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

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R. H. GRANT Toronto, May 29th, 1922. Dear Students : As you have completed your Normal training and are about to embark on your professional career, I extend to you my hearty congratulations and sincere wishes for your future success. One of the lessons we have learned from the great war, so happily ended in our favour, is the value of being prepared to meet any emergency that may suddenly con- front us. The gigantic task that faces the world to-day is reconstruction. You will be called upon to do your share in this great undertaking and I know of no better way than by inculcating in the minds of our children the appreciation and value of education. It will be your privilege to prepare the children of to-day for future citi- zenship, and it is of the greatest importance that the youth of our Province should be adequately equipped to take their full share in the work for the betterment of the world. Let it be your aim, therefore, to become so ellicient in your chosen profession that you will be able to impress your scholars with a proper appreciation of the instruc- tion and training provided for them in order to take their rightful part in the upbuilding and progress of our country. Yours sincerely, R. H. GRANT, Minister of Education.

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Page Four THE CLASSIC June 1922 X. S. SILCOX, B.A., D. Paed. Principal lihiturizxl There never was a more wonderful age than this one. A year now furnishes as much as a cycle of Cathay produced in times past. And yet, we have but touched the fringe of the mysteries of the universe. The members of this class will have experienced the strange sensation of sitting in the Normal Assembly l-lall and listening to performers in Detroit, Pittsburg, or Schenectady. ln another year, the imperfections of the radiophone will have been overcome. By that time progress will have been made in visualizing as well as hearing the performers hundreds of miles away. lndeecl, the announcement of 'iwireless movies has already been made. The-remarkable fact is the suddenness of modern de- velopments. ln order to participate in these sudden de- velopments we need a much greater power of adjust- ment than formerlyg otherwise these wonderful develop- ments will not be for us. The world is not moving too fast if we keep up with the movement. The rate of ro- tation of nearly one thousand miles an hour is imper- ceptible because we are moving at the same rate as all other parts of the earth. So, if we keep up with modern developments there will be no confusion of ideasg but, if not, there will be 'iconfusion worse confounded. The teacher is an important factor in developing this neces- sary power of adjustment. S. SILCOX, Principal.