new millennium In 2005 the boathouse the college had been using was judged to be below standard and a new one was constructed on the same site. Further developments were made to sporting facilities when the David Wells Pavilion, named after the college's former director of Rugby, was opened at Pirrie Park. In 2008 it was announced that in 2010 the boarding departments in McArthur Hall and the Main Building would close, ending a 142-year history of boarding at Methody. The rooms will be converted into classrooms. The college has been vocal in its opposition to the Burns Report into Post Primary Education in Northern Ireland. The college is one of the schools calling for the continuation of academic selection in Northern Ireland. The School Song Latin words by R.M. Henry; music by F.H. Sawyer List of principals William Arthur (1868–1871) was president of the Methodist Conference in 1866. Robert Crook (1871–1873) Henry R. Parker (1879–1890). He left to become joint headmaster of Campbell College. Henry McIntosh (1890–1912). Ernest Isaac Lewis (1912–1917). Chemistry scholar and educationalist who devised the 'Bridge' course to introduce senior public school pupils to industry. John W. Henderson (1917–1943). John Falconer (1943–1948). Albert Ball FRSE (1948–1960). Ball was previously rector of the Royal High School, Edinburgh. Stanley Worrall (1961–1974). Worrall was previously principal of Sir Thomas Rich's School and was chairman of the Northern Ireland Headmasters' Association. The Worrall Sixth Form Centre was built in the modernist architectural style and was named in his honour. A vorticist mural was painted on one interior wall of the centre's "rec floor". Worrall left to pursue his interest in the ecumenical movement. James Kincade (1974–1988). Kincade also served as the chairman and National Governor, Broadcasting Council for Northern Ireland. Thomas Wilfred Mulryne (1988–2005), a Methodist College alumnus, a Church of Ireland lay preacher and a classics graduate of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, he taught at the college before being named Headmaster of the Royal School, Armagh in 1979. In 1998 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Education by the University of Ulster. Shortly after his retirement in 2005, he was awarded the Allianz Award for Services to Education in Ireland, along with a Distinction Award from the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education. He now sits on the Governing Bodies' Association (GBA) for schools. Cecilia Galloway (2005–2006). Former headmistress of the Royal Latin School, Buckinghamshire, she succeeded