The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
COLLEGES CROWDED.
ENTRANCE TO wo1GxH's INvT1:
TUTES VERY DIITICU11.
Not Only Lack Of Room But Strict
ness In Regard to Health and
Other Regulations Are
Barriers.

leges these days is serious UNDERTAKING
The most popular of them are 30 crowd
ed that only part Of those who are pre-
pared to enter can be admitted. This
makes q situation exactly the reverse OF
that which prevails in mems colleges.
says the New York Bun. where every
student who cAA pess the examination
and meet the pertunctory sreQuireme1ts
as to moral character Is welcomed.
Several of the wcmen's cclleeee re-
quire that those who intend to n;stricts-
late In particular year shall givA notice
to that effect three or four years before
hand. Thus 1t is pretty we'll known for
several years in advance what arc the
prospects for students, and the colleges
arc able to maintain their standards q
scholarship.
Physical health Also il more strictly
insisted upon in the women's colleges
than In the mems. Nearly al sch oois.
At least OF the higher grade. are now I'M
sisting as never before upon the health
OF pupils.
A physician b often attached 10 the
gymnasium. sometimes ~ general su-
perintendent Of physical culture. and
upon his advice the pupils often cutdown
their school work or for time alto
gether give It up. At the wornen's co.,
leges the relation Of physical health to
general education Is felt to Be % Inn
portant that q very close watch ID kept
upon thoee who enter college and upo1
all students throughout their whole
course.
Every year the June examinations Of
those who have been for several years
registered a. prospective matriculates
of the women's colleges result IN thin
ming out the numbers, but the places q
those who for physical reasons rr fer
failure to reach the standard Of scho
ship are told to wait another yeer are
ta'ca by applicants who have not been
registered SO long.
Then the nnlueky ones either give up
the race for the year or spend large part
Of the summer In study for thr autumn
examinations. or In special exercises
designed to improve their physical con-
dition. The girl who ID rejected bn A.
count Of both physical Ill heaith and
lack Of mental preparation staA&s small
chance Of making up her oD31ee &C.
6ciency.
Those students who have bee4 lorg-
est registered enjoy At some OF thu wcm
ems colleges special advantages Ger
tain fayori:e dorriitcries are 6.ichly
Allied up by the long registered s'n erts.
In come cases there is room n the
campus dorHitories for only thcSe Who
have applied far in advance ARD late
corners have TO Lodge outside the ttl,ef"
grounds. The fortunate occupants G.
fayorite Gc-mitories are riuch ipyieC
by the outsiders, and acme pcre-ti con-
slider 1t 70 important that TIER iaugh-
tiers shall actually live within TIA col
lere grounds that they prefer thai the
girls shall wait year before entering,
rather than have them exposed u the
Inconvenience and possible temptations
Of lodging outside.
1t is even intinated that wealthy "a
rents sometimes pay handsomely to
lucky occupants of the dormitoriej for
an exhanse CT rooms. A few parer's,
on the other hand. believing that the
dormitorics are cietracting. anG'gerl;aps
dangerous In their effect upon the
nerves. prefer that their daughters shall
live elsewhere
The girl matriculate has one other
trouble that the boy escapes-the ques-
ton Of clothes. Most young men are
content to go to college just little bet
ter dressed than at home. but the girls
and their mothers must pass many trou-
bled hours in preparing the college
trousseau.
At all the women's colleges there Is
| q pretty wholesome spirit in the matter
OF dress. and the authorities systematic
ally frown upon extravaganza; but every
freshman enters college with come
termors as to her outward appearance,
and there Is good deal Of comment upon
the attire Of newcomers.
Gold Nuggets In the Street.
1.-THE streets Of some OF the mining
towns of California are paved with