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

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YEAR BOOK STAFF Back Row-li. Snider, nl. linglish, XY. .-Xnderson, RI. XYaller, li. lflewwelling, li. Davis. 'l'hirtl Row-Bliss Klcerearly, Blr. Stricker, Miss Seavey. Miss Irving, .X. Strachan. Second Row-Ii. liflniomlson, li. Klcliiee. lf. Zumslein, H. llawfly, -l. Klehlenlmaeher. -I. jacques. I-rout RowfXY. lYallare. If. Klartin, lilr. KlcKlillan, .X. Smith. fi, Neff, THE ART OF READING 'llhere is a land in which I love to dwell. lt is a land where I cast away my work-a-day cares and problems, cease to he a hum- drum mortal. and laugh and love and weep with royalty and paup- ers alike. 'llhis land is far, far away, and yet so near. I have hut to reach from a cosy arm-chair and pull clown a well-tlnunlied volume from my hook- shelf. There is no limit to its possibilities: I may he a king' ruling his vast domains, a fairy princess shut up in a tower, a shaper of clestinies, a chim- ney-sweepg and. upon coming hack to resume my true role, I find new strength to meet life's problems, new patience to overcome petty annoy- ances. IYhat priceless treasures lie between two pastelaoard covers! 'llhere is a price which everyone must pay for the privilege of enjoying these delights. The appreciation of truly fine literature must he begun early in life and guarded through youth if one is to reach in adulthood the heights of enjoyment. 'llhe pathway of the reader may he represented hy a series of steps. Ile may step down to find enjoyment in inferior litera- ture, the only kind he has ever known, and he will continue to descend the flight of stairs feeling well-satisfied with the heavv atmosphere of those lower regions. Un the other W,. Jv Xe! hand, he may step up and, exhilarated hy the dis- 5' ff., covery of that which is inspiring in his reading, continue to make his way upw1u'tl among the classes of our literature. If he follows the latter course. - , teontmued on Page 627 , Page Elefueiz

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