Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1872 [PAGE 62]

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58 and algebra to equations of the second degree, and such other studies as you find marked under qualifications for " admission,77 under the college you wish to enter. 3. You shall enter at the beginning of the year; but you may enter at any other time, if prepared to pass an examination upon the studies of the classes you wish to enter. LADIES 7 BOAEDING HALL. It is expected that the old University building will be thoroughly refitted and devoted to the use of lady students, and to the Schools of Domestic Science and other schools for women, when the new building is fully prepared and occupied. But a year must elapse before the transfer can be effected. To meet the demand for a boarding house, where young ladies may find suitable accommodations and care, arrangements are in progress to open near the University a large Boarding Hall, which will afford good rooms for about forty students, with parlor, dining room, kitchen, laundry and music room. The whole to be under the charge of a competent Steward and Matron. The boarders will share the expense of the povisions, as in the young men7s boarding clubs, and, under the direction of the Matron, will perform the labors of the house, thus receiving valuable lessons in domestic arts, and diminishing their expenses. The private rooms, designed for two students each, will be furnished with a bedstead, wardrobe, wash-stand, table and stove. All other furniture must be provided by the occupant. It can be procured at reasonable rates in the towns. The charges and average expenses for room and board will be nearly as follows for each student:

Rooni rent, per week, (according to size of room) Table expense, for provisions Fuel and lights Services of Steward and Matron Total per week Total per year ,, ,,, 65c to 85c 75c to $1 25 20c to 40c 50c to 50c $2 10 to 3 00 $75 00 to 108 00

Payment must be made monthly in advance, in all cases. As the number who can be accommodated is limited, all who desire rooms should apply early to the Eegent. ISb rooms will be reserved after the openiug of the term. LABOE. Labor is not compulsory, but is furnished as far as possible to all who desire it. The labor is classified into educational labor and remunerative labor.