Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-26
STUDENTS COME FROM FAR
Western Schools Have Attractions
that Draw the Ambitious and
Enterprising.
ECONOMY AND HIGH STANDARDS

While many western students go 20 the
large eastern educational institutions II
is also true that many eastern students
come to tho western educational lnstltu-
tions
The list OF students at all the institu-
lions In this part Of the west will show
q large percentage from all over the
country. exclusive OF those who live in
the west, and also many from other
laudF. from Porto Ricn 10 Japan.
What brings these students here?
There are several considerations that
make for this ingathering OF students
from ali over the globe.
One important factor il the choapnoss
Of education here
And IN tlis connection "eheapness" IL
used IN its purely pecuniary sense, mean
ing the cost OF getting Il and not the
quality OF Il.
For white me eost is absolutely the
lowest, tho quality u the education 's
t'st rs absolutely OF the highest
S"nr fIrrii, tttrnrtiVr Figures.
waen a leading institution advertises
Splendid 5.,a..d at $40 to 81 week It
means something and IL a matter OF very
large consideration. That sum wouldn't
MUCH more AiAn wy Oho ae3 = etehN ~
some OF the more stylish institutions.
Another institution In Nebraska Of the
primary class advertises forty weeks
board. room and tuition, tlS2."
In the language OF the street 1T can't
be beat"
The University OF Pennsylvania, for
example. charges more than that for tut
ton alone And board and room In
-
TO at least 500 additional.
Besides, In that staid and somewhat
archaic institution there are only n very
few courses open to women at any price.
II is chiefly mans institution The
young woman of Pennsylvania who
wants to 20 70 the states institution OF
learning finds It's doors shut In her face
Experience of One Girl.
SO you will find In western institutions
the names OF many students from the
cast One such young woman Is known
TO the writer. She finished the high
school in Philadelphia and then inquired
at the university. She found she could
get no education TO speak OF there be-
cause she was a woman.
She found, moreover. that she couldn't
40 to Bryn Mawr. located In suburb
OF the city. because the family exchequer
wouldn't yield the $50 needed annually
for tuition.
Il was then that she was told Of the
University OF Nebraska, an institution
fully the equal IN scholastic standing and
attainments oil Pennsylvania and place
where tuition was free.
She could hardly believe the good news.
hut sent for catalogue immediately. and
then discovered that It was, indeed, true.
4 nonresident fee OF $40 a year was
not sufficient to deter her from these
advantages She and her mother. packed
the family effects and came 20 Nebraska
last fall and she Is now attending the
~ vcrrity.
Sor did they come alone. Two OF her
high school classmates. who had also
fonrd their education curtailed by the
Limitations OF the university and the
cSaeticns of the women's colleges. came
with her under the chaperonage Of her
mother And there the three Of them are
now pursuing the courses Of study In the
University Of Nebraska.
Not a sectional school.
Next 10 tbs quality OF freedom which
tile higher education In Nebraska shows
~ thai of cosmopolitanism. There Is nc
pro,in al OF sectionalsm about Ne
brs4ka. It's institutions are as open and
free qua breezy as the vests broad
ilsens What a man OF woman Il counts
gur airo Han where he IL from OF how
mach hssnvN ais father has.
'riic hvaleiincss Of Nebraska's eli
i;ais Il another consideration ard ther,
mr. rlars pcO, &c attending the institution,
- this and noishlsoriny states who ar,
~ TO same iin:s building up their heaiti
with tha fire air ana food and water a
tilis par. OF Ito country.
Nowhere In tine world are there g,
many rapicly-growing institutions o
iearudne as here In the middle western
county,
u has passed the hard pioneer year
vines Poverty q a. abroad.
4 i;as cease out OF the broad plali
% pros cfl.y. II mas moro automobile
per ..ooo pOpai@tion than any other par
"f the earth.
This Is not important Ia itseIf but IA
dieates the prosperity OF its people.
II Is nav No longer necessary 20 struE
gle Tor eXlstenca. Now is the time Nghe
tfc people arc enjoying the higher thlhs
81 'i'e and arc tusrirg their attention /