University of Alberta Calgary - Evergreen and Gold Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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oeA4f iee+t Qoldt ' IJliz JaaiXtij - 7947 OR the past two years young people aspiring to be teachers have found their way to the imposing building situated on the North Hill, known during war years as No. 2 Wireless. Here these young people ful¬ fil their hopes of becoming full-fledged teachers whose responsibility it will be to guide and teach the oncoming generation—and what ambition can be greater than helping to mould the characters of the citizens of tomorrow? Upon first seeing the school we were perhaps bewildered and puzzled as to where we were to go, but after luckily entering the correct door we found ourselves in the Auditorium located on the first floor, that first morning of September 16. There we were given our welcoming speech by Dr. Sansom, our Director. After a week of school we lost our able instructor in Math., Mr. Sheane to the teaching staff of the Faculty of Education at Edmonton. Dr. Sansom has taken over the position of Math, instructor, as well as teacher of Psy¬ chology, along with his other numerous duties. Despite the shortage of instructors, the rest of the staff is doing a magnificent job to overcome these obstacles. On the third floor we have Miss Fisher, our’English instructor, who is kept busy with classes, the Drama Club and meetings. In the Art room at the end of the hall is Miss Stadelbauer, who inspires us all by her helpful suggestions and criticisms when we seem devoid of the spark of imagination necessary for art work. In the Music Room we find Mr. Graham conducting the Choral Society as well as his regular music classes. No doubt his patience is tried when we forget to do our assignments in minor scales or when we can ' t distinguish an oboe from a saxophone, but he carries on. Entering the library we find our diminutive librarian, Miss Grant, hard at work mending books, finding material for some poor practice teacher, or trying to impress upon us the fact that we must not put a book from the Zoology section in with English history. Somehow however, we seem to have the knack of mixing them up, much to Miss Grant ' s despair. Our physical training instructor is Mr. Goodwin, whose athletic ability amazes us. When we endeavour to imitate some of his acrobatics, we seldom end up with anything more than a strained muscle and the courage to try again. On the second floor is our Health instructor, Miss Chittick who is always willing to treat a frostbite or a scraped knee. She is also head of the Yearbook Committee. At the end of the corridor is Mr. Scott ' s room. Mr. Scott is our Social Studies and Science instructor. Along with these duties he arranges our practice teaching groups. In the Demonstration School we observe skilled teachers and gain experience ourselves in the art of teaching. We do not have much contact with the Tech., but they invite us to their dances which are enjoyable indeed. Our year at the Faculty of Ed. will soon be over and we will go out to take our places in the world. These few months here have made us more mature, more fit to fulfil our obligations as leaders of our communities and as teachers. God grant we may fulfil these obligations to the best of our ability. DOROTHY RYNING, Class D. Page Twelve