GIRLS' COLLEGE JUBILEE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21470, 19 April 1933, Page 5

GIRLS' COLLEGE JUBILEE

NELSON CELEBRATIONS A MEMORABLE EVENT [BY TRX.KORAPH—OWN CORRESPONDENT] NELSON, Tuesday Tho Nelson Girls' College jubilee celebrations were concluded yesterday with a motor outing and picnic at Baigent's Bush, Wakefield, and a most successful ball at night. Throughout the celebrations have been most successful and marked by great enthusiasm. The jubilee lias been a memorable event in tho history of the college. Tho occasion is being celebrated by tho present pupils to-day with a jubilee holiday. An old girls' conference was held to-day, when Mrs. J. Glasgow, president of the Old Girls' Association, presided. There were no formal speeches at yesterday's picnic, .but 011 behalf of the old girls Miss M. Cat-ley thanked Miss Stewart, tho principal, for tho very kindly welcome she had extended to all and for the great help she had given in making the jubilee such a happy and successful celebration. At the jubilee ball and card party there were about 600 guests, including four former principals of the college, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Talbot, Miss Lorriraer and Miss Mills. It is a coincidence that the Nelson Girls' College and the Wellington Girls' College opened on tho same day, February 2, 1883, and this fact was referred to several times. Miss Ivearshaw, first assistant of the Wellington Girls' College, on behalf of the principal of that school, Miss V. Greig, read a message to Nelson old girls. The staff of tho Wellington College extended its best wishes to Nelson College and the head prefect forwarded a message to the head prefect and girls of Nelson College.