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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1929 Above are ason, 1918; Dr. Suacer, Io16-21, F. L Gibson, 1912; W. J. Trick, 1922-24; F. F. Fowke, 1898, 1900-06. shown sight of the mayors of Oshawa, Standing, left to right are G. D. Conant, 1916-17; John T. E. Kaiser, M.P., 1907-08; R. H. James, 1909. Sitting, left to right, « The Master Builder- - Wherever heavenward, fair temples rise, And men behold their majesty, in awe, Mine was the hand that wrought without a flaw; + i Mine was the vision; mine, the seeing eyes, Mountains that block my path I push aside; I bridge the raging seas, and ride the air; The task from which men shrink, I blithely dare, And, where men fear to walk--there, | abide! I breathe upon the desert, and behold It burgeons into blossom, and the root Of new-born life strikes deep, and goodly fruit Ripens, to turn the desert sands to gold! I gaze upon the barren rocks, and lo! Fair cities rise, and caravans that bring Rich burdens come, and men and maidens sing For joy, that life and love are theirs to know! Spirit am I; yet not a bloodless wraith. Strong-limbed, robust, companion soul to Mars, I build for man a stairway to the stars; I am The Master Builder--I am FAITH! Donates 'Estate For University Site [| Paris, March 8--Edmond Harau- court who has given his country es- tate in the island of Brehat in Brit- tany to the Cite' Universitaire in which the Maison Canadienne is situated, states that he bought the property with the money he received for the poems he contributed weekly to Le Gaulois, The poems are now collected in a book under the title "The Hope of the World." The poet in an interview gave all the credit for finding the property to his friend Ernest Henan, author of "The Life of Jesus" and for the donation, to Arthur Meyer, the late proprictor of the Paris paper. INGREASED SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION 13 CITY'S GREAT ASSET Recent Improvements Speak Well for Advancement of Education in Oshawa The activities of the Board of Education in the line of increased school accommodation to care for the phenomenal growth of the school population of Oshawa are worthy of special mention, Prior to 1922 an occasional new Wiuy was all that was required in the school system, but with the great impetus given to the city by growth of General Motors and other indus- trial plants the situation rapidly became acute and the Board were faced with the need for providing greatly enlarged facilities in every department, The Board then took hold of the situation in a vigorous way and.commenced to follow out the program of expansion which 1s still being carried on, The Ritson School was the first to be erected near th. corner of Ritson Road and Olive Avenue The choice of site met with some opposition as it appeared to hi away out in the country and th popular feeling was that it would be many years before it was filled. So rapid has b en the growth, how- ever, in this section that last year Oshawa City 5 Years Old Today The marked progress of the City of Oshawa is paralleled by the outstanding attainments of Maple Leaf Business College a ---------- after the school had only been built four years, it was necessary to make use of two basement play- rooms as classrooms, and an addi- tional six classrooms are now under course of erection, making a four- teen roomed school, with the pros- pect that before very long it will be necessary to still further enlarge it, : Centre School Largest The Centre Street School was the next to be erected. This is the largest of the eity schools and con- tains all the requirements of the modern school. The situation is admirable, facing on the Memorial Park and affording a remarkable background for the Memorial look- ing from Simcoe street. Of fire- proof construction throughout, the building contains eighteen clags- rooms, Kindergarten room and as- sembly hall. The building was erected by the W. J. Trick Co.. Ltd., Hutton & Souter being the: architects, Another fireproof building was erected to take care of the north end of the city, the North Simcoe School. It was made amply large apparently for all pupils likely to attend in this section for manv years to come, but here again the growth has been so rapid that the Jast available room was occu- pled when school reopened and if , the population continues to grow in this section, the problem of more ! accommodation will again become | acute, The school is fully modern and contains 10 class rooms and was equipped with a heating and @ ventilating plant capable of taking care of as many more rooms, The building was erected in 1924 by the ay Co. Ltd.,, Hutton & Souter being the architects, Since the erection of the North Simcoe school, additions have been built to Simcoe street south and Cedardale schools. The former con- taing four ncw classrooms making 12 rooms in all, with two bright |; additional rooms in the basement " {rooms if required. rooms only, ma'ing eight rooms in all. Both of these additions were built in 1927 by the W. J. Trick Co. Ltd.,, C. C, Stcnhouse being the architect, Hizh School Inadequate ! The same condition of rapid i nrowth which necessitated the ex- tensive building program in connec- tion with the public schools has been shown in the high school ag . The old hi~h school became totally inadeonate for the scholars and in 1924-25 a large addition was made Completely modern in every way and of fireproof construction f{t was hoped that the secondary school problem would be taken care of for many years. It has become evident however that the comin' school term will find the buildin crowded to capacity and the que« tion of accommodation will agai: become acute, The Board it Is un derstood is dealing with the prob lem. The present building is con structed around a large and hana | some auditorium from which th: : clagsrooms open. A gallery aroun three sides takes care of the rooms on the top floor. The first floor is carried in a similar way with cor ridors. At the back end of th» bri'ding is the gymnasium, one of the finest in the province, where provision has be'n made for any additional classrooms which may he rennired. The contractors on the building were the Gay Co. I.td.. the archite ts being Hutton & Souter. COINAGE SYSTEM IN FRANCE REVISED Paris, March 8--With the stan- dardization of coinage which has taken place in France in the last few vears now nearly complete, Parisians have to be careful of the money they try to pass. The days when silver and copper coins of Switzerland, Deleium, Italy, Spain, Greece and of Turkey and Great Britain were legal tender are now past. There is now no silver at all and no indication as to when the promised new silver coinage will be issued. The last foreign coinage to be de- nied legal value is the Belgian nickel. Speculators had been un- loading this coin here because of a slight difference in value between the French and the Belgian franc, Cash- iers in restaurants and shops now scrutinize closely the coin offered them by customers and it is as often scornfully returned. x MILK 21 Years of Progress of 1909 *LV2 1929 OSHAWA DAIRY Phone 618-619 IMPORTANT delivery OSHAWA DAIRY CREAM Your most and shawa's Progress and For twenty years GEO. HART & SONS we have kept step with Still Going Strong capable of bein~ made into class- |[} The Cedardele addition is two [4 at the rear of the existing buflding { £ IVE years ago the Citizens of this community stepped out into the future as a self governing City. Its people and leaders at that time have been amply re- paid for the courage and foresight expended--Oshawa is now the fastest growing City in Canada, acknowledged by all. ' One year ago the founders of this business made their first investment in Oshawa and later in the month first build- ing operations were started. Our efforts were extended every encouragement and we were personally, received with the greatest friendship. This birthday anniversary then, has a double meaning for us, and we are proud of our citizenship both as a business house and as individuals. We repeat here what we said in our first announcement to you one year ago -- "We have every confidence in the tomorrow of Oshawa and this district, and every merm-~ ber of our organization is pledged to give un stintingly of his time and experience, to fur- ther the ideals upon which our business is founded, and to maintain and enhance that hearty friendliness and encouragement, with which our efforts, so far, have been received, to the end that we may truly be one of you, with whom we have chosen to cast our lot. Our emblem is the Totem Pole, chosen as such, to keep before us, those traditions, hopes and ideals, for which the totem pole has al ways stood, amongst its originators. Trad tion of honest, honorable citizenship, hopes of service and companionship within our com munity, ideals of business and personal rela- tionship, the responsibilities of which we will endeavor to discharge with honor." To this we can add nothing except to renew to you, our pledge of business and personal citizenship Oshawa Lumber Co. Ritson Rd. North Phone 2821-2820 | B _ -_AAanm Aas D os fn.