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

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NORMAL SCHOOL LONDON ONTARIO EDITORIAL Youth YOUTH — youth — what is youth? Is it that time of long ago veiled in the sweet mists of lingering dreams? Is it the time when every- thing was tinged crimson and gold; when even the clouds were touched with rose, and we sallied forth each day as very knights-errant? No, my friends, youth is infinitely more than that. True youth was the time when the days were far too short and the nights — how they prolonged themselves! Youth loves everything that is done or said to be as pure as the day. Youth is the spring of life, when everything is as blossoms. It is the time when our thoughts are clear, though sometimes fantastical; when all our acts are those of joy and simplicity, and we glory in life. Our love is for those who measure up to the high standard of morality set by youth. Who could live up to that standard but youth itself? Youth is the training school for after-life. It is the seed-time for the harvest later. It is a time of preparation; a time oj embellishing and polishing in order that we may be fitted to take our place in the world (both this and that which is to come), in which we must later find ourselves. Everything in mind, body and soul is provided in youth if we do not dis- regard or despoil the opportunities. In youth we must look for the pattern of our Maker ' s idea and intention Why? For this reason — youth has not strayed so far from Him, as we who assailed by subtle false security or wrongfully blamed adversity, have estranged ourselves. In youth reason gives place to faith. Our faith being then pure and simple overcomes everything. We live with Him as our Friend. Love for country goes hand in hand with our love for God. Hence youth is both the firm foundation and the guiding star of the nations. In short youth is the very, ' horn of plenty, ' pouring out our joys, our love, our blessings and creating some statesmen, some professional men, some labourers and some idealists of all of which the world is composed. Youth is the golden treasury of old age. It is the gleaming cup over-flow- ing with past thoughts, past deeds, past joys, which are lived again only in dreams and reminiscences. G. Beverly R. Collier. Page Fourteen

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EDITORIALS We Live in Glass Houses ALL men are mirrors — at first, perhaps this statement seems to he very sweeping and far-fetched. But let us pause a moment and consider. As we sat chatting in the sitting room tonight the world in which each of us lived and moved throughout the day was focussed in the room. What we saw as we looked and listened to one another was not one another but one another ' s world. We were an arrangement of mirrors. The scenes we saw during the day were all reproduced, the people walked to and fro, they talked, they worked, they passed us by, did everything over again as if they were really with us there. When we talked, we were but looking at our own mirror and describing what flitted across them. When we listened to the others we did not hear merely words but we were looking at our neighbour ' s mirror. All human intercourse is a seeing of reflections. When one meets a stranger the cadence of his voice will tell you from what country he comes. So he has, without knowing it, reflected his birthplace and parentage. In his next remarks we see reflected a whole world of experiences. The books he has read, the regions he has traveled, the people he has met and their influences on him. These are all there and written so deeply they cannot be blotted out, not even by time itself. As I am reading him, he is reading me and before our conversation is over we could half write a story of each other ' s lives. These mirrors are not only mere reflectors of the passing things they see but they hold all these permanently. We have only to think of our childhood and youth and this is easily seen. We remember a great deal of it and can even see that which is most firmly fixed as plainly as if it had happened only yesterday. All these help to mould, broaden and beautify our characters. So it is by past experiences we learn to cope with present difficulties. If these impressions were not registered there of what value would our present experiences be? Learned today but forgotten by to- morrow. Let us then consider carefully and thoughtfully the impresses that are being made and fixed there each moment of our lives. Let us try to build our mirror out of deep, vast and lasting material. For like the pool of water which has many features hidden in its depths, awaits the bright ray of light to reveal them, so we should be ever ready to withstand the test of the bright ray of light. As we pass through life our mirror is reflecting our innermost self. So without knowing and perhaps not wish- ing it we all live in glass houses. E. JUBENVILLE. Page Thirteen

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JESSIE ADAMS Educated at Wallacehurg High School. A thorough scholar, good teacher too, and a friend sincere through and through. MARGARET ANDERSON Where ' er she meets a stranger There she leaves a friend. ' ' ' ' Secondary School: Ri.- ' getown High School. Activ ties: Form President. Ambition: Agriculture specialist. Weakness: Meloids. HELEN ANTHONY Form 1 representative and editor. Came to Normal from Alma College, W.O.S.S.A. debater for two years. Marked by gallantry of spirit and by her delicacy and freshness of wit. JEAN ARMOUR To know her is to love her. Educat on: Dorchester C.S., Wood- stock C.I. Activities: Music, Art, Literature. Ambition: Travel. ISABEL M. ARNER Kingsville H.S. graduate, Wossa Public Speaking champion for her county ' 28, attended Whitby Col- lege ' 27. devout and pure. Sober, steadfast and demure. DORA BANWELL Small in stature but not in mind Full of wit and humor you ' ll find. Dora comes from Walkerville, C.I. She is a true Normalite and a good JESSIE BENNETT Hails from Glanworth where she lives on the land settled by hergreat- grandfather in 1830. Jessie graduated from London Central Collegiate where she hopes to teach some day. IVY BOOZEY To now her is to love her And to love her is to be— Brokenhearted. ' ' ' Education: St. Thomas C. I., West- ern University. - Well known for her sunny dis- position, executive ability and bas- ketball agility. LONDON ONTARIO MARGARET BOTTING Educated at Wallaceburg High School. An all-round sport, a spendid student and above all a good friend. Everyone wishes her success. MARJORIE BOX Always willing, always wording, Bright and active, never shirking. A graduate of Beck C. I. Now an earnest student at London Nor- ADA BROWN Born: Dryden. Rainy River District. Educated: Wiarton, London South C. I. Activities: Member of Junior Staff of Queen Alexandra Sanatorium 1929 Ambition: Succeed ful teacher, trai- ISABELLE CAUGHLIN True of heart and spirit gay. Isabelle comes to L.N.S. from Lobo Continuation Schoo ' and Beck Collegiate. She has marked oratori- cal ability and is a fine teacher. RUBY M. CHARLTON A noble mind, a heart sincere, One whom to now was to hold Secondary Education: London South Co 1 gate. Activities: Hiking. Amb ' tion: Primary Teacher. Hobby: Music. AILEEN CHILDS In Florence she learned to be the student she -is, and in Florence she ccquhed her musical training. Edi- tor for Form 1 paper GRACE ELEANOR CHRISTIE Attended Learn ngton H gh School • winning a medal for Upper School Algebra. Activities: Athletics, music. Ambition: College. Hobby: Stamp collecting. GERALDINE CLARK Cool, unperturbid amid the flurry, Inclined to wor and not to worry. Graduated at Kingsville High Schoo ' , a diligent student and a pa- tient, conscientious teacher. Page Fifteen