NELSON COLLEGE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21578, 24 August 1933, Page 10

NELSON COLLEGE

NEW BUILDING NEEDED RESULT. OF THE EARTHQUAKE The state of the main building at Nelson College was the subject of £ discussion at the annual meeting of the Nelson Provincial Progress League. . Mr. E. R. Neale introduced the mat. ter by expressing the opinion that soma move should bo made to obtain a new building for the college. He commended Mr. H. Atmore for his scheme for the college buildings while he was Minister of Education. Two fine houses had been erected for the boarders, but the matter of replacing r the school, which i was destroyed by rthe 1929 earthquake,:, had been held over. The boys at pre- i sent passing through the college had nd main building to remember. Mr. Atmore said there was a danger, at present, if pressure was brought to; bear, that a building might be erected which was not worthy of the site or; institution, nor good enough in comparison with the houses. He considered that | about £IOO,OOO was required for the: new buildings. The teaching conditions j in the temporary classrooms were suite > satisfactory. , ■ i jMr. W. Lock explained that the Col-; lege Council of Governors had by no: means overlooked the matter, but in! view of the expenditure on the new>j houses it could not just now ask the! Government for a new college. r Mr. F. G. Gibbs proposed that ifci might be suggested that a wooden block j on the lines of the old building could 1 be built in between the present brick' ends, as a temporary measure. Mr. M. Grace stressed the matter of! the employment of tradesmen on suchi a _ building in preference to their doing, pick and shovel work. The discussion then lapsed.