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

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THE LITERARY SOCIETY O THE literary society goes much of the credit for the excellence of this year ' s activities. Needless to say, however, the Executive could not do all, and the students are to be congratulated for their co-operation. Each form took part in preparing a program and a judge would have found difficulty in making awards. The variety of the programs arranged revealed much latent talent. The Executive, itself, prepared many excellent programs, and it was through its efforts that a debate was arranged with Western. Choosing the debaters was a difficult task, as preliminary debates revealed excellent material. A vote of the students resulted in Miss Maryn Miles and Mr. Clifford Crumback being chosen to represent Normal, and although our debating team lost, it was not without a battle. All of us felt that our debating experience had been of great value. There are some of the Literary Society Activities which stand out in red letters. For those who would like to fasten a few forgetton links to their recollections, we have chosen a few of the most important and woven each into its separate history. THE AT HOME UR At Home will long be remembered as the most outstanding social event of the school year. On the evening of January the sixth, the mystic lamp of Aladdin led many a gaily attired couple toward the Winter Gardens. Here soft music soon carried us to terpsichorean realms, amid floating streamers, colored balloons and shaded lights. As dancing was the sole entertain- ment of the evening, the fleeting hours sped by on gliding feet. Shortly before midnight a dainty repast was served in a recess of this Fairyland. Mingling among our revellers were those bringing greetings from the sister schools of Hamilton and Stratford, charming all by their winsome personalities. All too quickly came the hour when we had to return to the realism of the outer world. Yet from fairyland, sweet memories of those happy moments still brighten that land of realism in which we must journey for so long. Page Thtrty ' one