Studholme College
| Studholme College | |
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| University of Otago Residential College | |
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| University | University of Otago |
| Location | Clyde St |
| Motto | Scientia et Amor Domum Illuminant (Latin) |
| Motto in English | Knowledge and Love Illuminate the Home |
| Founder | University of Otago |
| Established | 1915 |
| Former names | Studholme House, Studholme Hall |
| Head of College | Sagato (Ziggy) Lesa |
| Undergraduates | 185 |
| Website | otago.ac.nz/studholme |
Studholme College is a residential college of the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, situated on Clyde Street, a few minutes walk northeast of the university. Housing approximately 185 students, it is one of the smaller colleges in the region. It was founded as Studholme House in 1915. to provide facilities for domestic science students. The college maintains close links with the Department of Human Nutrition (the succeeded the university's School of Home Science), though it now accepts students from all faculties.
Studholme College was established in 1915 as Studholme House, to provide accommodation for students attending the School of Home Science which had been opened in 1911. It was named Studholme in honour of Colonel John Studholme who, after seeing the merits of home economics departments in US universities, had worked for the establishment of a School of Home Science in New Zealand. He was unsuccessful in his efforts to establish a chair at Canterbury College and turned to the University of Otago, offering a personal endowment of £600 as an incentive.
A search was conducted for a Lady Professor of Home Science and Professor Winifred Boys-Smith, a science and domestic science teacher at Cheltenham Ladies' College, was elected to the new chair. Over the first few years, Professor Boys-Smith allowed some training to occur in her own home and housed a few of the domestic science students.
A more sustainable solution for student accommodation was achieved through the building of Studholme House in 1915 at the corner of Leith St and Union St. While the school already had its own teaching facilities ("The Old Tin Shed", vacated by the School of Mines), they provided limited space and some degree of teaching was undertaken at the new House.
Expansions occurred, in the form of two more Union St houses, but by 1926 additional accommodation at nearby Arana had to be arranged to fill the deficit of space. Further houses were built over the next ten years and, by 1937, plans for a larger hall of residence had gained sufficient momentum for a substantial fund-raising campaign to begin. Due to the outbreak of war, difficulties finding qualified staff (exacerbated by a wage disparity between hostel and university teaching staff) and general financial hardship, plans were postponed and a variety of interim measures enacted, sending students to board and the use of university-lent accommodation.
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