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

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, f - , , Q SECTION lA Top Row- Aldyth Davis Violet Butler Gertrude Bimm Dorothy Cornett Sybil Braithwaite Reva Baker Middle Row- Jean Cross Eleanor Beach Ella Brown Anna Cassidy Eva Adams First Row- Madeline Craig Verna Cline Ruth Barry Grace Cunningham Rachael Baird L., - 1 ft . ii SECTION IB ' . Top Row! Violet Garvin Inez Flintoft Muriel Henderson Mamie Halpenny Helen Edwardq Laura Good Middle Row-Melba Dilworth Loretta Dunn Marlon Gray Margaret Heintz Lillian Dougall First Roww Margaret Forrest Alice Gallagher Jessie Doak Ida Fife Anna Easton

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OT TAWA NORMAL SCHOOL YEAR BOOK cms 1928 T he S peeia! 'Physical Traz'nz'ng C axes N speaking of these classes, Milton's Awake, arise or be forever fall'n would be a more appropriate quotation if it were- Awake, arise and be forever falling -off Stall Bars, Swedish Windows, Balancing Beams, etc. However to start at the beginning, one after- noon in October, the girls of Sections I, II and III met in the Gallery Room at 4.15 p.m. Plans for the Special Course in Physical Training were discussed and Miss Barrigar explained the curriculum to us. After considering the matter, the majority of the First Class students decided to take the work. This necessitated the division of the students into two groups. A group to attend classes Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings from 8.30 to 10.00 a.m.g B group Vlfednesdays, Fridays and Saturday mornings. On Tuesdays and Fridays from live to six we had swimming classes at the Y.W.C.A., under the supervision of Miss Fitzgerald, the Y instructress. On VVednesdays and Thursdays we had club swinging, wand drills and dumb bell exercises at the Normal, directed by Miss Barrigar. Saturday mornings each group spent half-time at the Y , and half at the Normalg A group beginning at the HY for apparatus work and B group at the Normal for dancing. No one reaches a high position without daring CSyrusj. It certainly required daring to trust ourselves to the Giant Strides, to those awe-inspiring flights through the air on the Flying Rings, to climb to those dizzy heights and to jump over ropes, gates, horse, etc. A laughing raid on the HY , A moment's pause in the shower VVe all splash into the pool To enjoy a blissful hour. After the first breath-taking plunge I think we all enjoyed our swimming. Many of the girls who did not know how to swim became expert swimmers before the classes were com- pleted. Those who could swim before missed a lot of fun. VVhat a thrill it was to try swimming on our backs! Could anything be harder than trying to get right side up when we went under and insisted on breathing in gallons of water? At our dancing classes we learned everything from an Indian Pow-wow to American square dances. A few of the dances we took up were: Pop goes the VVeasel, The Vl'aves of Glory , The Indian Sun Dance , Sir Roger de Coverley , Uncle Steve's Quadrillew, etc. One of the pretty events in the history of our Physi- cal Training course was the presentation of the Minuet by some of the members of the class. On the evening of February 17, at the Normal School party, we had the pleasure of going back a number of years to the days of hoop skirts- the days when gentlemen were gallant and ladies were shy. A number of dainty creatures in soft shades of mauve, yellow, blue and rose, danced the Minuet and carried us back to great grandmothers day. There is a great deal more that could be said about these classes, but I shall just say that we shall not soon forget the happy times we had together and that we are grateful to those who made it possible for us to take the course. QW To the O.N. S. Here's no place to idle: Here's no place to quitg Pain must feel our bridle, While we conquer it. Fighting all together, All one teeming whole, Only caring whether VVe can make the goal. Take the praise that's due you, School house on the hill. We'll be faithful to you, VVhile remembering still This one word you taught us, Hand and heart and soul: This high gift you brought us-Q How to reach the goal. CHARLOTTE BLACK. 113 1412 Appreezeztzon HE announcement of the death of Mr. Percy Daniels, B.A., Principal of Nepean High School, came as a distinct shock to the staff and students of the Normal School. Several members of this year's class were former pupils of Mr. Daniels and many of our First Class students have learned to ap- preciate his sterlingqualities through their associ- ation with him as student teachers. Mr. Daniels was highly esteemed by all teachers of the Normal and Practice Schools: they had learned to love him because of his manly qualities, his kindly consideration, and his sympathetic helpfulness. He was a brilliant scholar, a skilful teacher, a kind-hearted principal,atrue friend,and afhristian gentleman. Mr. Daniels had few peers and his influence will live on in all who looked to him for an ideal. l

