TO PERSONS WHO WANT A GOOD EDUCATION.
By W. A. Blakely
EDITORS SIGNS OF THE TIMES: Having had occasion recently to inquire what the charges for a classical course would be per month in a private school here, I found that the tuition was $30 per month. This was for the same course that was given in Healdsburg College, by equally competent and thorough instructors, for $20 per month, which includes board, room, washing, and other incidental expenses. A young friend of mine here pays $30 per month for board and room, where the table for good food, and the room for comfort and pleasantness, is in no way superior to the provisions made for the scholars at the Students' Home. So the student at Healdsburg College receives more for $20 per month than, at the rates named, one would receive here for $60 per month. It is true that the rates I have given are somewhat above the average; but it is because the instruction is above the average. But the instruction received at Healdsburg is also above the average; and, usually, when a person receives thorough instruction, he is required to pay a higher price for it. The charges of Healdsburg College are from one-third to one-half cheaper than for schools of equal rank anywhere on the Pacific Coast. This school also maintains a high grade of morality, requires a thoroughness and depth in study that is highly beneficial, exercises a parental care over the young that gives it the confidence of those acquainted with its management, and provides for its students exercise in connection with study that normally develops the body, and encourages in the pupil a taste for thriftiness and industry. Persons who desire a pleasant home, good food, thorough instruction, and manual training for their sons and daughters, and have only a limited income, cannot find a better school on the Pacific Coast than the College at Healdsburg, California. Sacramento, California, March 25.