COLUMBA COLLEGE, DUNEDIN.

North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13975, 11 September 1917, Page 2

COLUMBA COLLEGE, DUNEDIN.

MOKE LARGE EXTENSIONS. Tie Board of Ccvornors of Columba College, Dunedin, have let to Messrs Flelchcr Pro! her; :i rontrait Cov the f-i'e;'tioii (if a iaige thvee-slorpv i-xicn-sion of the residential part of the college. Messrs Mason and Wales arc the architects. On the ground door will' be a new suite of music rooms anil a dining hall capable of seating over one hnml.'Cil persons. On the first floor vail bo a complete hospital equipment capable of being instantly isolated if ncees;;a>;y, The bedrooms will bo arranged for one or for two or for three boarders each. Office* will be added outside, This extension will raise the capacity of the house to one of eighty boarders. The work is lo be finished by aboui Easter next. Besides the extension of the buildings there has been provided also a new set of playing fields of about eleven acres, which originally formed part of the adjoining golf club. The college has also an arrangement for the use of another adjoining athletic ground for recreation. With fho.se additions the total cost of the college, as reported lo the General Assembly, has risen to £122,000.