Annual 1935-1936 Provincial Normal School
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is part of: B.C. Historical Documents Collection
creator: Provincial Normal School (B.C.)
issued: 2018-05-29
issued: [1936]
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extent: 80 pages
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note: DEDICATION The students dedicate this annual to our friends and masters The Principal and Members of the Staff of the Provincial Normal School/ Vancouver, B.C. CONTENTS ■ Page Valedictory .... 4 The Principal's Message .... 5 Letter from Hon. G. M. Weir ^K - The Faculty . . . I^K .... 7 The Classes l^^^^^^^l .... 11 Editorial .... 24 Literary Section .... 27 Activities Section .... 45 Society .... 49 Sports Section . . . .... 51 Humour iBf .... 71 VALEDICTORY THE great purpose of education is to lead men from the dark valley of ignorance, superstition, and fear to the glorious heights where shines, undimmed, the light of knowledge; to unbind the prisoners who mistake the shadows of sense for true realities and lead them forth to where the sunlight sparkles on an infinity of glorious truths. But, in order to be thus led, men must have teachers, and it is to the work of training such teachers that the Normal School has been dedicated. Here, amid the bustle and activity of economic life it stands, granite-formed, lawn- fronted, quiet, where the student, pausing, takes refuge for awhile and learns the art of imparting true knowledge. Though the methods of imparting knowledge of tangible things, such as reading, writing, and arithmetic, are taught here with painstaking thoroughness by a competent staff, the student gains most, perhaps, from the teaching of intangible things. This teaching is done not so much by precept as by example,- not so much by exhorting to climb as by beckoning to ascend the heights gained by men and women of experience, wisdom, and integrity, who are our teachers. And no student could see this vision of higher things, could feel this urge to greater attainments without definitely resolving to lift himself to the very limit of his capabilities. We, the students, came here as strangers to one another; we part as friends. We came viewing members of the staff as teachers only; we leave, knowing them to be worthy friends, competent guides and counsello…
has type: Yearbooks
identifier: LB1997.B7 P76
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0370821
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. LB1997.B7 P76
subject: Education
subject: Teachers colleges
subject: Yearbooks
type: Text