MODERN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 795, 19 April 1910, Page 2

MODERN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.

_The contract..has been signed by Mr.-' ■ :'; ii. H... Campbell, of Hastings, at a fiirare - close to .£BOOO for the erection of a mod- i em school t for girls from designs by, .-: Messrs. Bush and James, architects, Ha£- '; tings and Napier. The school is to ..be' ' built on a,site comprising 16 acres at Havelock North, the, well-known Hawke's -'■> f*y .health resort and fruit-farming dis- •'•" tnct. ,The building is equipped with all modern conveniences, including eleotrie lighting,, hot-water system,'hot-water :■: heating apparatus, 'local telephones and ■ bells.■■:. The appointment' of the'different"" '' rooms is most complete. The pri~ ' vato entrance..'is throngh'a small vasti-vJ bule opening into a. cosy hall sitting. .■■''"> room, with direct communication-to th» ■■■ • principal's (Miss Hogge's) private sitting. • : room.. Through an arch-way is'the mail I '■ •»; stairway, up whioh is found the mis- :•■- tresses' sittingrbom and bedrooms, also several bedrooms for..probationers' 'use before being passed into the school dor- ~ • mitories. Accommodation. is given for -.' some 60 boarders, each boarder having a cubicle for herself. A fine large sitting- - room fqr.-jthe-ciris, ■ and also . .mnsic, rooms. '."The'dining hall will ; seat •■'.'• 80 persons, while the .kitchen and • 6er- V rants' quarters,are-most complete. There' : • is also, a'fine large .assembly _ hall,, with ••„; roomy'lstage, high-pitched open-timbered;. >V.-. Gothio roof, '■ and seating accommodatioa- . for 300 persons. The'outside finish "ig' ' "rough cast," the 1 roof covered with Marseilles tiles, the foundations of concrete .-'•" and the interior finishings being of jpanelled, wainscofings and asbestos linings. ~' .The grounds are to-be laid out. with : '' . hookey grounds, and" croquet : lawns, while a natural basin fed by a ... permanent stream is to be utilised for a fresh-water swimming, bath. The..vie V.."■ from the grounds takes in a. glimpse of ..'■. the sea',.Napier;, Hastings, Slount Eua- ; '. pejm, : . and tlie •whole'- of '■ the'' beautiful'.. ': Hawke' s ; '3ay: valley;';'. The s bjnlding is'::..:.; expected.;to' 'be;' put" r of ;;the. contractor'*';'." /'. hands'next, January Feb-;' - ~ ■ , ruary^ l tennV.te J " J'.' , ' ::"..