The times., 1898-09-11
A SUMMER COLLEGE.
Where Students Secure Splendid Adj
vantages at So Per Week.

One of the most significant and delight
full outgrowths of the Hall House move
ment is its Summer school now held each
year at Rockford College, Ill. The col
lege, from its organization as semina-
ry In 1S47 has been one of the leading edu-
cational forces in the West, and it was
from this institution that Miss Jane Ad-
dams took her B. A. in 1881.
Her alma mater naturally watched with
more than ordinary interest the work of
this original and brilliant woman from
its inception. and convinced of the pow
er and usefulness of her methods in 1891
turned over the entire college equipment
to her use for the Summer months, since
which time the Summer school has been
an annual institution.
Rockford college is beautifully situated
on Rock River, its broad and rolling
campus, abundantly shaded with oak,
maple, and evergreen, sloping down to
the waters edge.
The conditions for living are absolutely
comfortable and hygienic according to
the most modern standards. The rooms
are large, airy and clean, with good beds,
commodious closets, ample appointments
and conveniences with no superfuities
in the way of drapery, bric-a-brac, rugs
or furniture, SO that the care of them is
reduced to the minimum.
A step away from the main building is
Sill Hall, with its admirably equipped
gymnasium and music department. Then
there is Adams Hail. with its scientific
library, physical laboratory, apparatus
rooms studio, etc. All this splendid
equipment, with free use of gymnasium
pianos, casts, library of 1000 well-select-
nd, r4r,,
are turned over to the Summer guests
unhampered by rules or regulations And
all-including abundant and wholesome
board-for the sum of So a week
This affords Miss Adams exactly the
opportunity she wants of Offering to
working women a really delightful yaca-
ton at the lowest possible cost She
has arranged with all the railroads to
carry the Students at half rates: so
that the round trip costs Chicago women
only $3.50. The So week covers the
actual expenses of running the house
though how it is done puzzles the skep-
tic who finds herself sitting down to
three meals day. OF course it could
not be managed except the cleverest head
for affairs were at the helm, and that the
system of work is more or less co-opera-
tive.
Four first-class kitchen maids con-
the Summer school. These, of course
do the entire work of the kitchen, take
care of bathrooms and clo1ets and the
public rooms. Each guest does her own
chamber work. and assists in the lighter
duties of the house. This is so special
lied and systematized that it does not
seem work in the least. and consumes
the smallest possible amount of time, not
above three-quarters of an hour a day,
For instance, two girls wash and wipe
the glasses every noon. Another two at
night. One relay clears the tables, an
other brushes UP the crumbs and SO on
eacn girl keeping to the same duty her
entire stay.
BY paying SO cents week extra, one
may be excused from participating in this
part of the life, but very few care to do
so, as one doesn't feel quite In 1t unless
included in the domestic service. Be-
sides, those who know Miss Addams feel