days to come. And now a word of thanks to those who helped us in our work, and perhaps, in the final analysis, made our work possible. Without the help of Miss Chittick as our staff adviser, the valuable aid of the Year Book Staff, and the co-operation of the Student Body, our book would have been found wanting. This has been our goal—that the Student Body, to whom this book will be a souvenir of a year’s experience, may find pleasure and perchance inspiration from its pages when memories grow less vivid. The hope we hold, that this book shall attain in some degree its goal, is our reward. We ask no other. THE EDITORS. Page fifteen

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