Alexander College

10 Oct 1944: Senate discusses how to accommodate returning men and women who will be discharged from the services in the upcoming years. The accommodations must include housing, staff, instructors, and class areas; several buildings in Wilmot Park, used by the Army, may be suitable (SM6 14). 16 May 1945: Senate agrees to arrange courses and tutorial classes to enable veteran students to enter the university, which will include accommodation for veterans with disabilities and those with overseas service, and a counselling and advisory service (SM6 29). A report of the "Special Committee on Post War Plans" and recommendations of the Minister of Veterans Affairs sets out the guidelines on what accommodations are necessary. UNB to receive $150/veteran to cover costs (SM6 30-31). 9 Oct 1945: President reports to Senate that housing for veterans and new students is a serious problem, and that 80 students are in the Lady Beaverbrook residence, 53 in the Gymnasium (SM6 36-37). Jan 1946: Alexander College opens to accommodate returned soldiers from the First World War, in response to the Federal Government's rehabilitation trainning programme. Approximately 180 students started, crowding into the Lady Beaverbrook residence, the basement of the Gymnasium,and city boarding houses. The College, situated close to Wilmot Park in the former Canadian Infantry training centre, included seven classrooms, an adminstration building, common, reading and studying rooms, hospital, art centre, gymnasium, and a canteen. Major D.K. Parr was the Dean. The College also accommodated married veterans and those with families (AN 3). (See also Alfred G. Bailey, The Univerisity Of New Brunswick: Memorial Volume (Fredericton: UNB, 1950) 53-54). 19 Feb 1946: Senate Minutes record that Alexander College has received students, but do not state on what date the college opened (SM6 42-43). 6 Oct 1946: President Gregg reports that negotiations to obtain the Army Training Centre for Alexander College terminated after "long and tedious negotiations," and that the University has obtained a four-year lease on the buildings and grounds. 400 single students are accommodated, and "a substantial number of apartments for married veterans were ready for the September opening" (SM6 53). 15 Apr 1947: In conjunction with the CMHC (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp), the University has provided 72 apartments for married veteran students; however, 15 students cannot be accommodated, and 20 additional apartments are needed (SM6 68-69). The construction project cost $68,,388.26, at an average cost of $949.84 per unit (SM6 (14 May 1947), 69).