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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES COLLEGIATE AND VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE SOUVENIR EDITION--MAY 7, 1930 New Vocational Building is a Credit to Architect and Builders New Institution ~ Second to None in the Province By WALTER H. NUGENT S. B. Coon and Son, Architects ITH the opening of the new WwW Collegiate and Vocational Insti- tute, facilities for sccondary school education in the City of Oshawa are now cqual to the best in the Province. Because of the narrowness of the site on Simcoe Street a true perspective view of the building .is impossible and it is not apparent at first glance that the build- ing covers an area of 41950 square fect with a total floor area of nearly three acres, The Simcoe Street elevation is designed in English Renaissance style, the triple arched doorway and the stone balus- traded terrace giving a unique and attrac tive character to the institution, A Harmonious Whole The central section of the building housing the academic department which was erected only a few years ago is of reinforced concrete, fireproof construction and' the new wings are of similar con- struction and interior finish making a harmonious whole, The original High School building on Simcoe Street was razed and a new West wing erected to accommodate the ad ministration suite, board room, lady and men teachers' rooms, library and study room; the commercial department com prising eleven class rooms, and girls' and boys' toilet rooms. The Vocational wing facing Mary Street at the rear, surrounds the existing gymnasium in the form of a "U" and houses the Technical and Home Making Departments as well as a secondary gymnasium, girls' dressing room and showers. Complete Lunch Room The large unfinished area directly un- der the existing auditorium was originally designed for a swimming pool but has been converted into a commodious lunch room with completely equipped kitchen and cafeteria service, accommodating several hundred pupils at one sitting. This lunch room will also be used for ban qucts and for a variety of gatherings too small to require the auditorium, Home making courses which attract so many girl students today, include, in their curricula, dress making, millinery, cook ing, laundry, home nursing and commer- cial art, each of which is taught in a specially designed room--the cooking and model kitchen being specially attractive to students and their mothers, Modern Factory Type Aechnical training for boys is carried on in shops built in accordance with modern factory construction, These shops are so located as to eliminate all annoy- ance to the academic department from noise and vibration, Here woodworking in various forms-- bench work, machine work and actual building construction--is taught under ideal practical conditions, A feature of this department is the extra ceiling height of 16 feet, permitting the erection of two storey structures, Motor mechanics, machine shop, forge and welding work, electricity--laboratory and practical wiring----sheet metal and plumbing and heating, with two well ap- pointed draughting rooms comprise this exceedingly well organized department, Contractors Commended The successful conclusion of this im- portant building project is the result of the hearty co-operation of all parties, A word of commendation we feel is due to the General Contractors, Messrs, Bathe & Mclellan as well as to their sub-con- tractors for the energy and care with which they executed their work. The building programme called for completion of the East or Technical wing on September 1st, and of the new front wing December 15th, and both sections were ready for occupancy on those dates. To us as Architects the commission has heen a very pleasing one, due largely to the splendid co-operation of the Building Committee under the Rev. Father P. J. Bench, the Equipment Committee under Mr. A, F, Annis, the Principal, Mr, A. E O'Neill and Mr, C, Harvey R. Fuller, Business Administrator of the Board. REV. FATHER BENCH Chairman of the Building Committee' of the Oshawa Board of Education which planned and supervised the new voca- tional institute. SOFT WOOD MILL WORK in the NEW SCHOOL Was Made By C. H. MILLARD And Supplied Through Oshawa Lumber Company Limited ORNAMENTAL IRON The iron stairways and wire guards in the Gymnasium of the New Collegiate and Vocational Institute were manufactured by . Shipway Iron Company, Limited LAIRD DRIVE & MALCOLM ROAD LEASIDE, ONTARIO Telephone HUdson 0711 JACK SHIPWAY, Pres. & Gen. Mgr. A. F, SHIPWAY, Vice Pres, & Sec, Treas. War Veterans Built Vocational School | PERCY F, BATHE HESE partners in the contracting firm of Bathe & McLellan which built Oshawa's New Collegiate and Vocational Institute, are veterans in most everything but years. Although Mr, Bathe is but 35 and Mr, McLellan 32, hoth have been identified in the building trade since leaving school in their teens and both are veterans of the Great War, "It's not a bad sort of town; a fellow can make a living here 1 guess," Percy Bathe told Frank McLellan some three years ago when the two met- on a job for which Mr, Bathe had the masonry contract and on which Mr, McLellan had hired as a carpenter After that the two met frequently, formed a friendship and shortly after decided to go into the contracting business. This was in 1927, business was good and prospects bright The fact that both are practical men has of course, played a large part in the suc- their They have had numerous contracts since but consider cess of business FRANK M. McLELLAN the new collegiate vocational institute their crowning effort, Mr. Bathe is a native of - Wiltshire, England, from where he came direct to Oshawa in 1910, Early in 1916 he enlisted with the 116th Ontario County Battalion with which he went served in France until the clos war, returns ing with the same unit Mr, McLellan is a native of Springhill, Nova Scotia, and was in the Royal Naval Air Force and later the reorganized Royal Air Force for two and a half years, joining up when he was not quite 18, He saw a year and a half's service as a flying officer in the Dardanelles and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, After the war he attended technical school at Halifax Both Mr. Bathe and Mr. McLellan are industrious hard working * young men, splendid type of citizens and held in high esteem in the community, They view the completed school with just pride, a pride which is undoubtedly shared by citizens generally OVErseas of the Congratulations Nay the students who pass through Oshawa's magnificent new Colleg- iate and Vocational Insti- tute meet with their merited share of success and prosperity is the wish of The Reed Engraving Co. 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