Toronto Teachers College - Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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0 L 'l IIA , IX O D I n 'Q . '7 O x f 'ronouro HDRDIQILSCHOOL VIEAI3-B6614 Q A H. M. LAWRENCE J. C. McDONALD E. J. PARSLOW 303 Fielden Ave. Tiverton. Ont. 1414 Ridgeway St. Port Colbourne, Ont. J. M. LOONEY F. M. NIGHTINGALE Fort William, Ont. 227 W. Francis St. 97 West Lodge Ave. , Fort William, Ont. Toronto, Ont. C. A. POSTANS M. M. SCARLETT 150 E. Frederica St. P. L. REID 243 Fern Ave. P. H. TAYLOR Fort William, Ont. 43 Arthur St. Toronto, Ont. 63 S. Water St, Brantford. Ont. Galt, Ont. Page Eiglziy-tlzrve

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AMONG OTHER THINGS 'fThe time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things. . f'But not, says the Editor, Hof cabbagesand kings. But they are such delightful things to talk aboutl', say I very meekly. 'fTush!' says the Editor. tt'Tush is a perfectly delightful word for putting one in one's place.J Teachers, says the Editor, in his most dressed up tone, must be sensible . Pk as Pk if In which we are sensible .... A toast to 1936-37! It HAS been a year .... Looking backg We won't easily forget: .... That be- wildering, uncomfortable, terrifying feeling of aloneness the first day ..... The tfrevelations revealed at the Royal Winter Fair, where some anonymous greenhorns, much to the intense em- barrassment of certain young attendants, learnt several amazing and enlightening facts .... Bird Hikesg HA bird in the hand is worth two in the bush .... Eskimo pies at the City Dairy .... That visit to Clinton Auxiliary Classes for the Deaf, which brought a lump in the throat and a tear in the eye .... A little more steam there, lady . . . . Teach children or geography? . . . f'System Spells Successn. . . . Ho-w many agree? . . . 'lls everything clear? . . . Swing, Swing!! . . . How many pleasant associations the memory of these dear familiar phrases will conjure up when youth grows pale and spectre-thinl' and Normal School days are of 'Cages long ago. . . . Pls Pts vis Dk D0 you remember? . . . Our first lesson? . . . The tolling of the bell summoning great and small to their awful doom .... Set stern faces, clenched teeth . . . Up the long weary aisle we drag our unwill- ing feet . . . a moving sea of upturned faces swimming before our eyes . . . A wretched attempt to smile condescendingly at the wrig- gling occupants of the front rows . . . Oh agony! It's evaporated into thin air . . . Floor! Open wide and let me drop into the yawning abysses of eternity . . . Life has suddenly become very hard, very bitter. So this is what makes souls great! . . . Throat parched . . . Suddenly possessed by a wild desire to leap out the nearest window . . UDon't eat between meals-meals-meals . . . It can't lastg I'll wake up soon and find it's all a horrible nightmare . . . Hark! That sweet melodious music in the dim distance .... A ngels strumming softly upon golden harps? . . It is! No, it isn't! Yes, it is! The Bell! The BELL . . . . . . . Somehow, it has all had a chastening and sobering effect upon us all. The frothy leisurely attitude of high school days is dissipated. Heavy responsibilities have brought to the fore unexpected capacities and hidden abilities. Some of us have even begun to realize that perhaps there are some things 'we don't know. A few of us are beginning to do a little thinking .... We are, at long last, growing up! An Open Leiter-My dear fellow teachers-in-trainingI Next year, when Sunshine School has become a reality. and you are finally one of the honoured profession of teachers. will you please make a copy of the following lines and tack it in a conspicuous position? . . . A teachers growth ought never to cease. He ought not to die at the top . His face should always be toward the sun. for he is the soul of the educational system. . . . Let us try to cultivate an intelligent and rational approach to matters pertaining to us as human beings. A teacher, alive to the world round about, cannot help but impart thateinterest to the pupils .,.. Let us send out into our complex civilisation men and women with thinking minds. .sane unbiased opin- ions, and a desire to know the Truth. as wk ak as Last Will and Testament-To the 1937-38 class, we hereby solemnly bequeathg To wit: tlj Rabbits foot tslightly shopworni: 125 Concrete material: a pencil stub. half a cut-worm, our sincere sympathy .... Suggested Improvements: C19 Classrooms containing back seats only, for the benefit of the Religious Training classes: Q27 A wheelbarrow for books, boxes, frogs' legs, cardboards, stuffed rabbits, hektographs, robins' eggs, globes, etc.: C39 An automatic incinerator for lunch remains. Pk Pk vis is In Spire of it all, it HAS been a year - this busy year at Normal. Let us not say it is one year less. Rather is it one year more added to the possessions of the mind and heart. We do not bid farewell to our studies, our masters. our school. We are taking it all with us: every experience through which we have passed. This stream of life, with its bitter and its sweet, has flowed into our very beings, and its passing has left us richer. stronger. and greater. . . . May we prove to be worthy disciples of great masters. . . . Happy landings, Nornzalitcsf ill. Pcferx. Page Eiglzfy-five