The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-10
University Students Settling In
New Building.
LIVING EXPENSES SEQ A YEAR.
e.hemisn Existence of the Collegi-
.ns. who Live in Comfortably
Furnished suites Of Rooms-One
mining Room for the Male stu
ssnts and Coeds-Governmen
Usder Committees of Students.

FAIRS at the university dur
WI ing the last week have been
LIN quiet The students are gradu-
7\ ally moving into the new dor
II In mitories. and already eighty
have done so.
fKe In the dormitories possesses many
.ttrartions for the collegians. Both places
"a sbe university would have every room
cccIp,ed but many students are delaying
srsering to see how the authorities will
~anaRs them. Now there are no rules
~ restrictions upon the students living In
~ buildings, the only governing power
heink committees chosen from the inhab-
ifanfs. These committees act in connec-
don with one from the faculty.
or taking up their abode In the dormi-
tories. the students deposit SIS each as Sc
eurity against any damage they may do.
Room rent liz 81 month for each indi-
yiduaI The price OF board has not been
axed but Is expected to be about IS
month. This would make the cost of liv-
fng in the dormitories about $50 a year
for each student The general hour for
rtsing Is o'clock, but many get up an
hour or so earlier Each floor OF the two
dormitories has . dressing room. where
the Students make their toilets. Break
fast comes at 1880, and IS taken In the din
ing room of the goods dormitory, where
Ill the meals are served Each table has
places for eight In general, an equal
number OF both sexes sit at a table. From
Il to p m. is the luncheon hour, and
~ m. Is the dinner hour.
Most OF the classes are over by 8 O'Clock
N the afternoon. and from then on the
Students are free to do as they please.
After dinner until about 8 o'clock, the
male students have a pleasant time with
mntos and guitars. and playing and sing
Ing during the earlier part OF the even
Ing. Al o'clock study begins. and Is
continued indefinitely.
& n N arranging their rooms there Is not
II no much difference between the men
Il and the goods m II generally believed.
Tho gentler sex in general have more cur
tains and knicknacks than most OF the
men. The furniture, consisting of tables,
ehAirs. iron bedsteads. bureaus. ETC.. is pro-
vidsd by the university. The dormitorfes
ars arranged In suites of two and three
rooms. the former accommodating two
students, ana the latter four. Some OF the
rules occupied by the male students are
actually luxurious In their attings
The most interesting apartments OF either
dormltory are perhaps those belonging to
O. 4. McGiinn and Glenn TROUT. McGlinn
VA one OF the University Of Washington
men who served in the Philippine islands
with the First Washington volunteers. He
brcught many curios from Manila and
JapAn. Swords. daggers, spears. bows,
teloa and Chinese opium pipes adorn the
walls Of the study. with college calendars
~ poeters interspcrsed 10 vary the effect.
An unexploded shell Aired by the Aston bat
terry serves as a paper weight A spanish
lnce mRntilla covers the transom. Nc
0unn's old canteen belt hangs In one cor
NJ u the room. and under II are spanish,
Cuban and Filipino nags. An interesting
feuc 10 one Of the bugles Dewey issued TO
The insurgents from the Cavita arsenal.
Much prised curios ARE ladies' clippers
frum the Philippines and Japan. and a col
SctSon OF snapshot photographs taken on
thH hring line,
Ths other suites are varied as the rain
how In their equipment. Football men
Adorn their rooms with trophies OF the
erfdiron and pictures Of noted players.
The musical crowd run TO beribboncd BAN
jos, ETC.. and photographs OF famous play
era The average student. however. IL
content TO have his rooms plainly but COM
fortAsly furnished. lie enjoys dormitory
HE, perhaps, no less than the others
N the morning assembly exercises this
IA week Prof A. n Fuller addressed
the students. dealing with the differ
ent grades OF colleges In the United States
and their condition. Mrs, Jennie Hough-
ton Edmunds and the mandolin club fur
n'shcd the music at the Tuesday assem-
BY. and Mrs. W. H. Whittlesey and the
University of Washington orchestra at
yesterdays.
President Graves left for Port Townsend
last night TO deliver the final lecture OF
'he university extension course Tho lee
ture were given for tho beneat az the
Key City'a rllt,lir library and have nAtted
handsome sum
Monday being i.incoln's day. there will
% holiday az the university. In the
evening the goods living In the women's
dormitcry will give a reception 60 the fac
Mfy, students and alumni
Clarence Nafd OF the class Of 1859, who
mas been IA the United States geological
survey for the last ave years, has taken
W course ia draughtinx at the uni.
yeraify