Toronto Teachers College - Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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TORONTO NORMAL SCHOOL, 1913 63 always been held high in the estimation of her fellow students, and no doubt the same opinion will be held when she takes her position as teacher. But do not break your old record and do more than you have to. Teannette Kathleen Story was born in 1894 at Claremont, Canada, of Scotch-Irish parentage. Three of her ancestors are buried in West minster Abbey. Scholarly, possessing a quot; stick- ative-ness. quot; An inci dent illustrative of her largeness of endeavor and disposition: At the age of five years she told her sisters quot;she thought she would write a book. quot; and considered it beneath her dignity to invest in candy a copper coin. Loving, noble and true, in the Garden of Girls quot;a spray of mental Mignonette. quot; Vivacious, optimistic, light-hearted and well-headed, Ray Taylor, a graduate of Aurora High School, has shown, according to latest reports from the scene of conflict Model or Park on Friday after noons her worth as a teacher. Entering the Toronto Normal School class of 1912-13 she became a member of Section I) to which most of the gentlemen belong. Make no inferences, good reader. To school near Norval, at the tender age of seven, by loving par ents sent, Margaret Stubbs sped with eager feet. Five long years she toiled and was rewarded by passing her Entrance examination. As Georgetown was her nearest school she wended her way there and took up her studies. True to her books she climbed steadily upward until one bright June morning she faced the first of the examination papers. Heat and surroundings were forgotten, and Margaret put forth all her energy into the work. Her papers so impressed the examiners that they granted to her the privilege of attending the Toronto Normal School where we hope her work may meet the usual end, success. The eldest of the family, Marjorie Van Nostrand was born Decem ber 2nd, 1 8 , at Vandorf, quot; County York. Here she went to the rural scru ol, and later attended High School at Aurora where she was a gen eral favorite among both teachers and pupils. She is proud of the peculiar honour of having descended from a pirate, with a martyred bishop somewhere along her family tree. Miss Van early showed of literary ability, and her friends are looking forward to the time when she will be known as one of our brilliant Canadian journalists. Katie Wallace was born on a farm near Keene, Peterboro County. At High School in Norwood, she (quite characteristically) worked all the Chemical experiments for her group; at home she is quot;second in co-mrand. quot; She keeps for strangers a barrier of shy reserve; once having surmounted this, her friends find that the nut with the hardest shell has the sweetest meat.

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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

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64 THEYEARBOOK Bessie Pearl Walsh first came to light in the noted County of Dur ham. In due time she joined the ranks of Bovvmanville High School. There she proved herself an able student and a leader in sports, espe cially when the game of basket ball was being played. She bravely endured the tortures of the science classes until a snake was to be examined. Her cheerful disposition and ability to see the amusing side of every happening in the class-room won for her a well merited position among her fellow students. She contributed generously to the literary programs where she aired her marked ability as an elocu tionist and musician. After gaining her Normal Entrance she passed on to attempt the difficult tasks laid down by the regulations of the Toronto Normal School. Lola AT. Ward, the subject of this sketch, is a native of Norfolk County, Out. Her early education having been obtained at Glenshee, of historic and educational fame, in a measure accounts for her passing the High Schcol Entrance at a very early age. A Continuation course was taken at Jarvis, after which she spent two years in Hagersville High Schcol preparing for entrance to the Toronto Normal. Nature and early training combined to make her rely upon persistent methodi cal hard work, rather than upon genius and luck, for success in her efforts. Possessing health, amiability, energy and a quiet determina tion to succeed in her chosen profession she should obtain results satis factory to all concerned. Clara E. Watson was born in Epsom, Ont., where she received her early education. Wishing to give her neurones further development, she attended Uxbridge High School. Now she is taking the Normal Course that she may be able to impart this knowledge to others. Vivian White was born in the town of Lindsay. Her first school days were spent at St. Joseph s Academy in that town. After about nine years at the above Academy she entered Loretto Abbey where she obtained a gold medal for general proficiency, having passed her Matriculation and Junior Leaving with honours. Being of an aspiring disposition, Vivian undertook a course in the Toronto Normal School. She possesses an amiable disposition, and was always remarkable for her broadmindedness which characteristic makes her a general favorite among- those who know her best. This is Verina Williams from the town of Welcome. At the little red school she learned that c-a-t spells cat. In an Ark antique she journeyed to Port Hope Academy And through diligent concentration, just see where she is at : First it was the A B C, then amo, amas, amat Now its Froebel, dob ray me and Psychology, For she fain would be a schoolma am or a prima donna And I think that this completes her biography.