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H.G.S. Grows A Report on the New Laboratories On Monday, November 19, Premier John Buchanan pushed a shovel into the earth outside the Halifax Grammar School, symbohcally starting the construction of our new laboratories. A few days later, Blunden Construction began building the foundation of an addition whose importance is only rivalled by the gymnasium and the library built in 1974-5. The need for new labs has been obvious for years to everyone involved with the school. The standards of excellence which the school sets for itself, especially as regards preparation for university, could not be maintained in the sciences with the existing facilities. The chemistry physics lab was inadequate when the school was first built , says Mr. Montgomery. According to one former teacher he and a few of the students actually knocked some of the tables and shelves together themselves. And the biology lab Mr. Montgomery continues, is just a joke. The room was never designed as such. The only thing that distinguishes it as a lab is one sink. It ' s an insult to our teachers. Certainly the chemistry physics lab is cramped and disorganized, and it presents fire hazards with its electric outlets on the floor, and lack of fume hoods and insufficient storage space. There is no room to set up equipment for complex experiments and leave it, or for the teacher to stand behind his students to oversee their work. Our new labs will change all this. Designed by Jerry MacNeil Architects, they will be appointed with all of the things essential to the modern high school laboratory; fume hoods, a safety shower, overhanging electrical units, a greenhouse, balance rooms, separate glass storage and an abundance of space. Furthermore, there will be three separate labs, specialized for the study of.chemistry, physics, and biology. They will, however, be versatile; and with the right kind of furniture ( We plan to experiment, says Mr. Montgomery) math and other cla sses will easily be taught in them. While the need for such facilities has been openly acknowledged for at least a decade, it was when Douglas Williams was Headmaster and David Roscoe Chairman of the Board that the decision was made that it was time to start . But the committment to go could not be made until we could see what monies could be raised from the parent body. The total cost including landscaping will be about $350,000. Slightly over $200,000 has been pledged by parents thus far, and an anonymous donation of $25,000 was made to the school specifically to allow construction to start. Long-term financing will have to be arranged. Construction has been going well, which will help to keep costs down, and the only delays have been minor ones due to the discovery of trench rock , the necessity of laying a new sewer line, and a late steel delivery. If all continues to go well the labs will be ready to open next September. The school will look very different, having had a real face-lift in front, and some interior reorganization as well. The old chemistry physics lab will be converted to a primary classroom; the old biology lab will become a music room; and the art room will be extended to include half of Room 204, which will become a seminar room. Finally, the design of the addition is such that, should it ever become necessary, it could readily be extended in all sorts of ways. Christopher Caines
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