Toronto Teachers College - Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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PRINCIPAUS MESSAGE TO THE CLASS OF 1057: YENTS of great importance have given distinction lo certain years. Thus the year 1215 is known as the year of Magna Charta. llltd the year 1603 as the year of the Accession of the Stewart Rings. BY analogy the year 1937 will be known as the Coronation Year, and the Normal School Class of this year as the Coronation Class. the are that To-day the nations are wondering at the courage and optimism of British people, who, in the shadow of impending world disaster. calmly making preparation for the pageantry and solemn rituals are outward symbols of our spiritual relation to our sovereign. History contemporaneiius with the coronation of many English Sovereigns, reveals, in part, the source of these qualities of courage. optimism, and national unity. Une of the darkest hours in the history of England was that in which the Archbishop of York placed the crown on the head of William the Conqueror, whose hands were red with the blood of the conquered English and whose garments reeked with the smoke of burning English homes. Yet, in that turbulent time was born a greater England than would have been possible if that hour had not struck. At almost as dark an hour took place the coronation of Queen Elizabeth, whose reign was to prove one of the most illustrious in Englandls history. Within her borders. England was struggling with social difficulties and seething with religious strife: while beyond her confines. traditional enemies were threatening to combine into a mighty force to overwhelm her. On that Coronation Day, the bond that unites sovereign and people in complete national unity was strongly forged as the young Queen graciously received the homage of the peers and as graciously acknowledged the plaudits of the most lowly of her sub- jects. She was seen to stay the litter in which she was borne that simple bodies might speak to her or pass to her a nosegayu. I commend to you the lessons to be learned from such records of our nations past. D. ll'lzy1'c. Page N Lllc

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TO THE 1937 GRADUATINO CLASS OF THE TORONTO NORMAL SCHOOL HAVE much pleasure in responding to the request of your Year Book Committee to send you a brief message before you leave the school to enter in the near future upon a new career. You came to the Normal School in September last with, perhaps, a vague conception of the importance of the work you were about to undertake. As time went on you realized more completely the oppor- tunity for accomplishment that lay before you in the schools you are to teach and in the communities you are to serve. Throug.zh the lectures in the classrooms of the Normal School, through your observation and teaching in the practice schools, and through your association with masters, instructors, critic teachers, and fellow students, your ideals of usefulness and service have been extended and clarified. I sincerely hope that, when you leave the school in june, this vision glorious will go with you, and will continue in the years to come to be your inspiration as teachers. I extend to each of you my best wishes for success and happiness in the profession you have chosen. HON. DR. L. j. SIMPSON, Toronto, April Sth, 1957. .lliuixfcr of Eduggfiofl, Pa gc Ten