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

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C. E. MARK. B.A., D.Paed. Principal s Me ssdse to the CI dSS O f 1933-34 THE world is moving on and teacher-training is keeping pace with it. But a brief quarter of a century ago many schools in the province were under charge of teachers with but f our months ' training in a County Model School. Today the minimum requirement for a temporary certificate is one year in attendance at a Normal School. This year, for the first time, each Normal School has a large group of students back for a second year fulfilling the requirement for a Permanent Certificate. The work of this group has exceeded our expectations in the fine spirit of co-operation, in the attitude of appreciation, in their readiness to accept responsibility, and in their ability to make some positive contribution. These characteristics could only be shown, in such measure, by experienced students. The presence of this group has further exerted a most salutary and stimulating influence on those students who were being initiated into the work. It is our candid opinion that the Normal Schools have never before graduated so many teachers so well equipped to do credit to the profession they have chosen. Surely, we all, students and staff, have reason to be gratified at the prospect. Whether or not the schools can as yet absorb all our graduates, and whether or not salaries are restored to their proper level, it is evidence of progress, that the labourer is becoming steadily more worthy of his hire. Page Five

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LONDON NORMAL SCHOOL

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OUR MASTERS Bac}{ Ro:w MR. A. B. LUCAS, B.A., B.Paed, School Management, Biology and English. MR. J. G. McEACHERN, B.A., B.Paed., Advanced English, Methodology of Literature and Reading, History. MR. T. E. CLARKE, B.A.. B.Paed., Science of Education, Methodology of Grammar and Composition. MR. E. H. McKONE, B.A., B.Paed., School Management, Methodology of Arithmetic and Primary Reading, Algebra and Geometry. Front Row: MR. G. W. HOFFERD, M.A., D Pafd., Methodology of Science, Agriculture and Horticulture, Nature Study. MR. C. E. MARK, B.A., D.Paed., (Puncijial) History of Education, School Management, Method- ology of Hygiene, Geography and Spelling. Page Six