Peterborough Teachers College - PTC Yearbook (Peterborough, Ontario Canada)

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The story of a German Justice of the Peace who was judging a case illustrates a healthy state of mind so long as such an attitude does not leave the individual without conviction and confidence. This Judge after hearing the plaintiff said, You're rightf' Then after hearing the defendant said, Youre right. After this last comment, the Court Clerk plucked the learned judges gown and reminded him that both plaintiff and defendant could not be right. Whereupon His Honour exclaimed, You,re right, too. May you be blessed with a happy balance between absolute coizidence and the German Judge's tolerance to accept truths wherever they may appear. -L. W. COPP. Page Three THE SATURDAY LESSON 'Twas Saturday. The leaves were brown Upon the lawns. With scowling frown Jim, squatted on the step, could hear The pavement hockey game that near And far drew racing kids as though They'd heard a fire siren blow. Oh, Jimmy, get your stick! cried Pete, A moment halting urgent feet. 'tl got none. Jimmy cupped his jaw. Then, beg a quarter from your ma. CTwas in those days when dough was doughj Said Jim, returning, g'She says, 'No!'. Then sneak your brother Sid's , said Joe, His big league goalie, he'll not know. The cellar side-door creaked and cried, And came a thundering voice inside, Here! Where you going with that stick? Said Pete to Joe, Let's beat it quick! 'tWhy don't you rake some lawns? said Sime. They pay a nickel or a dime. By four o'clock three patches green Upon the long brown street were seen. At half-past four Jim came full tear A new white hockey stick in air. That winter Jimmy shovelled snow And earned a pair of skates, I know. And now is making good, they tell. But that day, just as evening fell, Gee! But it's great , I heard him say, We don't have lessons, Saturday. -HARRY AMOSS. Director of Professional Training. AM HAPPY to extend greetings to the graduates of the Peterborough Normal School. Soon you will be entering upon those duties for which your training has been preparing you. It will have done rnuch for you if you have acquired those qualities of mind and character which will enable you to meet your problems with wisdom and confidence. It is my earnest hope that you may be able to inculcate in your students. not only the desire to acquire knowledge and information, but the ability to use it wisely and well. Couple with this a respect for your traditions of freedom, fair-mindedness, and regard for the right, and you will have accomplished much. These are great needs in our world of to-day. The task is yours. As you prepare to meet it you have my best wishes for your every' success and happiness. -C. F. CANNON. Superintendent of Elementary Education. Page E' Jui f i' NORMAL SCHOOL STAFF Back Row fleft to righth: Q. McKinney, G. E. Munro, F. B. Smitheram. ' ht Mi SO Johnston G L Woodruff, Miss B. Latimer. Centre Row fleft to rig J: - . ., , . . Front Row Cleft to rightl: Miss O. Cleland, L. W. Copp, Miss C. E. Wagar. Normal School Staff L. W. COPP, B.A., B.Paed., Principal Master: Science and Agriculture. School Management, Sr. Mathematics F. B. SMITHERAM, B.A.. B.Paed. Master: Science of Education, Social Studies, Jr. Mathematics G. L. WOODRUFF, B.A. Master: Speech. Reading, and Literature. Grammar and Composition MISS OLGA JOHNSTON Dean of Women: Instructress in Home Economics and Health MISS CONSTANCE WAGAR. B.A. Instructress in Art G. E. MUNRO Instructor in Manual Training Q MCKINNEY Instructor in Music, Physical Education, Writing and Spelling MISS M. OLIVE CLELAND, BA., Librarian and Instructress in Library Science MISS B. LATIMER Secretary . Page Five Staff Messages Our fate and our destiny as free societies are now bound up with what we are able to do in education more completely and more decisively than they have ever been. Everything is going to depend now upon the kind of citizen we can produce. - Sir Fred Clarke. Blessed-which is to say, happy-is the person who has won the confidence of a boy or girl, and, with the Wisdom of maturity, has helped the youngster feel his or her way along to become a worthy citizen. May each of you find happiness thus. -F. B. SMITHERAM. Education should be as gradual as the moonrise: perceptible not in progress but in result. - George Whyte-Melville. -G. L. WOODRUFF. Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace, where there is hatred, let me sow love, where is injury, pardon, where there is doubt, faith, Where there is despair, hope, Where there is darkness, light, and Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to consoleg to be understood, as to understand, to be loved, as to love, for it is in giving that We receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. -St. Francis of Assisi. -OLGA I. JOHNSTON. Music cleanses the understanding, inspires it, and lifts it into a realm which it would not reach if it were left to itself. - Henry Ward Beecher. -Q. MCKINNEY. As a race we produce a considerable percentage of persons in each generation who have the intellectual and moral qualities for the moral and intellectual inspiration of others, for the organization and administration of our gigantic economic and intellectual machinery, and for invention and creation. I believe that We lose a large portion of those who could join these ranks because we fail to find them, to train them rightly, to create character in them and to inspire them to effort. Our teachers are necessarily the army of inspectors in our Nation who must find these individuals and who must stimulate them forward. Wishing you every success. -GEORGE E. MUNRO. Page Six To this year's Normalites: As you, in days to come, look into the faces of the pupils in your classroom, may you find abundantly the same sort of inspiration and satisfaction as the teacher pictured in the following lines by an anonymous poet: Iwrite no poem men's hearts to thrill, No song I sing to lift men's souls- To battle front no soldiers lead, In halls of state I boast no skillg I just teach school. I just teach school. But poet's thrill And singer's joy and soldier's fire And statesmen's power - All, all are mine: For in this little group where still I just teach school. Are poets, soldiers, statesmen - all I see them in the sparkling eye, In face aglow with purpose strong, In straightened bodies, tense and tall, When I teach school. And they, uplifted gaze intent On cherished heights they soon shall reach, And mine the hands that led them on! - And I inspired! Therefore, content, I still teach school. V Sincerely, M. OLIVE CLELAND. Greetings to the students of '47-'48! My best wishes follow you as you go out to enter your chosen profession. Your career will have its difficulties, but I hope you may make it a happy, useful and satisfying one, for, as John Ruskin puts it: Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave. It is painful, con- tinual and difficult Work to be done by kindness, by watching, by Warning, by precept and by praise, but, above all, by example. May you carry away with you many happy memories of our art classes. Sincerely, CONSTANCE E. WAGAR. 'fNo lesson is so important to learn, and no habit is so important to acquire, as a right judgment and a delight in fine characters and noble actions. - Aristotle. -B. LATIMER. Page Seven Practice Schools -q . .V ,Q .LA iq- V' 1 , ,I ' 6 f' 19 X! ---L fx Page Eight QUEEN ALEXANDRA PUBLIC SCHOOL Back Row Cleft to rightlt J. R. Nichols, Miss I. Connolly, Miss H. A. Staples, J. E. R. Munro. K Front Row fleft to rightl: Miss H. Bonnycastle, Miss B. G. Hart, Miss O. V. Practice School Staffs RURAL SCHOOLS Armstrong. Miss C. Nisbett Mrs. D. P. Brotherstone Miss M. Heffernan Mrs. Dorothy Wright Miss A. Anderson Mr. Ezra S. Ball PETERBOROUGH COLLEGIATE AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOL C. S. Browne, M.A., Principal Miss M. J. Lancaster, B. A. V. R. Henry, M.A. Miss L. M. Park, B.A. L. H. Collingwood, M.A. Miss Fern Rahrnel, B.A. A. Londry, B.A. R. D. Brown, B.A. L. M. Richardson, B.A. R. G. Corneil, B.Sc., B.Paed. QUEEN ALEXANDRA PUBLIC SCHOOL J. E. R. Munro, B.A., Principal I Miss H. A. Staples Miss I. Connolly Miss O. V. Armstrong Miss H. Bonnycastle Miss B. G. Hart J. G. Nichols, B.A. Page Nine Unforgettable September 9, 1947 CLIMBED the steps with trepidation. The Normal School? Yes, in spite of its lack of an identifying label, this must be it. As I passed fearfully through its portals, 1 admonished myself grimly: Look, Ioots. you're a big girl now! and you're not running away! Jeepers! A man! and rather a cute looking man, too, with blonde hair and a sinister little moustache. Right up tnose stairs, young lady, he informed me. With muttered thanks and unuttered curses upon my new but embarrassingly noisy alligator pumps, I climbed and climbed and climbed those seemingly endless stairs. At last I arrived in an enormous room filled with rows and rows of seats, terrifying dignity and a few miserable-looking girls. I sat down gingerly in the nearest seat. Nobody spoke. Donning my ''I'm-a-very-poised-young-lady look, I moved up to sit with two other girls - strangers to me. We exchanged names, addresses and feelings and I was relieved to discover that others, too, expected Gabriel's trumpet to blow momentarily. I was chagrined to see that very, very few were wear- ing stockings. All summer long it had been dinned into my unwilling ears Remember - ladies always wear stockings! So here I was stockinged, a misfit! Suddenly, a bell rang! So like our fire bell at collegiate was it, that naturally, as an old fire horse smelling fire, I stood up and prepared to run. Then I sat down in confusion. The platform had filled up with a heterogen- eous collection of people. My moustached friend was there looking slightly more subdued. Another man there puzzled me because of the close resemblance he bore to either his Satanic Majesty or my late Uncle Art- which, T could not decide. The other men didn't interest me - one looked henpecked, and the other looked like the driver of a Canada Bread truck I had known once and cordially hated. The ladies fordinarilyl can find more interesting things to obervej made quite a contrast. One was short and chubby, and in a score of years would look like somebody's grandmother. Another was tall and stately and looked unapproachableg the third appeared to have a keen sense of humour. Then I saw another man, and why I had missed him at first I couldn't imagine for he was certainly no shrinking