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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 50

University of the State of Missouri. Columbia, Boone Co., Mo., June 25, 1879. Dr. S. S. Laws, President:

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University of the State of Missouri. Columbia, Boone Co., Mo.,

Dr. S. S. Laws

, President:

Dear Sir:—At the request of parties interested in the boarding clubs of the University, I hereby hand you, for the benefit of those seeking such information, an estimate of all necessary expenses of a student availing himself of the advantages of the present club system. This estimate will perhaps possess no additional value to similar ones, other than that it is based on several years actual experience, and, consequently, is more reliable and satisfactory than a mere approximation.

The following is for the benefit of those desiring an itemized account:
Room-rent (payable to the University,) two Semesters 37.50 each $15 00
Furniture for room:
Bedstead $2 25
Mattress 3 00
Stand-table 1 75
Wash-stand 2 00
Chairs, 2 1 00
Lamp, etc., etc 2 00
Total $12 00
One student, one-half $6 00
Fuel and light 5 00
Initiation fee of club (life membership) 4 00
Board and washing per week $1.50 (forty weeks) 60 00
Total expenses for school year $90 00

The maximum price of furniture is given, the cost of which is borne equally by two persons, the rooms being sufficiently large for their accommodation. The only item of cost omitted, worthy of mention, is that of bed-clothing, which maybe brought from home. As to other items of expense not connected with the club, such as tuition, incidental fees, etc., etc., they may be found in the University catalogue. It would, perhaps, be more satisfactory to state that we know the expenses of several of our most studious members to have been no more than $150.00 for the last year including all expenses, excepting neither clothing nor railroad fare. There are many cases where students succeed on less, but economy itself would dictate the above amount.

Although the club buildings are under the immediate control of the University management, as is also the appointment of the matron, the entire business of the club is conducted by the members themselves, they being formed for the purpose into an organization which has, in addition to a commissary, all the officers necessary to a deliberative body.

The present system, as perfected in the last two years, has solved the question of cheap boarding, and at the same time has given the club the advantages which were formerly found only in private families.

J. H. Drummond.

Each student furnishes his own room, which may be done at cheap rates. If convenient, he may bring furniture, at least in part, from home. All may bring bed-clothing, and had better do so.

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Very young students, or those incapable of taking care of themselves, ought not to enter the boarding clubs. While the President and Professors frequently visit the rooms of the clubs the police duty devolves mainly upon the young men themselves, and is more effectively carried out than it could be by the Faculty. The rules are strict, and students of known shiftless ways or noisy habits are not admitted; or, if admitted, are soon cut off. Good behavior and quiet habits are indispensable, and none other than those possessing these characteristics can enter or continue members of the clubs.

It ought to be remarked that the health of the members of the clubs has been the average of the students of the University.

In many cases, it is best that boarding should be obtained in good private families.