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}1'1TH 'CLASSROOM space - now wing beginThe contract
, at a premium in the Ingersoll to build the technical and voe-
District Collegiate 1nsGtute oF- atmn .I wing costing $1235,466 a
ficials are anxious do see the was signed yesterday by the
a i✓ e
ll
A special meeting of the build- addil.on u; �1., be finished by
+ ling and .vocational advisory March 31, 1963.
board- committee of the Inger- I Approval was �ivc❑ by t b C
u salt District Collegiate Institute Ontario Board of Lducalaun and
I
i'- Board was held yesterday after. all sub -contracts have been',
Inoon to sign the contract with signed.
v. toe Coo icr Construction Comp- - Four tenders were receive,[ 1
any n1-iced, Hamilton, for cons. to build the new wing a
t?` struction of the $1,2II5lid Uri.
,4GG. tech- bids were: Gilvesy Construction
E? nical-and vocational wing at the Company urL niter Tillsorrb wg '
Ingersoll District Collegiate In. $1,248,87G; Canadian Engineer-
ing 9 stitutc. ing Construction C o In p a 11 y.
i R. W. Coupor, president. and Hamilton, $1,256,256; R:oberlsou �
r general mafi'd'96" of the firm; Yates Corporatfmr,- I-Ianutton, I!
% C. W. Wiiso chairman, and $f',3b'4;551; Cooper Coustruetlon''
Clark Pe ow,, secretary-treas. Company Lin` -jiCed,. "Hamilton, b
Well ot'-ilie Ingersoll District $1,235,446.
CulJegfate Institute Board, sign- 'Those -present for the s,gnurq,
1 ed, the necessary papers. (,nil- were It. W. Goono W,
-at of the new wing is ex- . % H. lie, ev, J. Flea mg for
peeled to start on Rfonday the 'Construct ron unr; M.
r morning.. Blinkhorne, nr choices; J. I{ell
S. `The class room space exv)ud- 7aT9I9tMC architect; In IQ of
1 log the shops, is to be complet- the building and vocational ad-
Fi ed by November 15 for occnp- visory ComnvLtcc of Ingarsu
11. aacy of the students. The ehole�District Cloileg,i�te I:oard
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A capacity audience of about
Into last night for the oM
opening of the new vocati�
wing. W. T, Lain assistant
perinteudent of seconc
schools for Ontario' was
guest speaker and declared
wing officially opened.
chairman of IDCI's 13"M
board, many of whom
present on the stage. Othei
form guests who briefly III
sed the audience were: W
�bitt MP for Oxford!
on Pittock DILA In
ford; Mayo-F'R ss Fewster
Gam Sutherland, re" v_e of
Lorra, w ro stoke for
MacDot old, warden of C
Colin y.
The school's general be
contractor, W. P Comics
Cooper Construction Con
(Eastern) Limited, spoke
]y, as did D. M. J31enk1
representing the archi
Shore and Moffat and Par
Mr.
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mtmg out the "tremen- `
rowth of Ontario's se.
school system, M r
rentioned that from 11146
the number of pupils in t
.from roughly 124,000 to •';
and the number of lea-
om about 5,500 to nearly t;
I "Last year," he o bserved, c,
was "there were 32,000 more secon-,
•ode, dary pupils than the year be
fiber fore." He also pointed out that
mre legislative grants over the past
plat h6years have risen from about '
,
lace r $9,700,000 to nearly $61,000,000,
GBET ASIDE
or-HOx He went on to say that, last
Vest year, the Ontario department of
eter education set aside $4,950,000 to
fordllprovide scholarships, bursaries
and student loans.
ling "If'a grade 13 student ob- t
of. tains 66 per cent and is in need
any of financial help, he is eligible
rref for a bursary of $500 and a loan
rn
_. of $500 from year to year as
'ets long as he maintains his stand.
ers mg" said Mr.. Liam
in With the$rW and his
Dr.
a � as +, �A - Seco�'education, who was
3»'"to officiallyopen the wing until
he was taken III on F1'ednesday.1
"His career as superintendent
G. 61,116111111 of the ing- and suggested that this be pair- commenced in 1956," said Mril
ersot;rfct Collegiate. Insti- In one'lump soon instead of a- Lang, "Since that time he has'
tute building committee, told a irregular. times throughout tlte', v7ry skillfullyled the province)
l meeting, of the IDCI board last .year t in the development and implc{
night that no date has been de- Mr. He crt also asked foe: medtafion of its reorgamed
finitely set for the
vo final inspect- policy e�Ts on problems of programs of study."