little violet. Remember in Zlulius Caesar' when Caesar says, Let me have men about me that are fat ? My' doubts of ever learning anything at Normal increased. The rest of the morning passed with me in a merciful state of semi- consciousness. I remember being herded through a bewildering maze of stairs and corridors and into rooms that seemed like bare cells. I remember all the masters cracking jokes and pretending they were hail-fellows-well- met . but they didn't deceive us any. None of the disappointments of the day was greater than the announcement that the boys would be segregated into a separate form. When we were finally dismissed, I rushed home and politely told my landlady that it was all perfectly wonderful . But the letter which I hastily wrote home told a different story. i'Dear Mom, I wrote, Come and get me at once! It's terrible and I dont want to be a teacher anymore! ' A -VERNA MAE BURNETT. Difficulties are merely opportunities for you to prove yourself. Page Ten J 0 IOJJ UJOUU JUUU ,EJ X-AV YEAR BOCK COMMITTEE Back row Cleft to rightj: R. Weir, V. McClaw, F. B. Smitheram, L. Siils. , Front Row Cleft to rightjz M. Rutherford, Reta Sproule, M. Jackson, M. Davidson. Editorial UR YEAR at Peterborough Normal School is quickly drawing to a close. Soon, this year will be a memory. To keep this memory vivid and complete, the Year Book Committee of 1947-48 has striven. We have appreciated the assistance from the staff and students which has helped to make this edition possible. Special thanks go to Mr. Smitheram who has faithfully led us through the steps of preparing this book. In this one brief year each of us has formed friendships. some of which will be lifelong. Each of us has had many pleasures in work and play. and each of us has become somewhat Wiser through the efforts of a pleasant staff. It is hoped that this book will be the link to keep friendships lasting and pleasant memories bright. When We part, some of us Will teach in rural schools, others in urban, and some may change to another profession. Wherever we are, whatever We are doing, may each find happiness. For, unless We are happy, we cannot give our best. , -BETA M. SPROULE, Editor. Page Eleven EXECUTIVE OF LITERARY SOCIETY - FALL TERM Baci: Row Cleft to rightbz J. Lewis, O. Reynolds, J. Hubbard, Reta Sproule, M. Watson. M. Davidson, G. L. Woodruff, F. Howes, F. Morton. Front Row Cleft to rightjz P. Boyd, R. Douglas, M. Sargent, L. Homan. The Literary Society URIN G THE first week of the term the announcement was made that it would be necessary to organize the student body into a Literary Society. Even before many acquaintances had been made, we found ourselves nominating and electing those who would direct the student activities during the fall term. That first election chose the following: President ...... Jerry Hubbard Vice-President Madeleine Davidson Secretary . . Margaret Sargent Treasurer . .... Fraser Morton Representatives: Form I . . . Ramona Douglas, Luella Hornan Form II . . . Reta Sproule, Margaret Watson Form III . . . John Lewis, Orval Reynolds Athletic Society ..... Fraser Howes Red Cross Society ..... Phyllis Boyd With Easter occurring so early in 1948 we found ourselves preparing for the At Home almost as soon as the Christmas vacation ended. In the midst of it the election of the executive for the spring term was held, this time by the regular secret ballot method. As a result the directing body often known as the Hubbardite Regime was succeeded in office by the Carswe1l Coalitionu comprised of: Page Twelve t .5 . 'if-XR' SPRING TERM LITERARY SOCIETY Back Row Cleft to rightl: J. Gordon, J. Carswell, R. Galbraith, G. L. Woodruff, F. Allore, G. Knox. Front Row Cleft to rightjz M. Braithewaite, L. Weaver, M. Rutherford, L. Homan, M. Andrews, P. Brown, Ruth Sproule. President ..... Margaret Rutherford Vice-President . . . John Carswell Secretary . . . . . Peggy Brown Treasurer ....... Gregory Knox Representatives Form I . . Muriel Andrews, Merla Braithewaite Form II .... Ruth Sproule, Lois Weaver Form III . . . Robert Galbraith, Jack Gordon Athletic Society ...... Fred Allore Red Cross Society .... Luella Homan Members of both executive groups have enjoyed arranging the various activities of the year. Guided by the advice and assistance of Mr. Woodruff they were able to avoid many difficulties and to discharge their duties more effectively. In order that future executives may benefit from the experi- ences gained this year, a committee has been active drafting a constitution which, we hope, will some day set forth the duties and procedures of the Literary Society. Any success which either executive enjoyed was possible only because of the splendid cheerful co-operation of all students and all members of the Normal School Staff. -JERRY HUBBARD, MARGARET RUTHERFORD. Page Thirteen MY FIRST LESSON ,Twas the day before Thursday, and all thro' the school, Not a pupil was happy, not even Miss Sproule. And the lessons prepared on this Wednesday with care Seemed even more jumbled when Thursday was there. Jack's pupils were ready, all tense in their seats, As fear-ridden Normalites crept through the streets. To Queen Alex we came, and all in a dither,- As we cringed in the halls all our nerves seemed to wither. We knocked on the door which was labelled Jack Nichols , A moustache we saw - Reta said, Bet it tickles! The time was 1:30, the last bell had sounded For Fraser to name all the forts which were founded. V His lesson was smooth, and his manner polite, His procedure, We found, was just about right. Then at 2:15 hours Reta Sproule had the floor. Her first spelling lesson had ten words or more. Her debut, as well, was planned to perfection, And now it was time for my wee selection. But outside the door, there arose such a clatter- ' My knees, they did tremble - my teeth, they did chatter! I sprang to attention, and tried to look tough, When in through the door walked G. Leslie Woodruff, And not only him, but the principal, too, With F. Bertie Smitheram! - I hadn't a clue. As to how I should start, but my question, I think, Was, How many here saw a fly on the brink Of filling his stomach with cake, milk, and cheese, Or even a candy? - Will you answer, now, please? My lesson at last was over and gone, And so were the masters!-tYe gods!J-one by one! With many a shaking of heads, and dark frowns - That Weir fellow certainly failed! - Hope he drowns!', Jack Nichols, I found, was indeed sympathetic, And proved to be, actually, not a bad critic. My lesson , he said, Hthough it stunk to high Heaven, Might even improve with the next six or seven Years at Normal School , so I, without stopping Ran all the way back to the cloakroom, but dropping An ear to the keyhole, I heard someone say- That Weir fellow certainly did fail to-day! And so here I'm sitting in l-9-5-8, Yet finding myself for Bert's classes-still late! Now I Wonder how long they will keep me right here, For I really should graduate - maybe next year! -RUSSELL WEIR Page Fourteen burial heats The Staff Reception ATE IN September curious students, aware that the year's first formal social event was imminent, sought information in books of etiquette but found their answers by consulting Miss Johnston. If any entertained misgivings in regard to social proprieties, these were dis- pelled by the atmosphere of sincere friendliness that prevailed on the afternoon of September 30th. For the occasion, the Staff had arranged a pleasant programme featur- ing an official welcome to the school by Principal L. W. Copp, a civic welcome by Mayor W. G. Ovens, a message of inspiration by Rev. Ivan G. Morgan, and two delightful solos by Miss Nicollette Humphrey. Following the programme lunch was served by members of the staff, assisted by their wives - Mrs. L. W. Copp and Mrs. F. B. Smitheram pouring tea. It seemed that no effort was spared to make each member of the new class feel genuinely at home in Peterborough. Student became better acquainted with student, practice teachers, members of the Normal School Staff, and friends of the school. From that day, P.N.S. became our school. -ROWENA LEONARD. Meeting the Inspectors g WICE DURING the year the Inspectors of the Trent Valley region met in the Normal School. On each occasion they were permitted to interview those students who reside in their respective Inspectorates. Many of them were able to greet former pupils whom they remembered as shy little tots starting to school or as High School Entrance candidates graduating from their supervision. All of them showed genuine interest in the classes as potential sources of teachers for their schools. On both occasions groups of students were pleased to act as hosts and hostesses by serving their guests that morning spot of tea . In addition, at the spring meeting, another group presented for the approval of the Inspectors a demonstration of the techniques which this class has been trained to use in teaching Primary Reading. If this class can continue to impress these kindly officials as favourably as they impressed each Normalite, the reputation of our Normal School will be further enhanced. -EILEEN I-IELSTERN. Quothe John Grylls - She may be only a gardener's daughter, but she sure knows how to plant her tulips. X Page Fifteen The Hallowe'en Party NY CALENDAR lists Ha1lowe'en on the last day of October, but the party in the Normal School twenty-four hours earlier than that date lacked nothing that is associated with the occasion. Ghosts, goblins, cobwebs, witches, skeletons, slimy hands, sepulchral voices were all present to evoke shrieks, or, in some cases, peals of laughter. Such were the preliminaries to the real party in the Assembly Hall. rfere had gathered a group attired in every variety of costume. Stranger danced with stranger, no one attempting to reveal his identity. So cleverly disguised were some that members of one household were unaware that others from the same abode were present. Did anyone ever see another woman with such outstanding feet as had the Lady of the Furs and the Ear-rings? From the kitchen later came a tasty lunch, that is, what was left of baked apples, doughnuts and cider after the Refreshment Committee had tasted literally and liberally as they worked. As midnight approached weariness dampened earlier enthusiasms. In true elfin style, weary guests vanished ere the clock struck twelve. The Hallowe'en party was over. -ETHEL GILL. Sadie Hawkins' Party N THE EVE of the fateful day, though it was not Leap Year, the girls were observed in deep conspiracy. Rumours about those things