Toronto Teachers College - Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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TORONTO NORMAL SCHOOL, 1913 21 Miss M. E. Mclntyre, Kindergarten Director. Miss E. Cody, Kindergarten Assistant. Mabel Fleming first saw the light of day near Aladoc. The stages in the rapid transformation from the village school lass of Stockdale, to the collegiate maiden of Trenton, then to the Model School lady oi Madoc and finally to the dignified school-miss of Stockdale, each held its peculiar charm for Mabel. Edith Gulston. In that fair Simcoe, where we lay our scene This jewel, twin, this student of to-day, This next year s teacher did her origin take. What shall I say? Her life began in Lisle; A village fair and good to look upon ; Which lies close on the borders of a plain ; Her girlhood s years past quickly happily, Within the precints of another town Lefroy : Her academic training she received At Bradford far famed seat of scholars, rare, Which boasts such names as Scarrow, Carefoot, Coombs : Yea, this same town, hath it not fostered oft The latent genius, or the hidden worth Of some poor student? Let me add no more: Suffice to say from such a school she sprung. Yet was her training interrupted still

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20 THEYEARBOOK . Miss Irene Coyle received her early education on the quot;Queen of 1000 Isles quot; in the broad St. Lawrence. Her High School education was received at Notre Dame Convent, Kingston, and Loretto Abbey, Toronto ; her Normal Entrance and Model training were obtained in Kingston, the historical limestone city, which is now her home. After doing creditable work in the teaching field in the county of Frontenac, she decided to obtain her life certificate at Toronto Normal School. Charlotte Crewson quot;The Girl From Glengarry, quot; was born in the town of Cornwall. She received part of her Public School education in Toronto, but Cornwall is responsible for her academic training. There she attended Model School. Now she revers Alexandria as her home town. After two years teaching she decided to follow the footsteps of her father and mother who walked our Normal corridors in days of old. Mabel Denison was born in Selby in the year . Although receiving all the knowledge which the village pedagogue could impart to her, Mabel s soul was not satisfied. Sweeping the difficulties from her path she came forth from Napanee Collegiate and Model School to enter the teaching profession. After laboring successfully near Selby to Toronto Normal School she came, where she is an honour to our Grade A in Mathematics, Art, Constructive Work, she shines as a star. Jessie H. Embersori spent her early days in the township of Monaghan. After graduating from the elementary school, she entered Peterboro Collegiate for one year. Like the Arab she had no abiding place, so off she flitted to Port Hope, where in two years and a half she came forth from High School to enter the Model. Three years and a half satisfied her appetite for teaching for a time. After having a business position in Toronto for two years, Jessie s fingers ached to be grasping once more, some little unfortunate s coat collar. So to Toronto Normal School she made way, where she is noted for her industry, and zeal in her work. Through the influence of Warkworth Collegiate, Kingston Model, one and a half years teaching, and the Toronto Neural Development Institution, Clara L. Ewing has decided to follow the noble profession for a few years more. Her work here both during lectures and teach ing indicates that she will be a very successful exponent of present-day educational theories and methods. But Betts and Bates absorb only part of her time for beneath that quiet and demure exterior lurks a wealth of wit and good humor and something akin to mischief that must have play.

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22 THEYEARBOOK By manifold obstructions, sicknesses ; Let us pass on. Her Normal Entrance came, And now we find her in that ancient town Which once did answer to the name of York. Shall we go on? No bed of roses here She finds, but rivers deep, fights to be won Before this Normal s Golden Course be run. Esteemed by all, but most by those who best Knew the depth of soul Edythe Hart possessed. In Madoc High and Model Schools she sought A treasure-trove that money never bought; And found, and fostered, till there bloomed within, A H(e)art whose strength and high ideals win At Normal deep regard. May the blind god Spare her a year or two to wield the rod. Hazel Howes comes from the busy little town of Milton. Here she began her High School course, but deeming far-off fields were greener decided to complete it at Georgetown. After attending Milton Model School she spent four years in juvenile development. If she was as successful in that task as she has been at Normal those pupils have become promising young people. From Michigan of the border States, Came Esther Hunter o er the lakes, She left our quot;Uncle quot; for Tack Canuck May the Maple bring her much good luck For of all the girls in the T. N. S. We place sweet Esther among the best. To Lillian Hunter. Who is this diligent thoughtful lass, Whose highest aim is to head the class, Who is always bound her exams to pass ? Fair Hunter. Onward she goes in her bright career Brimming with mirth and hope and cheer, Inspiring her schoolmates through the year Our Hunter. Now though she was born at Bradford town, At the Toronto Normal she once did frown Because one day she quot;beheld a noun quot; Which puzzled Hunter.