Son of, the new vocational wing shop supply, night school class "KEEPING PACE"
but -'such an inspection would es, am official opening for the, He went on to say, "It is very
Make place is soon as the con- new wing, a policy for the re -I gratifying to see that the educa-t
tractor advised the architect placementofoffice staff, and,, tional life of the Ingersoll dis-�
that the building was ready. To consideration of tralisportatiorif trict'is keeping pace with tbel
date, the building contract cost for rural', pupils. - unprecedented expansion of, ed.
totals $1-,,248,797, with the cafe. The uppor school results were ucational facilities throughout
terra; which is not included in termed reasonably satisfacl.' Ontario."
the contract, an additional $86,- ory" by Mr. Herbert. He told- In pointing out the rate of
000. the board that in addition to On growth of secondary education'
J. C. Her e , principal of Elie txdo Scholars, Hope Wits n and over the past .l6 years, M r .
schoo , suggested in his report Gail griItot, who each. n obQain. j Laing observed, ' I[ we 1 0 o k
that action should be taken by ed an average of over 80 ner' back to 1946, we find [lie Inger-
�th-e board; in several fields be. agent, t'ha school also had five sell Collegiate Institute operat-
lure the new school year com- first class honor graduates, and ing in the old building will'249
mences in September. He asked 13 with all average of over 66 Ipupils and 12 teachers. This
the boare to consider matters ,pew cent, year the enrollment is 919,
pertaining to the money spent In other business the resigna- with 38 teachers — more t h a n
through the year by each s rid- lion of Mrs. Beatrice Franklin three times as many."
cnL on locks, insurance etc., was presented to the U a- `IDCL lie told the audience, ist
now equipped to offer the five -I
--- -.__ and four-year programs in arts
and science; business and cam-
. pierce;. science, technology and
trades; and also tireoccupation-
ai program.
"The reorgarded *school pro.
gram," said lMr. Laing, " w a s
•3':' 7 codeefved, develoPfmir
e.
duced by the department of.edu-
cation to encourage pupils to re
" main in school, to develop fully
' their.. potential.. abilities — - in
(heirown interest and in that of
' t Vie nation.
URGENT -NEED r
-' sStressing the urgent need for
training, lie said, "sights are be-
ing raised all down the line, and,
"what slipped by five years ago,
J I will not get by today .
t t In order that youth may
have thus chance he said is -
ter, Domrmon and Ontario
governments share the cost of
"' 1ibuilding the new wing C v He gave the total cost of the
project as $1,529,027, of which
I - 75 per cent is paid by the Do-
---ge under
oll lost pentr m e ,.a wor U , ti , .!minion government and the bal.
building,aa project c get under way 5, Ingersoll last 'c gentry, automotive, electrical, metalwork, dreftin9 'once of 25 per cent by Ontario.
year wits construction of a $1,235,000 extension and business training, is not expected to be com- "'lndireclly, and in essence,
to Ingersoll District Collegiate, The 20-room wing,t%61 pleted until the 1963fall tern. There are more ' iyou are all paying for this fine
to contain a new ,cafeteria, gymnasium, technical than 900 students enrolled. new structure . . ,and I am
Whelping too.
ls,000.
university or institute of techno-
logy is within reach of any. cap. I
able student," he added.
"The staff of this school,"
Mr: Laing concluded, "is now
piesarted'gwith the opportunity
to break new ground and main- , 'I
tain for the new' composite
schoolthe same tradition of ex-
cellence which the school has
heretofore fostered. The de-
partment of education' will be ! ;
watching your efforts and ac - I
complishnrents with great inter-
estas your new programs grow
into maturity." - He then declared, on behalf of
Hon. W, G. Davis, minister of
th-
education-caddition offi.��
erauy open.
The speaker was thanked by
G. F. ELiie, chairman of t It e
building committee, who also
presented Mr. Laing with a
gift..
At the opening of the p:*o-
gram, the invocation was given
by Rev, J.E. Bri�ssog of Sacred
Ifeart,parish, -a- Toter, the de-
dication was read by Re v.
Ralph Ism , president of the In
gerso rnisterial Association.
ADDRESS BY IIEE$E_RT
In a brief address He r.
a
1yy by its building or equip .
nt. "A mansion can be a very
ulous and wealthy house, but
very. poor and inadequate
b
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"This school,"' he 's a i If ,
"should be judged by its teach-
ers, its students and its gradu-
ates, and not by. its spacious)
corridor, brightly lighted class- ;
rooms, or well-equipped shops,
important as these are."
Mr. Herbert expressed the
trope that the collegiate will be
a highly -rated secondary shhool
in the province; not only be-
cause of the new vocational
wing, "but rather because we
have excellent teachers and a
dedicated staff bee ause
w e
have students of whom we can
Abe proud, and who are anxious)
to give of their best .. "
Following the ceremonies in
the gymnasium, the visitorsG
made a tour of inspection, took- j
Ing into both the old and new I
sections of the collegiate. Re- L
fr•eshments were served in the I
new cafetria. If