TE AUTE COLLEGE.

Wairarapa Age, 11 March 1927, Page 7

TE AUTE COLLEGE.

ASSEMBLY HALL AND NEW BLOCK.

OPENING AND DEDICATION.

NAPIER, March 10.

The opening and dedication of the assembly hall and main building of the To Aute Maori College at Pukehou was performed this afternoon in the presence of a very large gathering. His Excellency the Governor-General performed the opening ceremony, while the Ven. Archdeacon H. W. Williams, Commissary for the Bishop of Waiapu, conducted the dedication service. His Excellency also unveiled a portrait of the late Archdeacon Samuel Williams, founder of the College. The College is a Church of England institution and has a well-known reputation, especially in the athletic field. Th 6 new block is an imposing structure in brick, finished in white stonework.

His Excellency, in his address, said 1 ‘The assembly hall is the centre of the educational part of the College and we think with interest of the great flood of young life and learning that will flow from this hall.” His Excellency later referred to the good name and tone the school had earned for itself and exhorted the boys to learn in their young life to be useful, not only to themselves, but to others.

After the dedication service, addresses were delivered by the Ven. -Archdeacon Williams, Mr. H. Russell (chairman of the Te Ante Trust Board) and Sir Maui Pomare.

During the function, a telegram was received from th 3 Prime Minister which read as follows: “May I join in congratulations t® Te Ante College on this red letter day in its history, and tender sincere good wishes for the future. Te Ante has a long-established and fine tradition, and high ideals which are at once a challenge and an inspiration to present and future pupils. I am confident that in her new home the College will continue to advance the highest interests of the Maori people. Kia Ora (signed) J. G. Coates.” -

The reading of above communication was greeted with ringing cheers. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the visitors were entertained at afternoon tea and conducted over the buildings. The Governor-Gen oral spent a happy five minutes in personal contact with the boys, who surrounded and cheered him to the echo. —(P.A.)