The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
SENDING a GIRL 70. COLLEGE.
The Expense II Much Less Than That
Incurred When Sending .
Boy.

A consideration which will cause &C.
rious thought is the cost of the under
taking, and where means are limited
this point has great weight. The cost
must not, however, be gauged by what
boy spends in college; the comparison
is as unfair in this particular as in
ether relative expenses. Each college
prospectus states exactly the legitimate
fees; to this must be added a gum suf-
ficient for the purchase of books, and
the requirements of social life, as rep
resented in the clubs and students or
CARNATIONS; beyond this the matter
of expense resolves itself into parental
liberality in pocket money. So far 40
dress is concerned, no one need borrow
trouble. The woman's college incul-
Gates a spirit Of democracy; character
and brains count for more than sump-
tuous raiment; the one girl may wear
purple and fine linen, and the next one
linsey-woolsey, and yet both will stand
on the same footing SO far as exter-
nails are concerned. Last of all in
weighing the arguments in favor of
college those features in which books
play no part will be perhaps the last
grains needed to turn the scale. And
what are these features? The advan-
tages of wide association; the lifelong
friendships which have here their be-
ginnings; the healthful friction of
minds against minds; the lessons of
self-control and self-reliance; the find
ing ones proper level, and then the joys
of field day and float day, tennis, golf,
wheeling and feminine athletics gen.
orally.
The conclusion once reached that a
girl is to 60 to college, two things fol-
low in order-choice of college, and
the manner of preparation for entrance.
In the matter of choice of college there
is very little advice to be given. The
woman's college has not yet reached
the charm of traditions; girl hardly
yet chooses particular institution be-
cause it was her mothers alma mater,
and athletics are not sufficiently de-
veloped to exercise positive influence.
Unless there is decided prediction for
eoeducation, such as Cornell and Ann
Arbor offer, Vassar, Wellesley and
Smith present equal facilities; Bryn-
Mawr is patterned more after the uni
versity idea; Barnard and Radcliffe ap-
pear perhaps as appendages to mems
colleges, and, though their advantages
are excellent, they lack as yet the full
charm of student life Besides these
colleges there are numerous smaller in
stitutions offering good courses OF
study leading to degree.
Preparation for college should be be-
gun at an early age, and can be most
satisfactorily accomplished at good
secondary school. This does not mean
that such training can be obtained no.
where else; the high schools in many
states do excellent work in this re-
spect. But the peculiar advantage OF
the secondary school lies in the fact
that the whole course of study is
planned with one object in view, and
that the pupil breathes the college at.
mosphere from the very outset. A fur.
Their advantage, and one which, to its
credit, the secondary school uses spar.
ingly, is the privilege of sending pu'
pills to college on certificate. TO enter
college without the ordeal of exam
ination is not an unmixed blessing, any
more than the examination itself is an
unmitigated evil; but the privilege just
mentioned has helped many nervous
self-distrustful girl, who, once inside
the college doors, has never again
needed even so slight a prop as that i'm.
piled in "entrance on certificate"
One final point-college is not ex.
clusively for those born with the ira
d;tional gold spoon; the candidate who
needs helping hand will find it out
stretched in many directions. There
ere students aid associations which
lend money to struggling sisters, there
are college scholarships and alumnae
scholarships, and besides, many gener-
Gus good friends whom the college pres.
ident alone knows. Then there are op.
portunities to help ones self by tn.
toring, mending, assisting in the Ii
brary or laboratory. So one need not
be cast down because circumstances are
unequal; the college doors open with
equal hospitality to all, and bid vel.
come to the happiest four years of life
a girl can spend Bazaar.
For the Housekeepers.
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use small disinfecting pan with a
small reservoir that contains the dis
injecting liquid. This is to be heated
and converted into gas by a flame
beneath the reservoir. The gas is di-