Page 12 - Potted History 2017

Swedish Exercises The Lecture Theatre

The Laying of the Foundation Stone - 1914 The Opening of High School: 14 February 1914

1914
14 February : Two foundation stones for the first purpose built
School building were laid at the Havelock Street site by the
Governor, Sir Harry Barron, and prominent Old Boy Sir Edward
Wittenoom. The Board was granted a 99 year lease.

The 1914 Cygnet reported:

‘During the progress of afternoon tea Sir Edward Stone…
commented on the fact that the School had turned out
men of high and lofty ideals and a sense of duty to the
state. He thought that nowadays young men tended
to strive too much after games, instead of seeking to
improve the knowledge. He could desire that young
men should take as keen an interest in their intellectual
advancement as they did in sport. He said that the High
School had done an immense amount of good and
trusted that the difficulties before them would be easily
surmountable…’ 3
Havelock Street School Boarding Dormitory - George Street The Chemistry Laboratory
1919

3 1914 Cygnet report in Edgar, From Slate to Cyberspace, p.104.