PASSING OF AN OLD SCHOOL

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 142, 12 December 1935, Page 10

PASSING OF AN OLD SCHOOL

There is a certain touch' of poignancy in the passing of an old school building. It is the shrine of memories of thousands of old pupils of the days when to them the world was young and life full of vivid impressions. The sight of the old building will be a perennial source of a renewal of youth and a perpetual reminder of an impressionable age. Therefore it is filling that when one of these landmarks in life through force of circumstances must disappear to make room for something different, the occasion should be celebrated with proper ceremony by those connected with the old school. Wellington has lost several of its older schools in recent years—Tc Aro and Mount Cook and the original Wellington College among the number—and now it is the turn of Clyde Quay, which is soon to make room for the.new Central Fire Brigade headquarters. The final ceremony will take place next Wednesday when the first schoolmaster, Mr. W. T. Grundy, will summon the gathering by ringing the school bell for the last time. After addresses suitable to the occasion have been delivered, the whole assemblage, including the

pupils of the school, will march in procession to the new school building in Elizabeth Street. The ceremony will thus be symbolical of the continuity of education in a changing world.