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Open J4ouie 3or JV. £. c4lumni The doors of the Normal School were thrown open to admit two hundred and seventy graduates on Saturday morning, April 2. The alumni, coming from all over- Western Ontario, were directed by guides to the registration table, where they received name tags and signed the Visitor ' s Book. Our guests then enjoyed a luncheon in the library, where Mrs. F. C. Biehl and Mrs. C. E. Mark poured coffee. This part of the morning programme was arranged by Miss Conover and a committee of students. At noon the visitors met in the assembly hall to elect a new executive and to discuss other business matters. A particularly interesting item was the presentation of a portrait of Dr. Mark, our retired principal, to the school. A tour of various classrooms followed. The work in the Craft Room was praised by some alumni, who regretted that they never had done such work back in 1900. Next year we are looking forward to this annual Open House when we will meet again our masters and fellow graduates. JOYCE LAVERY, Form II Vhitor Z)o Z)he School MR. ELBORN Mr. Elborn, Inspector of Professional Training Schools of Ontario, visited the Lon- don Normal School. He joined us in the class rooms and discussed educational problems. He advised the men to teach first in a rural school, especially if they intended to remain in the field of education. As he is a graduate of this Normal School, he readily expressed his pleasure on this return visit. MR. ROUSE Mr. Rouse, Principal of Fredericton Normal School, paid a visit to our Normal School last October. During our interview with him we learned many interesting things concerning their Normal Schools. They have two terms — June to December and January to June. Students that have a certificate equivalent to our junior matriculation may enter the Normal School. Ontario students are able to teach in the Maritimes but their students are not able to come into Ontario without writing an examination. The message Mr. Rouse sends out to the students is: I wish you every success in your year here at Normal and through the years to come when vou will be out in your own schools educating our young Canadians. Congratulations and Good Luck to the Graduates of 1948 - 1949 We thank you for your patronage. Huffman ' s Drug Store Phone Met. 1920 156 Wortlev Rd. London. Canada Page Twenty-eight
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Poetry, THE YOUNG SCHOOL TEACHER (First Prize) Here in the quiet classroom, where the air, Perfumed with chalk-dust passes out the window broad, There takes its place a cleaner atmosphere, Bearing the bell-clear tones of children playing on rain-drenched sod. Here sits the teacher, eager with youthful visions, Not warped and scarred by struggles down the line Of years of seeing the spoken word, the selfless deed unheeded, Eager to give unfashioned minds some truth divine. Hers to mould the pliant growing soul, To shape a race of men ready to borrow A page from the record of Paradise, That they may be participants in a godlier, more brotherly to-morrow. JUNE LAUGHTON, Form II A NORMALITE WRITES HOM1 (Se cond Prize) My dear Mama, I write to say I thought of something odd today — A something which essentially Must added to my wardrobe be ! I thought today: What makes me feel Happy instead of down at heel? What gives me poise, self-confidence And sense to use my common sense? What makes me gay, what gives me grace, Aplomb, sangfroid, in any place? What lifts my spirits from the dirt? Darling, my ballerina skirt! I never thought that such a thing Could lift me up and make me sing! I never realized at all Till now, that what I need this fall Is just another swing-and-sway Ballerina whirl-away! You ' d never dream the good of it — That little waist so snugly fit — Those gracious flares so airily swirled! Nothing, Mama, in all the world Could make me feel more confident When out a-teaching I am sent. So darling, p lease consider this My current, urgent, dearest wish. That I might face just any squirt , Send me a ballerina skirt! A ballerina skirt, I pray, Just to replace my dingy gray. Advise me soon, dear, if you can. Your ever loving daughter Fran. FRANCES CLARKE, Form I THE DANCING SAND (Third Prize) The shifting sands, the swirling dunes Together, dance beneath the moon. The biting wind, he keeps the pace Now slow, now fast, now halt, now race. Each silvery particle with abandoned care Joins in the battle with the air. The whirling, swirling dance goes on O ' er Bedouin hut and Arab tent Till finally, its power gone, It slowly stops; its forces spent. The dunes now settle in their place, The scurlish wind flies to the east; The wan moon then retreats in haste And all in silence waits Phoebus ' face. GERALD ENGLAND, Form I Page Twenty-nine
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