The in-College clubs are inexpensive, with a few exceptions. Several University clubs cost at the rate of about £1 1s. per Term; while a few of the more exclusive clubs are very expensive.
Subscriptions. Certain charitable subscriptions, to which most men give, may average about £1 10s. per year.
Occasional Expenses. Exceptional expenses, which a man may expect to meet at least once during his three years, are subscriptions for sending a College crew to some regatta, which involves from £1 up; and for a College ball, which will also average about £1.
Rental of a punt or canoe during Summer Term is not a necessity, but it is a very possible extra, involving another pound or two.
To discuss riding and driving, &c., of course takes us into the realm of luxuries.
It is useless to deal with optional details; but when all is said and done, the man who expects to take Oxford as Oxford is, and who, while not extravagant, is at the same time not inclined to stint himself, must expect to put between £175 and £200 as a minimum into his six months at Oxford.[72]
The intricacy and the elastic possibilities of the battel-sheet, together with the diversity of plans existing in different Colleges, make it impossible to arrive at accurate comparative figures, but the following is a fair sample of one Term’s battels.
(For eight weeks.)
| __________________ College. | |||
| Mr. _______________________ | |||
| (Summer Term, 1905.) | |||
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitchen and Buttery | 16 | 2 | 7½ |
| Messenger | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Postage and Parcels | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| Faggots | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Knocking-in (Gate fee) | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Coals | 0 | 8 | 5½ |
| Groceries | 2 | 17 | 4 |
| Total Weekly Battels | 20 | 4 | 6 |
| Percentage | 1 | 15 | 3 |
| University Dues | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| College Dues and Establishment Charges | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Room Rent | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Furniture Rent | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Rates and Taxes | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tuition Fees | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Glazier, 6s.; Damage, 3s. 4d. | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| Laundress | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| College Clubs | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Electric Lighting | 10 | 0 | |
| £48 | 14 | 0 | |