Saturday 2 February 2013

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Innovative Technologies Biography

The third floor was known as “C” floor and was reserved for the females. No male was allowed on this floor at any time except to go to the “lunch room” which occupied the corner and that part of the north corridor now given over to electronics. Segregation by sex was the order of the day and certain doors and stairs were reserved for use by females only. The auditorium has always been the focus of school activities. Central was one of the last schools to give up the tradition of daily opening exercises for the whole school.
The auditorium was the scene of the official opening of the school on the evening of Tuesday, August 31, 1915 . Some thirty-six years later, on the morning of April 20, 1951, its doors were locked for the last time and the keys turned over to the contractors to begin its conversion into a gymnasium.
The school gradually became more focused on educating the youth with the adult education programs being moved to other schools in the late 1930s. In 1915 there were approximately 750 ”scholars”. With an expected increase in student population the school ultimately had to expand. In 1932 to accommodate the increasing number of aircraft students, the city bought a garage, “the Annex”, at 844 Bathurst Street . It proved insufficient and in 1951 a major addition was erected on the south side replacing the girls’ playing field. This new wing included aircraft and auto mechanic facilities, a new auditorium, and a cafeteria.
Ten years later a separate addition was built on the boys’ playing field on the north side of the main building. It was to house the increasing number of art students who were overcrowded on the fifth floor of the main building (now the Mathematics Department). Much honour has been bestowed upon the architecture of the building and the high quality of work produced therein. Still another building was added in 1967 on the northwest corner of the campus. Referred to as the Bathurst Building it contains numerous shops, two gymnasia and an Olympic size swimming pool.
The latest addition has been a large Uniroyal track. These additions replaced a tennis court, a small park, and a playing field on the entire west side block. Today the high school campus, one of the largest in the British Empire is a mixture of contrasting architecture: the collegiate gothic of the original building, and the ultramodern of the Art Centre and Bathurst buildings.
Much honour was bestowed on the school concerning Central Tech’s group efforts. Among these were the Cadet Corps, the football team and later in the 30’s and 40’s the track team. Another highlight was the installment of the memorial organ. Originally built as a memorial to the unfortunate students who lost their lives in the First World War, it soon became an integral part of the school.
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