Toronto Teachers College - Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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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,

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38 THEYEARBOOK gentle reader, we know which way fate directs, the veil is drawn. The next important scene in this girl s life is laid in a rural school. Our heroine is being chastised for wrongdoing by a school lady, majestic, lithe and strong. There and then our youthful personage decided to pass on the punishment in an official capacity. Dorothea Margaret Galley first saw the light of day in Toronto several years ago. The scene of her youthful activities was Oakwood Collegiate Institute where she matriculated in 1911. In 1912 she entered Normal and has already gained a reputation for frequently escaping lateness at classes. Dorothea is very fond of the artistic, and is quite clever with her pencil and brush. She also shows her keen apprecia tion of that rare thing, a joke i n lectures. This is Marguerite Gardiner Who was born in Dundalk town, But her High School education She got in Owen Sound. For Art, Psychology and Literature She has a wond rous fame, But in Arithmetic and Grammar She s yet to make her name. Will she succeed at the Normal ? That question you need not ask, For if effort counts for anything This lass will surely pass. F. Mable Glover was born in Ravenshoe, but the family soon moved to the little village of Holland Landing, where Mable conned her lessons to the tune of the hickory stick, when she did not run after flowers and gaudy butterflies. After obtaining her High School Entrance she attended the Newmarket High School, and there carried off one of the prizes for English. She obtained her Normal Entrance in 1911 but she did not enter the Normal till the following year. Mary Margaret Gould, originally so named but later known as Mamie, opened her eye? to the light of day some few years ago in the fair city of Toronto. Early in life her steps were directed to the road of knowledge, and by quiet perseverance and an open mind and heart, she soon had passed with flying colours the mile stone of Bolton Avenue Public School and Riverdale High School The next few leagues on the way may have been a bit rough and steep climbing but by arduous toil the Normal hill has been reached and now from that crest we see her down in the vale of the future, guiding with kindly and knowing care the faltering footsteps of timid youth in the way that she herself was guided.