NEW WING FINISHED

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 127, 23 February 1938, Page 6

NEW WING FINISHED

’Wellington Technical College Commercial subjects Eiiiislleil tills week after nearly a yUlli-'.s WGfk. llifi iinw liorlh-«isl wins Of the Welliligillii Technical College completes Hit’ i’i’dhl portion of the original tieslgil 0C the college. A twostoried illltek. it has a very definite effect on the rest of the college, because it provides not only a range ol classrooms with fine light and cross-veutila-fiou, lilit it nets as a shield for the 1-eiHiliildt‘f bf thd building from winds ft’Uiii the, ilortii-OilSt, the south or the SOUtli-UliSt. The StiCCeSSfiil tuiider Wils for £U.IS2 18/-; ail'd tiie wofk With to hiiyb been edihpk-ted Hi six tiitihlllk. Dilliculty ill dbliliiihig ildeillffiie iaboiif of tt suitable ffilaVaetUr, liOweVer, caused a long deiiiy. , Nilin of tile fooiiis in the new block are to be given over to general and specialised activity all connected with tile commercial side of the college, There are two typewriting and two bbokkeeping rooms mid • lie other live Ute to be list’d for English and arithiiietUi. Ifiilblng. yVtdkEtliiiffiiffii Altisli! iitioni. Two oilier fooiiis illV to be Used for tlili sifficiiil al-tivitlUS bf lilt) college as a wiiuie. dill’ (if thesf is the intisie room. The college is trying tu develop UltiSidiil itjipfuffim.idll aiiiffiig the young lieople ami training Is, of course, required. it is planned to equip th" music room to enable Mr. A. A. Kirk to take over the education of Hie students in musical appreciation; The multi iliis bet’ll lllied filth sUUiill-pfUbf bdiirtllilg bit the siuiie pfiticiple as ihUUL’rii bl'ffiidetlsiiiik Sltitlios. Piano, ViUliii tthd ’cblib tiilSsbs are to be taken. Aiiiiffig. the equipment of the I‘Utiili is tt Htek continuing twelve dtiUihiy keyboards. Though it is not blmUled tiiht class-instruction in the jiiltildfdrtd cUlhpares in effectiveness iVjth liidiVldUill tuition it nevertheless gives the pupils some approach to hillsiU; Some Of Hie students at the uUllegt’ life Hi titbit HiH’d year at tiie class mid it IS noteworthy that one of till’ best girls is a pupil who has no piano in her home. Despite this handicap she can play some of Hie easier works of Beethoven and Selnibert; The college engineering students arc ffiitkiiig it siitl’t Uh tile tilliiStl’lil’tion of a good t’ttdiu-graihopitoiie,sb tltitt Mr. kii-k will lie tibie to provkie the classes with suitable iiiiisic. '.l’ilt' college has ali-i-ady it fairly, good libfttry of reCtitidS Ittitl ort’iiestijlll iliiti VUL’ill iiiiisic, mid elfufts life lielilg niilde td biiild up tini feferditee Side. Tiie nidsie fount will also be used bv tile cblldge otehestrli; Previously nitisit’ttl tHllhliig ill the iffiitege has been tlblie iu odd'corners—-much of it in the cafeteria—but it will now be carried on in surroundings where the full value of the training will be obtained. Weaving in Basement. The basement room is interesting because what might have been an ordinary basement has been turned into a very satisfactory room for weaving classes. It is well-lighted and centrally heated and. for uiglit’work, special lighting has been provided to enable those working at tiie looms to Carry out their wofli without eye-strain. The weaving taught nt the college is not just a hinidieruft: It is used by art students for the' purpose of applying their training in design to a HffiV iliilterim. lil thb base ot girls tttking lioiffi! Sdii’licd. tilt’’ wllrli gives tliein tin understanding, of tiie iuaterittlfe tliby Will have to lultldle whim thUy tiikb tip dteSSnlttldiig.millinery or tailoring. There are also it few students Who Will go into the Woolleu industry iiiiil io them the elites provides definite Voctitional triliniltg as design ami (ffitteilh; ill most bf the Wodllell industries, is fet worked out on the hand-loom..

Nothing Of this kind has evdr previously bPbii tttteffipted in NeW Zealand and the college is hoping to fill the vef.v tteiiiilte (lut’d lit' sutllb originality in one of the Dominion's basic ilidtisfi’ies.

Tjlb. Jfllllßtt’f of EdliUllt’iclli. Hon. P. Fraser, lias been invited to perform Die oflicitii opeiiiiig cbfemouy. commercial Training □cowing importance in Wellington “Fur years past," ffiild Mr. it. G. Rililing. tiirdetor of the Wi’ll.ibgfoli Tffi'liiiliffii College, ill ini liiieifi-iew witli “The Doiiiiiiioii” "wb have been working unitef difficult t-onditiyns ag regards , conmiercittl triliillilg. but the new Wing will eiiitblb Us to give that, tl'ttining under reasonably good donditltiiis." 'Veilliigtbn fills Steadily Ueedhiing Hie dlstrlinitiiig Celtite for the Whole of New Zealand, Mr. Hldling said in discuHslng the iiiiportiinee of the commercial sefetibn of tile college. There ivas a growing tendency fur people, partieuliirlj- yotiiig pediilt’, to take UR eommercinl tftiining In order to lit theniK(?ives f° r distributloh wdl’k ami fo r geiiefal business activities., Iter niany yeat's Die eoniinerclal section of the college luid been a Ihfge one and now lipproxlniiileiy -10 per eeut. of the enrolments in both day mid evening classes Were stiidi'iits fi'ho Intended le take tip coniiitefcilll work. The fitly school arripigeinelits provided for eoiniilete comntefffial training of a gbiibHU elffiiffieter which Wbtild give utliddnts a knowledge of general Ollice routine and eipiipffient or, it they Wished to specialise, they could take iii> accbiiiita'iic'y or adinln.istfiition. Tiie evetilng classes Wei'c simply itii extension of filly school activities. Evening students fi’ho Idlil atl’eadv Üben pliteetl ill pusit'luhs kiiew Wliiit activities or qtialiiletttloiis they should specially develop, (Hid when they caiiie to the* college they c'oiicbuti’ated on ivimt they waiited tb du. It iulght be Sljbrt-haiid-typiug, or luauagersliip, of merely general office routine, but in eneb base they conitl get the tfalhltig they needed.