The Anaconda standard., 1889-10-17
GIRLS At COLLEGE.
Life at the Female Aunex tO Cansss ridge
Eating at vas.Ar.

Life at the Female Annex tO Cansssrissge-
Eating st Sn..Ar.
The last week the thres,-montils empty
colleges have suddenly become very much
alive again, and perhaps the womcn's cob
lcRcs arc even noiscr and more exciting
places tn be in just now than even Prince
ton or Yale. says the New York World.
Mostly American women who long for
more complete culture that In offered to
them I'm the average girls school go to
some one Of the woInen's colleges, of
which there are several now, ar enter
the annexes to the great male univcrs-
tiles, such as the one at Harvard. or Column
bias new barnard college; hut there
are u few Americans at the English uui-
crossed the ocean late in August tn enter
Girton gives AN interesting account of
The elder of the two is now M her sopho-
more year, having passed through ono
term, but the younger sister has just been
breakfast at 4 o'clock writes the sopl,o-
more. "Katc il out OF he'd 10y 5. as she
finds herself rather behind. and is doing
extra studying. There arr. u great many
others doing the same, and they meet in
the refectory and have coffee and roll.
between and .. Kate spends most Of her
morning at private study, but l am rush
ing from one lecture to another loaded
down with note hooks until ! get back tn
my rssonn at =. tired to death, and hungry
enough to eat old shoes. That is lunchcoil
hour, and after that Kate and I go for IA
row, IA walk, or do some tennis to get LEG
tures and study out of our BONES. We
mean to set up a little pony carriage soon
our first Coffee I wanted tn have
IL at night, but just now the girls are
all studying so hard in the evenings
I thought Kate could bc better introduced
at AN afternoon affair. These coffeCs of
ours answer to the wines of the male
students, hut are more harmless and tenn
perate, il is needless to say. We were a.,
home i'm our rooms. which we had decor
atcl with some Of the late wild towcrs
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coffee. Kate met all any chiIns. and sss
usual everybody fell in love with her
affair. Saa, =, srS; ;s,, s, usaIiS ;k vie have i, THE ss
custom hers. to send mp to us at \: I'D n
tray with rolls and milk or the
every girl has n spirit lamp Of her
own. Zach invited guest brings her own
tray and the hostess furnishes the hot
| festive and social way of getting at each
! other. Every one goes in Wrappers tn
dinner am busy arranging my notes and
| studying WHOM i don't go to tho classical
lectures. After dinner Kate and I either
| go out for more tennis-tl,e twilight is 81
| long here, you know-or else loaf i'm
our own some friends room. Once
a fortnight We have our fire brigade prac.
| tice, which in severe, but good exercise,
| and then We go oil for more work until y.
when we are supposed to 20 to bod. bIl
is the usual crop of debating societies and
| societies for everything else on the face
| Of ths. earth, hut for my part 1 have too
much real work to do to spare time fol
such things, and bs.sslcs they always lam
| Ruish and slie before the season is over '
| education for women that study ruin,
| their health would be set at rest IL the,
would rise the butchers bills for thc-s
| young women who passing through
| ~ college where the studies ar,
the same and the standard al
| high the other great univcrs
ities Of the country. The butcher VIII,
has the contract to furnish meat at Vassa
says that he provides I'D pounds ever.
| day for their dinner, and the cook say
that the girls prefer il considerably under
one day, dividing il between brcakfas
and supper, and greatly prefer il to ciths.
tea or coffee. Forty Ioaves Of browl
bread are baked for them every day, AN,
another favorite article Of diet is oatnes,
| biscuit. Oatmeal, stewcd fruit. and egg
arc consumed in IA quantity that leaves ~
suspicioii of the quality OF the stu
dents appctites and leaves no room fo
the slate pencils and pickles that girl
| who are at school were always accused Il
consuming. The girls live ina series q
. | parlor. "a system which gives them at tn
same time society and ~ certain amo'Ir
, | OF scclusion. Onc of the Misses Drcxe
: | finding herself i'm deep mourning just "a
she had graduated from ~ fashionabl
! finishing school and was about to max
lier debut. decided to spend her pcrioI a
sccltIsion at vassar, hut bs.carne so inter
estcd in the course that she stAid tai Rras
uatc and is now IA finished classcist AN
, AN excellent mathematician.
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