“GROWING FAST”
Number of Technical Evening Students There are now 636 pupils attending night classes at the Hutt Valley Memorial Technical College, au increase in the past month of 36. Mr. W. B. Nicholson, chairman of the board of managers, said at last night’s meeting that the number of pupils was growing eo fast that the school could not keep pace with them. The report of the principal, Mr. A. McFadyen, stated that there were 291 paying pupils in the 636, of whom 263 were boys and 28 girls. Of the balance, 125 were junior free place pupils and 220 senior free place pupils. The maximum number of rooms used for night classes was 18. The total enrolment in the technical high school was 253 —109 girls and 144 boys. There were 91. taking a commercial course. 42 home science, 106 industrial and 14 art. Since the beginning of the year 28 boys and 15 girls bad left.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 264, 4 August 1937, Page 5
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