BANKS COLLEGE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2994, 3 February 1917, Page 7

BANKS COLLEGE

His Lordship Bishop Sprott eaid at the end of last year on presenting the annual prizes: "I was one of those who did aot know- of the many activities of Banks College. There are certainly many who think of tho college as only a school of typewriting or shorthand. The fact is that there are 15 different.departments, not one merely ornamental, but each serving the needs of a section of the thinking public." The college, though primarily a. Wellington institution, is known, for its correspondenca -work from' one end of the Dominion to the other. Both Viva' Voce and Correspondence Tuition. Wellington students get the benefit of tho various viva voce classes held in the college, which is situated at tie corner of Woodirard Street and Tho Terrace. The viva voce classes are conducted both in the day and in the evening, tho principal ones being those in which students are prepared for the Law Professional, Entrance University, Public Sen-ice, Bookkeeping, Accoutaney, Shorthand and Typewriting examinations. It is lor men and women who intend entering professional or commercial life that all these classes are conducted. Positions are found for all studeuts who can bo recommended. Correspondence tuition is also provided for each of these examinations, but local students are advised to attend the classes at the college^ A Successful Day School for Beys. One of the strongest sides of the col-' lege is a day school for boys from the age of 5 years upwards. The school consists of two departments, Primary and Secondary. Last year, in the former, 9 pupils were presented for Proficiency Certificates and 9 Were successful. In the Secondary branch of the school, 1 /boys were sent up for Matriculation, 2 were fully successful ami 1 secured a partial pass. The Headmaster of the school, Mr. W. T. Foster, M.A., B. Litt. (Oxon.), First-class Honours in Languages and Literature, is assisted by a staff of three highly-qualified teachers. Full provision is made for every form of athletics.

' Other departments of tho college are a correspondence course in. Economics, Economic and Modern History, Statistical Method, Industrial Law, Currency aud Banking-and Economic, Geography, written throughout by Mr. B. K. Murphy, M.A., LL.B., 8.C0m., F.K.E.S., Firstclass Honours, Mental and Moral Philosophy, Barrister-at-Law.; a-Military Dement to train men for commissioned and non-commissioned rank, under the direction of Lieut. Davis, who has had over 30 years' experience of this kind of. work. The success of this department is sufficiently shown by the fact that up to date U74 men have been trained in the classes by Mr. Davis, and all have succeeded in obtaining at least non-com-missioned rank in the Beinforcements.This fact is worth noting by.men of the First Division who are still in the ballot, and by those of the Second Division.'

Another department is a course in Publicity,'written and directed by Messrs; Kay and Appleton, of the Charles Haines Advertising Agency; another is a department for Marine and Mine Engineers', conducted by Mr. 13. Gillow, C.E., for many years Engineer-in-Chief. to the Westpoi't Coal Co., and a course in Practical Journalism, conducted by Mr. L. S. Fanning, late of the editorial department of the "Evening Post."

All Departments Flourishing. Every department lias its quota of enthusiastic and hard-working students—a. fact which shows that the college is meeting a marked need in the community. It is steadily growing, and it is safe to state that one of the best known institutions in the City is BANKS COLLEGE, at the corner of Woodward Street and Tlio Terrace. (Published by Arrangement.)