TE AUTE COLLEGE.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18947, 11 March 1927, Page 10

TE AUTE COLLEGE.

NEW BUILDINGS OPENED. GOVERNQR.GENERAL'S ADDRESS (press association telegbam.) NAPJEE, March 10. The opening ai)d dedication of the assembly hall and the main building of tho Te Aute Maori College, Pukehou, were performed this afternoon in the presence of a very large gathering, Jlis Excellency the Govornor-Geuepal, Sir Charles Fergusson, performed the opening ceremony, while the Eev. Arch? deacon H. W. Williams, Commissary for the Bishop of Waiapu, conducted the dedication service. His Excellency also unveiled a portrait of the late Archdeacon Samuel Williams, founder of the college. The college is a Church of England institution, and lias a well-known reputation, especially in the athletic field. The new block is an imposing structure in brick, finished in white The lower floor consists of an entrance vestibule and assembly hall, with, a class room and library on one wing, and the principal's ropm &nt}. two administrative offices OS the other; On the upper floor is the dormitory, six staff bedrooms, and £' staff sitting room. The whol§ building is surmounted by a clock tower witbjn which is ft bedroom &nd clock room. The ceilijig is the most attractive part of the assembly hall, and is executed in imitation kauri reed work with dark brown stained Oregon pine beaips. The gallpry jg provided also a projecting rooip for housing a cinematograph. His Excellency, in his address, apologised for the absence of her Excellency Lady Fergussqn, &nd recalled the occasion Worths ago w h en he iftid the foundation stone. Tlje Governor-General pjiid:—> ''The assembly JwJi is the centre of the educational part of a college, an 4 we' think with interest of the great flood of young life i|,nd learning "that will flpw fronj this hall, and even the most unthoughtfuj of us must think the college well, and hope that the wave will flow 09 and not bg'brpjceg up snd into little Tippjgs,. but like a great ocean roller wjJl flow %' ftni wi<}e >nfl (swry the ship of State upo# it." Hiß Excellency later referred to the gppd name and tone the school had earned for itself, and exhorted the boyp to learn in their young life to be useful, not only to themselves, but to others. After the fledicijtion service ftfldressr C 3 werq (iejiverpd fry the Yen. Archr deacon "Williams, Mr g. Rugsel}, chairr mas of the To Ante Trust Boarf, Sir Maui Pomare. The latter got very near to the boys' hearts, and caused much amusement by recalling happy incidents while he was a pupil of the school. During the function a telegram was received from the Prime Minister whieh read as follows: "Majr I join in congratulations to Te Aute College on this red letter (lay in its history, and tender sincere gopd wishes for its future., Te Aute has long established a fine tradition and high ideals, which are at once a ghalJefigp andan inspiration to present and fixtwe PBPOs, I»m confident thftt in her new hejne the PQllege will continue to ajjr vapce the highest interests of the Sfaori people. Ki ft ora. (Signed) «T. Q. Goatos. The reading of the above communication by Mr H. Eussell waa greeted with ringing cheers. At the conclusion of the ceremony the visitors were entertained at afternoon tea and conducted over the buildinV The Gpvemor-Qeneral spent a hippy five minutes in personal "cgntaet With the boys, who surrpuagefl ftpd cheered him to the echo.