Toronto Teachers College - Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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EDITORIAL TABS, stars, stars-oh God, what a firmamentl And, the earth? Oh! the earth was deadened by darkness. yet enlivened by the homely minstrelsy of the frogs. Such was the environment. Enchanted by the miracle of spring. my soul captivated- changed to a wondrous thing, I wandered in the stygian world. Thrilling thoughts, which are the very incarnation of the great things in life, held carnival within my enraptured mind. I dreamed great dreams, and then-within me there arose a tumult, a mighty revolt. From out the shadows had rung the startling cry of a hound, a yelp it was, mayhap the masteris punishment, for some real or deemed blunder. had brought it forth. Dreams were shattered, as the Cfutilet9j fragile ship upon a heartless sea, and Thought was jolted into reality and Life. Toronto Normal School, a real, a vital thing in Life. Out of the night I saw the truth, and with the truth came light. In one short year our view of life is transformed, as we are enlightened by the personal instruction of our Masters and the performance of practical work, which in a measure reveals a teacher's responsibility. We, too, I think, must be classed among the members of that profession who require Ability in the abstract. Shall we go forth to teach satisfied with our knowledge, actuated by mercenary motives. by the desire to live a gentle life of ease and tranquility? No. Those who do are to be pitied, ay to be wept over, for they will find this satisfaction quickly decomposed, and these despicable motives utterly worthless. Our profession is one which may cause you to be honoured, respected and loved, but,-it inexorably demands unceasingly of you: your time, energy and ambition. You are called to dedicate to the glorious profession your genius. your service, your all, without stint. Then, as Henry W. Longfellow puts it: It is not Success which is the crown of life, but noble Endeav- our. There is no doubt in heaven or hell but that earnest endeavour brings forth a great reward. Once more I lost the thread of reality. drifted into a realm of glory and was gently caressed by the delightfully perfumed night-wind. Thus I sat creaming, gazing in awe at that vast expanse, that Queen Nloon's World. Uhlwmy eye was captured by a movement in that marvellous expanse -that foreign wonder of our I'93lI1l.5 inhabitants. Ac-ross the sky was left the trail of a falling star. --44. Dreams are such frail things! My mind leaped ahead. What is the key to success? VVhat is the Nlaster-Word? Wm. Osler knew. In his Counsels and Ideals Oster writes: It is the 'Open-Sesame' to every portal, the great equalizer in the world, t.he true philosophers stone which transmutes all the base metal of humanity into gold. The stupid man among you it will make bright, the bright man brilliant, and the brilliant man steady. With the magic word in your heart all things are possible. and without it all study is vanity and vexation. The miracles of life are with it: the blind see by touch, the deaf hear with eyes, the dumb speak with fingers. To the youth it brings hope, to the middle-aged confidence, to the aged, repose. True balm of hurt minds, in its presence the heart of the sorrowful is lightened and consoled .... Not only has it been the touchstone of progress. but is the measure of success in everyday life. Not a man before you but is beholden to it for his position here, while he wno addresses you has the honour directly in consequence of having had it graven on his heart when he was as you are to-day. And the master-word is 'Work'. All this I remem- berec and I was moved to applaud the worthy writer. But. list ye, on my hand there fell a tear. O. 1, God of heaven and earth, wisely, wisely thou hast dealt with humanity and with wisdom hast. thou enforced Thy aw! To the teachers of this universe is flung the age- old challenge, with the grand hope of our fair dominion. Socia . efficiency? Yes, we must aim high. To quote Brown- ing: A man's reach should exceed his grasp . or whats a heaven for? In the teachers power there is the ruling of many things. Normalites, we may leave our print on young lives, we may lay the foundation of most excellent careers, we hold in our hands the mould of a most enterprising age. and we shall fail to a pitiful degree if we do not do our duty. -Ardis Horan

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