104The resolution moved. by Coun"*
cilor N. F._ Pembleton- and sec-
onded by Councilor Dn J. G. Mur-
`s ray, _read in part p,Gle-igyb
"That Ingersoll agrees to as-
;+, sume its full share of the cost of
the addition of eight rooms to I
the north end of 'the academe
` wing of the IOBS according to
the collegiate proposal and with
tk a1] the approval ;of the'Department
r ray of Education .,and the Ontario
d,IMunicipal Board. Details: of the
undertaking are to be under, the
j direction of the Ingersoll District
ll Collegiate Institute Board."
` chairman of
J
Harry S_-BnweFr^
the. high school board,; who ad-
dressed council said a'spot in
progress of the school has been
" reached in which* expansion Is
needed. He pointed out that a
survey made of public and separ- "t
HIate schools showed there was
4cnough of an 'increase in pupils
Iin Grade eight to require four
more classrooms, in the:high
H school next year.
Mr. Bower said the school was
�, "built to accommodate 590- pupils
Y `and has all enrolment of 61g. The
sry school is using a storage, room
for a Grade nine classroo,.he m
He advised council that the
`s:"heating plant and the electrical
g, system. was planned when the
school was built to:-take'care of
ht additional classrooms.
Cost Outlined
Howard Horton, chairman of
the teachers cam—rlllttee, said that
based on the department's
ap-proved maximum amount of
$130.0o0 to build the addition with
a 20-year debenture and less the
#u� 75 per cent grant unddr the.:pres-
r;. ent provincial government grant
structure, it will'deave a total of
a about $2,925 per year to be levied
a
against all municipalities in this
W+: high school district Of less thac
'/• of a mill.
as said based on this estimate
would cost the. Town of Inger-,
11 $1538 per year,
i O
€7u a eta ,4, 111 ; IUA Sa :
In the Imence repur, I—....
accepted thetender of'Bell and
Gouinlock Co: "Ltd., for the pur-
chase of Town of Ingersoll da-
bontures in the amount of $151,000
at the rate of $101.05 per $100.
INGERSOLL, Feb. 22
gersoll'Distri'ct H
hool'Board has accep
$92,250 tender of Gilv
lonstruction Company, of
Pillsonburg, to build an
-ight-room addition - to the
north end of -the high
school's academic wing.
'Await Approval
Clark. Pellow; secretary-treas
urec og-theboard, saidapproval
has been received from Ontario
Department of Education but
the contract cannot be signed
until approval is receivedfrom
Ontario Municipal Board.
The secretary -treasurer said
work -must -start within 11 days
after the contract Is signed. The
board -.hopes to have four class-
rooms ready for .occupancy this
September.
a\ -
AVV - 7— i ys c
The annual Commencement Ex-
ercises were held in the Ingersoll
District Collegiate Institute las",
night with a :capacity crowd fill-
ing the auditorium -floor. In con-
nection withthe'CommencemenL,
the official opening of the - new
eight -room addition to the school
was conducted by E. -R. PJUCle11aD,
inspector of the 'school.
The program opened with the
singing of O Canada, by the Sen-
ior Girls' Glee Club and the orcle
extra. Two selections, Ave Maria
and The Skaters' Waltz were sung
by the glee club under the leader-
ship of C..A. Payne.
The chairman for the evening
was P. C. Houston, a member of
the lU0Fsc-liool bboard.'The Vale.
dietary address was presented by
]ohn_Gazzola; who is now attend.
urg the foil —don Teachers' College,
fn his address, John pointed 'out
,the need for further education es.
pccially in this time and age ani
(Istressed the information regarding
ithe Egyptian crisis and the troulak
ALTHOUGI[ THE NEW eight -
:room addition at the Ingersoll
District Collegiate Institute was
officially opened only last night
students have been .working in
%the new classrooms, since early
'I fall. The addition was toured by
Imany who visited the ,school
Friday night for a program that
combined theannual commence-
ment exercises and the cere-
�mony.for theofficialopening of
;the .new section. These photos
4show IDCI students and teachers
at work in some of the new
A classrooms. TOP LEFT: Erect
studentsare concentrating on a
)fingering exercise in th'e. new
.'typing roorn. This roan incident-
:j ally is the second room in .the
which may lie ahead. This .was
followed by the presentation of
awards.
H. T.' Bower, chairman of the
school board, introduced the heads
of the municipalities for Ingersoll
and district along with the archi-
teM and builderofthe new addit-
ion. The architects were Shore and
Moffat, Torontoand the Builder;
w,axs the Gilvesey Construction
.Co in p a n y. Tillsonburg. it. W.
Green, chairman of the building
committee, presented the inspect-
or, E. R. McClellan, who official-
1.y ooeued the new wing. The deli.
IDCI to be devoted exclusively
;to typing. It is intended mainly-
as. a typing room for beginners
and seats 40 students, the same
number as can be' accomodated
in the senior typing room. In-
structing the Class is,IV rss M. M.
H milt -on, XOP CENTS�BM—e_7r-
t h o— u g'Ii it reminds one ofthe
well-known line, "Hail Yorick",
the skull being studied so intently
is the subject of a health period.
The addition to the school in-
cludes a health room and here
students Ruth Hull Bell) =and-EaL
McCorquodale examine the skull
-
wifMe.icher, Miss Marilyn
girls' PT idstrue o�3`OY;
BIGHT, A definite asset to the
school is the guidance library
new aaamion w as
given by Rev. J. R._S�son.. _
A .tour ot—'inspection was held
for the visitors and friends of the
students at;the school, especially
to the new addition where eight
rooms have been completed on the
north end of the school. To wind
things up for the evening, a dance
and counseling rooms.
small, bright and cheerful rc
provide an opportunity for !
once councillors to talk privy
with students about their I
lams and their plans for the
urn.urri Wilson, vice
cipal of the IDCI, disci
marks with Margaret Spa
BOTTOM LEFT �r'I eTa�E
science room is always a fa
sting place and usually
which students linger in aft
period instead of dashing
This modern, fully equippu
is the fourth science room ii
school' and is devoted main
general: science for grades
and ten. Donald Hillis is inst
ing the class. (Staff Plioto_