called corsages filtered through the school. Each boy must have inwardly thought, Oh, she couldn't do that to me. I'd look so silly! Had he only known! There must have been a certain nervousness as she stood on the doorstep of his home ringing the doorbell. Once! Twice! Three times! At last - sigh. QRemember now your mannersj Then she helped him with his coat. What's wrong? She forgot to open the door. No taxi? He won't mind, this time - it isn't so f-a-r. But aren't the boys in unusually good humour. I wonder why. Oh-h- HI pay . Proceeds for the Junior Red Cross, but it's embarrassing. This Way to Dogpatch read the sign. Will we know when we get there? Decorations? People? Why, there's Daisy Mae, Li'l Abner, Mammy Yokum and even Pappy. Special names for each guest, eh. Wonder what ours will be - still can't guess. March music - indicating a parade, corn cob pipes, yellow boots, bare feet, corsages - cabbage leaves, beans, onions, carrots, Life Savers, gum drops. How appetizing! The judges, Mr. and Mrs. McKinney, Miss Johnston and Mr. Woodruff selected typical Daisy Mae Marg Rutherford and Li'l Abner Allore. Natcherly! In its day the Virginia Reel may have been graceful, but it, too, has a New Look. Quite a square dance! That farmhand can really call. Music? Woody! Games, too. One learned that Life Savers and tooth picks enjoy a peculiar relationship but why did they persist in chasing Life Savers across the floor? Can't think of another Nursery Rhyme, eh! Was that why they threatened to throw you out the window ? While the evening was yet young the P.N.S. Record Player orchestra took over. Such dancing - but it was fun. Appropriately, many found their way home, but others - weak from the expenditure of energy - infiltrated into Harrisons. -PHYLLIS BOYD. Page Sixteen At Home ANUARY! The month of fuss, bother and muddlesl Everyone was in a muddle. Everything was muddled! Songs echoed through the corridors, rehearsals disturbed class routine, decorations depicting anchors, sailors and ships diverted attention from books, lesson plans and directed observation reports. Surely there must be a purpose to all this preparation which reached a fevered climax at the end of the first week in February. On that Friday evening, gowned figures early hurried into the school. Confusion was confined backstage or to the improvised dressing rooms. Elsewhere calm orderliness, keen anticipation, and genuine friendship prevailed. Happy receptionists welcomed friends-four hundred of them- to the big formal party of the year. Promptly at nine o'clock a hush fell upon the crowded assembly hall. The curtains parted as though operated by unseen magic forces. ln the strong glare of Hoodlights was an outdoor scene of a summer resort by the side of a lake - realistically created under Miss Wagar's supervision. This was the setting for the presentation of the gay operetta The Maids and Middies . Directed by Mr. Woodruff and Mr. McKinney, supported in the choruses and in numerous ways by the entire student body, the cast was: Valerie ----- Marg Rutherford Billy - - - Lloyd Sills Mrs. Gaily - - Muriel Andrews Mr. Dawson - - Fraser Howes The Count - Jerry Hubbard Mr. Fitz - - Russ Weir Mr. Evans - Jack Carswell Alice - - Chris Roberts Maud -' - Marg Garrison Phyllis - - - Peggy Brown Mr. Bounder - - John Lewis The Great Unknown - Jack Gordon Attendant ------ Fred Allore An hour later, amid the plaudits of admiring guests, friend greeted friend, swaying to the rhythm of Cecil Gallagher's band or by partaking of a dainty lunch served in the Library. Relay after relay moved from dance floor to the Library or to the various games on the second fioor. By midnight a few began to depart, but not till two did the gaiety lessen. Then, as ever happens, good things end. Happy, but suddenly weary, folks drifted homewards. The At Home was over but in the memories of this class it will linger long - a highlight of the year. -PEGGY BROWN. Mr. S.: What is a buccaneer? Maggie: A heck of a price to pay for an ear of corn. Bob: Boy! Did she give you a dirty look? Fraser: Who'? Bob: Mother Nature. ' Page Seventeen The Christmas Frolic N DECEMBER 17th, in the spirit of goodwill to all, the students, members of the staff and friends assembled to spend the evening in holiday mood. For the occasion the Assembly Hall had been adorned in the season's gayest costume. Streamers were draped, Christmas wreaths were hung, bright coloured cones and balls gave brilliance to the room showing the purposeful nature of Mr. Munro's practical instruction in Crafts. For the lack of other entertainment, it seemed, dancing began as soon as sufficient numbers had gathered. No one seemed concerned that the stage was curtained or that certain students were not present until, during a lull in the music, all were requested to be seated. Then, the Drama Club fMr. Woodruff's protegej presented a modern interpretation of Scrooge's Christmas . Lunch was followed by the singing of Christmas carols in the midst of which who should appear but Santa Claus. Truly he seemed to be a right jolly old elf . Some marvelled at the personal acquaintance he seemed to have with so many of those present but none dared to ask how he learned so much about them. Everyone, even Mr. Copp, seemed delighted to learn before he left that there had been a gift on the tree for each. So passed the Christmas frolic -an evening of gaiety, music and good cheer. -RUTH WILSON. The Skating Party ADY LUCK beamed upon the efforts of the Executive Committee of the Athletic Society by providing them with ideal weather for their skating party. Most of the school gathered on that Monday evening at Inverlea Rink where, for over two hours, they skated happily. Adjourning to the Normal School they found the difficulty of climbing the hill undiminished despite the grace and ease with which they had so recently glided along the ice. But the rewards were worth the effort. In the school, hot soup, melba toast, and red apples were arrayed to satisfy the appetites generated by earlier exertion. To round out a most enjoyable event, music had been arranged. Thus a good time was assured-skating. eating, and dancing till midnight. -MARGUERITE HICKEY. Education is what remains after what you have learned is forgotten. Mr. Copp, at the Kawartha Club, I'd move heaven and earth to play this game properly. Caddie: You've only heaven to move now, sir. Wilkinson: As soon as I realized it was crooked business, I got out of it. Whitfield: How much? Page Eighteen EX-SERVICE PERSONNEL Left to right: F. Morton, R. Weir, J. Hubbard, G. L. Woodruff, A. Whitfield. Ex-Service Men at P.N.'S. NCLUDED in the class of '48 are four ex-service men-Fraser Morton and Russ Weir QR.C.A.F.J, Bert Whitfield fR.C.C.S.J, and Jerry Hubbard fC.A.C.J. Although somewhat older than most students these four young men quickly adjusted themselves to their new associates and to Normal School life. Appropriately enough, their Form Master was Mr. G. L. Woodruff whose Army experience made him fully cognizant of the problems of being readjusted to civilian life. Perhaps the most difficult problem which these men encountered was that of forcing themselves to open books for the purpose of study. Having been away from academic learning for a time they found some difficulty in getting back to the old Uschoolroom grind . Early in the term these youth- ful veterans managed to overcome this difficulty. Soon they were able to keep pace with those classmates who had come directly from High School and whose education had not been interrupted. Each of them was happy to contribute his bit to make the Normal School year interesting, enj :gable and profitable. POETRY WITH EFFORT Sleep, little baby, oh sleep. Daddy's out driving his jeep. He's gone to get baby a doll. Good-night, go to sleep, that is all. -ETHEL GILL. Page Nl: eteen H Mr. Harvey A. Bonney URING THE TERM most students have become familiar with Mr. Bonney, the genial gentleman whose best efforts have contributed to the comfort of everyone using the Normal School building. Mr. Bonney's duties begin every day before most students awake in order that the fires be lit. Since his appointment in April, 1921, he has served the school as engineer. Born of Huguenot stock, whose ancestors had been forced to Hee to England in the fifteenth century, Mr. Bonney came to Peterborough in 1915. Shortly he became night engineer in one of the city's larger factories. Six years later he began his duties in the Normal School. Since then he has served continuously under four Principals - the late Dr. Duncan Walker, Dr. J. A. Bannister, the late Mr. E. H. McKone, and Mr. L. W. Copp. He has seen many changes in the Staff during his service, but only minor changes in his own department. Electric motors have replaced the steam engine for operating the ventilating fan but no automatic stoker as yet feeds the fire box. Annually he has shovelled on the average of one hundred and forty tons of coal into the furnace in order that classes might meet in comfort. During his twenty-seven years, faithful and conscientious application to duty has marked his work. Only twice, and for a brief period of ten days on each occasion, has he been obliged to remain absent from his place. Though not in direct contact with the academic work of the school, he made acquaintances with students of every year. He has enjoyed these friendships. This class extends to him the wish that, when his application to retire on pension is granted, he and Mrs. Bonney may enjoy many years of comfort, good health, and happiness. THE HUBBARDITE REGIME lt's twelve-forty on Tuesday noon, And plotting some new scheme ls a faithful group, now just guess whom: lt's the 'Hubbardite Regime'. Yes, here are Jerry, Orv, and John, Reta, Margs. and Lou, Phyllis, yes - and Madeleine, Ramona and the Frasers two. They meet in Mr. Woodruff's room And in discussion there Have planned most school activities- What, how, why, when and where. I move, says John, we have a dance, I second, Orv replies. ln favour? All. says Jerry, It's carried then, he cries. And thus they planned our parties there. For money Qft they yearned. But time for schoolg there goes the bell, The meeting is adjourned. -MARGARET WATSON. Page Twenty TEACHING FOR MR. NICHOLS Ah! There's the bell and all is well, At least I think so - we can't tell. Oh! Mr. Woodruff just came ing He gave us such a pleasant grin. I s'ppose he'll Watch us as we teach Perhaps - and then he'll preach and preach On manner, methods, and on voice: Oh well! We'll listen now to Joyce. My