Toronto Teachers College - Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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24 THE YEAR BOOK R. W. Murray, B.A., Headmaster, Model School. Born at Port Colborne, through life she tripped, Into High School studies at Welland dipped; At the same old place her Model she won Then taught for three years at Slumperstone. Always bright and gay, No matter what to her you say ; A regular little butterfly, Not very big; but oh my! I ll tell you girls I happier feel For having known Miss Ethel McNeal. Whenever the blue slip you don t understand Just before Miss Mastin take your stand, She is always ready with a suggestion No matter who comes to her with a question. Gertrude taught successfully near Picton where she won many friends. We know she will be an influential teacher during the coming years of her teaching experience. W r e all wish her success.

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TORONTO NORMAL SCHOOL, 1913 23 At midnight lunch at the Y.W.C.A. She was often there but would sometimes say quot;Dear girls this is no time for play. quot; Didn t you Hunter? Margaret MacDonald first displayed her genial countenance near Drayton, Wellington County. She spent her early years there, and in Buffalo. The quot;Royal City Collegiate claims her for a graduate. Surviving the Mount Forest Model ordeal, she taught in Drayton, Laurel, etc., etc., etc. Margaret decided to persevere in the profession, pro tern at least, so she entered the Toronto Normal School last Sep tember. Her earnestness and sweet smile have endeared her to all. Hazel McFarlane, one of our braw Scotch lassies, first opened those hazel eyes to the bright September sun in Smith s Falls. It was there that she received the rudiments of her education and added fur ther to these by attending Collegiate in the quot;glide auld toon quot; of Perth. After graduating from the Renfrew Model School she spent two pro fitable years in training the young hopefuls how to exert their own energies and associate new ideas with past experiences. Still, feeling her inability to cope with the problems which daily confronted her, she entered the Toronto Normal School where her brain cells expanded and she became more fully equipped to continue her noble profession. Effie McGill was born in Erin. (Can you find it?) Here she quickly absorbed the village pedagogues store of knowledge and pur sued her studies at Orangeville High School. To-day we find, her at Toronto Normal School, partaking of its pleasures and perplexities. Effie takes special interest in Domestic Science, and in all probability she will find this useful some day. Her heart is a rare jewel not worn on her sleeve, and the one who wins it will not be deceived. Do you know her? If you attend the Toronto Normal School you need no introduction, but in case you do not I ll tell you her name. It is Pauline Mclnnis from Ripley. Pauline is kind-hearted and ever ready to help her friends in Art and Construction Work. When we are met face to face with the difficulties at school she always has a bright smile and a cheery voice that says quot;Cheer up, girls. quot; F. May McLachlan hails from Erin. After graduating from Dur ham Model she took to teaching in quot;Bonnie quot; Doon. Here she taught two years and a half, and in order to break the monotony of school routine she took the summer courses in Elementary Agriculture and Horticulture at the Ontario Agricultural College. She now appears at the Toronto Normal School, and we must all admit that she will make a brilliant addition in the teaching profession.

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TORONTO NORMAL SCHOOL, 1913 25 For a few short years she attended school But with perseverence bore the rule, Through the numerous courses she patiently rode And on her pathway kind deeds she sowed. In a capital section she taught two years But an ideal teacher no pupil fears, This lassie s name is Jean T. Moore A clever student to be sure. From the city of Berlin she came To the Toronto Normal School to win her fame Her cheery countenance and manner bright In Section A puts worry to flight. Alice E. Mutton received her preliminary education at Colbourne High School. After graduating she attended the Cobourg Model School and for the following four years spent her time most amiably in quot;teach ing the young idea how to shoot. quot; Wishing to enlarge her sphere of activity and usefulness she came to Toronto Normal in the fall of 1912. In Lucan Public and High Schools and Stratford Model School, Florence E. Neil was fitted for the teach ing profession. Being some what of a literary turn of mind she went to teach near the notable vil lage of Shakespeare. Strenuous work, we suppose, sent her next to a summer resort at Grand Bend. Then after one year of revelry in the Western States she landed at the Toronto Normal School. Miss Frances O Loane does hi Rosedale reside, She s her mother s own joy and her father s own pride, In her earliest days to the Model she went And later in life, to St. Joseph s was sent. While there she worked well. In reward she does reap Her teacher s certificate, ever to keep, At present for Normal each morn does she start And there every lesson she knows off by heart ; We wish her success in her journey thro life, And hope some dear man will make her his wife. It was a joy to know, Just five short months ago, That Ida Pattoii fresh and gay W 7 as here with us a while to stay. From Simcoe County she did come, A famous scholar of Alliston. Then passed through Model, taught some years And came to Normal with no fears.