undred dollars or a hundred and fifty,--was formerly in
use at Wellesley; now, however, it is confined there to a few cottages.
It has no foothold at Bryn Mawr, Smith and Vassar, or at the affiliated
colleges, Barnard and Radcliffe.

At city colleges, like the last two mentioned, board and lodging cost
more than in the country; and in general it is more difficult for a
girl to pay any large part of her expenses through her own efforts and
carry on her college work at the same time.

A number of girls in Barnard are, however, paying for their clothes,
books, car fares, etc., by doing what work they can find. Tutoring in
Barnard is seldom available for the undergraduates, because the lists
are always full of experienced teachers, who can be engaged by the
hour. Typewriting is one of the favorite resources. One student has
done particularly well as agent for a firm that makes college caps and
gowns. Another girl, a Russian Jewess, from the lower East Side, New
York, runs a little "sweat shop," where she keeps a number of women
busy making women's wrappers and children's dresses. She has paid all
the expenses of her education in this way.

"Do any of your students work their way through?" was asked of a Bryn
Mawr authority.

"Some,--to a certain extent," was the reply; "but not many. The lowest
entire expenses of a year, are between four hundred and five hundred
and fifty dollars. This amount includes positively everything. Two
girls may pay part of their expenses by taking charge of the library,
and by selling stationery; another, by distributing the mail, and
others by 'tutoring'. Those who 'tutor' receive a dollar, a dollar and
a half, and sometimes a very good one receives two dollars and a half,
a lesson. But to earn all of one's way in a college year, and at the
same time to keep up in all the studies, is almost impossible, and is
not often done. Yet several are able to pay half their way."

A similar question put to a Vassar student brought the following
response:

"Why, yes, I know a girl who has a sign on the door of her
room,--'Dresses pressed,'--and she earns a good deal of money, too. Of
course, there are many wealthy girls here who are always having
something like that done, and who are willing to pay well for it. And
so this girl makes a large sum of money, evenings and Saturdays.

"There are other girls who are agents for two of the great
manufacturers of chocolate creams.

"The girl th