Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-18
University Notes.

for the college year which opens
Sept. "a, will be extremely reason
able; much lower, in fact, than at
many of the larger educational IN
situations OF the country. The city
offers students q choice of over 800
rooming houses, beside the univer-
sity dorm1tory for women, the
Young Mems and Young WOmen's
Christian association buildings, and
the IL Greek letter fraternity and
sorority houses. A canvas of $50
houses showed the average price of
rooms accommodating 2 to A stud
ents each is So. 90 week, or $50 to
ST. 81 for each student. The aver
age price for single rooms is slight
~ higher, being So 06 week. Many
rooms, however, can be obtained,
for 81 to 81 so a week. The prices
vary, naturally, according to the
distance from the campus and the
accommodations afforded, the
double rooms ranging from So to S.
apiece, ($1 to So for each Students
and the single rooms from 81 to S..
ROOMS FOR GIRLS.
A movement recently inaugurated
at the university for the separation
OF the young men and women in
dormitorY accommodations has re
suited in the listing of 10 rooming
houses near the campus set aside
for the exclusive use Of young
women. This, in amanner, supple
ments the university dormitory for
women, Chadbourne hall, which
accommodates but 100 and this
year to be given TO the freshmen
and a sophomores. A dozen young
women of the senior class will how
| ever remain in the hall as proctors
and heads of tables in the dining
room. There the board will be
1915 week this year, and the
rooms will range from $50 to 1926
for the year, which is approximate
/ ~ 81. so to 81 a week.
At the Young Women's Christian
ASSOCIATION house, which is just a
block from the lower campus, the
price for board will be 1915 week,
as at Chadbourne hail, and the
rooms will rent for $65 a year On
the second floor and $50 on the
third floor. AS these are all double
rooms and each girl is required on
account of the popularity of the
house, to take a room mate, the
price to each girl is from 81 20 tC
50 week. At the Young Mems
4 Christian association building, fac
ing the lower campus, the dining
room Will be opened for the frs
tune to the student body this fall
and board will be furnished ct S. 81
/ a week. All the rooms in the build
| ing are double, and rent for So tt
$3.50 apiece, which is $I.50l (
50. 25 for each student.
The.9 are q large number Q.
boarding places, the greater per
ton Of them in close proximity {,
the campus, where students may
secure their meals for prices rang
ing from So to 81 so a week. Fol
instance, one boarding house just /
} block from the lower campus Offers
: good table board at So q week, am
another, two blocks from the uppe.
campus, at 1926 a week, while !
third, one block from thu lowe.
, campus, serves meals at So. so ,
{ week. In number of the roomins
!, houses students are able to secur,
their meals as well.
NO SMOKING.
Many Of the rooming- house keep
| ers prefer to rent their rooms bJ
the month, and advertise double
rooms at from So to SIC a month
which, in case two students take 3
room together, would be a little les:
than 81 to 50 a week. Single rooms
are advertised for So to SO a month
which is something less than S sc
to $3.50 week. In 40 diEeren
looming houses smoking is for
hidden, and in number only upper
| classmen are accepted. Some land
ladies advertise only quiet stHd
Ients need apply, ''or" none but in
/ 8tructors need apply" while other;
! offer special rates to those Who vii
ECare for their own rooms or tt
young men who will take a number
! of rooms together as a club.
EXPERIMENT STATION FIGHTS san
JOSE SCALE.
| San Jose scale the dread of al
fruit growers, is again found II
| Wisconsin. This insect was found
in orchards Of the state last year
| and it's recurrence clearly shows Che
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of nursery
inspection in controlling the pest