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EDITORIAL.
UNIVERSITY COURIER.
A *EMI-MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE STUDENTS
THE STUDENTS
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
EDITORS
PERLEE R. BENNETT, '86...Fortnight.
AGNES EMERY, '84...Literary.
H. T. GRAHAM, '86...
GLEN L. MILLER, '84...Editorial.
J. B. LIPPINCOTT, '85...Scientific.
G. M. WALKER, '85...
E. E. RITCHIE, '86...Views.
CHAS. METCALFE, '84...Normal.
J. E. CURRY, '86...Swaps.
NETTIE BROWN, '86..Personal.
W. Y. MORGAN, '85...The Corridors.
NETTIE HUBBARD, '85...
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C. D. DEAN,'84. | W. H. JOHNSON,'85.
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WHAT IT COSTS.
No question is so frequently asked of University students or officers as "what are students' expenses?" From the young man whose whole energy is bent upon attending the University for a year to the most casual visitor, comes the question, "what does it cost." When speaking with Col. R. G. Ingersoll last winter, we were somewhat surprised at his first words, "what does your schooling cost you?" In fact, the cost is the guage which most persons apply to the University, though with different ends in view. One wants to go "where he can spend the most chink," and another where he "can get the most learning for the least money."
Our catalogue contains the gratifying information that 'too much rather than too little 'pocket money' proves the ruin of youth away from home,' and the more
startling statement that "price of board depends upon rates of rent, help employed the cost of provisions, and the demands of the boarder." To find out, not what board and books cost nor the price of slate pencils, but what our students actually spend, we have made extensive inquiries. The estimates as given are in all cases for ten months including the cost of railroad travel and of clothing bought during the school terms.
A very few students who "batch it," do not go into society and stretch the economy blanket at every side and corner, get along with one hundred and sixty dollars per year. Quite a number who board in clubs, have medium furnished rooms, belong to the literary societies, enjoy all the privileges of the University, but no outside entertainment, make two hundred dollars carry them through. Two hundred and twenty-five dollars furnishes, in addition to this, better accommodations and an occasional treat to an opera play. The average expense of our students is two hundred and fifty dollars, which amount covers the best board, nicely furnished rooms, society expenses and a moderate amount of pleasure-going. Those who aspire to dress finely and have a leading share in all that comes along, find their cash-book to show disbursements from three hundred to three hundred and fifty dollars per year. At this rate one can add to his text books a goodly supply of works for reference, enjoy his lady's company to theatre, ball and supper, partake of the benefits of secret and literary societies, own stock in the college papers—in short, can luxuriate in all those pleasures which, while perfectly legitimate are not strictly necessary. Occasionally a student who goes to extravagance or indulges himself in ways that are dark, draws on his father for four or five hundred, but these cases are exceedingly rare. The University is in itself a