lesson's over - oh, what fun, It was some lesson - now it's done. It seems as if I'll never be A teacher just as good as he. But never mind, I stand a chance Of passing, though he raves and rants About my plan, a minor thing For who knows what next year will bring. Here is my lesson plan returned. You know the lesson wasn't learned, But I got through it, just the same, Poor Mr. Woodruff suffered pain, 4'Tsk, tsk, and Hugh he muttered low, My gosh! but Muriel, you are slow. You'll have to watch your graph, you know, Or else below the line you'll go. -MURIEL ANDREWS. Vctledictory Address A ODAY I have the privilege of saying a few words of farewell to the Masters and Instructors of Peterborough Normal School on behalf of the class of '47-'48. The time has come when we must say goodbye to these, our teachers. to this, our school, and to the fair City of Peterborough. Nearly a year ago we entered this school as students. Now we are leaving it prepared to enter the teaching profession as adult men and Women. On this, our last day together, we realize that our Principal and Dean were both right when they said we would leave Normal School with tears in our eyes, for we have just completed one of the happiest school years of our lives. We can laugh together now as we recall the first frightening days at P.N.S. The strange school-the strange faces all around us-the tales each master told about the others. But in a few days with the help of Mr. McKinney's Play Day, Mr. Copp's science excursions and the Fall base- ball games, we lost our feeling of strangeness and began to be the big happy family We are now. Our feeling of belonging perhaps really became strong- est when We were officially welcomed by Mayor Ovens at the Reception in September. We shall always have happy memories of all the activities of the school -the basketball games, the hockey games. our trip to Toronto, our Friday night parties when we danced to the melodic strains of our school orchestra, Page Twenty-one and best of all our At Home. What fun we had preparing for that great occasion-now that it is past. But as we look over our year, we can think of more than just the fun we have had. We remember with a warm feeling of accomplishment the work we have done, our many projects, our Science notes, our directed observation reports and most important the lessons we have taught. We can even smile a little now as we think of our first lesson-the hours we spent trying to make that lesson a success, and then the terrible panicky feeling when we stood before the class and couldn't recall a word. Nor can we leave the school Without paying tribute to each Master and Instructor, for the patience which each one showed with our problems and errors. Now, as we stand looking with anticipation and a little fear into the future, we realize how very valuable has been the help of all our teachers, school and practice. They have tried to show us what we should do-let us set our sights on their objectives and carry on the task. For as We think so will we do. Guard well the portals of the mind, Let no discouragement creep through, No doubt a lodgement find. More than's been done can still be doneg Think this, and, thinking, then believe, CSO may the greatest goal be wonj Go on! Think right! Work hard! Achieve! We need have no fear for the future if, when we leave this building to enter into the broader fields of our profession, we go with the determination that we are the masters of our destiny. One ship drives east and another drives west While the selfsame breezes blowg 'Tis the set of the sails and not the gales That bids them where to go. Like the winds of the seas are the ways of the fates As we voyage along through lifeg 'Tis the set of the soul that decides the goal And not the storms nor the strife. -MADELEINE DAVIDSON. THE EASTER LILY Oh, Easter lily, tall and fair, A beauty to behold - Your petals of the purest white, Your heart of shining gold. You stand so tall and stately there Amid the leaves of greeng You have an air of purity And peacefulness serene. Pale petals softly op'ning now Do tell a wondrous thing, The glorious Easter story Of Christ, our Risen King. ANNE REID. Page Twenty-two How Bear Creek Got Its Name CBased upon a letter written in 1825, to relatives in Ireland, by Mrs. Alexander Stewart, great-grandmother of Mrs. Allen Brown, with whom the author of this account resided while attending Normal School.J N THAT YEAR Mrs. Stewart's father had a French family in his employ. One night this hired man's wife was awakened by the squealing of their one pig. Throwing a shawl about her head and carrying a lighted candle, she dashed through the darkness toward the pig-sty where she beheld a bear attacking the pig. Unable to drive him off, terrified, she kept the fence between the bear and herself. Reaching out with the candle, she was able to singe the bear's whiskers, but failed to distract him until the pig was killed. lncidentally, neither her husband nor ner sons heard the commotion. The next day she told the story to a neighbour, Mr. Sidney Bellingham. who took his gun and set off in pursuit of the bear. He saw it at a distance, tired a shot, wounded the animal, only to have it escape. Later, a wounded bear was found dead in the little creek which has since been known as Bear's Creek. On September 17, 1947, N ormalites, dressed suitably for a hike, poured out of the school to go to Bear's Creek. Rain started to fall. They didn't go. The following Monday was too cold. So was Tuesday. Wednesday saw them make another attempt. Again rain threatened. The hike was post- poned. Thursday - ah, the weatherman was favourable. Out of the city wended a merry group. Across fields, along an old railroad track they hiked, identifying trees, weeds, landmarks and earth formations. Finally, they found this babbling brook beside which a camp- fire burned briskly. Soon piping hot coffee and biscuits were passed around while serious students fthey had been at Normal School only two weeksl debated whether the hike was an object lesson in Natural Science or Social Studies. , No decision had been reached by evening when they again returned to Peterborough. This group knew only that a hike can be a learning activity - effective and enjoyable. -MARGARET GARRISON. MY LOVE The world to me seemed bleak and bare Like winter come to stay. When flowers hid and birds were gone My soul was numb and gray. The beauty of the earth had fled- My love had gone away. And then one day the whole world bloomed. The birds sang joyfully. Each flower raised its happy face The carefree world to see. The world was warm and bright that day- My love came back to me. -VERNA MAY BURNETT. I i Page Twenty-three i v-Q-gk 4-wb' Burnett. V. ins, W B0 ge, I C an U B3 .CE E 5 o L5 lj ui 3 92 15 C 41 2 -1 -4 .-4 ui P2 an -4 ,CI un 41 P-S uf cu oi E .-1 .-1 L4 CD '-S L. UD 5 O L. U ci fx .J -C: .59 S-4 O 4-1 4-I Q-4 Q2 -4 V 3 O DG M La CU ffl 'En 3 o CI Page Twenty-four Q Form I - - As We Knew It! ' ' Mary Ames ..,,........., Muriel Andrews ...,.....,.,.. June Ashley ...... Isobel Bowins ....,.. Phyllis Boyd ...4,...,.......A. ,... Merla Braithewaite ,.,,..,... Margaret Brick ...,......,..... Peggy Brown ..,,.. Verna Mae Burnett ,......... Doreen Crough r4..... ,.,...,.. Mary Curtis ,.....,..A...Arw..,... Madeleine Davidson Ramona Douglas l,.l....A..l,. Margaret Garrison .......... Thelma Genge .........,......,. Ethel Gill .........,,,....4,.,..,,..., Gwenythe Gourlie ..,..,..,. Joyce Grills ......,4.,.........,.... Eileen Helstern ..l,,....l...,., Marguerite Hickey ..,,..,... J oan Hoard ...............l......., Anna Luella Homan Mildred Jackson .,.,,. Rosemary Jordon ........,.,.,, Marie Kenehan ,,..,.... ,..,.., Rowena Leonard ,.,.,..,.l.... Sister Borgia ...... From Codrington. The number one girl at P.N.S. who is responsible for seeing that the Masters sign that yellow slip of paper. Uur capable Form Representative. She would like to become Free and I think she will. Graduated from Kingston Collegiate. Interested in all sports and in Des,'. fNote the ringj. Une or our scholarship students who hails from Coboconk but whose interest is in Lakefield. Our past Red Cross President with the meek, little voice. Her home is in Consecon. Has the distinction of being Form I's smallest member. Merla hails from Roseneath. Our Irish girl who blushes so very easily. From Peterborough. Our efficient secretary of the Literary Society. She is keenly interested in all sports. How we envy her natural curls. Form I's budding young poetess from Odessa. Graduated from P.C.V.S. Interested in dancing. From Peterborough. Interested in sports, especi- ally basketball. Graduated from P.C.V.S. with Latin honours. Past Vice-President of the Literary Society. Graduated from Cobourg Collegiate. Tweed. An active member of Mr. Woodruff's Drama Club. Her home is in Hartington. Entered Normal after a year's experience in the business world. Very much interested in tap-dancing. Came to Normal from Varsity. Interested in basketball. Is said to be a Georgian. . Graduate from Napanee Collegiate. Interested in Saturday morning telephone calls. From Campbellford. She usually comes steaming into the cloakroom after the first bell has gone. Came to P.N.S. from Queen's. Hockey interests centre chiefly in goal keepers and in basketball managers. Form I's youngest member. See her pigtails ily on the basketball floor. We wonder why she is so interested in Stirling. Known as Lu and who hails from Corbyville. She is captain of the basketball team and a star player. Graduated from Napanee Collegiate. Mildred helps to keep the mailman busv. Graduated from Notre Dame Convent, Kingston. Interested in baseball and hockey. Our quiet little miss from Verona, but can she write poetry. Her home is in Hartington. Interested in dancing with the expert from Port Perry. Mt. St. Joseph. Form I's most gifted reader. Page Twenty-five xgs-Awami, armed 15,91 mcg uoag rr A U1 IAI 5 KNEE-I IAI 'H033 'ml 'S '9P!