University of Victoria - Tower Yearbook (Victoria, British Columbia Canada)

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Th Spirit of '46 INTO THE COLLEGE OF DEA TH FILED THE 6'OO , AND NORMAL OR NOTHING READ THE BANNERS AS STUDENTS PROTESTED CRAMPED CONDITIONS AT CRAIGDARROCH. .. The outstanding achievement of Victoria College this year was the transfer from Craigdarroch Castle to a building more suitable to its needs. That, one must admit, is a gross understatement. The move came after a long and arduous campaign which proved the spirit and staminaxof the entire staff and student body. It took 18 months of agitation before the powers decided to let the College have its way and, truly, it was the only way. Conditions in the Castle were a trifle cramped, especially in classrooms where students had to take 'turns in breathing. The only ventilation was through the floor length windows which sent an icy blast roaring around one's ankles. Then, too, it was such an awful climb to reach the library for a reserve book at two-thirty that there was a strong temptation to go home empty handed. The pre chief said that the student-body might easily have been burned to a crisp. That was a good point. Tower, 1946-47 Six-hundred singing students, with bagpipes and drums marched through town to Premier Hart's doorstep. It worked, and in November, the College moved up to the Normal School, co-existing with the teachers- in-training. The Young Building of the Normal School, named after Education Minister Dr. Henry Esson Young, had existed since its opening in 1914 as a one-year teachers, training institution. Students entered with at least junior matriculation standing, took one year of teacher training and went out to the province's schools. When the Vic College students arrived, things were a trifle cramped, but the two institutions shared rooms in the Young Building and used one of two libraries in the basement, until the Ewing Building was completed in 1952.