St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-25

attending Manchester college. How
delightful a home so many young
women can make may readily be
Imagined in view of the acknowl-
Hdged capacity of one woman in this
important phase of life.
Yes, Manchester college has adopt
I'd the coeducational system, and as
an aid thereto will establish in
proximity to the college a Ladies
Home" The prime object of this
home is to afford young women
whose limited means would other
wise prevent, an opportunity to
gain a thorough college education,
for the home is to be conducted
upon what is known as the
MOUNT HOLYOKE PLAN,
80 called because it was first tried
at Mount Holyoke, Mass. The
plan like all other successful ex-
pedients, is simplicity itself. The
girls do all the homework them
selves. They cook their own meals,
sweep the floors, dust the furniture
and take care of their bed cham
bers. Thus they are enabled to live
economically and happily as well, for
between their studies and their
homework there will always be
something to occupy their thoughts
Dr. their hands. It must not be sup
posed, however, that the young wom-
EN- are left to regulate the house
mold among themselves, for differ
e
family jars, eN en- in such an ideal
community. Therefore the designer
Of the plan" provided that there
should be d matron to superintend
the work and
KEEP A MOTHERLY EYE
upon the girls entrusted to her care.
The Mount Kolyoke plan is to be
carried out at Manchester, though it
Is to be modified or rather Modified
In one respect; the girls will not be re-
quired to perform the heavy work in
cidentaI to housekeeping, that is to
say the washing and scrubbing will
be done by hired help. Otherwise the
girls will do all the housework.
The house that is to be their home
is a two-story and attic structure,
containing some eight or nine commo-
dious rooms. These rooms will accom-
modate from sixteen to twenty young
women, as some of them are large
enough for four. The house is to DE
entirely renovated within, after which
it will he furnished most attractively.
The furniture will be the
GIFT OF THE LADIES
residing at Manchester Park, whose
generosity is warmly appreciated by
the college authorities and will meet
with the deepest gratitude of the
girls at the home"
The girls are expected to furnish
their own bed clothing with the ex-
ception of pillows. Nothing else is re-
quired except their work. In return
they will receive their board, lodging,
light and heat for the sum of $3.50
per week-possibly even less than that
The matron of the new home has al
ready been engaged. She is Miss S. K.
Thomson, OF Cleveland, O., who is
said to have had considerable exper-
Ience in supervising institutions of this
character. As already intimated, the
girls will require a guiding hand,
few words of advice now and then, per-
haps a little admonition. They will
also find some rules of daily conduct
provided, of which experience has
demonstrated the wisdom. 1t is true
that the average age of the young
women will be about twenty-one, but
that does not render a matron super
f1uous. Even a girl of twenty-one
might unconsciously infract a rule
say the one that bids her retire at
20 p. m.-were there no matron to re-
mind her of the error. The
RULES OF THE HOUSE
will not be excessively severe, in fact
compliance with them will doubtless
prove an unalloyed pleasure to most
Of the girls, for they-the rules-are
formed with the purpose of affording
them all possible time for study, and
removing all diverting influences One
serious diyerting influence, sometimes
fatally diverting, * that popul4r in
stitution classified sS,, 1.-The young
man." He will rot be permitted to
pass within the portals of the vestal
institution but once a week. And upon
ms momentous occasion he will not
De ADMITTED before s p. m. and he will
not be sheltered there after 10 D. m.
AT that safe ard secure hour the
young man must cease his captivating
conversation and Withdrawn his mag
netic presence. Seven days later he
may drop in again if he thinks he is
still welcome. There will be
BUT ONE CALLING" NIGHT
week. There are several good and
efficient reasons fc-- this. In the first
lace the whole trouble is over with
two hours, whereas if one-fourth of
ne girls received their gentlemen call