The age-herald., 1898-09-09
Day For the Young
 Woman Who Goes to College

lion IS over, ana are making preparations for college life with that amount of en- thusiasm that is dominant quality in an American girl.
 The papers are filled with suggestions as to the requirements of college girls ward robe and the multitude of belongings that are essential to any girl. whether she ex- poets to see inside of college or not. It is the girl who is preparing for boarding school, however, that is being discussed now. The summer girl and the war girl things of the past and the young wo- man who is going off to college holds sway over everything.
 "The necessaries come first,' writes an authority. They usually set down in the school catalogue, and the list begins with, a Bible, prayer book and hymnal, and then descends to such material matters as sheets and blankets, umbrellas and dress ing gowns. In some schools the rules de- mand that two everyday gowns shall be provided. Then one of them goes up to the store rooms until the other is worn out, when it takes it's place. But that is rather a hardship, for who likes to wear one frock all the time? Evening dresses are entirely unnecessary. Once year, perhaps, there Is a regular dance when the young gentle men are invited. For the rest of the time the girls dances in the gymnasiums and dining rooms are entirely without any male element, and for these occasions ordinary light high-necked gowns are both usual and appropriate. All elaborate clothes seem out of place at school
 There is absolutely no social element out side Day scholars are seldom allowed to l,oo Ji,,or Iiar to hpir own home for entertainments or luncheons or dinners. The authorities say that the girls have been placed in the school by their guardians and that they shall remain there until removed by the suaroIans. 80 there is no need for any company clothes" Silk and flannel shirts, with plain skirts, will be fayorite costumes-the silk ones for Sun days and evenings. Most schools have reg ular rules for taking care of clothes, and work baskets are essential. They should be literally stocked with buttons and darn ing cotton-they seem to be the most pop ular and the most frequently used commod- ities.
 Although party dresses are not needed, no girl can possibly manage without danc- ing slippers. In almost every establish . ment of learning there is a half hour when the whole school congregates in the gym nasum for dance. And now for the lit- tie extra things which are so necessary to making a room pretty. The bedrooms given the girls are supposed to be furnish ed They contain two small beds and pos- sibly a table, a wardrobe, dressing table and washstand A small rug Is a great ad- dition to a bare floor and curtains to the windows give an inviting look to the place at once. Muslin sash curtains tied with ribbon are the popular variety. Many books have been written on the joyous days at school, and all who have tried them know that the years spent at board ing schools are among the happiest in life Few people would consider that happiness consists largely in appropriate clothes and pretty rooms, but such is very much the case at schools. Part of the fun is the homesickness, and no girl can be comfor- tably blue in a bare ugly room. But where homesick scholar is surrounded by every thing pretty she is happily miserable for a few minutes and then the joys of life break in upon her.
 College life is almost the same year after year, and college traditions are preserved so sacredly that the girl who is going up for. her first year necessarily must feel a degree of familiarity for the experiences of her college-bred friends have been told her so often that she Is in no ways ig norant of college atmosphere. The con- trast between the life of a girl at an American institution and that of girls life at the English universities is very striking, and the following experience from Mrs. Edward Addison Greedy, of New York who is one of the few women who D college atmosphere that seems to lack some of the elements that go to making the college atmosphere in American uni- versailles attractive:
 in. the girls colleges here," said Mrs. Greeley, "but they have traditions. and to infringe tradition is infinitely worse than to break rule. For instance, when students meet in the corridors they are not expected to recognize one another. This is tradition and is intended to discourage idle talking. You can go to students room and talk to her, but if you meet her in the corridor you simply don't recognize her. That is, not until after o'clock tea. After that your eyes are opened and you see your friends when you meet them.
 with the exception of the two little Prin- cesses of Dhuleep Singh. They were such pretty little creatures. with great dark eyes, blue black hair, and the most the poor little things! It was really pa- thetic the way they used to come up for exams. year after year without ever get ting through. The elder one did occa- sionay pass an exam, but it was not of ten. The queen had to pay their ex- penses somewhere, you know, and 1t was cheaper to send them to Oxford than to do anything else with them. So there they were. I suppose they had as much yearnlng for higher education as Per- sian kitten would have.
 ''The radical difference between the col Iege life for women here and their uni- versity life at Oxford Is that there IS no such thing there as a regular four years course Each lecturer has his own fee, which he fixes to suit himself. For in stance, young lecturer who wants to make himself popular often puts his ice very low so as to draw a large class. On the other hand, men who have money, and who want to have only small class. charge a good deal and so keep the num- Der down.
 "The English girls at the university im- pressed me as being rather more robust than the American girls at our colleges. You are not expected to go to church twice in succession with the same girl. Suppose I go with you today, l must go with Miss Brown tomorrow, and with Miss Jones the day after. and on. This is to discourage anything like close friend ships or ciques. It seemed little queer.
 '"The women students were expected to be inside the gates, if they lived in the halls, at o'clock After dinner they