NELSON COLLEGE
OLD BOYS’ REUNION.
(Per United Press Association.) Nelson, April 4. The large Assembly Hall of Nelson College was well filled to-day when visiting old boys were accorded a hearty welcome to the 75th anniversary reunion. Mr C. H. Broad, principal of the college, said old students would notice great changes in the school over a number of years, the latest being the erection of houses for boarders which, he considered, marked a new era in the school’s history as a boarding institution. Mr F. Hamilton, chairman of the Council of Governors, thanked the old boys for their loyalty to their old school and for sending their sons to the school of their fathers. The college was now the largest boarding college of its kind in the Dominion Mr W. C. Harley, president of the Old Boys’ Association, returned thanks for the welcome. Sports matches of various kinds took place during the afternoon. The greatest enthusiasm marked the smoke concert held in the college assembly hall in the evening. The Nelson Old Boys’ Association in various parts of New Zealand was well represented. Messrs W. C. Harley (president), A. Fair K.C., C. H. Broad, F. Milner C.M.G., F. Hamilton and Dr Evans, of Canterbury College, were the principal speakers. Three original pupils, Messrs John Black, H. J. Lewis (Nelson) and T. Harley (Wellington) have attended the reunion.
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Southland Times, Issue 21361, 6 April 1931, Page 7
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