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

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June 1922 NIE CLASSIC Page Fwe Qbhiiuarg The closing Weeks of the session were saddened by the illness and death of our highly esteemed mathematical master. John William Forbes was a native of the rural community of Brocksden in Perth County. His educa- tion was received at the local public school, the Stratford Collegiate Institute, and the University of Toronto, from which he graduated in l895. His life has been devoted to the profession of teaching, his experience being both wide and varied. Beginning as a teacher in the rural schools of his native county, he later held responsible positions in the High Schools of Vienna, Streetsville, Weston and Brockville. ln l9l4 he became mathe- matical master of the Ottawa Normal School and was transferred to a similar position in the Stratford Normal School in l 920. During his two years on the staff of this school Mr. Forbes endeared himself to pupils and colleagues by his earnestness and effectiveness as a teacher and his genial friendliness of manner and buoyancy of spirits, maintain- ed often under extreme physical suffering. Ontario can ill afford the loss of a teacher possessing such qualities of mind and heart as those displayed by our departed friend. To live then thus: not to cherish far-off designs, or to plan life too eagerlyg but to do what is given us to do as carefully as we can: to take gratefully the joys of lifeg to take its pains hopefully, always turning our hearts to the great and merciful Heart above us, which a thousand times over turns out to be more tender and pitiful than we had dared to hope. QA. C. Bensonl. J. W. E. fre-,. r - 'H . -ff ' 1 1 sa' A , J. W. FORBES

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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.

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Page Six THE CLASSIC June 1922 H. G. MANNING. B.A. Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell. f- TENNN SON. In the held of observanon chance only favors those who are prepared. PAS! LUR. J. W. EMERY, B.A., D. Paed, H. G. MARTYN. B.A Per ardua ad astra.