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Temple University in its early years was sorely in need of money, and often there were thrills of expectancy when some man of mighty wealth seemed on the point of giving. TEMPLE UNIVERSITY IN ITS EARLY YEARS WAS SOLELY IN NEED OF MONEY AND OFTEN THERE WERE THRILLS OF EXPECTANCY WHEN SOME MAN OF MIGHTY WEALTH SEEMED ON THE POINT OF GIVING
d science, kindergarten work, and physical education, took 174; and still more interesting, in a way, to see that 269 students were enrolled for the technical and vocational courses, such as cooking and dress-making, millinery, manual crafts, school-gardening, and story-telling. There were 511 in high-school work, and 243 in elementary education. There were 79 studying music, and 68 studying to be trained nurses. There were 606 in the college of liberal arts and sciences, and in the department of commercial education there were 987--for it is a university that offers both scholarship and practicality. Temple University is not in the least a charitable institution. Its fees are low, and its hours are for the convenience of the students themselves, but it is a place of absolute independence. It is, indeed, a place of far greater independence, so one of the professors pointed out, than are the great universities which receive millions and millions of money in private gifts and endowments. A WAY TO SEE THAT TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED FOR THE TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL COURSES SUCH AS COOKING AND DRESSMAKING MILLINERY MANUAL CRAFT SCHOOL GARDENING AND STORY TELLING THERE WERE FIVE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN IN HIGH SCHOOL WORK AND TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION THERE WERE SEVENTY NINE STUDYING MUSIC AND SIXTY EIGHT STUDYING TO BETRAINED NURSES THERE WERE SIX HUNDRED AND SIX IN THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL EDUCATION THERE WERE NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN FOR IT IS A UNIVERSITY THAT OFFERS BOTH SCHOLARSHIP AND PRACTICALITY TEMPLE UNIVERSITY IS NOT IN THE LEAST A CHARITABLE INSTITUTION ITS FEES ARE LOW AND ITS HOURS ARE FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES BUT IT IS A PLACE OF ABSOLUTE INDEPENDENCE IT IS INDEED A PLACE OF FAR GREATER INDEPENDENCE SO ONE THE PROFESSORS POINTED OUT THEN ARE THE GREAT UNIVERSITIES WHICH RECEIVE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF MONEY IN PRIVATE GIFTS AND ENDOWMENT
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