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

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MEMORIES Streaked are your locks with a silvery gray, lVrinkled your brow with cares of the day, Your eyes peer over the shimmering way, XYhile wandering thoughts stray far away To Normal School days. Recalled is your mind to a bygone year, Yanished your sorrow with unshed tear. .-Xgain as a student, glad cheers you hear Of your old school-chums, now grown so dear Since Normal School days. THE SONG OF TI-IE BRAIDED RUG fWith no apology to Thomas Hoodj Snip, snip, snip, lYith sorely calloused thumbs: Snip, snip, snip, Towards an end that NEVER comes. Baste, baste, baste. All down the weary length: baste, baste. feeble, waning strength. Baste. XYith Press, lVith Press, press, press, an iron that weighs like lead, press, press, Ah, would that I were dead! Braid, braid, braid, Twisting those loathsome strands: Braid, braid, braid, XVhat patience the task demands! Stitch, stitch, stitch, Around the endless sphereg Stitch, stitch, stitch, XVhile dropping many a tear, Rip, rip, rip, XYith a heart that slowly breaks: Rip, rip, rip, Alas. for sad mistakes! Stitch, stitch. stitch, The endless hours drag Stitch, stitch, stitch, Vtfith many a gusty sigh. by 3 Sing, sing, sing, , M.xRo,xRET EfREBL'R. Oh, gaze on this object queer: .. .1 . X , Q , Sing, sinff, sing, A-' sf Th? end boi our labour's here. f 'Zl -., A MARGARET MASTERS, l EILEEN PoTrER. .45 M ' fl Page Thrirty-one

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PRIZE ESSAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLING IN ENGLAND The eduational system of England differs in many respects from that of Canada, especially with regard to elementary schooling. The English hoys and girls hegin their schooling at the age of five years, in some cases hefore that age, hut seldom after: it is compulsory to attend school for nine years until the age of fourteen, when they are free to hid farewell to their school days and set in motion their earning capacity in some vocation. I-ly far the greater part of English hoys and girls lay aside their hooks and take this opportunity, a few hecause of misplaced amhition or had judgment, many hecause of necessity. Through the efforts of some parliamentary mem- hers. attempts have heen made to extend the age limit to I5 years, which so far have failed to hear fruit: nevertheless, it is highly prohahle that an attempt in this connection will eventually succeed, and should succeed for the good of England's youth. The school in which these nine important years are spent is called a Council or Board School, run entirely hy the city and free from any county tor provinciall jurisdiction. There is a gradually diminishing numher ot Church of England schools of equal status conducted similarly to the Roman Catholic separate schools of this country. All examinations are set hy the education committee of the city. The Council or lioard School is divided into two departments-a .lunior and Senior Department, each situated. usually, in separate huildings. There are no mixed classes: each is comprised entirely of hoys or of girls: in some cases there are separate schools for hoys and girls. The teaching staff of the hlunior Department consists of female teachers with a head-mistress in charge, while that of the Senior Department consists of male and female teachers in charge of the hoys and girls respectively, with a headmaster supervising. School is always opened and closed with a Bihle reading, prayers and hynms, usually with a school choir in attendance. llolidays are similar to those of Canadian schools, except that summer vacation is only of one month's durationfthe month of August. lt is in the .lunior Department that the first four or live stormy years of school life are spent, commencing with the huilding of a conglomeration of artistic, toy-hrick constructions, which may require teaching to construct hut none to destroy, and endless wallowings in plasticine-memories with which we are all familiar-and ending with an elementary hackground in reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar and art. Physical training, usually drill and games, is also part of the school routine. Corporal punishment commences at an early age-the tirst year, in fact: it is meted out usually hy the teacher hy means of a ruler and the possession of knuckles: a grave crime, such as spelling cat with a sees the culprit wending his faltering way to that awful ogress, the headmistress twho later turns out to he a kind and gentle soull. A cane is produced from its resting place-where it seldom restsffand judgment is duly administered. England wisely helieves in spoiling the rod and whacking the child, for this is a mighty . E- fine medicine, and though like many good tonics, it is 3 hitter to take, results are forthcoming. Notwithstand- -1 ing this, the junior Department has its many happy hours, with the pre-holiday concerts, inter-form tea gifmir If L parties, hattles for the proud position of Monitor ,, mir ' V X N4 A f -t-. , f 2454i ' ls: af' W :lv-.' t 2-4 1323-'4 f-,fgw--'m4g...u, F225 JE - .. I ' Q..-: ' as ., A .rgfyef B454 fthe chief servant of the teacherj and the odd fistic lf E551-Jl l l I G '-it Z.-,J 1' fvfnizgff Page Thirty-two