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Comparative Cost ofDormitory and (fraternity A COMPAR
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This short article will compare the construction cost per girl, for 1930, and the
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the adequacy of the housing at different colleges and how the buildings are constructed.
In the middle west, experts have estimated that the construction cost per girl for a
fireproof building, should be about $2,000.
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tion Cost
per Girl

Cornell U 8 700* C$o2Bs,0ut(0i1old0f) i,n0Ng0e0w B$6uN,i(2e1lwd)8i9ng $560 14 225 C$3o0st1,o6f0102 $1,580
Indiana U. 310 B$Ou4iwl0dn7ine,0dg0s0 $2,017 $380
U. of Iowa 2 17 550 C$8o4st8o,0f 0105 $1,540 ns,t
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330 $420 17 1(S55)9 2(1L927)
2 18 4(8123)|| 9(51) C$6o4st4o,5f 0103 r
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TJ. of Kansas 2 167 $285,000 $2,000 $305 Houses $1,270 f
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Miami U. 6 715 $483,000 $790 $260 20 6(21) 3(1686) C$8o3st4,o5f0107 $2,241 55<52-U' 5
13 3(090) 1(40)0 C$6o1st0o,0f 0102 $1,536 w
U. of Michigan 7 660 $C1,o8s8t2o,0f060 $2,448 $462
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U. of Missouri 2 112 $270,000 $2,410 $375 s

12 413 $3,000 $550 19 445 $1,530,000 $3,450 $5* a
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Ohio University 9 375 $252 All - r
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410 8 231
Syracuse U. 16 NT4u1om9t1abler $900 $443
Cost of 2 22 716 $C7o3s1t,o0f0018 $1,020
Averages $120,000

$2,481.75 $396 Total $1,805.2|
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S—Small. L—Large.