Work of the College during the war

When the college buildings were taken over the College authorities decided to carry on as best they could by obtaining accommodation in various parts of Newcastle.

The table below taken from information in the Principal's Annual Reports for 1914/15 and 1915/16 show the wartime homes of the various departments:

Department(s) 1914/15 1915/16
General Office for Registration Boardroom of Newcastle Education Committee, Northumberland Road - then 27 Ridley Place 29 Eldon Street
Principal and Secretary & Staff Room College of Medicine As previous year
Maths & Physics Part College of Medicine and part Church Rooms of the Trinity Presbyterian Church, Northumberland Rd. Part College of Medicine and part Burt Hall
Chemistry Part College of Medicine and part Royal Grammar School As previous year
Teacher Training Church Rooms of St. James Congregational Church, Northumberland Rd. Friends meeting House, Pilgrim Street
Geology, Zoology, Botany & Mineralogy Hancock Museum As previous year
Mining & Metallurgy Dial House, Northumberland Street As previous year
Civil, Mechanical, Marine, Electrical Engineering & Naval Architecture Rutherford Technical College, Bath Lane then Dial House Dial House
Agriculture 96 St. Georges Terrace, Jesmond As previous year
Classics, Ancient and Modern History, Philosophy, Modern Languages, Economics and Commerce Bolbec Hall, Lit and Phil, Neville Hall As previous year
English Literature Pilgrim House, Pilgrim Street As previous year
Fine Art Split between Hancock Museum, Art School of Rutherford College, Laing Art Gallery, 55 St. Mary's Place and the rooms of the Northern Architectural Assoc. Higham Place As previous year
Library staff Free Library, New Bridge Street.
Students used Lit and Phil.		 As previous year

The 1916/17 Report lists the same locations as in 1915/16. There is no list in the reports for 1917/18 and 1918/19 so presumably the locations remained the same as in 1915/16.

The main problem for the teaching departments was the lack of access to laboratories - laboratories in private companies in Newcastle were made available and some of the Principal's Annual Reports acknowledge “…owing to the kindness of Colonel Gowans (possibly the C.O. of the Hospital) and other members of staff of the R.A.M.C. permission was given to make certain restricted use of the Engineering and Electrical Engineering laboratories in College.”

Armstrong College, Undergraduate Representative Council 1916-1917