History of Nevada; . - effort was made to induce ])U))ils tocome into the University from the other countiesof the State, and from the more remote portionsof Elko County. In 187(! a wooden building waserected for a dormitory, capable of accommodatingabout twenty or twenty-five boarders; and A. Rood, an excellent ladj* and motherly woman,was put in charge of it as matron. The buildingwas furnished and equipped throughout so as tomake pu]>ils from abroad comfortable, and to pro-vide ibr them the best temporary substitute for 1. < Q z o _lUJ >? f- wa z D h< h SCHOOL HISTORY OF
History of Nevada; . - effort was made to induce ])U))ils tocome into the University from the other countiesof the State, and from the more remote portionsof Elko County. In 187(! a wooden building waserected for a dormitory, capable of accommodatingabout twenty or twenty-five boarders; and A. Rood, an excellent ladj* and motherly woman,was put in charge of it as matron. The buildingwas furnished and equipped throughout so as tomake pu]>ils from abroad comfortable, and to pro-vide ibr them the best temporary substitute for 1. < Q z o _lUJ >? f- wa z D h< h SCHOOL HISTORY OF NEVADA. 225 their own homes, and although no ehari^e was madefor tuition or lodging, and although board, theonly item of expense, was put down to the mini-mum price practicable in Nevada, thirty dollars permonth, no more than three jmpils at any one timeavailed themselves of the opportunities offered, andcame from other counties to stud} at the Prepara-torj- Department of the State University at few pupils in Nevada, unless their parents werewealth}, proposed to pursue a higher course in theliberal studies. These, of course, compared theschool at Elko, a one-teacher institution, with thoseof California and of the Eastern States (where inmany instances their relations and friends had beentaught), having a professor devoted to his specialtyin every department of study. Long establishedseats of learning have a prestige and a halo aboutthem which place them bejond the competition ofschools like that of Elko, stru
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