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far betterofl scattered about in private housi than in il dormitories These latter are not d Ired, bui it would I < vastlv i" the besl interests hei il we had .1 distinctly unl versity quarter of tin towns where students mi hi find suii able homes away, on the one hand, From the injurious temptations and distractions of the commercial center illl( l ()ll the other, near the privileges which they do or miirhi have ai the University. A thoroughly good dinin hall, properly conducted in (his vicinity would undoubtedl] be well patronized, .\\\<\ would essentially help. not only tin matter of increased attendance, bul in the satisfaction and health of those present. Meals ran be furnished t > lar <

n u m b e r s a1 less r o s l l o r ( h e s a m e q u a l i t y t h a n is possibl*

otherwise, and (he objections lie airainsl dininif rooms. We of (50U stud n(s of which aboul are as many jfirls as boys m

made lo dormitories do not have l his term an enrollment one fourth are women, There Illinois and nearly as manj

Our proportions a r<

w h o d e s i r e .1 c o l l e g i a t e e d n e a t i o n .

evidently unnatural. In (he part of the University of Michigan corresponding lo owv institution (here were last ( y« l. l.M students <>\ whom ."( o were women, ^v :i I per < ent ")>

of ( h e w h o l e . I s e e no r e a s o n w h a t e v e r w h v We s h o u l d not sufficient advertisement mad. h a v e a s m a n y w o m e n h e r e w i t h i n I wo y e a r s if p r o p e r h o m e s Were p r o v i d e d f o r t h e m a n d

of t he fact, Experience elsewhere has shown t hat cottajyp s, each accommodating from twenty to twenty-live women students, n in lei- a good mat ron. admirably solve the problem with which we have or should have to deal. Whv should it not he a -ood business venture for some one,or for some oriran ized company to undertake both a dining hall and the re quisite number of cottages for the accommodation of such as cannol otherwise secure good rooms? The success of the Memorial Hall dining room a1 Cambridge, and othersnoi • well Known, oughl to stimulate Interest in the proposition