Toronto Teachers College - Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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TORONTO NORMAL SCHOOL, 1913 35 One of the popular girls of the Toronto Normal School is Gertrude L. Derry. She spent the early years of her childhood in Richmond Hill, and we believe they were happy for she will have friends where- ever she goes. Later when her neurones had developed sufficiently she entered Janis Street Collegiate. Here she learned the mysteries of deductions, conjugations, inverse squares, and all that conglomeration of heterogeneous substances pertaining to the school. Gertrude was ambitious so Jarvis with all its attractions could not content her. Im mediately after her graduation in 1912 she entered Normal. Miss May me Donnelly, a native of Alliston, Ont., passed her early school days of scholarly attainments at Alliston Public School. Later she attended the local High School where she secured her junior Leav ing Certificate, June, 1911. Finally she studied for Entrance to Faculty at St. Joseph s College, Toronto, and obtained the Governor-General s medal for English. At Normal she has w-ell lived up to the beatitude. Blessed is the teacher whose criticisms have enough sugar in their foundation to take out the bitter taste. Those who come under her pedagogical influence will no doubt be attracted by her cheerful and pleasant manner and be captivated by her appreciation of English. Helen Murray Edmison was born in the Methodist Parsonage at Wellington village, County of Prince Edward. Her disposition is as bright and sunny as her hair, with a tendency to hilarity which was in early life held in check by the consciousness of the all-seeing eye of the congregation. She wins irany friends and keeps them all. Her educa tion has been obtained in various places, chiefly in that grand old nursery of genius, Harbord Collegiate. In politics she is a quot;Suf fragette, quot; and therefore eligible for a position on the Toronto Public School Staff, where we predict for her a brilliant though short career. Miss Eva J. Ellison first attended a county school in the Town ship of Tecumseth. She passed her Entrance to Normal at Tottenham High School in 1912, and is now attending Normal at Toronto, and hopes to make a good report at the end of the term. Annette Faris was born in the vicinity of Bradford. Yhen she had received a firm educational foundation at the Scotch Settlement Public School. Then she daily dimpled the road to Bradford High School. But one year was quite enough for Nettie. However, a year s course in Domestic Science, which didn t happen to be needed, only sharpened her desire to finish her High School course. She passed her Entrance to Normal in July, 1912. Marjorie Fennell is another of the honored and respected Brad ford students. She has always held a high standing in social and stu dent life. She passed her Entrance to Normal Examination in 1911 with a creditable standing. We wish her the same success in her new sphere of life, and we are confident that she will work hard to secure it.

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TORONTO NORMAL SCHOOL, 1913 37 Constance Mary Field, from the first only a girl, was born in Toronto some time since the period of Julius Caesar. Here she received her education. In early life she manifested a liking for making mud pies, an earnest of her genius for clay modelling. Her special subject was Nature Study, but the only zoological specimen she possessed was a cat named Hezekiah, noted for his indolent yet bellicose disposition. To Hezekiah, Mary was most devoted. Her friends watch her future career with great interest. (Written by a small boy.) Edna Gray has wandered a great deal, but for that she is none the worse. Since she has been with us we have found her bright, lively, and in everything willing. In the country, not far from the village of Arthur, Edna spent her early life. While still a wee girl she found her way to Hamilton where she spent her remaining Public School days. Discontented with city life she returned to the old farm, walking daily to Arthur High School. This was too much for Edna, and she moved into the village. Having once tasted the sweets of city life she could no longer resist. Graduating from Arthur High School, she attended Stratford Normal until Christmas when she joined our merry bunch, who look for great things from her in the future. In Scotch Settlement there was a baby That thrived and grew into a lady Bearing the name of Una Fraser Who envies not a life of leisure. To her, for that, there is no blame, For in the Scotch Settlement domain, A good dame often used a cane, Her body and her mind to tame. To Bradford High School at last she went ; On becoming a Normal ite firmly bent. She passed her Entrance a year too soon So stayed at home for many a moon. She s well and fair, and young and sweet, But no by-paths do tempt her feet, Her fund of good sense doth honour her years She ll be a safe guide for the little dears. The first view we have of that famous person Annie Freure, or otherwise known as quot;the girl of Limberlost, quot; shows her as a mere infant lying in her cradle. As in a dream we see an angel of some two hundred pounds glide in and place a wreath of laurel on her head. In this laurel is woven the three magic letters, T. N. S. Enough said,