University of Ottawa - Annuaire Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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28 OTTAWA NORMAL SCHOOL YEAR BOOK FOR 1916-1917 HOCKEY ACTIVITIES. Goal-J. J. E. McDowell. Defence-J. O. Swerdfager and I-I. V. Martin. Centre-J. C. Fetterly fManagerj. Wings-P. W. T. Yuill QCapt.J and W. S. Nesbitt. Subs.-W. W. Kinkade, Geo. Wishart, F. G. McNeely, W. E. Bradley. Above are the names of the ten players who upheld the honour of the Normal School Hockey Team during the 1916-17 season. Many were the sore shins and bleeding fingers as the boys trailed into the dressing room after practice, and many were the tired steps which led to their respective boarding-houses. But pain and hard work did not stay the boys, who were bound to produce a speedy and well-organized team under the leadership of Captain Yuill. They did not work in vain to maintain the honour of their year at Normal. After some three weeks they challenged a powerful team composed of the heaviest and fastest of the city teachers. The game was played on Gladstone Avenue Rink, one Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to ll a.m. But the rink was strange and large compared with the Model School Rink, and the students were defeated by 5 to 4. Twice again the teams met but with far different results. In both games the wearers of the old gold, navy, and scarlet outskated and outplayed their opponents, and put it all over them, the scores being 6-2 and 4-1. Another game was played against the Continentals, on Oakland Rink, when the ped- agogues were not up to strength, and were beaten by a narrow margin by the city hockeyists. As the Grade A examination began to draw near, the hockey enthusiasm waned and more serious purposes replaced it. It is to be hoped that the boys who played the game so well on the ice may put forth in future life the same strenuous effort and steady zeal they displayed during the hockey season. . J. C. Fetterly. VYESI BLOCK.

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OTTAWA NORMAL SCHOOL YEAR THE FIVE SECTIONS. Who come with manners dignihed, With lessons learned and rules applied, With arms just laden down with books, With leaden eyes and weary looks? The Students of Section A. Who come with steps so quick and light, With merry faces ever bright, Who calmly from stern critics turn- Right methods they will some day learn! The Students of Section B. Who gaily sing from morn till night, Whom Normal worries ne'er affright, With lesson plansrforgot or lost? Ah! we all sigh, at what a cost! The Students of Section C. Who come with studious look and mien, 'Mid joys and sorrows e'er serene?- Here only do the minds of men Combat with woman's tongue and pen- The Students of Section D. Who come with manner free from care, And build high castles in the air, Of days when women rule the land, And they'll come forth and take their stand? The Students of Section E. Thus moving up from high to higher, 'Twill be their one supreme desire, To teach and train the nation's youth In ways of wisdom and of truth- The Students of O. N. S. K. E. Carswell. OUR CLASS. Far up the quiet country-side, From lonely farm or bustling town, From o'er the province far and wide, We came and soon we settled down At Normal, where we've studied well, With what success our triumphs tell. In us awoke the great desire To learn aright the way to teach, And we shall go on ever higher, The loftiest goal we wish to reach: And we shall surely reach it, for Our motto is Excelsior. We've had our share of harmless fun, More than our share of toilg When others found their work was done We still consumed the midnight oil. But yet our term is deemed by some, A mere foretaste of joys to come. C. Edna Gardner. BOOK FOR 1916-1917 27 THE TEACHER. Of all professions we revere, The one to me that is most dear, The one that is without a peer, ls surely that of teacher. For, as a faithful mountain guide Helps travellers up the rugged side To reach the heights, below espied, So can a faithful teacher. For who can little children lead In honour's path in word and deed, And wisdom's counseds e'er to heed As can a noble teacher? And when, as men, they take their stand Among the noble of our land, What joy to hear this tribute grand, I owe this to my teacher. Myrtle H. Adams. i PROSPICE. Once again I strayed to Normal After many years away, Sadly changed, alas, I found it, Lonely ruins, cold and gray. All its stately towers had fallen, Wasted by a ruthless climeg Tender, clinging ivy mantled All the ravages of time. Echoes rang adown the hallways, Voices of a by-gone day, g Calling back beloved faces, ' 2 Young and hopeful, bright and gay, And from out the dusty shadows, Into joyous life they sprang, I Through those ruined spectral classrooms Peals of girlish laughter rang. Once again we were together, Dreaming of the future days, Dreams that youth alone engenders, All alit with Fancy's rays, Pledging friendship, strong, eternal, In young girlhood's lavish way- They with flight of years have vanished, Normal stands, strong in decay. Normal's walls may mould and crumble, Mosses creep and ivies climb, But Iife's maxims that it gave us Shall e'er triumph over time. f' Margaret Toppings.

