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

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Our Instructors in Religion It is my honour to represent the Ministers who are teachers of Religious Knowledge at the London Normal School in expressing our sincere good wishes to all of our students as they become graduates and embark upon their careers as teachers in the schools of this Province. No secular calling should be more exalted than that of the School Teacher. By him the foundations of our society are laid and maintained. It is his privilege to help to mould the minds of future citizens in the most impressive and formative years of their development. No longer is he the teacher of just academic subjects, but the modern school teacher is a guide to the unfold- ing of a way of life. The responsibility of the teacher is great and his own training and devotion must be equal to his high task. That is why, in saying Best Wishes to the Class of ' 47, that the teachers of Religious Knowledge at London Normal School commend each graduate to the example, he care and the blessing of the greatest of all teachers— our Lord. REV. HAROLD U. TRINIER, President, London Council of Churches. Our Critic Teachers URBAN SCHOOLS Miss Clara Tupper Miss Edna Lancaster Miss Isobel Cooke Miss Muriel Lancaster Miss Isabel McLeish Miss Nora McRae Miss Gladys Morris Miss M. E. MacVicar Mr. Beverley Collier Mr. W. D. Sutton, B.A., B.Paed. Miss Edna Rae Miss Pearl Elliott Mr. Sam MacKay RURAL SCHOOLS Mr. Ed Judd Miss Jean McLachlan Mrs. Laura S. Bawden Miss Margaret Knowles Mr. W. B. Springett Miss Jean Patterson Mr. W. G. Rigney Mr. Donald Gay Miss Eileen Finnegan Mrs. Jean Gummow Mr. Leslie Pickles Mrs. Helena Sherriff HIGH SCHOOL Mr. Everton A. Miller, M.A., Principal Mr. Charles S. Buck, M.A. Mr. David H. Carr, B.A. Mr. Everett O. Hall, M.A. Mr. Claude M. McCallum, B.A. Miss Dorothy McCann, B.A., B.Paed. Mr. Walter E. Shales, M.A., B.Paed. Miss Frances H. Wiancko, M.A. Page Nine

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Year Book Executive BACK ROW— George Broad, Form Representative; Mary Douglas, Form Representative; Jack Laforet, Rewrite; John Boll, Assistant Business Manager, Seonaid MacPhail, Rewrite; FrankLilliman, Charles Roberts, Advertising Managers. FRONT ROW— Jean Stothers, Form Representative; Bill Townshend, Business Manager; Helen McGuigan, Form Repre- sentative; Mr. R. H. Roberts, Miss Louise Moisley, Consulting Editors; Bruce GeorgefF, Editor; Virginia Sanders, Assistant Editor. Editorial A culmination of the Editor ' s duty is the few words of wisdom customarily placed under the title The Editorial . Depending on the Editor ' s temperament, these words offer either good advice or pleasant nostalgia. Following, then, the traditional pattern, let us state that we are sorry to see the year come to a close. It has contained a good many trials and tribulations, laughter and gaiety and, above all, friendships. Having disposed of sentiment, we must dispense some good advice. Appreciate the opportunity this profession offers for doing good. The scope of teaching is limitless, provided we make every effort to enlarge it. Accept all help that is offered by school nurse and psychologists, weigh and consider all new steps suggested by educational authorities and use heart as well as head in teaching. -THE EDITORS. Page Eight

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On the evening of October 10, 1946, the newly-formed Lunch Club played hosts to the student body at a wiener roast in Gibbons ' Park. To the uninitiated outside-of-Londoners, this park was an unexplored wilderness. It is somewhat doubtful whether the evening ' s experience did much to clear up this mystery. However, with the able assistance of the Richmond Bus Service and the invaluable— if a trifle vague— directions of John Abraham, who was policeman at the Grosvenor-Richmond intersection, the majority of our school population were safely con- ducted with an occasional flashlight to the bottom of the hill, where a cheerful fire (thanks to Bruce Georgeoff and C. W. Roberts) greeted them. By 8 o ' clock, undaunted by some threatening raindrops, merry voices could be heard raised in loud, if not so musical, song. Throughout the evening, from Noah ' s Ark to Till We Meet Again, gaiety prevailed. A plentiful supply of hot dogs, apples and cokes seemed to satisfy the ravenous appetites on display. By 10.30 the boisterous crowd had subsided and were dispersing in various directions to wend their ways homeward. -JEAN STOTHERS, Form IV. On Friday afternoon of September 20 the students realized that at Normal we work while we work and play while we play. Miss Prendergast arranged a play-day for us and divided the student body into six groups with a director for each group. Names were pinned on and the Bears, Lions, Tigers, etc., followed the captains to the school grounds. Here, at the sound of the whistle, each team began playing at one of the following games: throwing the bean bags, numbers run, dodge ball, snatch the handkerchief, hopscotch and baseball croquet. At the sound of the whistle the teams moved to another game until the full round had been completed. The boys then played an exhibition game of soccer and the play day which was designed to promote goodwill more than fulfilled its purpose. -ELSIE DE SMET, Form II. Page Ten