Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-02
NOT GRANITE DEGREES
Women May Take Examina-
tons at Oxford.
FOUR INSTITUTIONS OPEN
Quite a Number of American Girls
There.
ANNUAL UNIVERSITY EXPENSES
College Life Will Cost the Students
About $3.50 Year-Long Vaca-
tions Surprising to Newcomers.
BY WILLIAM f. CURTIS.

| BY WILLIAM f. CURTIS.
| Written for The Star and the Chicago Record
| Herald.
| Mr. Louis Dyer, an American instructor
at oxford, in a pamphlet he has published
| for the information of American students.
| entitled Oxford AS 1t Is." says: women
| are not allowed to matriculate or graduate
at the university but are admitted to all
| examinations for degrees in arts and music.
| The names of successful candidates, to-
gether with the rank of the same. are pub
| lished in the University Gazette and Calen-
| dar, the official publication of the unver-
! sity." Women who are pursuing regular
course of study, registering under the
Association for Promoting the Education of
Women in Oxford. can obtain admission
| to nearly all the lectures given in the uni
| versity and colleges, and to the university
library and laboratories. The president of
| the council of the association is the master
| of Balliol. and it's secretaries are the uni
versity reader in Greek. A Sidgwick. esq.,
and Miss Rogers The office. library and
| lecture rooms are In the Clarendon build
| ing, Broad street. Letters should be ad-
| dressed there to Miss Rogers. Ladies In
| Oxford for the purpose of study can obtain
| on application to Miss Rogers. information
! as to lectures open to them and the condi-
| lions of admission.
| Women attending examinations are claSSed
| and ranked according to the same rules as
men, and no distinction is made in any re-
| spect. They rank as frsts. seconds.
thirds and passed." which is the way
| hcnors are described at Oxford "F'irsts
are very rare indeed. To rank as FIRST
| a student must pass a perfect eXamina tion
| seconds are seldom obtained. They re-
quire almost much as the "firsts." When
| a student gets third he is doing very
| we'll
Women who go in for examinations get
| the same certificate or ''testamur'' that is
| given to men, and it indicates their stand
| ing. but no degrees are conferred upon them
| at oxford at any other English univer
| sity.
Four Colleges for Women.
There are four institutions for the higher
education of women at Oxford. The highest
is Somerville College, founded in 1879 of
which Miss Maitland is principal. and the
standard is quite high as that of any col
lege in the university. Lady Margaret's
Hall. Miss Wordsworth principal, was also
founded in 1872 and is under the care of the
Church of England, but provision is made
for Roman Catholic and non-conformist
students. st. Hugh's Hall was founded in
1885, Miss Moberly, principal, and is also
| intended for members of the Church of Eng
| land. ST. Hildas Hall. Mrs. Burrows prin-
| cipal was founded in 1893 and issa branch
| of womans college at Cheltenham.
| Besides these regularly organized insttu-
| lions there is "The Society of Oxford Home
| Students under the supervision of Mrs
| A. II. Johnson, which is intended for mar
| ried women especially and other -non-col-
| legiate students who pursue their studies at
| home. 1t is sort of home study circle"
| similar to the chautauquaS in the United
| States. Any student of the institutions
| named has the privilege of attending GER
! tain lectures at the university.
Quite a number of American girls are
studying at Oxford. They are nearly all in
| structors in colleges and schools for wom-
| en- in the United States, or are preparing
themselves for such work. Mrs. Card, wife
| of DIR. Card, master of Balliol, is the
mother of all American girls in Oxford al
| though she is a Scotch woman and has
never been III the United States She al
ways looks up newcomers. takes them under
! her wing. advises and assists them, and
! looks after their health and happiness with
| remarkable kindness. Every American
| girl student at oxford is expected to lunch
| with Mrs. Card on Sundays, and she gets
| possible: Mr.. Louis Dyer, formerly of Chi
| cago,. and later of Harvard, also takes a
| great interest in American students and
| gives a great deal of his time to the promo
| ton of their interests
Expenses at Oxford.
| The expenses of a student at oxford are
from 500 a year upward. They are about
the same those at the eastern universities
in the United States-Harvard Yale, Column
bia or Princeton. Board and room outside
OF the college buildings. either for men or
| women, costs from $50 to $3.50 week.
! according to the accommodations. The
| minimum tuition fees are $50 a term for
| outside students.
| The regular university fees are as follows
At naturalization, $3.50.
Quarterly dues, 10 shillings, total. so a
| year.
| b. A. examinations, S32.50
| Final b. A. examinations. $3.50
| B. Lift. examinations, 5000.
| Each college has its own schedule of
| charges and they are in addition to and
| entirely distinct from the university fees
| above named. The lowest fees at Kcble
| College, the highest at Pembroke The
! average admission fee is $25. paid at
| matriculation; the regular dues average S7J
| a year, and the tuition fees average 500 a
| year. Every student is required to deposit
| from Sl25 to $500 according to the college).
as caution money when he is admitted.
! This is to secure the college against dam
| ages committed by him to its property. At
| the end of his course, whenever he
| Vacates his room, an appraisement for wear
| and tear will be made. the amount will be
deducted from the caution money and the
balance will be returned to him.
Room rent varies according to the ac-
| commodations and the college. The mini
| mum is $3.50 a term at University College
| and the maximum $50 term at Christ
Church AT New College the average is
| about S2o term at Balliol the average an
| nual cost is S100. Furniture Is supplied In
| Is expected to purchase the outfit left by his
predecessor. In some Of the colleges linen
| and cutlery are furnished, but in most of
| them the student finds such supplies him.
self.
College "battels.' or bills are sent in by
the steward at the end of each week. They
include meals furnished. coal or other fuel.
the wages of the room servants or scouts -
the assessment subscription Of college
clubs and other expenses, which vary.
Taking every expense connected with stu
1Apt tfa tro1 ,,5y all e.
| room. board and books, the minimum for
| the twenty-four weeks of the university
| year will be about $500. This, OF course,
| does not include clothing. travelling expenses
| or anything but the actual necessities of
| the student
Long Vacations.
| American college men who visit Oxford
| are always surprised at the short period
| of residence required. There are three
| terms of eight weeks each. and twenty