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

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J eligiouJ 3n3tructo% Rigorous teachers seized my youth, And purged its faith and trimmed its fire. Showed me the high, white star of Truth, There bade me gaze and there aspire. ' ' That is what the clergy have tried to do during the school-year — to show you the high, white star of Truth, to bid you gaze and there aspire, to make it plain that this Truth is a PERSON, God ' s only Son, our Saviour and Lord. It has been an honour and a privilege to have a small part in training you for the work to which you have been called. We would fain believe that much of what we have said in the classroom will be remembered and put into practice in the years to come. You are a privileged people — greatly privileged. You stand at the end of an epoch, at a place where many roads meet. The age in which you live is drawing to a close and the form of its successor is not yet known. But of this we are sure, that education will necessarily be one of the storm-centres in any discussion of the purpose and pattern which the new age will take. And it is at this time that you have been called to teach, to seize the children and the youth of our land, to purge their faith and trim their fire, to check the erring and reprove, to set them free from vain temptations, to calm the weary strife of frail humanity, to show them the high, white star of Truth, to bid them gaze and there aspire. What a privilege! What a responsibility! It is our sincere and earnest prayer that God will abundantly bless you in this great and good work. (REV.) JOHN FLECK, Elmwood Avenue Presbyterian Church, London, Ontario. Our Critic ZJeaclter Urban Practice Teachers Miss Gertrude Bergey, B.A. Mr. Stanley A. Cushman, B.A. Miss Ethawyn Damude, B.A. Miss Pearl I. Elliott Miss Edna Lancaster Miss Muriel Lancaster Miss Marguerite Lawler Miss Bernice Leggate Miss Nora MacRae, B.A. Mr. S. R. MacKay, B.A. Miss J. Isabel McLeish Mr. E. I. Mitchell, B.A. Mr. Stewart Oakes Miss Eva Parry Mr. W. D. Sutton, B.A., B.Paed. High Schools Mr. Carl Chapman, B.A. Miss Kathleen Dolan, M.A. Mr. Walter M. Herron, M.A. Mr. W. F. Langford, M.A. Rural Schools Mrs. Marion F. Bere Mrs. Frankie Cornell Mr. Lloyd Flannigan Mrs. Gladys Hodgins Mr. Ewart Jolliffe Mr. Orville McDowell Mr. Gordon McEwan Mrs. Marie McGuffin Miss Shirley Patterson Mrs. Helen Patterson Mrs. H. G. Sherriff Miss Vera Thomas Page Seven

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ear J$ook Executive Back Row — Connie Snyder, Art; June Tarleton, Athletics; Alice Jubenville, Photography. Third Row — Sheila Hill, Music; Barbara Harvie, Social; William Lecouteur, Marjorie Dorrepaal, Advertising; Charlene Cleveland, Visitors. Second Row — Philip Yeoman, Business Manager; Betty Rogula, James MacLean, Editors; Clara Brown, Business Manager. Front Row — Edward Stewart, Athletics; John Graham, Humour; Donald Bedard, Poetry. Absent — Grace MacPherson, Literary; Mary Tummonds, Drama. Staff Counsellors: Mr. R. H. Roberts, Mr. C. R. MacLeod. Cdltoxial Ten years ago men and women were leaving this school facing a very serious prob- lem, the preservation of democracy. Unfortunately they had to take up arms and engage in physical combat, at great personal risk, to retain our precious freedom. Today, much the same problem faces us, the graduating class of 1949. Our inde- pendence is again in jeopardy. But we as teachers can assist in the molding of the most powerful means of defense, the training and development of the citizens of tomorrow. We cannot hope to preserve democracy unless the people are taught to read and to think so they can understand its basic principles and the application of those principles to cur- rent problems. Many of us turned to teaching as a means of livelihood, but it means more, a great deal more. Our responsibility will be tremendous and we must be prepared to face the far-reaching consequences resulting from slackness or the shirking of duty. Never must we lose sight of our goal which is the aim of all education, knowledge, skill, and the development of character. We have been given the tools — training at Normal, the opportunity to teach, let us do our best to finish the job! THE EDITORS Page Six

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On Friday, May 13, Arbour Day was observed at the school by the planting of two trees. An American Red Bud was planted by Mrs. William Prendergast in honour of her husband, who was principal of the Normal School from 1922 to 1931. Dr. John Dearness, a member of the staff from 1900-1918 and Principal from 1918-1922, celebrated his 97th birthday by planting a Canadian Hard Maple. Miss Marjorie Hamilton, Miss Joan Jackson, Miss Betty Lamb, Mr. George Gall, Mr. John Gregg and Mr. Donald Irwin acted as guards of honour for Mrs. Prendergast and Dr. Dearness. A short programme followed under the chairmanship of Mr. John Graham. Mr. George Copeland, who was a student of the Normal School when Dr. Dearness was principal, gave a brief address on the value of trees. The members of Form III, under the direction of Miss Elaine Murchison, rendered a choral speaking number. The programme concluded with the singing of the school song and the National Anthem. Following the programme a number of guests, including former staff members, enjoyed tea served by students of the Home Economics classes. C. R. M. Page Eight