BRIGHT NEW classrooms , of learning in the new Prince ae the one shown above | Street School. The pupil o a lot of the dullness out {| Miss “Greta/ Hansen’s class In New Prince St. School The-children of Prince Street iar and comfortable old sur- | School bid farewell to their | roundings, the children express- | fotmer surroundings yesterday |ed their delight in the new | morning as they attended class- | equipment in the new school. ; es for the first time in the new | But most of the sadness was PO es ce are shown at elassroom, Pupils Enter Classrooms Dr. R.G, Lea, greet them. The old school, now abandon- ed, was opened to pupils on Jan- uary 9, 1871. It was built by the Wesleyan Methodists as a day school will replace one. which education in th city. Prince Street . School. . In contrast. with the regret, which inevitably accompanies in the teachers, some of whom | school for the education of both j have been pointing the way to sexes at a cost which s@¢ms ab- the future for children for) surdly low by today's standards. many years. The children were all smiles and appeared to enter into their classroom work with a new zest | the saying of farewell to famil- and enjoyment. LOCA L me che oho BRIEFS school is apparent from the be- ginning with the’ bright -yellow. interior ‘colors mixing with at- | _ .TO OTTAWA they all combine to carry out | Senator J.H. Barbour andthe promise of the smart exter- Mrs. Barbour leave .this morn-| ior. : -Ltractive.. brick,... panelled....walls, ‘and floors tiled for quietness as ing for Ottawa, where they will| The two-storey building is de attend the opening of Par’Tsigned tp provide all the light it grew quickly down tiament. possible from both natural and ~ artificial sources. Broad, high - BROTHER DIES — | windows provide for sunlight, Mrs. John J. Sark, who is at while ultra modern fluorescent t residing. with her SOM tupes,inside take care of the in “California, has received dark days. ‘ through her daughter, Sister |" ‘The first floor, in addition to Ann Celestine, Charlottetown, | several classrooms, of which the news of the death of her the school has a total of 18 now, brother, Major Charles Hough- | nq four mote to be added, al- ton at Oak Bay, B.C. | so offers a ‘multi purpose’ room ‘ IN MONTREAL | which may be used for every- ' who thing from assemblies to sporis. | Fred Kitson, Hampshire, w cha . ees is president of the P.E.1. Dairy Be "eon pe ae library men’s Association; Roland Mac- te eiter tee siniids {ecil- Donald, Southport, who is a di- | ler the children every fac | morning. ‘ After the children had taken | ‘their places in their. new class- | and they all knew) g PaP35 § i gi | rat i : { i i i i I 5 Its total cost, with land, build- ing and furyiture included, was 5.500 pounds back in the days pt the use of British currency in this colony. By contrast, the new building cost $335,000. It was leased..by ~thaagewly ~“Gfeated-~-Ciiy School - Board, brought into being under the Public Schools Act of 1877, in | that same year, and was later purchased by the city im 1890 tor 110 PUPILS When it opened its doors 91 years ago, it had 110 pupils, But through the years until there were 650 | attending just prior to the build- ing of the new Queen Charlotte High School. Different generations in different ways, with many rée- garding it as a girls school. But it never*was purely for girls as there were always boys of some ages present. They came and. stayed, per- haps, though only grade one or maybe longer, depending on their place of residence and cap- acity of the school. And at tim- ' es they stayed through grade 10 work, Originally, it took pupils Truckers’ |Strike Over . Work resurned on the new fed- eral government wharf vester- tH i BEF ef “fF f f Ii ¢ ’ have | thought of Prince Street School | day afternoon after Carmac Con- | > ae i : shit ee 1 Py) Pairs Ch'shhip * A recorme® turnout of bridge players is - expected tonight at the Charlottetown Hiete when the CharGottetom Duplicate Bridge Club holds ite first open pairs club chanpidnship. The clu - set an attendance record earlier this wreek vhen 14 tables turned oat might for the regular ! and presichent, hoy number _pairings, ixecluding memen’s, vo. rfien4, axed © mixed combina, tions, Earider this se=ason, the Visits Chitowen ° Willta m A, S¥yndma, Regina, stxpervisor of branches for the Royal Bank ex Canada, Saskatchewan, accormmp>anied by Mrs. Hyndexsan arrivec® home on a visit to Baie parents. Mr, ond Mrs. A.W. 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