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

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To the ( lass of 1949-50 1 Ih sI wishes for success and happiness in your teach- ing experiences. Memember — It ' s the songs you sing, and the smiles you wear, that make life ' s sunshine everywhere! MISS RHENA McILROY, A.T.C.M. I have enjoyed my contacts with this year ' s class. I will remember with particular pleasure a few conversations which did not begin — ' Do you know offhand where 1 can find a book on . . . .? or I don ' t suppose there ' s anything in the library on . . . .? My best wishes to you all for continued success in your profession. MISS L. MOISLEY. To the Students of ' 49 ' 50: So teach that you may encourage the mind of the child to develop and expand itself like a flower. FRANK G. WALKER. -9-

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He is slave of greatest slave Unless what we do is useful E. G. who serveth but himself , fame is folly. CONOVER, B.S., M.A. An artist must first know his medium — to be able to create within the limitations of his material. He speaks in wood, bronze or paint, just as the writer speaks in words. In each there is the necessity of originality — there is no real artistic value in the use of hackneyed forms, just as there is no literary worth in hackneyed expressions. He must know the past, build on it. but ever strive to push farther back, the horizons of his chosen field. DOROTHY EMERY. A.O.C.A. If the classroom teacher — who has the stewardship of the child for many hours of many days — by means of physical activities acquaints the child with some new opportunity for happy, healthy living, that will remain as a source of pleasure and satisfaction for years to come, that teacher has performed an invaluable service to the child and to the community. WINIFRED R. PRENDERGAST. -8-

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We all know those indispensable quiet wonder workers (teaching staff) and those uncooperative noisy seekers for truth (student body) and little or nothing of the dynamic force which keeps these halls hallowed and these floors polished. What is this force? Please read on and gain in wisdom. Office Staff: Remember all those mimeographed sheets you got all year? Then there were the Timetables and many other tasks that have to be done to keep the administrative machinery rolling. This great task was ably handled by Mrs. Judd. Maintenance Staff: First, we will express thanks to the two charming ladies who keep things spick and span the hard way — Mrs. Claire and Mrs. Joyce. Then there is Mr. Charles Ryckman the engineer who, by some miracle, man- ages to keep certain rooms at 90 degrees and others at 30 or 10 degrees at the request and behest of certain people. Do not forget genial Mr. J. F. Strasser, the gardener. He is the man who will probably finish the job the students began in the garden, besides keeping the grounds in tip-top shape. To each we say. Well done, thou good and faithful servant ! In Memorium: Here we shall mention those young ladies who not only had a sparkle in their eye, but sported a sparkler on that certain finger on the left hand. They are: — Patricia Hay, Catherine Bailey. Mary Shirk. Marguerite Lucas. Jessie Rain and Mary Graham. They got their man . Nellie, part of the Normal School Life for ten years, passed away at Eastertime of old age. FRED lcD( VLD, Editor III. - 10 -