JANUARY 11, 193a '

gunded In I820

mo» mm than e- memory. B-nd in in stead a new and modern strucs lure, more fully fiilliplwd. for the requirements oi’ the present age ltands as the emblem of educational progress in Prince Edward Island. As I; anticipate the benefits to be de- rived from this advance step which chi/alias forced us to tel-rs, it is timely thnt we look back as well to view the changes and improvements which have placed our College in It; present enviable position among me educntonal institutions o! the Domllllfln o.‘ Gil-midfi- Prince o! Wales college has been “existence only since the year 1860,

fore that time the Central my and still earlier, Kent college School make their contribu- lim w the advancement of educa- ucn among the youth of this prov- mmmd ltwasfrom thesetoths 91d Prince of Wales -Col1ege that ‘he present institution developed. On October l9, i804, Governor Edmund Flllilllng granted to trus- tees the land comprising the Col- lege Square for the purpose o! erect- lug thereon a school to be named Liter Edward, Duke o! Kent, who was then commander at Halifax. At

~ i 1116 old Prince oi.’ Wales College 1s

and the Provincial Normal School wero amalgamated, the number ct Professors being increased to four. ‘Phat same year the College classes opened WOMQII. andeigllteell of the eighty studentawere young ladies. During the next twenty years many im- provements were eflected. Courses in Music and Agriculture were for d time added to the curriculum but were soon discontinued. The attend- ance increased until more than two hundred students each year, and it was felt that greater must be obtained. Accordingly, in

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GUARDIAN

HISTORY OF PRINCE OF *WALES COLLEGE

and “First Named

fter Edward Duke of Kent, Com. mander at Halifax

tary subjects to t!" Ywllfler students °° “WP-M the Dmfesso u that the studies of the more advanced were

wmvwhet neglected until, in 1868, a Grammar School was established in

the 01W- The llext year only twenty

QIKht students attended the College, and that same term Dr. Anderson 119631116 P11110198]. l-le held the office for many years during which the attendance increased, the classroom fflflllltlw were improved and the educational standards raised t; a hYBh level.

m 1897 Prince of Wales College

torj the first time to

there were

building sccomunodat on

rision for founding the iicadcnly, and miter

the same time another block o! land facing south on Hillsboro Square and diagonally south frounthe C01- lege grounds was granted as a site for the residences oi‘ the President and Professors of the School. Not until i820 however, was Kent Col- lege school, commonly called the National school erected and opened icr classwork. It was directly under the Control oi,’ the Governor, and was mahtained from the rents of the Walren Fbxm at Rocky Point. In 1830 the Governor made pro- Central overcoming apy financial difllculties, they

ed this building in the early part or 1836. Rev. Charles Lloyd was the first Principal but, owing ‘o illness, he soon resigned, and was

succeeded by Rev. James Weddell. For several years only iifty-iour ltudents were enrolled, nearly all oi them from Charlottetown. The great cost prevented many country students from taking advantage ct

teachers of the Model School.)

of Sir William c. MacDonald, there wag added to the college building a large Assembly Hall and increased

1898, the Government let a contract for the construction oi a brick and stone building oi’ much larger pro~ portions than the older one. The work was completed and the class- rooms first occupied in February, 1900. At that time the College stall consisted of eight teachers: Alex- ander Andersonf Professor or Latin. Greek and Senior Mathematics; John caven o! English, French and School Management ; Herbert Shaw of Mathematics and Latin; L. B. Mill- er of Bookkeeping; Joseph O. Arsen- ault, Principal m‘ the Model School; Alexandra Scott, teacher o! the Kindergarten Department. Some time later Dr. S. N. Robertson be- came‘ Principal, and at different periods changes were made in the stall’ until it has now reached the number of fifteen, including the

In 1907, through the munilicence

the courses.

College.

In i843 an act was passed which lo a certain extent changed the "lemme body oi’ the Academy but left it sllll for the most part under "W will-ml 0i’ the Governor. Finally, in 1860, the Legislature took com- Plete control of the institution, giv- lnc it the name of Prince or! Wales Provincial Scholarships were thcnngranted for the first "m. and eflorta were made to en- wmeo more country students to mend. At that time there were two iesscrshlps, one in the Classics. I1, French, Mathematics and

Philosophy, the other in t Physics, Logic, Rhetoric, Politi- l Economy and History. The in- llmfent of the latter. chair, first Jllillis, was the Principal. Dur ng first term the classes were at- dfii by, some fiftysix students I 1n are from eight w thirty '9 Years. The caching of elemen-

Model School facilities. This com- plated. the extsrnal changes in the building as it was until the early part o! last year. In the classrooms, however, many improvements were made, 50MB of them necessitated by‘ the gradually increasing attendance. Courses in Business Education have been added the‘ Normal ‘Training has been separated from the Acad- emic, and other changes made which have added to the practical value o! the student's mental ac- quirernent.

