Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-30
ARKANSAS GIRLS,
 GIVEN PREFERENCE
Crescent College Announces Special Induce
 ments.

President Thompson of Crescent College, Eureka Springs, is giving hi., personal attention this week to the enrolment of girls in Arkansas in filling the few remaining spaces be- fore completing the list of 80 girls.
 Altho students are registered for the ensuing session from thirteen states, Arkansas is now only third in representation. Preference will be given to applicants for entrance of representative students from Arkan- sas and furthermore a special dis count of $50.00 is permitted which is not authorized to students applying from other states.
 MT. Thompson will answer inquir- ies by mail and telegraph this week from his desk in the offices of the State Highway Commission, new State Capital, Little Rock. Mail will also be received at the Hotel Pines, where he will be one day this week.
 In commenting on the subject, Pres ident Thompson said members of the advisory board have agreed that 1t will be worth while to make slight concessions and special inducements to encourage wider representation from families in Arkansas. that our own citizens may be given personal acquaintance with the unique advan- tage Obtainable at Crescent College. It is the only non-church or non-state supported institution in Arkansas or the southwest. It is the only south- ern school-knOwn nationally which limits enrolment and emphasizes the importance of individual attention. giving girls an intimate contact with teachers. It is the only school which stresses Health and Hygiene first. It is the only girls school in Arkansas which the Universities rate at par. It is the only one which maintains anything approaching conservatory advantages. 1heT names of Schrube, the eminent pianist and composer and his piano assistant Beulah Lloyd Far ty as..Well as Faith La Borde. the soprano, and Berenice Gibson are fam iliar in the music world. In express sion many Crescent students have at- tained positions in platform cir cles and teaching that are enviable. Now it is notable that Crescent has attracted more attention outside of the state than in Arkansas. Texas girls, are twice as numerous adready in registration than Arkansans, and girls attend Crescent each year from distant states such as California, Ohio, New York, etc.
 In considering applications this week we are going to give Arkansas girls priority provided they give promlse of being credit to the institution. More than anything else, I deplore the tendency of our citizens to choose the ostentatious schools in Tennessee and Virginia when superior advan- tages are Obtainable in a nearer and more healthful location in Arkansas, where also, our gi1ls may mingle with girls from many other states. As to the other schools in this state, I have only this to say, correct educational advantages are not obtainable at the rate of charges they maintoin while a few dollars added to thetuitfon of each patron will afford the essential advantages lacking in them.
 We cannot offord to over-econom- ize on the most important epoch in the history of our daughters, namely her school days.
 For further particulars address this week R. R. Thompson, President Crescent College, care State Highway Commission, Little Rock. Pine Bluff people may address care Hotel Pines, PinQ R1uff ArL o oO .a+c