-IHUIAI Od 'H 'um f 'W 'p.reuuaf1 'H 'ugnad DE 'uewoH 'fl 'u.Ia1sgeH '51 'uosq F1 5 '-1 'U If F 71 Z FD c Il-H ,- rn 5 W CD I5 CD 3' an E5 313921 OH M U UL1311 01 15-3 1a1s1g 13.1051 'ra 'A 'Im 'wfwmgw 9IAI D .96 '119UnIAI 9194i 'CI 'P-TEOH 'I' 'Sl OI' 'H 'H 'uepl xlemed 'W '9?I3!H Ax ' Form II News NDOUBTEDLY Form II thinks that the year at P.N.S. has been the most profitable and most enjoyable year of our lives. Equally sure are they that Form il was the outstanding group of the year. mourn A was our home room. The visitor no sooner could look through the door than he would see the schoolys most brilliant Hash of red-Esther Perrin's hair. Maggie , Mr. Smitheram, our Form Master would call, and immedi- ately our nve lvlargarets would spring to action. Among them is the only Real girl in all the school, our laurel-winning Secretary of the Hubbard regime - Margaret Sargent, our spring term President-Margaret Ruther- ford, Margaret Watson, she who fluttered away from ladders in a gown of blue and white streamers trimmed with balloons, and finally, those incom- parable twins McColl and McGee. Toward the back of the room the schoo1's most modest, young ladies, the Sproule sisters, Reta and Ruth-and the Wilson two, not sisters. Near them hovered a Weaver and a Reid, most useful in Mr. Munro's basketry classes. Well to the front is this year's most genuine touch of Auld Ireland, Ellen Murphy, whose Wearing O' the Green is always a signal for caution. But green with envy did she appear when Rosemary Parker turned pages while Romeo played Sweethearts and Wives. Motivated by the Form Master to the need for missionary teachers in the outlying districts, Form II had its Marion Sedgwick with first hand information of the wonders of Haliburton. From Cameron we have our Betty Rutherford whose tales none can match. N o other form can boast of having a Marjorie McBride, the dark-eyed miss who is going to ban comic books from her school. Nor has any other form the smiling Sir Frances Neville who says she just loves teaching. Only Form II had Dorothy Peters of Cole Lake fame, and Christine Roberts, our talented soloist, and Verna Meldrum-the little girl so shy in and out of UD school. Only Form II could boast of Thelma Mullet so loyal to Crookston whate'er its fate, or Sue Powell who is neither big nor mighty, or Mary Spencer, the budding poetess. Most interesting, too, were those things unrevealedg about Form II. Why did Jean York enjoy the H20 Plus Club .so much? Where did Anne Walsh lure the unnamed individual after school on February 9th? Why Evelyn Preston gets so out of breath coming to school? Perhaps this latter may be explained in terms of Science of Education - She saw Mr. Woodruff. She ran. She was afraid. Marian White adds colour - but there goes the bell and the account must end, though this must yet be said- Form III's ideas make Normal School So dull and drab and cool, Form I adds something which, like gum, Makes our education hum! But in Form II we do declare - No effort do we spare To make this term from spring to fall The year that is the best of all. -SHEILA WILSON. G I want you to know that you're the first girl I've ever made love to , whispered Greg Knox as he shifted gears with his feet. ' Page Twenty-seven 'T' :J 0. ff, v-1 If .J ,.. I f' flu 3' U17 BJ 0 77' I O 3: X U. ... '11 f-4 '33 O 'J ., N no 2 O FD 2 2 C. 5' 2, -1 ,, , A U5 O .-v- U3 C -J . .. ur 1' -- 4: DJ E : ' ff :o fs C. Ir' v 2, Ps, S , , I, DJ 9 I SU. 9. Z. D . rn E 'U Z' E5 E S- Z -'i mg? E ,. :XZ nm- FD,- ..-1 A 4 P ff' wi 2. ' 9 FT P1 : f 2? 5 52 E A - O 'Z P Q U, ? 5 : Z2 Z DJ Z 5 21 F E C - 5' E :J If C. f-v 7 :T P 2 M .... ff ,A - A C2 5 2 P 5 .' j- ? L- C' 2 2 af - : ff '1 The O.T's. HE STAGE is set. We mean, the music room is ready, because most of the actors are here. Time - 1.00 p.m. of any Tuesday or Friday at P.N.S. Everyone's ready. Ready for what? Why, of course, the agonizing half-hour of O.T. practice. A typical half-hour with the O. T.'s goes something like this. It starts with grousing, such as wishing Mr. McKinney would get here. Someone else moans about all the music theory we've taken, 'and I don't understand a note of it.' One of the boys remarks, 'You know, Mr. McKinney would never believe this, but I used to be able to play a tunef If he doesn't soon get here, l'm leaving, and not coming to classes againl' growls someone else. But Mr. McKinney isn't the only person not nere - Lou is still at Literary executive meeting. Finally, in comes Mr. McKinney. Sorry to be late, folks, but I had to carry out the ashes. Who's first? It is now 1:15 p.m. The fun starts. To reach a high note, we must go through this: Stand on your tiptoes, shut your eyes, and call Ma--ry down from upstairs! At about 1:25 we are all around the piano singing happily when the door opens just a crack, disclosing Form III very anxious to enter. At last- dismissal. But who knows to what undreamed of heights this group is going to reach? When everyone else is wearing out their voice singing Of an afternoon in the month of Junen, we are happily engaged in putting build- in g paper on flats to make operetta scenery. More astonishing, one of our young men kindly volunteers to become a tenor in The Maid and the Middy . Finally, We are a very select group - you can't join us if you sing in tune. -MARION SEDGWICK. THE SCHOOL CLOCK I once had a pretty white face, My numbers were ever so black! My arms moved around with such grace! And richly brown oak was my back. Many times were my hands hurried on When lessons all seemed quite a bore, Teacher marvelled how quickly I'd gone While youngsters were glad it was four ! I've smiled at the answers a bit By teacher and pupils and all. My life - how I've loved every bit! I would not exchange it at all. But my face is now yellow and gray For I've served in the school many score My arms are too weak to move quickly to-day So pupils must stay until four . -SISTER BORGIA. Page Twenty-nine 1 Hmmm 92111 'fl 5 2' ,, - ,,, r ,. : 1- 4 1 , A , 5' ,- ,, - .. W. 4. .- - CL: - li U' V - pq 5 ' r.. ? Q Z X r---- C' A FFT Wg' AL :ij Ef- rt'-32 M172 CFA any err- 5:75 P215 fu- Q-43 -..H rrp. ' I 71-' ibm' -ig - ,- :fc 0 fi ' TI: -, EZ? :T G5 Phi ..4: ' it L11 -. ,TQ FAC c..-3 23' -JL. mj- 'EH fT:ZI' C C C A E 7? I 3 fi . 'J O 3 Zi 'Y C f. 7 'T 2 P 2 A 7 I I4 71 5' - I 1 Q 'JJ O CI 'U U Form III CA Delayed Trcmscriptionl TATION 1-'.N.S. CALLING! ln its roundup of the year's news the most sensational item centres around the Assize Court proceedings which found Fred Allore charged with willfully, wistfully, and wunishly whistling at lady students attired in gym costumen. Just prior to the preparation of this transcription, Defense Attorney John Lewis and Crown Attorney Jack Gordon had perorated the jury for several hours. The long-suffering jury, no doubt numbed by the tire of the oratory, had spent over three hours in serious deliberation only to return to the court room asking for further direction. His Honour. Judge G. L. Woodruff complied with the request. An hour later the jury went out again-this time completely baffled and thoroughly confused. When a verdict may be expected-if ever-cannot be safely predicted. Through the entire week this trial has dragged along. All day Monday was spent as the jockeying attorneys quarrelled in the selection of a jury. During the forenoon these were sworn in with the hope that the proceedings would begin in the afternoon. But His Honour, Justice Woodruff. was obliged to adjourn the hearing in order that he himself might appear before the Magistrate in the Traffic Court to answer a charge of having. in the company of a member of the Peterborough teaching staff, driven through a stop sign. It seems to be a habit of his. On Wednesday morning preliminary questioning of several witnesses began. In the afternoon sensational developments added interest to the case. Under the rapid fire cross examination of Defence Counsel John Lewis, the Crown witness, Jackie Gordon, admitted that he, too. had whistled at the ladies on the same occasion for which Allore was being tried. Sternly, the presiding judge ordered Gordon's immediate arrest. Not until Thursday afternoon were the defense witnesses called. Both of these, Orval Reynolds and Lloyd Sills swore that they had been with Allore at the time of the alleged offense. Both swore that at that moment Allore was masticating fifteen cents worth of bubble gum and when the ladies were in sight he was in the act of inflating a two-foot bubble. making it impossible to whistle at anyone. Despite their evidence, Greg Knox and Frank Wilkinson testified that they, too, were just behind Allore and while they failed to see that immense bubble they distinctly heard him emit a long, low, lingering whistle. At this point Crown Attorney Carswell turned to the Bench and requested Justice Woodruff to reprimand the jury, whom, he claimed. were very inattentive to the evidence. Glancing at the jury for the first time since he paid his Traffic Court fine, His Honour observed: Jurors Galbraith, McKenny, Votary and Howes playing euchreg Russ Weir was cleaning his euphoniumg Hubbard and Peister were obviously asleepg Morton was con- sulting a pocket size address and telephone directoryg McCaw, Wallace and Moloney were reading comic books, and the foreman, Clare Johnston. was missing. That was all for Thursday. This morning the defense introduced an expert - Bert Whitfield. who is a recognized authority on whistling. Bert explained that he had gained his training by long practice in whistling at girls while serving in His Majesty's forces. He claimed that in all his experience he had never once found a girl who resented being whistled at, and that he failed to see why any feminine Normalite would resent this obvious display of masculine approval. As he left the witness box he required police protection from the enraged members of Forms I and II. A minor riot broke out and continued until Justice Woodruff ordered that courtroom be cleared. Page Tnirty-one Defense Counsel John Lewis began then to - ah, here is a late bulletin issued at 11.40 p.m. to-night. It reads: The Jury returned at 11.31 p.m. and announced the following verdict-'We the jury, find the accused not guilty as charged'. Justice Woodruif dismissed the prisoner but was obviously vcry displeased with the verdict and announced that he would order an early investigation into rumours that there had been gross perjury on the part of several witnesses and that at least three of the jurors had accepted bribes. The trial is over but what will yet happen to Foim III remains to be Seen. This is John Grylls wishing them all well but warning thtm to keep away from his girl. SIR NORMAL STUDENT A student sits in Harris0n's bar Drinking a fizzling coke, Oh whar will I get my lesson plan So's my teaching won't be like a joke? Then up and spake another voiceg Sat on the student's side: Sir Woody taught a lesson to-day, Why not use his as a guide? The student has written a broad lesson And studied it with his eye. He took it to G. L. to mark Whose look did make him sigh. To Queen Alex, to Queen Alex, Queen Alex o'er the street, He and his little plan No masters he hopes to meet. On the tirst question the student asked A loud laugh laughed the class, But a glaring look from the critic And the humorous side did pass. Oh, who has done this horrible thing, This ill deed done to me? Was the plea of J.E.R.M. when The lesson he did see. Make haste. make haste, my students all And rack your rusty brain Or ere come Departmental tests And a whole year's work in vain! Late last fall he started out An honour lesson to teach, But now 'tis February And a pass, he's yet to reach. Page Thirty-two He had 'na taught a lesson, a lesson, A lesson, but barely one When the critic teacher said to him, My boy, as a teacher - yer done. O long, O long, has he studied With books, paper and pen, But studying has not always been Confined to his room. For long, long at the basketball, With P.N.S. girls to win. And long, long at the hockey rink, His studies grew mighty thin. Half o'er, half o'er the year are we, The lessons are drab and deep. The long time at Normal that he's spent He might as well have been asleep. So now this tale draws to its close, fUnlike F. B. when rings the bell.J Perhaps with other grads we'll make Good teachers yet - for who can tell. -ORVAL REYNOLDS. i wk T Best Wishes from Sanitary Ice Supply 836 Water Street T Peterborough, Ont. Dealers in: ICE - COAL - WOOD Ice Made from Pure City Water PHONE 3700 Hugh J. Davis. Owner .