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OTTAWA NORMAL SCHOOL YEAR BOOK GNN' 1928 SECTION I AST autumn thirty-two girls were grouped together at the Ottawa Normal School and called Section One. Our number has now dwindled to twenty-nine, be- cause three of our classmates have had such prolonged illnesses that they found it impossible to resume their studies. This we sincerely regret. Throughout the year our achievements cannot be rated as merely mediocre. One president of the Literary Society was chosen from Section One. The programmes that our section put on at the Literary Society have been very successful. The one at which the f'Trial Scene from The Merchant of Venice was presented was worthy of special mention. We are justified in being proud of the debating ability of our section. The two editors of our school paper have been members of Section One. Our junior Red Cross Society, with its name of Premiers and its motto of Second to None has won much favour. VVe do not wish to appear as idle boasters, when we assert that some authorities consider our section as the best in the school. Our ultimate aim in attending the Ottawa Normal School was to learn to be efficient teachers. Our training for that most noble and honourable profession is drawing swiftly to a close. We have been passing through a transi- tion stage, from which we hope to emerge as thoroughly efficient and dependable individuals, to whom the education of the young may be safely entrusted. This has been accomplished by the invaluable assistance and advice of our masters and teachers and by our own courageous efforts. As we leave the kindly portals of the Ottawa Normal School, we shall have many ideals for our future work, which may find kind expression in THE TEACHERS CREED I believe in boys and girls, the men and women of a great to-morrow: that whatsoever the boy soweth, the man shall reap. I believe in the curse of ignorance, in the efficacy of knowledge, in the dignity of teaching, and in the joy of serving others. I believe in wisdom as revealed in human lives as well as in the pages of the printed book, in lessons taught, not so much by precept as by example: in ability to work with the hands as well as to think with the head, in everything that makes life large and lovely. I believe in beauty in the schoolroom, in the home, in daily life and out of doors. I believe in laughter, in love, in faith, in all the ideals and distant hopes that lure us on. I believe that every hour of every day we receive a just reward for all we are and all we do. I believe in the present and its opportunities, in the future and its promises, and in the divine joy of living. J. C. SECTION II Although there have been many years Of fun and fame and fate, None are able to surpass The year of twenty-eight. CLASS WILL E, Section II of the year 1928, of the Normal School, City of Ottawa, County of Carleton, Province of Ontario, do hereby admit that our average mental and bodily strength has been greatly impaired during the past year. The many pains and perils experienced during our first four months were too great and numerous to be easily overcome by any joys and pleasures accruing the last five, but realizing that our existence as Model students of the aforesaid Institution is drawing to an end, we hereby indite this our last Will and Testament. To our beloved Principal, Dr. F. A. jones, who has advised and helped us during the year with the devotion characteristic of an in- terested teacher, we leave our affection and gratitude, with the hope that members of the other sections may come up to the standard set by Section II fwhich of course we very much doubtll. To the whole staff we bequeath our great appreciation of their unfailing help and guidance. VVe entrust to the Province of Ontario thirty- two new teachers, to be disposed of either for use or ornament as they see fit. To our Successors we leave the much worn shoes that we have used during our last year with the hope that they may fit and lead them as they have led us, up the straight and narrow path to graduation, but we hereby warn them that if they wish to attain our wisdom and dignity, they must dispose of their childish looks and ways. To the pupils of the Ontario Schools, we bequeath two well-trained singers, one out- standing classic pianist, several other pianists of note, an elocutionist and other artists of distinguished accomplishments as was demon- strated by the Literary Society of the aforesaid Section. l15l