BOYS' INSTITUTE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 186, 26 April 1918, Page 8

BOYS' INSTITUTE

SUCCESSFUL YEAR'S WOE!. The president of the Wellington Boys' Institute, Mr. G. A. Troup; after referring to the Ion? continuance ot the war and the problem confronting the Empire of raising a race of men thoroughly equipped m body,- mind, and spirit, to take the places, of those who have fallen in battle, says: "Apart from tho fact of the new situation created by the war there are other envelopments about to take place in the work of the institute, in which the management will require careful guidance during , the coming year. Chief of these is the boarding establishment about to be opened. Hitherto tho work of the institute has been confined to the catering for the day or casual boy> so to speak, "he institute ?.s his club and school combined. From now onwards, however, a number of boys will niake the institute not only their club and school, but also their liome. A small xharge will be made for the accommodation and food provided, the institute meeting- out ot its own funds part of the expenses. ."Tt' was thought when th* present building was erected that ample provision for the extension of the work had been made for many years to come, but so great has been the increas? of membership that it is. : already evident the building is now tnsed to its limit, and if the same rate of progress 1s continued, extension of the premises will soon have to bo considered, . "The director and his assistants have hnd a year of intense fcnd most fruitful work. They have rot spared themselves in the interests of the Toys, ana the clwnge in the bearing and outlook of many of the lads attending the institute 'is directly attributable to their work No one who visits the institute can fail to note the rpstwet nnd regard in which the boys hold Mr. Ross. After thanking the Ladus Auxiliary for its assistance, and the City Council and the officers of thp Royal Life-saving Society, and 'the Wellington Swimming Centre for services rwrierefl in connection with the tepid bath, (lie president concludes :-"Taken altogother, the year has been the most successful m the. history of the institute. There is still plenty of scope for further.development in the work of the. institute, and the committee look forward to another year full of promise and ;n the cause or The director of tho institute. _ Mr. P. Koss, say l ! the membership continues to increase'by leaps and hounds, and bae reached 700, and tho av-rage attendance of members for recreative and instructional purposes ranges from 150 to 250 per night.