Toronto Teachers College - Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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28 THE YEAR BOOK a o - w 14 OQ 00 o o SB u o U u

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TORONTO NORMAL SCHOOL, 1913 27 Port Perry s popularity with the students of 1913 is explained by the fact that twas there that flashed the first furtive glances of Winni- fred Taylor. This most renowned quot;centre of learning quot; of Lake Scugog tapped the Pierian Spring for her. Later, having made Oshawa brighter for her passage, she spent a few years at Niagara-on-the-lake. Young s Point and Bobcaygeon were successively the scenes of her initial efforts in her adopted profession. Higher qualifications called for attendance at the Toronto Normal School. And did we not feel proud of our President the night of the At-Home? Truly, she was the Belle of the - -. No, twas no Ball. Orillia is fair, and Lake Couchiching grand. And Mamie Madill knows it, you understand; But Toronto to her proves an interesting place For pleasure and Normal are running a race. To the Northern Highlands of Scotland, Mary M. Murray owes her birth. She was educated at the Miller Institution, Thurso. For live years, quot;far from the madding crowd, quot; she revelled in the solacing solitude of the Carse o Gowrie, teaching in a picturesque little school which was shaded from the sun by stately poplars and spreading beeches and overlooked the calm and graceful river Tay. Rumours of the attrac tions of Canada proved too strong for her and leaving her native land, she braved the perils of the mighty deep, and after a very pleasant voyage arrived in Toronto and pitched her camp there. Bedford Park School was the scene of her first encounter, and after three months active service she made up her mind to retire to winter quarters for self-improvement and self-advancement. Nora H. Shipsides was born in the ancient city of Bristol, Eng land. She was trained for the teaching profession at Bristol Univer sity. Finding her activities somewhat limited, she decided to go abroad. After a tempestuous voyage in the depth of winter, she arrived in Canada, the land of sunshine and snow. In this new country she has had the most delightful experiences, particularly during her sojourn in Muskoka where she taught in a little frame school on the shores of the Lake of Bays. In order to become better acquainted with the ways and means of teaching in Canada, she has been taking a short course in the Toronto NormaL School. At Kimberly, Grey County, our Delia Abercrombie first opened her blue eyes and began her inquiries into the why and the wherefore of things. She received her early education at the Public and Continua tion Schools there. Delia s parents then decided that their fair one should travel farther on the road of learning, and so she first left her parental home to attend Meaford High School. Here she became noted for her readiness and eagerness to participate in every game of the season.

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TORONTO NORMAL SCHOOL, 1913 29 Into a little school over the way Cheerily, cheerily singing- a lay. Obtained education so very quick. Passed entrance to Normal and also Matric. Always active, blithesome and cheery, Still climbing upward, never too weary. Into the Normal School amidst the throng Hailing from Flesherton Laura Armstrong. Annie D. Atkinson was born in Pictou, N.S. She lived there for only two ironths when she was taken to Berlin, Ontario, to live. Here six years later she started to kindergarten. A year after she left Berlin and came to Toronto to live. Here she attended public school for six years. After that she left for Chesley, Ontario, where she finished her public school course, and also attended High School. Last year she passed her Entrance to Normal School, and in the fall came to Toronto to attend Normal. Florence Rosalind Avery was born in Niagara-on-the-Lake and moved to Muskoka about five years later where she completed her Public School work and one year of High School. Then she moved to Toronto and became a student of Oakwood and Parkdale Collegiates, graduating from the latter. Beulah Baldwin.- - I reached the land of toil and strife, Among Erin s hills I started life, To Orangeville School I did incline And worked this little brain of mine. There knowledge and sport did not agree And were the means of plucking me; To Fergus then I wended my way And won the honours of the clay. The zephyrs then did waft me free, To the T. N. S. they carried me, And here among the busy throng I study and Sew till early dawn. Marion Dorothy Barlow was born within sight of the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa, and remained there about a year after which she was taken to Valleyfield, Quebec. Her next move three years later was to Toronto where she has been ever since. She is a product of Lans- downe School and Harbord Collegiate. Way up upon the Saugeen River Ethel Barnett lived, There s where her heart is turning ever,