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Dick Palmer says his driving course inspires his students.
Dick Palmer says his driving course inspires his students.

Dick Palmer says his driving course inspires his students.

Date10/23/1969
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Rev Desmond Hunt inspires businessmen with the Christian message at his Tuesday on the Square services at Holy Trinity Church
Rev Desmond Hunt inspires businessmen with the Christian message at his Tuesday on the Square services at Holy Trinity Church
5/27/1978
World's dullest lecturer? No, when Michael Church's students doze off in his evening course on relaxation at Seneca College, that's proof of his success. Church says that virtually everyone has trouble handling stress.
World's dullest lecturer? No, when Michael Church's students doze off in his evening course on relaxation at Seneca College, that's proof of his success. Church says that virtually everyone has trouble handling stress.
8/5/1982
Clive Deverath relaxes in a corner of his living-room devoted to a display of African artifacts. On reprints by Joy Adamson who wrote the book, Born Free. He fingers some Masai warrior beads from Kenya. In his job and on his holidays he travels around collecting handmate crafts. They inspire him, he says. [Incomplete]
Clive Deverath relaxes in a corner of his living-room devoted to a display of African artifacts. On reprints by Joy Adamson who wrote the book, Born Free. He fingers some Masai warrior beads from Kenya. In his job and on his holidays he travels around collecting handmate crafts. They inspire him, he says. [Incomplete]
6/29/1971
Everything fits: That's as it should be - Ken Cummings is the teacher and if he can't do it right, everyone's in trouble. Cummings instructs in furniture design at Humber College and teaches his students to strive for a combination of good looks and practicality. Students are quick to pick this up, he says.
Everything fits: That's as it should be - Ken Cummings is the teacher and if he can't do it right, everyone's in trouble. Cummings instructs in furniture design at Humber College and teaches his students to strive for a combination of good looks and practicality. Students are quick to pick this up, he says.
8/13/1979
On the move: Student Joe Costa, 18, bones up on a course during his 45-minute bus trip to and from Bloor Collegiate every school day from the Dufferin-Wilson area. The quality of education of Bloor makes the travelling worthwhilek, he says. I'd rather not go to a technical school.
On the move: Student Joe Costa, 18, bones up on a course during his 45-minute bus trip to and from Bloor Collegiate every school day from the Dufferin-Wilson area. The quality of education of Bloor makes the travelling worthwhilek, he says. I'd rather not go to a technical school.
1/23/1986
I. W. Smith sits at the wheel -- and the special guidance device -- of a van his students designed for quadriplegics. Smith directs a project-oriented course at U of T's Cockburn Centre for Engineering Design.
I. W. Smith sits at the wheel -- and the special guidance device -- of a van his students designed for quadriplegics. Smith directs a project-oriented course at U of T's Cockburn Centre for Engineering Design.
1/3/1977
Driving ambition: Rudy Scheffler will give his safe driving quiz-prize - advanced driving lessons - to his daughter Cybele, a 19-year-old student at Centennial College
Driving ambition: Rudy Scheffler will give his safe driving quiz-prize - advanced driving lessons - to his daughter Cybele, a 19-year-old student at Centennial College
12/13/1988
Karl Eder, principal of the City Adult Education Centre, says he's winning the battle to get his grown students to butt out.
Karl Eder, principal of the City Adult Education Centre, says he's winning the battle to get his grown students to butt out.
4/7/1988
Using his head: Rick sipos, right, shows fellow students how, by using a device strapped to his head, he typed an essat on Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four that won his school's literary contest
Using his head: Rick sipos, right, shows fellow students how, by using a device strapped to his head, he typed an essat on Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four that won his school's literary contest
3/28/1984
When law student Steve Cohen embraced Jews for Jesus, his mother said to him Don't write, Don't call, don't visit. That was eight years ago, Cohen says. My children have never met their grandparents and it's a heartache for me. But his commitment is unshaken.
When law student Steve Cohen embraced Jews for Jesus, his mother said to him Don't write, Don't call, don't visit. That was eight years ago, Cohen says. My children have never met their grandparents and it's a heartache for me. But his commitment is unshaken.
8/31/1984
His 31 years with the North York Board of Education give teacher Walker Dear (middle) the second-longest service record of high school teachers in the borough. Technical director at Downsview Secondary School since 1962, he retires June 30. With him are two of his former students who now are teachers at the school. Gordon Brown (left) and Stan Tsoki as they recall some of the years.
His 31 years with the North York Board of Education give teacher Walker Dear (middle) the second-longest service record of high school teachers in the borough. Technical director at Downsview Secondary School since 1962, he retires June 30. With him are two of his former students who now are teachers at the school. Gordon Brown (left) and Stan Tsoki as they recall some of the years.
5/16/1978
In Pugh, 24, owner of a motorcycle shop in Agin- has no doubt he'll be millionaire by the time he's ugh told students yesterday at his alma mater, Victoria Park Secondary School, how he converted a $15,000 loss in his first year of business into a profit
In Pugh, 24, owner of a motorcycle shop in Agin- has no doubt he'll be millionaire by the time he's ugh told students yesterday at his alma mater, Victoria Park Secondary School, how he converted a $15,000 loss in his first year of business into a profit
1/17/1978