Charles Wood (1880-81). His last visit to the Canterbury Agricultural College. W. H. Gillespie, M.P. (left) Board Chairman and Charles Wood, second student enrolled in I880 at the presentation of the plaque for Ivey Hall donated by Mr Wood, November 1954, in memory of W. E. Ivey, the first Director of the College. On this occasion in 1954 he presented the commemorative plaque to Mr W. H. Gillespie, M.P., Chairman of the Board of Governors. The brass plate mounted on oak from the first trees planted at the College in 1878, commemorates the name of W. E. Ivey, the first Director of the College when Mr Wood entered. The plaque is now in position on the wall within the main entrance of the old College building-Ivey Hall.