The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-11-13
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COLLEGE LIFE.
Fne CO.. OF s.S"sni. '..~as ss s"sn

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and Am -Ptcn" U"iversit,rs.
The sys,em Of unattached students
at the University at Ox'ord. Ergiand
as We learn tro ma recent report, ID
working we'll, and in that country
where the cost CT living at university
is far greater than here, proves itself to
be great public blessing The term
unattached students means simply
students who are not attached to any
college. Ordinarily q young man, on
entering the university. becomes q mem
Der Of some one of the colleges, which
together TORN the university. The co..,
OF living at one Of those colleges has
been swelled by custom and tradition to
a high figure. and this is what. make.
the expense OF pbtaipipg liberal du-
cation in England 20 great, -
In 1862 plan was adopted for the
benefit OF poor boys, by which it became
possible to obtain university degree
without this unnecessary expense. A
young man, instead Of en' olling himself
as a member of the college, enters a
boarding house in the town and receives
the instruction OF the university faculty.
He is in all respects member OF the uni
versity; receives similar degree to that
given to the members of the college,
and in all respects he stands on level
with bis fellow students. The only
difference is that he doee not receive
any Instructions from the college tutors,
a deficiency which be can more than
make good 10y 3 little extra study, while
in return be is able to save the amount
OF the fees and OF pumberless expenses
incidental to life in chsmbers.
During the first year that the system
was IN use the number OF students
awaiting themselves Of its privileges was
fly; the year following the number was
seventy two; the year after the roll con
tanned one hundred and four names,
and during the year lS7l-72 one hun
dred and twenty-five men were studying
as unattached students.
The most important feature Of the
report, however, relates to the cost OF
living. The average amount OF the
necessary expenses for a year are given
at about 1896, and the report says that
the results thus far prove conclusively
that a careful student can get through
his Oxford career for q sum not exceed
ing ESQ year'-about $3.50. The re-
port adds that the amount OF intellec-
tual lite aud industry developed by the
unattached system compares favorably
With that common among the average
members Of the college
Two hundred and fifty dollars year
would be considered by most boys at
American colleges as rather small
allowance for years expenses, al
though it is true that the popular no
tons az to the cost Of obtaining a
liberal education in this country are
not as accurate az they might he.
Will ans Colle,e, in Massachusetts,,
was founded in 1893. In round num-
hers, and including only the necessaries
OF lie, such a. board, lodging, washing
and tuition. the total cos Of living at
this college during the school year is
not more than 5000 The site of the
college i. a small country village.
The University OF Virginia, which
was founded in 1919, u"der the au-pr
ca OF T ,omas J,f.rsrn, is situated in
Char ot,spiIle, a small town OF Alhe-
marie county, Virginia, which off~rs
EIne indvcement iUr unusual extrava-
sance. The expenses OF this rs ahi-h
me,t amount 10 lit e less than $500 :
wear. A years res drDce at Corn. u
University, which WAS opened in 1868.
aud s,nated near Ithaca, n TOW" OF
40 ut 5000 inhab t,nrs, in New York,
cost. a yOnng man about 1900
Yale COLLEGE and Harvard Univer'
stv. the fret Of witch was chartered in
l70l, and the second in 1888. the cost Of
living is higher than at eli her OF the
institutions already mentioned This,
however, is accounted 'or by their ait
uaton, the first being in New Haven
a, d the o'her in Cambridge and near
Boston. At Harvard a students yearly
expensps amount on an average to tour
hundred dollars, which is about what IL
Coz 9 for wears residence at Yale.
The fgu, es We have given cover only
Young mans neUesasry expenses.
Travelling expenses clothes, and the
cost of personal ipdulsences carnot be
estmare ed, and these are about as much
in one Mace "a another.