The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-11-20

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 Oxford. body composed of women
 students, who. after paying certain fees and passing certain university ex- aminations, have power to vote at it's meeting. But all these honors, impress sive as they sound, do not seem as sat- isfactory to the average American wo- man as a bachelors degree from a good college at home. -.
 But for the graduate, the woman who possesses bachelors or masters de- gree, who is perhaps the incumbent of travelling scholarship or fellowship, or who wants to do independent browsing in libraries or research in manuscripts. life in Oxford is. profitable. English and history are the two subjects which att tract the most students there, because of the famous manuscripts in the Bod leian Library. The Bodleian, which re- ceives every book that is printed, may be used by women students on the rec ommendation of some member of the university, and in case they are wanted, the manuscripts of the British Museum are only an hour and a half's ride from ] Oxford. The lectured given by the pro- fessors and readers of the university are generally open to women without fees. The lectures given in the differ ent colleges of the university are. with the exception of Magdalen College, gen. orally open to them at the same rates as to men, if personal permission is granted by the tutors and lecturers. Only three professors last year refused such a request. There are also lectures provided by the Association for the Ed ucation of Women at Oxford, for which fees are charged. Women students are as rule required to register as stu- dents of this association, to the Treas urer of which are paid fees for tui- ton. Fees for lectures are from ten shillings to two pounds the course; fees for private tuition from two pounds to four pounds for an hour a week, during the term of eight weeks. For $150, therefore one can get at the very least five lecture course and two haurs a week private tuition through out the three terms of the college year, and this is not counting the free lec- lures of the professors and university readers,
 The tutor system at Oxford, whereby the private instructor clarifies and tea ches the facts that he lecturer lets fall without explanation, is too well known. to be mentioned at length. So great is the demand for the services of some tu- tors, that if an American woman wants to work under a certain scholar, she will be wise. before crossing the ocean, to inquire if the. tutors will have her. There are stories told in Oxford of irate American students who demand cer- tain services as rights, not knowing that popular tutor must be nlodestly requested to take them under his guid- ance. It is said that some Americans, demanding too much of this academic prop, tried to make him write these for them, but a sensible student soon ad- justs herself to the indifference of the lecturers on one hand, and on the other hand the amount of personal advice that should come from her tutor.
 There are four regular donitories or halls for women at Oxford; Lady Mar garet Hall (founded 1879), Somerville College Bounded 1s79), St. Hugh's Hall Bounded 1SS6), and St. Hilda's Hall Bounded 1S93). These are comfortable modern buildings of brick and stone, more or less on the outskirts of the city, furnished with libraries, studies, tennis courts, and gardens. Lady Margaret Hall is open only to students intending to pursue the regular three or four years course St. Hugh's is intended only for members of the Church of England. Somerville College is unden- nominational, and St. Hilda's, though conducted on the principles of the church of England, has libraries for members of other religious bodies. The rules for attendance on chapel, putting out of lights, etc, are not nearly so tre- mendous as in the mems colleges, and life is more on the order of household than an instutition. There are seldom more than sixty women tutors who, on consultation with the university lec- turers, direct the work of the students in their charge.
 The cost of residence at Lady Marga- ret Hall or St. Hilda's Hall is G75 a year, without tuition. At Somerville College charges of from eS5 to e92, and at St. Hugh's Hall charges from e7O to e9o cover board, residence and all edu- cation expenses, except fees payable for university examinations.
 For older students who prefer to have apartments by themselves, the Society of Oxford Home Students Rounded 1ST9) finds excellent lodgings either on The High" that ever-througed thor oughfare where students and don, bish- cp and butcher jostle each other be- tween hoary colleges and gay shops; or in some bettle-broWn old house on one of the narrow, steep-walled streets that run between the colleges; or on the outskirts of the city, in a cottage with a shaded garden and the innumerable domestic animals that the English household loves. to foster.
 The Oxford Home Students are un- der the care of principal and com mittee of the association. Lodgings ap- proved by the committee cost from one pound five shillings to two pounds twelve shillings a week. Though of course any amount of money may be spent during college year, women who have studied at Oxford say that $500 has quite sufflced for their passage from America to England, for ample tuition during the academic year and for board at not too economical lodging house.
 The social life for women at the uni- versity varies like the educational side of it, with the individual. There are no social functions. like class day. to