Toronto Teachers College - Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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ORONTO NORMAL SCHOOL, 1913 61 U

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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.

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62 THE YEAR BOOK Susan Seal. The remotest that quot;Sealie quot; can remember has to do with a farm iear Uananqque. Ihis demure maiden first learned that two and two made tour at Gananoque, where at Public and High Schools she tussled with Spelling and found keen delight in Geometry. As she goes forth into life may each turn of the road open upon larger fields, and may the last turn be the best! Edith Sinclair first learned that two and two made four in the own of Arthur. She went on her way rejoicing, and in due time graduated from Arthur High School. As a congenial and unselfish companion, a considerate and sympathetic friend, she has been deserv edly popular among all with whom she has come in contact. We are quite sure that Edith s smile will have the desired effect the first day at school. Helen Muriel Smith was born in Algoma District, and obtained her Public School education in Sault Ste. Marie and Meaford. After four profitable years spent at the Meaford High School she came to the Toronto Normal School to learn the art of teaching. M. Josephine Staples. Fair Josie lived at Woodville But not long was she to stay For the Lindsay Collegiate called her And from home she went away. Three years she spent at learning What the schools of Lindsay taught; On Sundays in a choir gown She sang as good girls ought. quot;Always be kind quot; is her motto, She always makes it a rule To study her lessons and work hard And never be absent from school. Georgina Stephens was born not in Bingen on the Rhine, but in Hyng upon the Grand. From there she wandered daily to the I yng School and afterwards to the Dunnville High School, where she was an active member of the Literary Society and an enthusiastic spectator at all the High School hockey matches. Her quot;long suit quot; was house keeping, but to her deep regret she has left it for a time to perfect herself in the art of teaching. Roberta M. Stewart, resident of Bradford, passed her Entrance to Normal examination in 1911. and is now plodding her way through the Toronto Normal School. She has a very genial appearance, and has