THE EARLY DAYS
Soon after the opening day the rol of the school grew to 78 girls, 15 ol whom were boarders, coming from Blenheim, the West Coast, the southern part of the North Island. Wanganui and even one from Auckland. The boarders in those days were met at the Port and rode up to tne College in Sutton's barouche, driven by the late Mr W. Sutton himself or by Mrs Sutton the only woman cab-driver of her time The work of the school progressed and the College grew in numbers. In the year 1887 a pupil of the College. E. Ainsworth lor the first time won a Junior University Scholarship and another girl. Nellie Gribben, was the (irsl B.A Two years later the two Nelson Colleges celebrated their prize-giving together in the Provincial Hall.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 10 August 1942, Page 2
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