The Boston Herald gives the following statistics of the average expenses of the last graduating class at Amherst. The average yearly expenditure per man was $682. The average expenditure per man freshman year was $625; sophomore year, $640; junior year, $790. The greatest total expenditure of any one member of the class was $5650; for one year, $1800. The least total expenditure of any one member was $875: for one year, $150. The average price paid for board was $4 a week. The average highest price paid was $5.25; average lowest, $3.75. One man boarded himself at $1, one at $2, several as low as $4. The highest price paid was $7. As a rule the young men who expended the most money in college have the least to show in literary and scientific attainments.
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