--Ar, ' 1 'I Page Thirty-three f X Z Q P ,E m FU S Q 5 v 4 w The Iunior Red Cross 'Society NE OF THE first student activities to be organized at Peterborough Normal School this year was the Junior Red Cross Society. Due to the rather peculiar nature of a teacher-training institution, the Red Cross Society at Peterborough seeks to combine the values of having an organization for each Form plus an organization for the school as a whole. Representatives from each Form met as a committee for the whole school. A President, a Secretary, also a Treasurer were elected-thus the Fall Term Red Cross Society came into being. President ....... Phyllis Boyd Secretary ...... Marjory McBride Treasurer ....... Lloyd Sills Representatives . Margaret Brick, Margaret Rutherford and Clifford Votary. During the fall term they were very successful in raising money for the Society. The first attempt consisted of a uPenny Parade which took place in the auditorium. The three Forms really were competing with one another, raising 31825. Later a Sadie Hawkins' Party netted more funds. At Christmas, the Red Cross Society forwarded a substantial portion of its earnings, as well as the decorative articles made during the Craft periods to bring Yuletide cheer to veterans lanquishing in hospital. In January the following Spring Term Executive was elected: President ....... Luella Homan Secretary ....... Anne Reid Treasurer ...... Douglas Wallace Representatives- Rosemary Jordon, Marian White and John Grylls Junior Red Cross, for many, was lost during their High School days. The progress and present activity of the organization, touching as it does the life work of teachers, is of interest to all. Through the Normal School branch, students at this school have recaught the vision of service. These go forth to their own schools better fitted to work with Red Cross and to translate into action its motto I serve. ' -PHYLLIS BOYD. Sports Activities BASKETBALL This class has every reason to be proud of those girls who formed the school's entry in the Ladies Basketball League. Coached by Miss Jean Caverly fP.N.S. graduate, 19475, and managed by Orval Reynolds, these girls developed into an aggregation which commanded respect from every team in the league. In the regular schedule the Normalites were barely nosed out of second place. In the playoffs, they showed sufficient power to carry off the Intermediate Championship. Under their captain, Lou Homan, the girls found great leadership. Peggy Brown and June Ashley led offensively while Eddie Gill and Rose- mary Jordan were equally effective defensively. Always in the game and giving their best were Mildred Jackson, Marg Hickey, Marg Watson, Mary Curtis and Marjorie McBride. To each of these girls we are grateful for the good entertainment they provided and for the laurels their success won for our school. ' Page Thirty-five HOCKEY Playing for the sheer love of the game, several boys accepted the invita- tion of the city teachers' hockey team to play in the City League. Although not always on the winning side, the team reached the playoffs, and always offered their opponents stiff opposition, making every game worthwhile. Perhaps it was the after-effects of teaching that made the team so spirited for these Thursday night games. Even the goal-tender took it on the teeth. The team is especially grateful to Mr. Olmstead and Mr. Weir for their interest, encouragement and leadership. SOFTBALL No feature during the Fall term did more to make one Normalite acquainted with another than the scheduled softball games after four. Mr. McKinney's leadership not only made these occasions enjoyable but at the same time provided each student with much practical training in how to teach the game. On several occasions a Normal School team enjoyed games with the girls from Queen Alex or the North End boys. All in all, it was good fun. TABLE TENNIS Morning - Noon - Night - Between Classes - Incessantly! -ORVAL REYNOLDS. 'Twas in the restaurant they met Brave Romeo and Juliet. He had no cash to pay his debt- So Romeo'd what Juli'et. Iunior Red Cross l l I SERVE An Aid to the Teacher in Developing Ideals of Service and Good l Citizenship, Junior Red Cross has as its aims: Promotion of Healthg Service to Othersg ' International Friendliness. 1 For further information, write: I Ontario Division. I 621 Jarvis Si.. Toronto l Page Thirty-six The Toronto Trip O SO MANY people by whose efforts one of the year's most profitable days became possible, this class will ever be grateful. How they ever planned so many details is a marvel of organization. Truly, it may be said that from break of dawn until nigh unto another dawn there were no idle moments. A special coach, hot chocolate and cookies in the Oak Room, street car tickets, a tour of the Art Gallery, lunch at the Museum, a variety of lectures there, a break in order to have a mid-afternoon snack, a visit to the Parliament Buildings, the relaxation accommodations at the Central Y.M.C.A., and the evening arrangements left nothing undone for the day's enjoyment. Some visited friends and relatives, some attended the Horse Show, some went to Massey Hall to enjoy the Pop Symphony Concert, and others to the Royal Alex to see the enactment of Antony and Cleopatra . Whatever their diversion and entertainment, all were unani- mous in describing this as an outstanding experience. The trip for some ended early on Saturday morning, for others late Saturday night. Some even prolonged the event until 2.00 a.m. on Monday morning. By nine o'clock on that same day all had resumed the schoolroom tasks at P.N.S. Each brought back tales of sights and experiences that will linger, but this record should contain some that might otherwise be forgotten. THE BEGINNING B-r-r-r, br-r-r! Oh, shut up! B-r-r-r, br-r-r! What was that? The alarm clock? Time to get up? At 6.307 No? Oh golly, we go to Toronto to-day! Come on! Honk! Honk! Honk! Honk! Can't be the taxi I called last night. Not yet! Yes, it is. No. I won't have breakfast. Really, no, lim not hungry. Alright driver, call at the third house - there are four girls there . . . Yes, they'll be ready . . . No light in there. Blow the horn. Aw! there's a light now . . . Dashed women! Will they never come? What? Three minutes till train time . . . Let's go without th . . . Here they are . . . Whew! Why did we hurry, we are here with ten seconds to spare. Might have eaten some breakfast . . . DIRECTED OBSERVATION RESULTS Girl- with longest eyelashes - Madeleine Davidson C 14 mm.J with reddest hair - Marg Rutherford, Esther Perrin a close second. with the longest run in her stocking - Christine Roberts. with perfume behind the ears - Peggy Brown. E with highest heels - Doreen Crough. with longest coat or dress - Sister Borgia. M Youngest girl in the class - Marguerite Hickey. I an-- with loudest necktie - Johnny Lewis. with loudest socks - Cy Peister. most in need of haircut - Lloyd Sills. most in need of shave - Mr. Copp and Mr. Smitheram. with most cash - Fred Allore. Tallest man in the group - Bert Whitfield. ' Page Thirty-seven Heavenly Twins- girl and girl - Marj McBride and Ruth Wilson. boy and boy - Hubbard and McCaw. girl and boy - Phyllis Boyd and J ack Gordon. Definition of gufah - The stuff that Mr. McKinney hands out in class. Best lines for the limerick: A young Irish lady named Ellen Said: The one thing that starts me a-yellin' Is to have someone say, 'Hurry up! Get away! When I really don't need any tellin'.', CASE STUDIES No. l - Margaret Brick: lost her purse, found it, lost the money, found that, gave it Madeleine, lost Madeleine, Russ Weir found Madeleine, neither realized that anything was lost. No. 2 - Fred Allore: Spent his usual allotment of pin-ball machine nickels phoning hotels for bedrooms, forgot the name of the hotel, remem- bered it. forgot where it is located, found it, discovered too late that he had reserved one bed for six boys. What a man! OVERHEARD ON THE TRAIN- Lloyd Sills swearing during a card game. Verna Mae Burnett lauding the advantages of marrying young. Fred Allore telling his favourite story. fSorry.J The conductor saying: Do you people have to stand up and wave those blankety blank papers around? Mr. Smitheram asking: Did anyone lose her purse? Eddie Gill reminiscing about college days. Clare Johnston laughing. -CYRIL PEISTER. , sHoP AT l ZELLER'S H gl IT PAYS 361-5 George Street Dial 4374 Have you a Charles Dickens in your home? asked a polite book agent at 339 London Street. UNO! Ellen snapped. 'a Robert Lewis Stevenson? sv. 0.77 Or a Gene Field? Q No, we ain't. and what's more, we don't run no boarding house. If you re .looking for them fellows, you might try the house around the corner. T Page Thirty-eight Qhueerfs Ulinihersitp KINGSTON -4 ONTARIO Incorporated by Royal Charter 1841 DEGREE COURSES in Arts, Commerce, Applied Science, Medicine. Nursing Science, and Physical and Health Education. SUMMER SCHOOL - July 6 to August 19. 