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THE COLLEGE QUESTION

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A COMPARATIVE STUDY

     The question is sometimes asked, Would it not he better to have all our Congregational schools located in one place? Would we not administer the schools for less money, and reach just as many students?
     The M. E. Church in Nebraska, which numbers some 55,000 members to our 16,000, has all its educational work centered in one institution, the Nebraska Wesleyan University at University Place. This gives a good opportunity to compare the two systems. Naturally we should expect a much larger number of students in the Methodist institution because the Methodist membership in the state is more than three times as large as the Congregational. The following study will be of interest:

Students graduating in 1904 from--
Weeping Water academy
(1) in college preparatory	7
(2) Commercial	..
(3) Music	..
Gates Academy
(1) In college preparatory	5
(2) Commercial	..
(3) Music	..
Chadron Academy
(1) In college preparatory	4
(2) Commercial	9
(3) Normal	2
(4) Music	..

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