The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-02
WOMEN BACKING !
COTTAGE PLANS
COOPERATIVE Institution on
University Campus for
Gods.
SUCCESS ELSEWHERE
Other Colleges Find Scheme
Valuable; Is Needed at
Montana.

Missoula women are taking active
interest in the cooperative cottage |
plan. which Will enable every Montana |
girl. who needs to economic. TO Z - a !
university education. at a minimum
cost.
Mrs. Jameson, dean of women, Is
kept busy with inquiries, suggestions
and offers of assistance. Already four
orga nizations Of Missoula women have
voted to work for this cottage. Two
have made definite plans. The Mis-
soula Woman's club win furnish the
living room. The AS You Like 1t
club will equip bed room.
Cooperative houses of various kinds
are operating at Wellesley. Smith, Uni
versity Of California. University of MI
nois. Northwestern and University Of
Wisconsin. Some Of these houses are
wholly cooperative. others partially so
The cost of living in the partially CO.
operative houses Is reduced about sl25
a year: in the others. even more.
At the University Of California. con-
genial groups Of girls form clubs. To
these groups the university lends $1,000
for equipment. the loan being repaid
1 II, annual installments of 800.
| At Northwestern university, group
cf nearly 200 women lives on the CO.
| operative plan. They pay the serv-
ices OF a cook, a launderer and q jani-
tor and still live for $l75 apiece. a year.
The University of Illinois has three
CO. operative houses. in two of which
| tie girls do all OF the work.
Wellesiey's cooperative house has a
working housekeeper, a janitor and a
house mother. The girls do the lighter
work and. reduce the annual cost from
1925 to 5000 each.
Lawrence house. at Smith. has the
same plan as Wellesleys. and the cost
IL $225. against the campus price of
$3.50.
Fancy house. also at Smith, Is run
by IA girls. who do all the work and
live for $3.50 week apiece.
There are three cooperative cot
tages at the University OF Wisconsin
The first one was opened in 1915. II
was equipped by the Chicago Alumnae
of the University of Wisconsin. The
girls. who were to live at the cottage
were chosen as they are at the othe,
colleges-for character. personality
scholarship and adaptability. The
university owns and heats the houses
which are rented to the girls for al
adequate. IL not nominal rental This
cost of living under this plan has beer
5000 a year. The working schedule o
these houses is interesting. Every
girl takes care of her own room. The
girls work in squads Of two, rotatinl
the work, l. O.. for six weeks. one sauat
cleans halls; for the next six weeks
dining and living rooms. etc. On'
team of girls. who needed to carr
more than the others, prepared all tn
lunches and dinners and paid no board
The girls who cook, also order for ant
plan tho meals. The house treasure
pnys all bills and does the wholesale
buying.
The A. G. A. Of Madison furnished
one cottage. making the plans for re
modelling the house and also hemmini
the tablecloths and napkins.
| Everywhere the cooperative hous'
: is a model example of self government
All house problems are brought up 70
discussion at the regular house meet
inEs called by the house chairman.
The successful working out OF thi'
plan. in every case. has given the girl.
an economic and social life which the!
could not otherwise have had. Hos
pitality. congcniality and the spirit o.
service have developed without tn,
slightest loss of dignity and self re.
spect.
The colleges which have not yet in.
augurated this idea are receiving con.
slant appeals and inquiries. The war
with It's financial duress. Is forcins
the issue. Public opinion is demand.
ing that all bars to education be lei
down. Aud the Montana State Uni
versity will he in the van next fail
with her new CO. Operative cottage.