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

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Elections took the lime-light a few weeks ago. What campaign speeches! Larry Koper used his speech to make love to all the girls—just to get votes! Lorna almost missed the point of her own joke, and Marg. Robertson promised to run away with the Students ' Union money, the treas¬ urer—or both. And with these exercises today our year draws to a close. True, we still have a few examinations to write, but that ' s a mere detail—not to be mentioned in a Valedictory. And what of the future? For some of us it means the little red school house, but to all of us this prospect brings no fears, because practice-teach¬ ing has introduced us to many classroom situations. We have experienced walking five miles to school, catching seven o ' clock buses, working in rooms with temperatures from twenty degrees to ninety degrees, and preparing lesson plans by coal oil lamps far, far into the night. But we ' ve learned another thing. We have discovered that the size of the school room, the newness of building, or the size of the windows aren ' t the only factors that determine the atmosphere of the school. Far more important than these are such things as the personality of the teacher, her enthusiasm, her prep¬ aration and her interest in the pupils. These are the factors that make learning pleasant or tedious for the students. Using the experiences we have gained, some of us will be entering our own classrooms next fall. Others will be returning to complete their courses at University. We shall miss the third year Industrial Arts boys: our President, Dusty Rhod es; our Treasurer, Lome Wiley; our Disciplinary Chairman, Garry Davies, and all the others who have contributed so much to our school year. We apprec¬ iate their efforts in the school for the past three years. I should like to express our appreciation to the Faculty staff. When practice-teaching assignments were hard, they were always there with in¬ formation and a variety of ideas; they attended our dances and games showing true sportsmanship; and they were of real assistance in our clubs and organizations, in our Students ' Council, our E.U.S. and our Year Book. I thought I might say good-bye, but this is not good-bye because we who are taking Education have an opportunity to renew acquaintances which is denied most University graduates. We shall be working in the same profession, in the same province, perhaps in the same school division or town. So we shall see each other again, perhaps at summer school, per¬ haps at University, perhaps at convention. In the meantime ' ' Au revoir and may good luck go with you. — JEAN CHOWEN 16