sTA’1E COLLEGE OF KENTUci~;\’. 27
matron's and servants’ rooms. The natural conformation of
the ground, and an abundant supply of water from the old
Maxwell spring, render the construction of an artificial lake,
with boating course a quarter of a mile in length, compara-
tively easy, thus providing for a beautiful sheet of water to
add to the attractions of the landscape.
Lexington is now the most important railroad center in
Kentucky, being in immediate communication with Louis-
4 ville, Cincinnati, Maysville, Chattanooga, and with more than
seventy counties in the Commonwealth. The long established
reputation of the city for rehnement and culture renders it
attractive as a seat of learning, and the large body of fertile
country adjacent, known as the " Blue—Grass Region," with
its splendid stock farms, affords unsurpassed advantages to
the student of agriculture who desires to make himself
familiar with the best breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, and
Swine in America.
. Boarding.
For the accommodation of students sent by the Board of
Examiners appointed by the Court of Claims, as benehciaries
of the Legislative Representative Districts of the State,
i rooms for ninety students are provided in the dormitory. ·
To these good substantial board is furnished at $2 per week,
payable in advance. Students lodging in the dormitory ~
furnish their own rooms. Good boarding, with fuel, lights,
and furnished room can be obtained in private families at V
rates varying from $3.50 to 55 per week. In all cases
where students can at all afford it, boarding and lodging in
private families are recommended.
Expenses.
The necessary expenses of a student while at College need
J not exceed the following estimates. As a rule, the less
i pocket money allowed by parents or guardians the better it
is for the pupil. '\\'hen supplies are kept short, the op-
portunity for contracting vicious habits is correspondingly
diminished. Students should be allowed by their parents
V to create no debts.