1948 Arts - Six weeks' instruction in selected courses of the Arts curriculum. supplementing correspondence work and satisfying residence require- ments in whole or part. Fine Arts - Six weeks' instruction in Art, Drania Cincluding Radio Tecn- niqueb and Music. English for French-speaking students - Hve weeks' course. EXTRAMURAL WORK in Arts and Commerce up to 4 courses yearly: registration April 10 and September 10. By proper choice of subjects a pass degree in Arts or three years of an Honours Course may be taken through extramural and summer school study. The following books will be sent on request: Queen's in Picturesg Scholarship Phamphletg Calendar of any Faculty desired or of the Summer School, or the School of Fine Arts. I I t C C I, K4-wg Everything Dainty i l Everything Delicious ll l Compliments y and tl Everything Moderate of A ,l in Price l QUAKER OATS CO. I i' I I l 1 You will find a daily visit here a I OF i N tonic that will do you more good i f than medicine. Get the habit. t Peterborough - Ontario lk I HO'OPER'S l Confectioners and Caterers 'l L 327 - 414 - 601 GEORGE ST. PETERBOROUGH ONTARIO 4 ,C Page Thirty-nin G THE UNIVERSITY IIE WESTERN IINTARIII T 1 Extension Department I T LONDON - CANADA 1 T SUMMER SCHOOL - July 5th to August 14th, 1948 l. Courses for the Permanent First Class Certificate and for the General B.A. Degree. I 2. Subjects for the new B. A. Course for Teachers of Elementary Schools. T This has received the approval of the Department of Education of T Ontario. Credit will be allowed for many of the special summer ccurses offered by the Department of Education. I Special courses in Art, Music, Opera, Public Health, Theatre Arts. ' EXTENSION CLASSES - From October to April Regular classes in University subjects are maintained in numerous centres throughout Central and Western Ontario. These meet in the evenings or T can Saturdays to serve the needs of teachers, enabling them to obtain Permanent First Class Certificates or to proceed to degrees while continuing t-I earn. Write to the Extension Department in September for a list of centres , T and courses. T CORRESPONDENCE DIVISION Correspondence courses are available in various subjects. . FRENCH LANGUAGE COURSES Acquire facility in French in an old-world environment fJuly lst to August llithl at Trois-Pistoles, Quebec. T T T Mr. Smitheram had just finished a lecture on The Abilities of Man and was conducting a question session. Doreen held up her hand timidly and said. most respectfully: Did I understand you to say that a good pyker player could successfully handle any sort of executive job? That's exactly what I said. was the confident reply. Tell me, sir, she asked. Hwhat would a good poker player want with a job? T NORMAL SCHOOL suPPLlEs SCHOOL SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS . GREETING CARDS. BOOKS - LEATHER GOODS, PICTURES MCBRINE LUGGAGE Visit Our Gift Shop DEYELL'S BOOK STORE T Phone 9641 I I 393 GEORGE STREET NEAR HUNTER STREET I I I - -V V---Y v .ima Y .YL L Pg-gc Forty TREES Evergreens down in the valley Hymned by the whispering brook, Swathed in the first snows of winter, Saintly, angelic their look. Soft spreading wings lifting gently, Glist'ning white snow for a gown Matching the feathery carpet, Tumbling so carelessly down, Green arms, beneath, all-embracing God's furry creatures so near, Winged ones accepting devotion, Guarding them thro' the long year: Maples abroad on the hillside, Brilliance of autumn now done, Robbed of their Joseph-like raiment, Gossamer black in the sung Empty arms raised to the heavens, Barren the nests in their fold, Stilled for a moment, their rapture, Conquered by wintry cold: Far and above Where the hilltop Pierces at last the great blue, F leecy cloud-lambs hide-and-seeking, Sentinel pines of dark hue, These are the Works of the Father, These are the banners unfurled Telling us, God's in His Heaven, All will be well with the World! -ROSEMARY PARKER. 4-174 P if WWW A T With the Compliments of A R. NEIL, LIMITED 350 354 George St. Peterborough, Ont. Good Shoes Since 1865 Page Forty-one Trebilcock Bros. . 409-411 GEORGE STREET PETERBOROUGH ... wk T We Carry a Complete Line of SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR ALL GRADES .... if i. Also a High Class Line of STATIONERY, BOOKS AND PERIODICALS Consult Us Regarding Your Needs PROMPT AND COURTEOUS SERVICE Room 3 Form II. One Wednesday morning. Mr. C.- What is ratio? Christine- Ratio is proportion. Mr. C.- And what is proportion? Christine- Proportion is ratio. Mr. C.- Now, young lady! What is ration and proportion? Christine Cicilyj- One question at a time, please. Compliments of F, w. wooLwoRTH COMPANY, LIMITED 375 George Street - - Peterborough Page Forty-two Page Forty-three SHOP WITH CONFIDENCE Goods Satisfactory or Money Refunded F2 uwrro Peterborough Ontario THE TEACHER Down the dusty road he went - Poor old fellow! Plodding onward. almost bent, Through the hollow. Travelling on through life's hard way - Great old soul! Waiting for the glorious day, His one goal. By and by his day will come - Trusty lad! When his B.A. he'll have Won, He'll be glad. -FRASER HOWES Comlpliments of M O R R I S D U K E Your Photographer 382 George Street Peterborough Page Forty-four SUPPLIES FOR ALL CRAFTS Choose A Hobby: Carving, Clay Modelling, Cork Craft. Plastic Leathercraft, Block Printing, Silkscreen, Shellcraft, Felt Work, Weaving, Paper Craft, Glass Etching, Model Building, Metalcraft, etc. A hobby opens up a whole new world of skill and fun. The finest materials, tools and instruction books for all crafts are available at Lewis Craft Supplies. Come in-look around our showroom. We will be glad to advise on craft questions. Or write for our price list. Orders receive prompt attention. lm-as ew!! Sappdn Jaded 645 Yonge St., Toronto Canada's Foremost Craft Supply House N Our I Congratulations to , Peterborough Normal i Graduates i +1 , In Your Classrooms insist on the BEST in TEACHING TOOLS I and LEARNING TOOLS. ' if i LET US HELP YOU i i L MOYER School Supplies Limited C3I'l3d8'S School Furnishers -Since 1884- Moncton - Montreal - Toronto Winnipeg - Saskatoon - Edmonton if... . Compliments of Capitol Taxl Cartaqe :Sf Transport 836 Water Street Peterborough, Ont. PHONE 3591 Hugh J. Davis ly, Page F :frty-fiv MCMASTER UNIVERSITY HAMILTON - ONTARIO SUMMER SCHOOL, 1948 - July 5th to August 13th. Study at McMaster for: The Teache1 s Permanent First Class Certificate. The Regular Bachelor of Arts Degree. The Vocational Guidance Diploma. , Credit Courses. 1948- Illustrated History of Art CMediaeval and Modernj: Old Testament Literature: English QFirst and Second Yearbg French CFirst YSSTJI History fFirst Year: Europeanlz Political Economy fFirst Yearlz General Psychology tFirst Yearlg Zoology fFi1'st Yearjg Social Psychology: Vocational Psychologyg Mental Hygieneg Occupational Analyses and Surveys and Educational Informationg Counselling Techniques. N.B.-Early applications may receive in advance, if they so desire. syllabi of work and information re text-books, etc., to be used in the Summer Session. U Non-Credit Courses, 1948- Special three-week course in Dramatics for Amateurs-July 7th-28th Special three-week course in Crafts, especially suited to Teachers. Social Workers and Leaders - July 7th-28th. Current Events Discussion Groups under informed leadership with weekly talks open to all students. Organized sports, excursions, picnics, dances, etc. Apply earlv for accommodation in residences for men and women. Write for illustrated Extension Calendar to Dr. C. H. Stearn, Director of Extension and Summer School, McMaster University, Hamilton. Phone 3 - 1112. WORK AND PLAY AT MCMASTER SUMMER SCHOOL Compliments of Robert Fair 6' Company, Limited PETERBOROUGH T PHONE 5587 Pasteurized Milk, and Cream, and Ice Cream Finest Quality Creamery Butter Evaporated, Condensed and Powdered Milk Canadian Cheese SILVERWOOD DAIRIES LTD. 375 AYLMER ST. PHONE 5751 PETERBOROUGH Page Forty-six MY LOST LOVE O, stately yews that shade the stones That stand in silence there, You guard them from the dawn to night And cast a glow so rare. Beneath your silent solitude Your quiet reigns supremeg I sit and Wait alone for him Who is my only dream. O, yew who shades my lover lost Who rests beneath the sod, He waits for me in lasting peace In company with God. Your shadows fall upon his grave And make it soft and green. The moon makes ghostly patterns there But he is never seen. O, how I long to be with him, To rest within his arms, He was so sweet and kind to me He had so many charms. But now he is forever gone Away from earthly things And I shall never see him more, Until the Angel sings. But while I wait till I can go To be with him again I'l1 come and sit beneath your boughs In sun, and hail, and rain. O, stately yews that guard him well In silence and repose, He will forever sleep in peace 'Till life with me will close. -PEGGY BROWN. Mr. McKinney began the afternoon by asking Form III if there was any anthem which they wished to sing. God Save the King, suggested Morton. Why do you choose the National Anthem? Because then it will be time to go home. With the Compliments and Best Wishes of ' FI NN'S DRUG STORE Telephone 3118 647 George Street Page Forty-seven 2 .?f7'yA!x':Py'-152l 'C3 Spf 'fzfiie miuzwagfg HUM fi? Jxafdkgg X' ,, o Q Wylf-'jfs J dar fi cY www 654Mf6LJ 'f o? 3? sffkifwff My 2 3 j O xi yeyfyv , W 5,,.A'jW,y AKAV' wg? 70 'Q My fwfw W' lfbl Wwxfw zgwf WWE wfffffw mf GKUW E? ,P 2 Qygfc.-fa' I 'Y' Ury 6 Mp, Q ffjjf +3 K Z! Q W MX R'1u 'B.,H 5435- E pgjfwf' MQW MW jfa,-aLz3aue-.l- Qzflfflgaib 5 W' ywffffff nine FAR AWAY FIELDS Across the fields and far away I see the hills up yonder, And as I look they seem to say Whither dost thou wander? The trees they beckon me to stay But on I travel ever, Along the dusty travelled way Forever and forever, Perhaps new friends I'll chance to meet In new and far-off places. But all the time I'll yearn to greet The old familiar faces. Thus life goes on from day to day So why do we then wonder? When trees and hills all seem to say Whither dost thou wander? -DOUGLAS WALLACE THE PINE Oh fragrant, lofty, waving pine, Stretch up to meet the sky, Show every graceful branch and line, When breezes make you sigh. And far across the lonely bay, With reaching arms so high, You tangle with the Milky Way, Amid the starry sky. Oh King, of all the other trees, Your shady arms give peace, And set my weary form at ease, While all my troubles cease. --MARIE KENEHAN CAMERON'S GROCERY ' GROCERIES FRUIT MEAT A Phone 7115 Peterborough, Ont. 137 Benson Ave Page Fifty UNIVERSITY IIF TIJRIINTO UNIVERSITY EXTENSION 1.