 Old-Boys (graduates of the College) and other figures helped prevent this, but in reaching the compromise it was decided that the school would be moved to a new location out of the city centre.From 1887 to 1891, much effort was directed towards the moving of the College.The principal, then George Dickson, and the architect G.F. Durand, toured the private schools in the United States, and in February 1888, plans for the new buildings were presented to the government.