THE TRAINING COLLEGE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2158, 26 May 1914, Page 2

THE TRAINING COLLEGE

PLA2CS COMPLETEB, At thfi end of Hi* jwosent week tenders are to h<> oallotf for the Wellington training College at Ivelbtrrno. The whole scho-iiio.i'avws.t'io infant school, which was finished, two manths agtt, the TYo.ioi.ng C»!fcgG, which is absnt to bo liujlt, and Ao big school, which ivi.il he oreeteti at smne f-«tui-o date, Plans for tlio college liavc. just hzea CQilipfctod by Mr. Gray Yming, a-mltho biii.tding is to b»i coinpletetl iu f'endiness for west yoar's session. 'i'ho kiildiug is- shaped lite aft H, with the two projaeting wings ntatising oft to Kow'fifli itoatl, mi t'iiO niak o.ntrajito bus been placed i.o tlio. centre under a. tiled loggia, which emmects these wings. I'ho vestibule leads- into tho entrawo halt each skfe of tfhjcli is iiio principal's office and innsoutn. The tutraii-co fell a»d corridors are to be iwufc a fcatisro of tlio bnildii-iga, with fihreris plaster' eeilhiSCs and moitl<3o«l arctics. Two tabonitorios, tlio m-sa and wonwn's coJWiion l'ooas, asid the men's lavatories are placed on the , ground ljoor. Advantage has I'loen telc-c-n of tijw fall jm tiio ground to place the women's kvatorics. Tieattng eliaiiibei;, j)l3.d storevoom in'tho baSfiTiie-iit. A rowfor-cf'-d ooncreto .slhhi\< 7ft, wWo, leads to ti»o first floor landing, off which opt'ii the ait room ami tire small lecture room. Adjoining fcto is tho largo Icelttre rao'k. divided frolii it by a fuWing partitio-iK so that for social pmv poses "a room. 701't, loin; is obtained, 'tti* 11-TOi- in to Vi nmri-e snitoMc' for (lancing, On the- .north side of the building aro ltis> moil's.'mid wompm's studies, with tjr.> liiivarv" &i'lwwn thorn, and tho leehirer's mini mi plureil as fo onablf him to haVc cliitfge morns, in the i'-'inrty.-'rvcl .»t the bach provision has br-en nind'e for lives courts. The hiwMing is to be esmstrucircS of brick thiwigfo-nt, and wilt he iu plaster, painted with tiiilo:! tiistemper. 'i'ho eciiings aro to bv/ibrnus' plaster ajjd astestos' sheets. Tlvo «k----l-M'jor is to be luii-fi-lted ■ with. pressM . w-is'ks, ba»o, piers and window dressings, ?ind luMc-washcil rough-east. T'? o root is to bo onvcfcd with MaTSc-iHw tiles. Msiglislt ronn.iKfa.nep lias hern followed in tiio (Wgmii** of tlie interior, and tlw TOUtM Trout sbowid look x?ry Mrmm with the galikd pavilwas, camtsetffli with tho, loKgla, ok ttsc front of which-arc ijorie, 'columns in pairs Eaippoiting the upper story.