Toronto Teachers College - Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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TCD THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1937 OUR Year Book Committee has asked me to send ou a message u Y s upon your graduation from the Toronto Normal School and your prospective entrance into the ranks of a great profession. At this stage you have already received from the staff of the school all the good advice regarding the important work you are under- taking that can be crowded into a year of intensive training. There- fore, you are no longer in need of counsel or warning, and it remains for me only to express the hope that your future career may be suc- cessful in the highest sense. The best wish that l can offer is that you may be happy in your work. Happiness is not mere contentment, which is temporary and fleeting and may arise from such conditions as a generous salary, com- fortable surroundings. a well-equipped school, and responsive pupils. These conditions may contribute towards your immediate and tem- porary happiness, and I would not minimize their importance. But your real happiness will not necessarily depend upon any of these factors, and may, in fact, be attained without their assistance. Your permanent happiness will result from the consciousness of work well done and faithfully performed, and, above all, from the knowledge that you have created in your pupils correct habits, worthy interests, and high ideals, which in the years to come will make this a better world. My sincere wish is that these sources of permanent happiness may be yours. W. 1. KARR, Director of Professional Training Department of Education, Toronto, March 22nd, 1957. Page Elcticlz

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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

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9 1 OUR APPRECIATION T IS with sincere feeling that we, the Year Book Committee, address this letter of appreciation to Mr. Patterson, our Staff-Advisor. ln all our associations with Mr. Patterson. he has been kindly. sympathetic and helpful. On all occasions, his advice has been sound and generous. He has never once tried to influence the decisions of the Committee, no matter what his private opinions may have been. We have worked together as a Committee secure in the assurance that we could rely upon his judgment and trust that our efforts would be appreciated and encouraged. These months, have meant a great deal of work for all of us. For Mr. Patterson, more work and responsibility than for most! Despite his other duties, he has stinted neither time nor effort to be of service. and whatever merit we may have achieved in our book would have been impossible without his co-operation and guidance. We feel that we have, each of us, gained in Mr. Patterson a personal friend and advisor with whom we shall be reluctant to part. To the Committee of next year, we say: You are extremely fortunate in your leader and we are sure you will enjoy your associations with him as greatly as we have . 'To Mr. Patterson, on behalf of the entire Year Book Committee. may we extend a hearty vote of thanks and best wishes for his future success and happiness. lrar Book Siaff. Page Twelve