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OTTAWA NORMAL SCHOOL YEAR BOOK FOR 1916-1917 Z9 THE GHOST OF THE NORMAL SCHOOL. By R. Pearl Chamney and Myrtle H. Adams. 1 HAD often heard of the Ghost that haunts the Normal School, but being somewhat of a sceptic, doubted its existence. Several stu- dents have declared that a shadowy apparition has been seen by some of their number, Hitting in at the door at the back of the gallery room, gliding down the steps, and disappearing in a mysterious manner. Now, the time was when I myself would have laughed at these affirma- tions and I would in my innermost thoughts have considered the propounder of such as fit to rank with the common multitude and as having no place whaever in the cultured halls of the Normal School. But even we who pride our- selves on being proof against all superstition are likely to have our firmest ideas uprooted, and thereby to become susceptible to ghostly visions. I was busily engaged one evening after school in the laboratory on the Verification of the Law of Inverse Squares. Absorbed in my work I became utterly oblivious of the passing of time. When I had worked for what seemed to me a very short time I glanced casually at my watch and was startled to find by the pale glim- mer of the candle which I was usihg that it was already past eight o'clock. A feeling of dread crept over me at the thought of being alone in this great building. Although I tried to assure myself that I was not in the least frightened my heart beat a little more rapidly as I crept stealthily toward the door of the laboratory. Suddenly a. cold chill spread over me and I began to shiver. This indescrib- able feeling grew so intense that when I reached the door my teeth were chattering, my knees were shaking fas no Normal student's ever did when called upon to teachj, and my fingers were so numb that I had difficulty in forcing the door- knob to yield to their grasp. The story of the Ghost of the Normal flashed before my mind in its most dreadful aspects, but knowing that fear is an emotion unworthy of any Normal student, I attempted to drive it from me and vainly endeavoured to recall the Three Level Theory instead. I finally pulled the door open, and, horror of horrors! what A ghastly apparition stood facing me! My hair stood on end, my flesh began to creep, my knees knocked together and my teeth chattered. I realized now that the legend of the Normal ghost was only too true. The Awful Thing stood in the pale yellow glimmer of the moon- light that struggled in through the partly shaded window of the little laboratory. lt glared at me from the depths of its greenish eyes. It clasped in its claw-like fingers a number of books, which I recognized as similar to those used in our class-rooms. Who are you ? I asked, with all the decision I could muster. I am the ghost of one long gone before, was the reply in sepulchral tones. Once I was a happy Normal student like you, but ambition sealed my fate. I hoped to write text-books on Psychology, History of Education, Geography, Science, Music, Art, Hygiene and Grammar, and incidentally to discover scientific truths, write stories and travel in foreign lands, but, alas! my brain refused to sustain the pressure. l come ni-ghtly to haunt these rooms and continue my scientific researches. Take warning, favir student, Am-bition's debt is dearly paid. I was glad that I had not attempted to combat my ghostly visitor, for 'I am told that physical forces do n-ot avail in the presence of such supernatural beings, but that-it is more effective to appeal to their intellect. f Before the Awful Thing had ceased my tem- perature had dropped considerably' from ninety- eight and three-fifths degrees. Such an un- natural condition caused my wholel body to tremble. I was about to fall prostrate, when lo! the horrible apparition began slowly, 'slowly to fade away. U-nder the hypnotic spell of the late spectre my eyes remained .glued to the spot where it had stood, but in the pale moon-light all that I saw was that gruesome skeleton which we use in our hygiene class.