Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-14

+ " iiN the NCiltSP u ma" dI!' HN'SH. -
I ported mstitut' On, choG!. charge
fee CT s. for its correspondence
courses. This just query is answered
by the college as follows:
! First. All instruction given by the
! College Of Hawaii is absolutely free.
! The slight expenses incident 10 GER
: tain courses are wholly for books or
materials that the student himself
| retains or consumes as personal prop
erty. Il is natural that this regulation
should also apply 10 the correspond
erce courses. or course in dealing
with the correspondence student, as
with the local student the teacher
! might simply tell him what tCCks and
| supplies are needed, and allow hlm -
| purchase them for himself. This, how
ever. would in all cases involve pro
tracted delays. and. as the college fur
! nishes everything at cost, would eau SO
! much greater expense to the student.
| The, custom Of charging fer hooks
or supplies that are used by the stu
dent as personal property is universal
! IN all colleges. universities. and the
sicrity Of public high schools. This
! fee is often called a Laboratory fee"
and never represents a charge for in
structCn.
Fees of this character are charged
by the Mckinley High Schocl. Oahu
, College and other local schools. public
and private We understand that one
of the economies to be affected by
the incoming superintendent of pub
lie instruction is to this same effect,
namely. that the school-chi1dren are
to pay for their personal supplies.
Second. There are about % state
colleges that offer correspondence
courses similar to those of the Col
lege CT Hawaii. In none of these in
stitutiCns are the courses entirely
free; that Is. the student must at least
pay for the cest Of necessary text
books and postage charges. The gen
eral practice is to charge a nominal
fee to cover these and ether incidental
items Of expense. In cur correspond
erce courses we furnish ali the text
books (Which cur resident students
purchase for them selvesl and pay pos
tage enc way. These and ether minor
! eXnenses amount to about S. This
fo"k-feo is very small as compared
with the fees of private correspond
Rnce schools. which range from $25
TO SEQ per course.
Third. The two institutions in the
| United States that have developed
the'r correspondence courses to the
largest extent are the University OF
Wisconsin and the University of Chi
cage. We have at hand the announce
nents Of these institutions and quote
Idirectly from them.
/ University of Wisconsin, "The
price Of full unit course IF 40 as
signments is only 500. payable in ad-
Vance. This fee covers the entire
Iexpense Of instruction. and postage
one way. All necessary textbooks,
drawing outfits, apparatus, etc. are
textra"4 . ~ ar.
In snother place the following state
ment is made: ..:3>
The low Cost. The fees for cor
irespondence study are put upon the
lowest operating basis. 1t is individ-
ual instruction Of the highest order.
given under the most truthworthy
conditions. The motive is public serv-
Ice. and profit is entirely eliminated.
i Those who care to analyze the ex-
pense will bear in mind the fact that
the correspondence student is usually
engaged in gainful occunation or
profession, whereas the residence stu
dent temporarily susDends his earning
mower. The correspondence student
NAV also he said to be turning his
leisure time into economic values by
this method. These and many other
factors contributed toward establish
ing this as an ineXpensive system of
achieving an education"
The University of Chicago: "Ex-
pense. All fees are payable in adj
vance. The matriculation fee is s.,
the tuition for each minor course is
, ST. and one major course. SIG. Text
locks which can not he borrowed
must he purchased by the student
The student is required to paw noces-
sary postage fer sending and return
Of the lessen PAPERS"
The fees which have been received
from cur CORRESPONDENCE courses are
segregated and used only for the
work CT these courses. no SURPLUS
, however. has accumulated in this
form. ps We frequently have to supply
students with several textbooks
which they retain
Fourth Cur PXDCri>n"o with the
CORRESPONDENCE" courses in Hawaii has
been that many persons apply who
have no serious intention of complet-
ling the course. The charge for text
! books serves rs a test Of the gen
Uine interest CT the aDnlicant. If this
fee were wholly removed We would
have a great MANY apDIications from
persons whose interest was purely
temporary, and who would drop the
course shortly after receiving the free