p. 6 | Cost of Education

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 23, 1909

Cost of Education

Our own schools are not alone in calling for financial aid in providing for the proper training of the student, over and above the tuition. In fact, it is evident our schools have gone a long way in advance in the matter of school finance, judging by the following words of Judge Joseph Buffington, of Pittsburg, at a university celebration:—

It is well for a college man to realize what his college course costs the world. Taking into account grounds, buildings, expenses of maintenance and interest on endowment, the average American college has from $2,000 to $3,000 invested in every student at graduation in excess of what he has paid the college. The public, therefore, has the right to expect something more than self-seeking from the college graduate who starts out a debtor.

The great college endowments and gifts come in to meet this investment in students.