NEW BUILDINGS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 123, 27 May 1930, Page 4

NEW BUILDINGS

AT WELLINGTON COLLEGE

Good progress with the new school buildings at Wellington College was reported at the annual- meeting^of the College Old Boys' Association last evening. It was stated that the buildings would be available by the end»of the year, and. several proposals for the beautification of the grounds;:were outlined by the Principal .Mr. W. A. Armour). The new buildings, said Dr. J. S. Elliott, besides being an important landmark in the city, would have ; n important bearing on the lives' of successive generations of boys who attended the school. Mr. Armour, had plans, for the improvement of the grounds, and, he thought one of the objects they should have,in view was to .assist the headmaster, and those directly connected with the school in beautifying and extending the! grounds round the new building, so that they would be something- worthy of-the school and in keep-1 ing with its traditions. There might also be something else they could do in connection -with' the Memorial Hall.

Mr. Armour, said that he was hoping the new school would be suitably furriished; it would bo.,a shame if the old desk's, etc., had to be used. He did not think the class-rooms in the old building had ever been furnished decently; if they were, the desks had been knocked, about by old boys 40 years ago. (Laughter.) He ,also had in mind a change in the class-room system, whereby instead of the masters moving from room to room at the end of a lesson the classes wouia move. In that way masters would be made responsible for tho rooms. That would mean,, of course, additional furniture, but whether the Department would allow that he did not know at the present time. He was sure the 'class-rooms in the new buildings would be' excellent. They would be well lighted and the general provisions for boys would be much improved. Mr. Armour then referred to several schemes for the improvement <md cxtujsioii of the grounds, one of which' was the removal of the bank in front of bis residence to provide a better running track, cricket, and' football fields on the present lower ground.