College Expenses, 1954

Among other letters that we found in the garage that I'm still going through, there is a set of four letters from the office of the registrar of Nyack College.  First was the reply to his request for an application to attend college in the fall. That was February. 

The next letter was dated May 12 and notified him that he had been accepted to be a student at the college in the fall.  It said that a fee of $5 was due from the applicant when they received word that they had been accepted.  "We shall be glad to receive this at your convenience," the letter said.

The third letter was dated May 17 and explained, in response to his letter of concern, dated May 10, that he hadn't heard from them, that his transcript from high school hadn't included his rank in his class.

The last letter, dated August 7, was in reference to his question regarding the cost of books.  This came from the Dean of Men and said, "I can say this: Twenty dollars would be sufficient to buy your books and supplies for the first semester."

I have two grandsons who will be entering college this fall.  I'm thinking they would be really happy to have expenses like this!! 

Posted by: NJ on 11/21/2005 4:13:19 PM , 3 comments