The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-12-19
A Boarding House In Chicago,

AuO HIuIl HIS bcCuIcU u SITUATION,
and will report for active service when ;
boarding place can be found, which h,
considers an easy matter in so large plac,
as Chicago. He prefers private family
lie wants chance to spend his evening.
in his room engaged in study. (Just what
a student wants.
Here are the notes of the searcher in his
own words:
"Went to the rooms of the Young Mems
Christian Association. Was courteously
received. They knew of one boarding
place, a good one, No.-,-Avcnuc; went;
it was a respectable place, small room just
over the hall, large enough for bed and
wash stand no wardrobe no closet no
shelves no room for books or table. That
room l could have for nine dollars per
week; lights ut my own cost (of course
no firo).
His Note.-"No chance to read of eve
nings, strikes ono with cold, metallic hard
ness"
He was directed to clergyman, who re-
ceived him cordially and recommended him
to two good boarding places, which would
take him at eight dollars per week fire
and lights at one place, at the other no
fire, but free access to a we'll furnished
parlor. No place for student).
The distance from business centers
(where the colleges are) would require car
fare two trips day, which would be sixty
cents per week. He must also lunch at a
restaurant, which would average at the
least figures, one dollar and eli shty cents
These added to the board bill you'd AMOUNT
The bafled searcher goes on to say:
.There are places to be had for six or
seven dollars, but they are not at all what
a young man of character, education and
good family would be perfectly satisfied
with. Such thing as finding home in
respectable and Christia" family is almost
out Of the question"
Seeker after Commercial knowledge,
how do you like the picture and history of
a seeker for a boarding place in Chicago?
1t is the same in all large cities. Or how do
you like the prospect of being thrust into
six or seven dollar places by the College
janitor? or, as is most frequently the case,
have to hunt these places yourselves
All this is different in McGREGOR.-
Here you can get good places in respectable
private families, with plenty Of room and
all the conveniences Of home for from
three dollars and fifty cents to five dollars
per week.
Besides the saving in money and the
comfort of home, q student who has these
surroundings and pleasant rooms to study
in can make more rapid and efficient pro-
gress than he can where things are disa-
greeable and not suited to his tastes.
= Now let the young man who contem-
plates q Business Course contrast this pic
turc of boarding in Chicago by disinter-
ested writer thoroughly familiar with the
city, with statements like the following
from the advertisements Of "Model Col.
leges, &c:"
"Board in private family, for trelce ,ceeks
(arerage time) S. per week, S6O."
But not only in regard to the price Of
board are students deceived, but the COM
pletion Of the course in the ''average time
Of twelve weeks is not accomplished by one
student in fifty.
The following statement is much nearer
the truth, as hundreds of young men, who
have gone to Chicago, have learned at their
cost:
Board for t.centy weeks, (actual time), al
50 per week, $l6O. fh
BY reference to our terms it will be seen
that we fix the average time at sixteen
weeks, and the price Of board at s..
Many of our students have completed
the course in eight weeks, while others re-
uuirc twenty, none of our students thus
far have paid more than five dollars fol
board. -Mc Gregor Com. College Circular.