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Caption: Booklet - Handbook of Student Housing (1943)
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Morning Mail .Rental agreements cover a semester period. Prices for room and board are usually quoted by the month, anil range from S-15 to $50. Those houses offering room only or room with light housekeeping facilities have monthly rates which vary between >>l-± and Sl.s per month. These prices do not include any .laundry other than bedding, but most houses will allow students to do their personal laundry. Complete information concerning the facilities afforded by the many privately operated student homes for women is available at the office of the Division of Student Housing, where up-to-date lists of available quarters are maintained throughout the renting season. Sororities on the University of Illinois' campus number 22, and they house over 750 undergraduate women, in groups with an average membership of about oo students. Women interested in sorority affiliations who have no friends in Illinois chapter.-, may secure information concerning invitations to fall rushing from the Panhellenic Adviser, 100 Woman's Building, Urbana, Illinois. Rushing includes the entertainment of prospective members at teas, breakfasts, luncheons, and dinners. During the rushing period, rushees make temporary room arrangements, and must live in regularly approved homes for undergraduate women. Lists of these quarters may be obtained from the Division of Student Housing or at 100 Woman's Building. All members and pledges of sororities live in chapter houses under the direction of a mature chaperon. House bills average fifty-two dollars monthly, payable in advance. Although more expensive than other housing units, the sorority offers excellent opportunities for the development of responsibility, leadership and personality. Since 'one of the main functions of a sorority is to maintain high academic standards, new initiates and pledges are advised as to the best methods of study and are encouraged to fulfill both social and scholastic requirements. Study and Conversation Page eight
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