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138 MISSIONS IN THE TELUGU COUNTRY
of ground, quite near the railway station, and between it
and the town, had been bought, and the building of a new
and permanent school was begun.
The summer of i8gi brought an unusually severe
epidemic of cholera. The Mission was attacked, and
several persons in the compound died, whereupon it
was decided to remove the school to the new site at once.
Only the block of school classrooms was finished, and
this had to become school, dormitory, chapel, principal's
residence, and hospital. Fortunately, a good well had
already been sunk. When the cholera was over, the
principal went back to live in the old compound, and
later found a lodging, till his own house was ready, in
the district missionary's bungalow. For a long time
a verandah of the new school, exposed to sun, rain, and
dust, had to serve as a dining-hall for the students. One
after another the different buildings were proceeded with,
but it was some years before the whole was finished.
The present occupants of the school, in their comfortable
quarters, realise little of the hardships endured by their
predecessors.
Every part of the college buildings was constructed
as solidly as possible. The most lasting materials were
used, in order that the Mission, in years to come, might be
saved the ever-recurring expense of repairs. An excellent
gray stone was available for the walls which, with the
bright-coloured red tiles of the roof, made a tasteful
combination. Wood was used as sparingly as possible,
and that only of the greatest power of resistance to
the attacks of white ants. No pains were spared to
give the grounds of the college a pleasant appearance.