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

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NORMAL SCHOOL LONDON ONTAPlOl EDITORIAL Friendship Old boo s, old wine, old Rankin blue, All things, in short, to which belong The charm, the grace, that time mak.es strong — All these 1 prize but (entre nous) Old jnends are best! Austin Dobson. WHAT is friendship? This is really a much bigger question than it may seem. We might say that friendship is love, beauty, happiness or anything similar to these; but, it is really something greater than any of these. It is the greatest bond in the world. I do not think that there is anything in the world more beautiful than a perfect friendship. Any real friendship is, of course, perfect. There are two types of friendships — first, individual friendships between two friends, and secondly, the friendship chain which links humanity. Pythagoras said that a friendship was one soul in two bodies. He was, of course, speaking of an individual friendship, and to me these are the greatest of all friendships. Some of these individual friendships are known to us, but many more are hidden and never will be known. One of the most widely known of friendships was that of the poet Tennyson and his friend Arthur Hallem. So great was Tennyson ' s grief at the death of his friend that he gave the world one of the greatest of Literary masterpieces ' In Memoriam. ' Then too, in some of Shelley ' s beautiful poetry we are told of his great friendship. In his poem ' Adonais ' he tells us of his sorrow caused by the loos of his friend. I weep for Adonais, he is dead. Adonais was the poet John Keats who died, at what seemed to be the beginning of a great career. So much has been written of friendship and yet so little about i t is really understood. A friendship does not spring up over night but is really the growth of years. The strength of friendship ' s bond increases with age. Friendships cannot be bought or sold. Therein lies their great glory- Rich and poor, young and old, people of all nations may enjoy friendships. The formula for friendship is — two friends, truth, tenderness and complete understanding. Friendships make the poor rich, make the unhappy glad again, ease pain and suffering and promote happiness to mankind. The last and best thing about friendship is that it is eternal. True friendship has no death. When a friend dies, although the friendship appears to be broken, yet it still lives. My jrtend with you to hie alone, Were how much better than to own A crown, a sceptre and a throne. Tennyson. Laura Laurision. Page TiLxntyseiien

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Athletics and the School Play up and play the game A PUPIL will like his school life if he likes his work. To have him like his work what hetter tool can we use than athletics? Every normal child likes to play, wants to play. Then let him. With plenty of recreation he will become a sturdy individual both physically and mentally. And what better inspiration can we, as teachers, have to our teaching than a happy, working child? Then again, this pupil will work a great deal harder in class if there are athletics out of class. Go back to your own childhood, you who made the school teams! Did you not work harder to obtain that place on the team? If it applied to you it applies to the child of today and will apply to the child of tomorrow. What better chance has the teacher of forming successful men and women of his pupils than through athletics? When we foster athletics, we, at the same time, foster sportsmanship and honour. Then, to make these characteristics predominant in the future men and women, let us do our duty and do it well. Anne Moylan. Girls 1 Athletic Activities BASKETBALL has been our only attempt in the field of athletics during the school year. We were in the City League of which Miss Adams, of our school, was the president. Through this league we enjoyed usually a game every week. Most of these games took place at the Oxford Street Gymnasium. Other teams, which we contended, were those of the three cty collegiates. There is only one thing to be regretted about our sports and that is the scarcity of time to indulge in more. But now the school is looking forward to the Softball games with the Stratford, Toronto and Hamilton Normal Schools. Anne Movlan. Page Twenty-nine