CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION 



Tuition and supplies . . $200. 



Board 100. 



Washing 10. 



Room rent 30. 



Lecture fees 20. 



Clothing, et ceteras . . 40. 



$400. 



The Professor stated that several young men were working 

 through their course, supported by money borrowed on life 

 insurance, and thought they would succeed well And hav- 

 ing reflected upon the subject, I am becoming more and more 

 anxious to go to Cambridge next fall. The Prof, thinks that 

 if I could arrange to stay there a year some means would offer 

 for self-support. Although I am doing pretty well, and well 

 enough had I no education yet to acquire, yet I think that 

 one or two years' study at Cambridge would enable me to earn 

 $3.00 where I now earn one. I have almost reached the age 

 of 19, and feel that I must soon begin in earnest if I would 

 make myself master of the science that is every year almost 

 doubling its extent. If at the age of 21 I be a good analyst, 

 I shall undoubtedly be able to make my living and pay off 

 debts contracted in getting education. Dominie Tyler was 

 $900 in debt when he left college, and I hardly know a col- 

 legiate that has not gone through his course upon more or 

 less borrowed money. I hate the idea of contracting debt, yet 

 the idea of it furnishing me with increased capacity for 

 acquiring pecuniary means is encouraging; on the whole, 

 could I do it legally and were I left to my own discretion, I 

 should borrow $300. and go to Cambridge next Oct. The idea 

 of being so much longer ignorant of what I have so long 

 desired is "hope deferred that maketh the heart sick." The 

 expenses are so great that I cannot hope to go with less than 

 $300. besides that which 1 have earned. What does Pa think? 