Each year there passes through Prince of Wales College a select group of ambitious young persons, more fully armed for life's battle. and desirous oi’ following in the footsteps 0d those great men and women who, after receiving at least part oi’ their education here, have gained fame in different walks of life. Mon and more may the people o! Prince Edward Island realise the

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Magnificent Building

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mwnl. the galluy 01 the assembly hail with a projection room icr mo- @1011 Pictures, that girls’ cloak 8nd toilet rooms and a class room.

AllQmblyy Hall

‘ Much one was taken in the plan- ning and construction in order that the asselnbl, hall be given the best possible acoustic properties. lAbout 800 people can be conllortably seated in this fine audltbrium. The electric lighting was a detail to which much attention was given. The hall is lighted by sixteen 300 watt semi-indirect fixtures with

standard theatre control. The ar-

rangement includes three switch

boards, one on the stage, one in

the projection room, and one at‘ thc entrance to the hall. The footlights

for the stage are in five disappear-

ing sections, arranged for tour col-

ours. The large windows are screen-

ed and the hall is fitted to be used

as a gymnasium.

The dressing rooms are located in ‘the basement adjacent to. the stage.

Basement

In the basement are the steam heating plant, the library stock room, the play rooms for the boys and girls of the Model School, and the Domestic Science Department.

The heating plant is located dir- ectly under the stage of the A “

lg and heating were Reid End Cambridge, Montreal, for nlarble and tflp work VVIHIGB Bandmone Ltd" Montreal, and {or electric in- stallation the Canadian Comstock Company.

Throughout the entire buildi118 convenience in arranswlem- m" in construction, and modernity in equipment are everywhere evident,

and admirably ilt the new Prince _

of Wales College to be the centre of Prince Edward Island's education- al system. ~

."You golnto a tobaccoislfs shop," bowled the anti-tobacco crank, "you place sixpence on the counter, you ~ get a packet of cigarettes-and you get more. For in the wake of those I cigarettes come beer, whiskey, brandy, nnd——" “Lummelf inter- rupted one of his audience. “Who's your tobacconist, guv-nor?"

THE COLLEGE TIMES

is the official organ of the undergraduate body of Prince o! Wales College. It is pub- lished three times a. year, at

ly Hlall. Ithssla Durham differential low pressure Stoker underied vacuum system with two seventy horse power horizontal return tube boilers using slack coal. There is a fuel and store room adjoining. The library stock room, 50 feet square, is located under the hall. '

The basement occupies an area almost equal to the floor space o! the building. In the north We“ corner is the transformer room and storage room. The two rooms of the Domestic science Department, and ante-room are located in the north- east corner. The locker room and toletroom ml- the Mbdel School girls are adjoinng. Access to the Model School boys’ locker room and toilet room is gained from the fir!!! floor. Further south on the corridor are’ cloak, toilet and shower rooms for the lady students. Adjoining is the electrcal panel room, the wntel‘ motel‘ room, and ofl’ these the librafi‘ stock room, store room and ofllce- The room for generating 8H8 101‘ the laboratories, the boys’ locker rooms, toilets and showers, and the Janitors storage room occupy m" southern part or the basement. At the central part o! the corridor is the entrance to the miniature rifle range which is located on the west side, and which l: 92 feet in length. Concrete firing stands form part oi’ the equipment o! the range.

The general contractors are the Stewart Constructon Co. Ltd, Sher- broolre, P. Q. The chitects were Marani, Lawson andMorl-is, Toron-

inestimable value o! the college that has contributed so many fam- ous men and women to the country, to the world-Jacob Gould Schur- man to the diplomatic world; L.- M. Montgomery to the literary, Sir Louis H. Davies to the political, Sir

Sr William MacDcnlad to the phll- anthropic, and hosts of others who have left in history and in human souls enduring memorials o! their greatnem.

College Life, historical sket- ches, reviews, personal news,

lncll ASPECT or lllllnllln

Employment G iv e n T0 Manyburing Months 0f Gon-

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.'I'lle construction oi’ Prince‘ oi‘ Wales college at this time has giv- cn wol-l: to u great many men who would lnlrc otherwise been linem- Dlvyod» Bricklayers, ironworkers. labourcrs of all kinds have done their purl in its construction, the mhlfllilll’ of whom were recruited from Charlottetown. Over one hun- flretl and fifty men have been em- ployed at one. time during the erection oi the building. From the time the specifications were drawn up to ilic completion 0i.’ the build- ing the Provincial Government has insisted on as many local, men

Several local iirms also had sub 5mg and Caulkmg l Bcthulle Hardware Co, Hardware.

contracts in the building and em- ployed zlddltional lnboul". lvloorc it: McLeoch-Linolculn.

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