Hamilton Teachers College - Log Yearbook (Hamilton, Ontario Canada)

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W. J. KARR, BA., D.Paed. TO THE 1936 GRADUATES OF THE HAMILTON NORMAL SCHOOL URING your training course you have been frequently reminded that you have chosen a career involving serious responsibilities. Upon vour recognition of this fact, your success in the true sense of the term will depend. 'llo the teachers of this Province is committed in large measure the great task of developing the character of its future citizenship. For this important work. the staffs of the Normal School and the affili- ated practice schools have striven to provide you with the necessary equip- ment. NYith their assistance, you have extended your knowledge of that part Of the social heritage embodied in the school curriculum, and you have acquired a knowledge of rational methods of teaching and managing a school. W'ith their assistance also, you have developed a certain degree of skill in teaching children, a skill that will be greatly enhanced by study and practice. These arc valuable acquisitions, but still more important are the interests, attitudes, and ideals which you have developed from your associations during your year of training-interests in worthy ideas, Objects, and enterprises: attitudes Of sympathy, tolerance, and helpfulness: and ideals of industry, achievement, and service. The character of these emotional tendencies and your persistence in translating them into behaviour will determine your use- fulness tO the community, and eventually to society at large. XV. KARR. Director of l'rofessional Training. Page Nf'l7PN

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THE HON. L. J. SIMPSON, M.D. N sencling' you this lfricf message for your school paper, may l first of all convey tu you my wishes for success in your year's work, with the hope that when your periorl of training' is complete, you may be successful in obtaining' positions in the profession for which you have been preparing. It is unnecessary for me to impress on you the importance of faithful work in your future schools, hut l shoulcl like particularly to direct your attention tu the fact that your work outsimle of the school is not the least important of your duties. lly identifying' yourselves with the interests of the community, you will not only increase your influence outsitle of the school, but also in the school itself, Yisits to the homes of your pupils will help to gain for you not only the frienmlship and support of the parents, hut will also result in much yal- uahle information regartling' the ch:n'actcristics of the chilclren under your care, 'l'he knowledge thus olrtainecl will enable you to cleal more intelli- gently anfl sympathctically with the prohlcms of school management as they arise from clay to clay. Make yourselves real menilmers of the communities in which your schools are situatcrlg use your talents for their social and moral arlyancement, anml you will fincl yourselves more than amply repaid for any personal sacrifices such a course may entail. May l aclcl further that the teacher who spcnrls the weekscncls in the section will find many op- portunities of this kinml which woulrl not otherwise occur. Again, I wish for you all almunrlant success in the work you have chosen as your own. ll. ,l. SIIMPSUN. . , 'l'.,r,,m.,, April lsith, lilihi. lXlinister of Education. Prl!lc' Sir

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Q1 02'CWOZ'z I HE Normal School year now drawing quickly to a close marks for you a transition from the life of the student to that of the teacher. Satisfac- tion attending' your attack on intellectual problems has led you on to higher and higher academic attainments. From the heights now won, you may look out with renewed amhition on greater aims within your reach. ln your life as a teacher you will find new freedom, new opportunities and new responsibilities. ln large measure you will create for others the environment which in the past others prepared for you. Your task master of the future will reside within your own soul. Success as a teacher and as zi citizen will depend on the ideals which you estahlish and pursue. The demands for teachers may he few but the demands for progressive methods uf teaching grow greater year hy year. 'l'he means of improvement are in your hands. May they who are destined to he your pupils he stirred to greater purposes hy your sympathetic understanding and unfailing zeal. Conscious of your good work, may you in turn so advance in hoth the theory and the practice of teaching that your life may have much to do in shaping' the educational destinies of the land. ln whatever fields fortune may lead you, we shall follow your progress with interest and cherish only pleasant recollections of your student days in the llamilton Normal School. G. U. lVlclVlll,LAN. Page Might