Governor-General Visits

On 8 November 1954 the College was honoured by a visit from His Excellency Lieut.-General Sir Willoughby Norrie, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., C.B.,' D.S.O., M.C., Governor- General and Lady Norrie on the occasion of the Formal Opening of the new Refectory Building. Following the Governor-General’s address and official opening, Mr- Charles Wood, aged 92, the second student enrolled at the College on _the opening day in July 1880, pre- sented a bronze plaque for erection in Ivey Hall, the original main College Building, in memory of Mr W. E. Ivey first Director of the College and a pioneer of Agricultural Education and Research in New Zealand. The plaque is mounted in oak from a tree planted in 1879 by the first Director. At the conclusion of the ceremony Their Excellencies joined the Board of Governors for luncheon and then inspected the College and its activities.