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well-known students' clubs, such as the Harvard Union at Cam- 

 bridge, Houston Hall at the University of Pennsylvania, and the 

 Reynolds Club at the University of Chicago. Some of these 

 "Associations generates" have sumptuous club-houses and excel- 

 lent facilities of every kind. The most perfectly equipped is the 

 new home of the "Association generale" of Paris, located at Nos. 

 13 and 15, rue de la Bucherie, at the very center of the old Latin 

 Quarter. It offers comfortable lounging, reading and study rooms. 

 The library numbers more than 40,000 volumes, grouped together 

 in special sections for the convenience of the students of the different 

 Faculties and Schools. All the principal newspapers and periodi- 

 cals, literary, scientific and general, whether French or foreign, are 

 kept on file. Its members enjoy certain concessions, such as 

 reductions in the price of theatre tickets, books, periodicals, and 

 even of many of the ordinary necessities of life. In cases of neces- 

 sity the Association also aids its members by loaning them money 

 and obtaining for them medical attention. It also furnishes 

 French teachers, translators, and companions for foreign students, 

 and runs an employment bureau for the benefit of students who 

 must needs help themselves. 



Any student, whether a Frenchman or a foreigner, who is reg- 

 ularly enrolled in one of the Faculties of the University or in one of 

 the other institutions of higher learning in Paris, is eligible for 

 membership. The annual dues are 18 francs. 



Though the Students' Associations in the provincial universi- 

 ties cannot always offer as elaborately equipped club-houses as 

 those found in Paris, still they are the active centers of the student 

 life. The American student, wherever he may settle, should iden- 

 tify himself with the local Association and profit by the advantages 

 it offers, not only in the way of good-fellowship, but also in co- 

 operating with his fellow-students in the common intellectual and 

 moral ideals of the University. In this way he will best enter into 

 and appreciate the real life of France. 



Associations for women students, similarly organized and 

 equipped, have been established in most of the French universities. 

 The "Association generale des etudiantes" of the University of 

 Paris is comforably established at No. 55, rue Saint- Jacques. 

 In addition to offering parlors, reading rooms, a general information 

 bureau, an employment bureau and free medical service, it has 

 established a Women's Co-operative Restaurant where meals and 

 afternoon tea are served to members at very moderate prices. 



