Stratford Normal School - Classic Yearbook (Stratford, Ontario Canada)

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Page Twenly-eight THE CLASSIC june 1921 rural and urban, the project system will be established and the children will be actively and interestedly planning and solving their own problems. XVe must see to it that we make it our problem to hasten and to encourage the coming of this day. Nor must we forget to mention the advantages we have derived from a plan of practice teaching which is very much in advance of the system of previous years. Through it we have gained a knowledge of the regular routine of the classroom, and as usual, the Stratford school, our Alma Mater, was the first to give its students this opportunity But, by far the most pleasant feature of the year has been the fellowship and inspiration we have enjoyed among our classmates. In no circumstances could we have better opportunity to make new and true friends than in the classroom, and although these friends must now part, never to meet again as a class of Normal students, still in our sadness there is a note of satisfaction. For was it not the hope of a greater life which prompted us in the first instance to spend a year in preparation for our great pro- fession,and are not these hopes now a little clearer, and a little nearer realization? Not that our preparation is over, for possibly the greatest part of our training will come in the next year,but our vague hopes of a year ago have become lofty and in- spiring ideals, and to these ideals we shall strive to attain, We have all pictured in our own minds the school of to- morrow-the ideal school. VVhat is to be our part in making this school a reality? But we must not forget that we can best do our share by conscientiously and earnestly attending to the details of our work, for we remember with Michael Angelo that- Trifles make perfection And perfection is no trifle. There will be much routine and many small duties for us to master, but although we shall often be lonesome for our Normal friends, and often wish for the assistance and advice of our teachers, yet, let us not be discouraged, but in times of difficulty may we still see our ideal gleaming before us and may we Hold fast to the highest ideals that float across our vision in moments of exaltationf' JEAN LENNOX. EDITORIAL COMMITTEE. J. W. Forbes H. G. Manning S. Draper J. Jack M. McNab G. Sutherland J. Rennie

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june 1921 THE CLASSIC Page Twenty-seven A11 Appreriatinn VVe girls of this year's class feel that our Classic would not be complete without a few words of appreciation of our Dean of Wlomen. Throughout the year, Miss McNally has endeavoured to give us instuctions in the latest methods of teaching. She has been kind, thoughtful, and sym- pathetic, in her capacity as our Dean. In getting us homes and looking after our comforts, she has showed her deep interest in us at all times. ln addition to this, she hasbeen a great help and inspiration to us in planning our Literary programmes. Throughout the whole year, she has been our trusted friend Cfor we think of her as suchj and adviser. Thy soul must overtlow, if thou Another soul wouldst reachg It needs the overtlow of heart To give the lips full speech. Think truly, and thy thoughts Shall the world's famine feed: Speak truly, and each work of thine Shall be a fruitful seed: Live truly, and thy life shall be A great and noble creed. HORATIO BONAR. The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the' right things but enjoy them-not merely industrious but to love industry-not merely learned, but to love knowledge-not merely pure, but to love purity- not merely just, but to hunger and thirst after justice. JOHN RUSKIN. Halehirinrg Deem not the irrevocable past As wholly wasted, wholly vain lf rising on its wrecks at last To something nobler we attain. A EARS ago these words were written by the pm-1 l,ongfellow, and just at this time it is fitting for Us to cast a backward glance over the past months, and briefly review a few of the events which have marked our year at Normal. Although we are the thirteenth class, we have been a very fortunate one in many respects. :Xt the very be- ginning of our term as student teachers we were privileged to hear our Minister of Education, Hon. Mr. Grant. His address to us upon live educational movements of today was a great inspiration, and we are leaving the training school feeling that we have a staunch and earnest friend, who will be ready and willing to co-operate heartily with us in our problems. Again Fortune especially favored our thirteenth class, for no other year has had the opportunity of seeing the actual working out of the project method of teaching as we have. We all feel that there are great possibilities in this plan, and we are looking forward to a time when the school libraries will be so supplemented, our curriculum and class- room conditions so adjusted that in all elementary schools,

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