his offer his opportunity. He tried the
examination and won the prize, in competition with the brightest
students in the larger Canadian colleges.

During the three years in the University of London, Mr. Schurman became
deeply interested in the study of philosophy, and decided that he had
found in it his life-work. He was eager to go to Germany to study
under the great leaders of philosophic thought. A way was opened for
him, through the offer of the Hibbard Society, in London, of a
traveling fellowship with two thousand dollars a year. The honor men
of the great English Universities like Oxford and Cambridge were among
the competitors, but the poor country boy from Prince Edward Island was
again successful, greatly to the surprise of the others.

At the end of his course in Germany, Mr. Schurman, then a Doctor of
Philosophy, returned to Acadia College to become a teacher there. Soon
afterward, he was called to Dalhousie University, at Halifax, Nova
Scotia. In 1886, when a chair of philosophy was established at
Cornell, President White, who had once met the brilliant young
Canadian, called him to that position. Two years later, Dr. Schurman
became dean of the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell; and, in 1892,
when the president's chair became vacant, he was placed at the head of
the great university. At that time he was only thirty-eight years of
age.

A well-known graduate of Amherst college gives the following figures,
which to the boy who earnestly wants to go to college are of the most
pertinent interest:

"I entered college with $8.42 in my pocket. During the year I earned
$60; received from the college a scholarship of $60, and an additional
gift of $20; borrowed $190. My current expenses during my freshman
year were $4.50 per week. Besides this I spent $10.55 for books;
$23.45 for clothing; $10.57 for voluntary subscriptions; $15 for
railroad fares; $8.24 for sundries.

"During the next summer I earned $100. I waited on table at a $4
boarding-house all of my sophomore year, and earned half board,
retaining my old room at $1 per week. The expenses of the sophomore
year were $394.50. I earned during the year, including board, $87.20;
received a scholarship of $70, and gifts amounting to $12.50, and
borrowed $150, with all of which I just covered expenses.

"In my junior year I engaged a nice furnished room at $60 per year,
which I agreed to pay for by work about the house. By clerical work,