The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-16
The College Girl Costs Father
About What Father VIII Paw

Two dresses are enough for any
, girl to own. While she wears one, let
her hang the other from a peg on her
bedroom door," The first trustees of
Bryn Mawr college issued this opinion
Eek cathedral" and the first dormi-
tory, Marion hall, was built forthwith
without closet or clothespress. Times
change Today that same college has
found 1T advisable to forbid that the
undergraduate shall bring with her
her own automobile.
How shall we reduce the cost of liv-
ing? The problem is real one to stu
dents of even comfortable means, says
the New York Sun, while to the self
supporting girl anxious to equip her
self for work that demands college or
university training 1t approaches the
tragic. In spite of the large modern
endowment funds of our eastern wom
ems colleges the individual student
finds herself with tuition fee from
$50 to 800 larger than her older sis
ter paid ten years ago, with dormitory
bills proportionately higher and with
vastly greater than the standards FIVE
years ago could have suggested.
Two young women at teachers col.
lege of Columbia university have set
themselves the task of solving the
problem of comfortable, cheap living
during their student days They are
taking the course in domestic arts and
are both of them housekeepers of
practical experience. This scientific
training and home practice are being
put to practical use in their expert.
ment in cheap living.
1--WE can't pretend to rival that
young man at Harvard who lives on 81
a week." said one OF them at teachers
college a day or two ago. "But our
problem has not been to find out on
how little we can support life, but to
find out on how little we can live
pleasantly and comfortably. That is
quite different matter.
rent was our first consideration.
We found a six-room apartment. 1t
was four flights up, which gave us the
advantages of fresh air and COMPARE
tive quite. 1t was also flooded with
sunshine, with every room light. We
rented out two of these rooms by the
week to other girl students This
brought down our rent to $14 a month
for both of us. This rent, of course
includes heat, hot water and janitor
service.
Gas for our cooking, washing and
ironing, and including the light for our
two dodgers, comes to $3.50 a month.
Service comes to So a month, or
about $3.50 week apiece. This NAV
seem extravaganza for model plan of
cheap living, but we consider that we
must save our Strength for our work
at the college and not spend 1t in
cleaning, washing and ironing.
Our food expenses average, sum-
mer and winter $3.50 week for both
of us. We do not eat meat oftener
than twice or three times a week. This
is, however, our only sIngularity of
diet We are fond of good things and
We supply our table with a varied and
abundant menu. 1t Is possible to do
this on our allowance If one has the
training Of our domestic science
courses. ra
sour living expenses for q typical
week, then, run something like this:
Rent ......!!..J ...' .S1.75
Service 1.5O
Gas ...,............. AS
Feed .................... 3.25
Iotal .'',..'..,........$ 1896
This is no such astonishing result
as the 81 week for food reported as