THEO LOGICAL COLLEGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 48, 26 January 1926, Page 9

THEO LOGICAL COLLEGE.

A METHODIST UNDERTAKING. ESTIMATED COST OF £35,000. The recent proposal of the Methodist Church to erect a new theological college in Auckland has been carried a step further with the closing of the competition for designs for the college. The competition was confined to Now Zealand architects, and the final date brought in 22 entries. The site chosen for the new college is at the corner of Grafton road and Carlton Gore road. It is proposed (says an Auckland exchange) to erect tlie building in brick witlv stone facings, with ample accommodation for students and a separate portion for use as a hostel for university students. There is also to be made provision for a Methodist museum. The estimated cost of the scheme, including furniture, is £35,000, towards which amount there is now in hand the sum of £II,OOO. It was proposed to launch the financial effort to raise the balance at the Dominion conference at Dunedin next month, and thereafter a canvass of the Dominion would bo made. Professor Knight, Revs. C. H. Laws, A. B. Chappell, E. Drake and Messrs F. L. Moodie, S. J. Ambury and J. Stanton will act as judges of the competition just closed. It is anticipated that the work of judging will occupy two weeks. The winning design will carry a prize of £450, the second £250 and the third £IOO.