ST. MARY'S SCHOOL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10314, 25 January 1927, Page 6

ST. MARY'S SCHOOL

NEW BUILDING NEARING COMPLETION. OFFICIAL OPENING ON FEB. 6. Nearing completion on the site at tin; corner of Childers and Roebuck Roads, tlic new brick school for the pupils of St. Mary’s, presents an imposing sight both externally and internally, combining as it docs beauty of architecture with the more plebeian but the most modern facilities in educational institutions. The building is literally a house of glass, the ventilation system in all rooms being such as to afford the pupils the utmost iresli air and ensures the coolness of the building even on the hottest days. The rooms, which are finished in white plaster, are well lighted, airy and commodious. If environment counts lor anything in building up virile New Zealanders as well as providing them with the best educational facilities, then the pupils of .St. Mary’s school arc surely most favored, for their school and its surroundings are among the most outstanding in the North Island. The building will bo completed well up to schedule time on February 1. fine new school will be officially opened on February 6 by Dean Lane, who was prominent in Ins efforts to secure funds for the erection of the school during his long stay in Gisborne in charge of the Gisborne parish. On his visit to Gisborne on this occasion Dean Lane will no doubt be warmly welcomed by a large circle of friends, and if he arrives prior to February 3 it is intended to give him u public welcome in the City Hall.