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

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NORMAL SCHOOL 1 925 — 1 926 LONDON , ONTARIO Valedictory HE class of 1925-26 stands to-day as so many others have stood before, hesitant, at portals opening upon a glorious vista — a world to conquer; hesitant between contending emotions; for is not this the dreamed of hour — the day of fulfilment; but is it not also, alas, the day of parting. We may well say Hail and Farewell. Hail to our future which [6, at best, a vague, uncertain thing; and farewell to the happiest year of our life. A year filled with a thousand memories to be always cherished. We have left behind the days when we first came to drink more deeply of the springs of knowledge and learning. The year has flown with amazing speed, but it was a fruitful year and will be our inspiration for the years to come, for it was during this year that we received the incentive to make the most of ourselves and our opportuni- ties. All our future actions will be associated with and shaped by our days at the London Normal School in an effort to attain to that ideal of Christian teachers. How often will we be reminded of the words of wisdom and counsel stored in our hearts during this year; or cause to rise before us the memory of the many functions, when we made merry with our fellow-students in those care-free days ! We are ever grateful to the worthy members of the staff, who have so faithfully prepared us for the future and who have never spared them- selves when our welfare was in question. It is here that friendships have been formed which time will strengthen. It is here that our perplexities have been met with understanding and the intricate paths of learning made smooth. Here the intellectual and social sides of life, developed each in its due measure, have contributed to prepare us for the larger world outside. Here ideals have been held before us which inspired us with a noble enthusiasm to set out upon the one high road to true happiness and true success in life — for it is not so much what we do but what we are that matters. Thus we stand at the parting of the wavs and, although the future for us may not be a very brilliant one, we shall try at least to have always before us the ideals inculcated in the London Normal School. To our painstaking and inspiring masters, who so earnestly instructed us in the various branches of learning, we extend our hearty thanks Appreciating the happy year at L. N. S., which has taught us that, while no life is exempt from the vicissitudes of fortune, the vital issues are under the control of our free-will, may we not, as we look towards the future, confidently hope for great things. HAZEL H. OUELLETTE Page Three

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NORM AL SCHOOL 1 9 2 5—1 9 2 6 LONDON, ONTARIO Introduction Because I would be young in soul and mind, Though years must pass and age my life constrain, And I have found no way to lag behind The fleeting years, save by the magic chain That binds me, youthful, to the youth I love, I teach. — L. B. Woodward. (7° HE graduating class is about to make a new venture in life, namely, to make y y a living, and to continue an old venture, to live safely. On behalf of the staff I wish the members of the class success in both. I believe that the majority will succeed in the former — a burden difficult enough — and I trust they will also accomplish the latter — a more trying and important task. For youth I have the greatest respect, not because it is always wise or prudent, or sane, or temperate, but because it is always alert, ever exuberant, continually optimistic and congenitally cheerful; I admire its dreams and its ambitions: Thus it is that I am much interested in the future of the young people of whose doings for the last year this little book is a souvenir. W. PRENDERGAST. Page Five