Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-23

gross.
How much does it cost for 9
student to attend an area college
for q year?
Well now. that depends on the
student.
The average guy can do it or
$1,000 plus tuition and feei
which will add. on the average
about 500 more. But the spread
Is great.
Take Axel Fumblegrubb. Axel
is q nice young fellow from An
thracite Corners, Pa.-nythical
Of course. Axel is 50 tight he
makes q Scottish bank manager
look like Santa Claus.
Axel takes the bus to Wash
ington. He lives on campus and
eats (ughD in the college cafe
terra. Axel doesn't join q fra
ternity and saves Sis q year.
Uncle Sans Clothes
His proudest days were during
his hitch as q draftee-he keeps
on wearing his Army clothes and
saves about 500 a year on buds
Axel can't see buying books-he
either uses the library reference
shelf or borrows his roommate's.
Axel doesn't have many dates
He doesn't take OF on big week
ends. contents himself with q
weekly outing at the local film
emporium: saving, 5000. He
doesn't smoke, doesn't drink and
comes of $50 q year to the
better.
He cuts his own hair. This
fits in well with the Army
clothes, saves him $50 q year
and gets him into the local Left
ist Club by mistake.
In all, Axel actually pays out
only about $3.50 a year over and
above tuition and fees and more
than makes up for this expendi-
ture with his part-time job. His
total annual cost: about $3.50
At the other end Of the spec
trum we have c. Gaylord Carroll
Goes for Clothes
Gaylord is quite q sport.
Clothes are a heavy expendi-
ture for him.
His wardrobe includes: the in
dispensable gray flannel suit .(for
studied anonymity, three tartan
vests Ito stand out in q crowd
Q rough tweed suit. q second
gray flannel suit Zone can't af-
ford to be caught short). three
sport coats, five pairs Of Stacks
(two Of gray flannel, a mass Of
argyle socks, rep ties and pull
over sweaters. q poplin raincoat
and q letter Of introduction tc
q member of the English Speak
ing Union-cost, $500, presenting
that Gaylord. being a sport ir
his prep school days, had about
rs per cent Of this when he ar
rived on the scene.
Gaylord wouldn't be caught
dead living on campus. He gets
himself a basement apartment
with q private entrance In a
brownstone two miles from the
main gate. He puts bull-f1ght
posters on the wall. hangs q
mobile, sets UP his driftwood
lamp and is ready for business
cost, $50 Q month.
He eats most of his meals out
does a little gourmeting himself
Che doesn't even know where the
college cafeteria is)-cost, $50
q month.
$500 for Books
Gaylord buys all his books
new, occasionally picks UP a
current volume that's being
talked about. The tab, 5000 q
year.
He maintains relations with o
New England college femme
while keeping q couple Of the
more sophisticated local prod.
ucts on the line. This means o
minimum Of two important week
ends a year at New York at $10(
o throw.
His on-campus social life fol-
lows a simple pattern: He doe;
90 to the movies British only
however,, drinks beer with 9
few simpatice students, otter
spends an evening at home witt
a bottle of modest wine reading
Baudelaire to the wide-eyed CO.
ed he is educating.
All Of this costs Gaylord's dac