Regina Collegiate Institute - Souvenir Yearbook (Regina, Saskatchewan Canada)

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We believe that the present efficiency and high standing oi' Z3 the school is due in no small measure to his untiring efforts. lle has always had deeply at heart the best interests of the school, and of Education in general, and he has always been unsparing in giv- ing of his time without stint to the work of the school and of the Board. We hope and are confident that Mr. lVIcAra will continue his interest in the school, and that we may in 'the future still have the benefit of his counsel and advice in school matters. Qlnllegiatr mrmurial By the end of June 1919, there was to the credit of the Memo- rial Fund a sum of 519800. During the last academic year some +200 has been added to this amount, most of which has been contributed by the students of the Collegiate. During the year meetings have been called of the ex-students' and friends of the school to carry on the Work. Three committees, namely, finance, records and finance with Mr. Harold Brown, Mr. A. Gillespie, and Mr. Scrimgeour, respectively as convenors have been formed. A tablet whose cost will be in the neighborhood of 322000 has been ordered from Henry Birke and Sons, VVinnipeg and is hoped that the tablet will be put in place during the summer vacation and the unveiling held early in the fall term. 9 Q if , lf' if 'O ft'-'-i lrff

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3.111 C G-sn. Q Hunt -I P. MCARA Ex-Chairman of R. C. I Board A form of public effort' of the deepest importance for civic Welfare, often enough however altogether inadequately appreciated, is that of service on the School Board. In this respect Peter McAra Esq., has given of his best to the City of Regina. From the establishment in 1908 of a, high school in -Regina, following the enactment by the Provincial Legislature of the Secondary Education Act of that year, Mr. lVIcAra gave continuous service till December 1919 to the High School and Collegiate Board. Frequently during these years he served as Chairman and indeed during one term carried the combined duties of Chairman of the Board, and Mayor of the City. Especially arduous were the duties of office during the year when the prese-nt Collegiate Institute building was erected, and it is largely due to Mr. McAra7s good taste, judgment and independence of decision, that the City has in its Institute building a, form of architecture whose proportions and lines are especially suitable to this prairie country. The minute of appreciation placed on record by the other members of the Board in speaking of Mr. lVIcAra's retirement, sums up the value of his services as they had opportunity to realize it to be: 8

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