Toronto Teachers College - Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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TORONTO NORMAL SCHOOL, 1913 69 Mary E. Prentice spent her childhood s happy hours in the Beaver Valley near the village of Clarksburg. Here on the banks of the Beaver, she built her Castles in Spain, some of which were realized when she attended the Meaford High School near which her home is now situated. After receiving her Normal Entrance, she remained at home for a few years. Then not being a born schoolma am she felt the need of a thorough training in the art of teaching, and so we have her with us. One bright June morning Carrie A. Price first opened her eyes in Chesley, but two years later moved to Walkerton where she obtained her certificate to enter Normal. Now she is plodding her way through the strenuous difficulties of the Toronto Normal School. Her bright, sunny manner and cheerful disposition have won her many friends who quot;smile when they hear her answer quot;yeth quot; in her characteristic accent. Fair-eyed Essie Pugsley hails from North Toronto. The first few years of her life spent at Forest Hill. Here she easily sailed through the Public School, and next we find her at North Toronto High School. Here she was very fortunate in all her work, and as a result she is wending her way quot;through Toronto Normal where her winning ways and cheery smiles have won for her a great circle of friends. Her biographer wishes it to be distinctly understood that the subject is a good-sized one, although she has said so little about it. The first we hear of Hazel Reid is when she lived at old St. Kitt s. A year later she journeyed to Streetsville, and there she sailed through the Public and High Schools, attaining great success. Thirsting for more knowledge she wended her way to Toronto Normal School, and here her rosy, dimpled cheek and gentle manner have won for her a host of friends. Elizabeth Hazeldean Rice was born in the year 1894, near the vil lage of New Toronto in the township of Etobicoke, York County. She attended the proverbial red brick schoolhouse which was situated about a mile and a half from her home, and afterwards the Jameson Avenue Collegiate Institute. She thought, however, that a little knowledge was a dangerous thing, and this along with other reasons, brought her to the Toronto Normal School, where she hopes to finish her course successfully. Hazel Pearl Roberts began her education at the tender age of seven years in Fullarton Village School. Faithful attention to her work brought her to the entrance door of High School life which she suc cessfully passed and took up her High School studies in Mitchell. To be able quot; to i rpart knowledge to others was her ambition, and she set

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58 THEYEARBOOK Cheerful and ever ready for any frolic, Miss Margaret Phillips has by her application and splendid talents already achieved gratifying results. She was born in Merritton within reach of the iridescent spray of the Great Falls, where she has imbibed a sympathetic appre ciation of Nature. Her refined and winning manner mark her out as a graduate of St. Joseph s College. Already at the Normal we read in her brow firm resolve, high aims, and love of duty which spell quot;Suc cess. quot; Where did you come from, Porter dear? Out of Appleby into here. Where did you spend your childhood hours? Mid orchards of apples and bloom of flowers. Where did you grow your merry ways? At Oakville in my High School days. How did you like the Toronto Normal School, With all its exams and tilts and tests? How can you make those laughing eyes While there before you a blue slip lies? How can you teach with pluck and vim? While others are sinking, on you swim. Stick to it, Bertha, you re doing fine, In the June Exams may you lead the line ! We know her by her merry air, Her dancing eyes, her bright brown hair, Tis Ina Porter, a fair young maid, Who from the Orangeville High School strayed. One day when work at school was lax She neath the master s chair did wax ; The penalty well that is gone, In memory only does belong. And when September s days were o er To further knowledge did quot; she soar, With joyful heart and laughter i ay ! To Toronto Normal made her way. Near the little village of Trafalgar Miss Emma Post first viewed the light of day, and spent the fleeting hours of early childhood at the Public School hard by where she first sipped from the cup of learning. In a few years the doors of a greater Institution stood open to receive her the Oakville High School. Here she pursued the even tenor of her way, and in three short years she held the key to that final fount of knowledge the Normal School. Final, once she thought it, but alas ! now she learns there is no such fount for mortals.

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60 THEYEARBOOK herself the task of obtaining a teacher s certificate. The star which beckoned her to the Normal School grew brighter each year, and in September, 1912, she entered the doors of Toronto Normal. Her com panions wish her every success in the path she has chosen. On a farm among the trees and birds, Gertrude Robertson passed her childhood. Near this farm was situated a rural school on the bank of a small stream, and in this school she enjoyed her Public School days. Receiving her High School Entrance here, she walked about two miles to the village of Arthur, which overlooks Conestoga River, to obtain her High School education. Gertrude, being- very studious! soon left High School with her Second Class Certificate. Tired of acting the pupil she decided to teach for awhile. Finding that it agreed with her, she came to Toronto to attend the Normal School. To Emma Robinson. Who is this stately winsome girl, Whose name should really mean a pearl, lio never was known to get in a whirl? Our Emma ! W r ho is a teacher quot;thru and thru Who is as pure and good and true, As a violet of deepest hue? Our Emir a ! Now Emma dear, please think a spell On the truth I am about to tell : quot;To meet, to know, to love, to part, Is the sad, sad fate of a school girl s heart. quot; In 189 , just as the leaves were falling, a baby fell too, into the Robinson home at Palmerston. It soon became the spoilt darling of the family. Even as a child Verna s ideas and ambitions soared toward the teaching profession. In Jlrder to attain her ambition she started her education in Palmerston Continuation School. Thinking she would like city life she came to Toronto and attended Parkdale Collegiate Institute. The Fates decreed that she should return home, and back to Palmerston she went. In Listowel High School she made a short sojourn, but again Pain erston called her. Now she shows her smiling face in Toronto Normal, happy because she has almost reached the goal of her childish ambition.