-ki The Pass Course for Teachers fleading to the B.A. degreej has been arranged especially to meet the requirements of teachers. Instruction is provided in the Summer Session and also in Teachers, Classes held in the evenings and on Saturdays. For detailed information Write or telephone: I ,Q-km. I The Director, University Extension. University of Toronto. I Toronto 5. Ontario. ly-1 Trophy-Craft Ltd. IN'SIG'N'lA JIEWEL'LE'RS School and Club Pins and Rings, Trophies, Medals. Prize Ribbons - Celluloid Buttons - Felt and Embroidered Crests - Crested Sweat Shirts, etc. 102 LOMBARD ST. TORCNTO ...L-,Pl Page Fifty-one NIGHTFALL When day is done I look upon The endless and majestic calm, That shrouds the land of pine and palm, And guards the coming of the dawn. Like to some vast, unknown abyss This black expanse I'll always love. Oh, night, to me you're like a dove Of purity and gentleness. When twilight Wanes and stars give light And, all the earth, shadows enhance, I stand in awe and fondly glance On you, oh still majestic night. -THELMA GENGE. lillli...-.-. SPRING! Ch! Spring is loosed from winter's clasp. The sunshine's golden ray Has wakened up the crocuses That flaunt their bloom by day. The birds return from distant lands To cheer the world with song. They soon will build their little nests, And play all summer long. The trees are bursting tiny buds, And rivulets run fast. The verdant grass a carpet is. Oh, Spring has come at last! -MARIAN WHITE E With the Compliments of , s. s. KRESGE co. l LIMITED ' 359 George Street Phone 3945 PETERBOROUGH -- -- ONTARIO Page Fifty-two FIT FOR A KING There's an air of Regal Smartness about a Dunn's Suit-The better Fit, the better Tailoring, better Points that command absolute Top- Quality of Dunn's Clothes are Customer Rating. ' Go Hand-Tailored with Made-to- Measure clothes that -- -Suit Your Personality- DyUNN'S TAILORS i Cupd and Zyzopftied No matter what the occasion, Birks Cups and Trophies are tops with prize winners. Visit our Insignia Department, on the second iioor, or write to us for our descriptive booklet entitled - Medals, Cups and , Shields . BIRK y Jewellers Yonge at Temperance Toronto A I v Fred Allore was stricken suddenly with a lame back. He couldn't work because of the pain. In torture he entered the doctor's office. Just a minute, said the doctor, as he ran his hands up under the back of Fred's vest. A moment later he finished and Fred's pain was obviously relieved. How much? asked Fred. Two dollars , came the reply. 'tGosh, Doc! It's worth more than that. What did you do? 'tOh! I just took the twist out of your Suspenders. - Goon Foon Goon SERVICE ' H at the , ii l SILVER MOON CAFE fl Page Fifty-three G12 6 ,f 'N T T is f A T 2 52? 5 if aigmgq I N I Hove you Received Our Catalogues . . . ? ll During the past year we have published the following booklets- School Furniture, Blackboards and Classroom Supplies. Fine Art, Industrial Art and Handicraft Materials. Kindergarten and Junior Grade Materials. lf these have not reached your hands, please let us know what information you would like to obtain. The Geo. M. Hendry Co. Limited 146 Kendal Avenue Toronto 4, Ontario l ... . ... A HOME AWAY FROM HOME at Perc. Ha1'1'ison's Coffee Bar 725 Water Street Peterborough, Ontario Page Fifty-five f MAA' UUALITY , ' SERVICE Get Our Quotation . . . Don't Wish You Had i' THE BAKER PRINTING CO. PHONE 7845 N 374 Water St. - Peterborough I Make a Good Impression With Reid Engravings l ir Most of the illustrations in this i book were reproduced by THE I. I. REID PHUTU-ENGRAVING CU. 270 George St., Peterborough Now, purred Mr. S. during an Arithmetic period, if I lay three eggs on the table and two on the chair, how many eggs will there be? i'Really, tittered Verna, I don't think you can do it. Miss Johnston: . . . In respect to automobiles and girls alike, it is not time that makes them out of date, it is the new models which are always coming out. Sillsz Why was Noah the world's greatest gambler? Votary: I don't know. Why? Sills: Because he started with a pair and came up with a full house. Thelma Genge, advising Mr. Woodruff the route by which he would reach the school in which she taught before coming to Normal School: Ilind when you leave the Highway, choose your rut carefully, you'll be in it for 20 miles. Overheard in the Science Class one morning. Mr. Copp, enthusiastically: . . . Nature is so very wonderful. Why a million years ago, Nature did not know that we would be wearing glasses. but look how conveniently she placed our ears. Page Fifty-six OUR NAMES WERE Mary Ames Muriel Andrews June Ashley Isobel Bowins Phyllis Boyd Merla Braithewaite Margaret Brick Peggy Brown Verna Mae Burnett Doreen Crough Mary Curtis Madeleine Davidson Ramona Douglas Margaret Garrison Thelma Genge Ethel Gill Gwenythe Gourlie Joyce Grills Eileen Helstern Marguerite Hickey Joan Hoard Luella Homan Mildred Jackson Rosemary Jordan Marie Kenehan Rowena Leonard Sister Borgia Marjorie McBride Margaret McColl Margaret McGee Verna Meldrtun - Thelma Mullett Ellen Murphy Frances Neville Rosemary Parker Esther Perrin Dorothy Peters Susan Powell Evelyn Preston In 1948 WE CAME FROM Codrington Norwood Kingston Coboconk Consecon Roseneath Ennismore Peterborough Odessa Peterborough Peterborough Keene Cobourg Tweed Hartington Norwood Selby Campbellford Harrowsmith Omemee Campbellford Corbyville Selby Roblin Verona Hartington Peterborough Cobourg Kingston Stirling Sharbot Lake Crookston Peterborough Tamworth Peterborough Cameron Cole Lake Caxnpbellcroft Bethany OUR NAMES WERE Margaret Real Anne Reid Christine Roberts Betty Rutherford Margaret Rutherford Margaret Sargent Marion Sedgwick Mary Spencer Reta Sproule Ruth Sproule Anne Walsh Margaret Watson Lois Weaver Marian White Ruth Wilson Sheila Wilson Jean York Fred Allore John Carswell Robert Galbraith Jack Gordon John Grylls Fraser Howes Jerry Hubbard Clare Johnston Gregory Knox John Lewis Vernon McCaw Leo McKenny Francis Moloney Fraser Morton Cyril Peister Orval Reynolds Lloyd Sills Clifford Votary Douglas Wallace Russell Weir Albert Whitfield Frank Wilkinson The one who thinks our jokes are poor Would straight-way change his views, Could he compare the jokes we print With those we do not use. VVE CAME FROM Sunderland Deloro Trenton Cameron Colborne Westwood Gelert Lakefield Westbrook Westbrook Hastings Severn Bridge Stirling Campbellcroft Cobourg Peterborough Tamworth Stoco Belleville Colebrook Cannington Lakefield Tamworth Kingston Longford Mills Lakefield Peterborough Picton Read Ennismore Colborne Codrington Belleville Parham Perth Road Harrowsmith Omemee Fenelon Falls Port Perry Page Fifty-seven MARY is a Business Office Supervisor JANE is a Long Distance Supervisor Up from the ranks... BIARY, JANE AND JOE have-n't been out of high school very long. Today, np from the ranks, thefre going places in the telephone business. Telephone people-men and women at various stages of their eareers - know that the opportunity to go ahead is open to all in this ex- panding business. Competition is keen, but everyone has the ehanve to win the rewards of promotion by good work well done. Opportunity of this sort means mneh to yon: for the skill and experience of telephone people. working together in a common eause. are major faelors in providing the best . l and most telephone service at the lowest possible cost. JOE is a Ceniral Office Foreman QXRYNOH. S' .42-. '5 THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA 'lime' Page Fifty-eight Index Autographs ..,,. A,A,. M MM M MM Editorial . .. M Ex-Service Men at P.N.S. M M Far Away Fields ,,,,a.a, MM Forml-AsWeKnew ItMM .,.., Form II News 4s,a MM MM Form III QA Delayed Transcriptionj M How Bear Creek Got Its Name MM MM MM M In1948 ,..A.,.s,,, ,,.,.,.a.,, .,Ar M M Messages to the Graduates: The Minister of Education M M M M The Principal M .....,..i MM i,.., M .M The Saturday Lesson by Dr. Amoss MM .,.,,. ..... M M M The The Superintendent of Elementary Education Mr. Harvey A. Bonney .tt.. M M Staff M i,i,. yy..,. ..... ....., M M My First Lesson i..i,y y,.,, ...,t M t,,i,yi i.... ,..,t. ,,.,, M M ,... M M M My Lost Love i.,. ,..i..i.i M My Love ..t.,tty,.y...,. Nightfall ,...,...i.. M M M ,,,... M M M M M Normal School Staff M M Poetry With Effort M M MM Practice School Staffs M M Sir Normal Student M MM Social Events AtHomeMMM MM M Meeting the Inspectors M M Sadie Hawkins' Party M .M The Christmas Frolic M MM The Hallowe'en Party M The Skating Party MMMMM MM The Staff Reception MMMM Spring M.M.M.MM MMMM Sports Activities MMMMMMMMMMMMM M Teaching for Mr. Nichols MM The Easter Lily MMM. MM M The Hubbardite Regime MM M The Junior Red Cross Society MMMM The Literary Society MMMMM MM MMMM M The The The School Clock MM The The Toronto Trip MMMMMM O'.T,s MMMM.MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM M Pine MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMM Teacher MMMMM.MM.MMM Trees MMMMMMMMM..MM.MMM.M..,MM.,M.MMMMMMM.MMMMM MMMMMMM M Unforgettable September 9, 1947 MM M Valedictory Address MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMM M M 49 11 19 50 25 27 31 23 57 2 3 M 4 MM 6-7 4 20 14 47 23 52 5 19 9 32 17 15 16 18 16 18 15 52 35 21 22 20 35 M 12 - 13 M 29 50 29 44 37 41 M MM MM M 10 MM MM MM 21 Page Fifty-nine List of Advertisers Baker Printing Company Bell Telephone of Canada .. ,. , Birks . . . Carneron's Grocery , . ,, .. , . Canadian Department Stores Ltd. . CapitolTaxi.. ., Deyell's Book Store ., . Dunn's Tailors . .. Finn's Drug Store . .. F. W. Woolworth Co. .,,,..i,.,. . , , Geo. M. Hendry Co. Limited , Hoopers . . .. . J. J. Reid Photo-Engraving Co. . . Junior Red Cross ..... .. .... . Lewis Craft Supplies Limited , McMaster University ...., ..., , . Morris Duke H ....., . ,... .. Moyer School Supplies ..... .. Neilsons . .. . . .. .. .. . Perc. Harrison's Coffee Bar ....,. .. Quaker Oats Co. of Canada Limited . ....,. . Queen's University .. .. ....... .... , ,. R. Neil Limited .. , .. .,... ,,.. . ,, Robert Fair and Co. Limited ,..,... Sanitary Ice Supply . ...... . .. Silver Moon Cafe . . , . Silverwood Dairies . S. S. Kresge .. H Trebilcock Bros. , ., Trophy Craft Limited . . University of Toronto ..,.,,.. ,.,. ,...... University of Western Ontario ...... Zellers . ., . .. .. Page Sixty -4, rp cg . .4 mf. .4 Vx' L 4.1 , 1 3a.'f 3.411 Q v-, 'J . LV, ,-'A lv ,' - .3'.,.Lf- ,n. .. .' fn ' av . . 'www-. V 'j'-I V Q .. 'c, ' 4, . V .- .., . 'K 4, Q 1 1 V ,V. .. 'tr '- 's.Bn. A' , , .fl . ' .. .,u ', Am: - ' ,. f . J C '- , 1.-A I. 'vt 'h ,ZPL . 1 ' U ,. 4 . XQEFU5, Ag. 2 . .11 o . V-,pu 4, -K .fl 1 F . ,-A-J .A .., ' NH Y .f3, I 4ov '-- . 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