SALVATION ARMY

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 12, 15 January 1914, Page 8

SALVATION ARMY

BOOTH MEMORIAL COLLEGE. The progress of the Salvation Army is well exemplified in the William Booth Memorial College in Aro-street, now rapidly approaching completion. It is a handsome Duilding, on a magnificent site, overlooking the harbour, with a frontage to Aro-street, and a flank right-of-way to Ohiro-road. The section is large and runs back nearly to Maarama-crescent. The Memorial College is a three-story structure in red brick with a centrepiece in the Corinthian style with pilasters and cornice's. The roof is in red tile. Access is gained by three flights of wide steps surmounting the terraces from Aro-street. A large ornamental iron gateway will be erected in conjunction with a brick wall. The'basement of the building will be devoted to cloakroom.?, box -room, and recreation rooms for _ the students in ,wet weather. Provision is made for the accommodation of one hundred students, fifty male and fifty female, and the two sexes practically divide up the building between them, the female- portion having an eastern aspect, while the male students take the other side. Part of the first floor and practically the whole of the top floor are equipped for the accommodation of the students on the cubicle plan. The cubicles are spacious, airy, and welllighted. Suites of rooms are also pro. vided for the principal and his staff. A fine; lecture hall with gallery opens off the main corridor, and there are classrooms on each wing. Between the wings is a small quadrangle or patio flanked with cloister walks, and the diningrooms and kitchen are in a block to. the rear. A special ventilation system is fitted to secure an abundance of fresh air in all parts of the building, and electric light is installed throughout. The whole building is excellently arranged and equipped, and the size of the section gives scope for extensions or for recreation courts. A cottage at the rear' is to be reserved for extra accommodation. The principal is, to be Adjutant Carter, who has seen long service with the Salvation Army in India. The architects are Messrs. Fearn and Quick, and the builders Messrs. Hunt and Mac Donald. The building will cost about £11,000.