an Elliot wrote of the college:

On entering the College, every pupil shall pay ten dollars. He shall
bring a mattress, a pillow, two pillow cases, two pairs of sheets,
four blankets and a counterpane, or pay $6.00 per annum for the use
of bed and bedding. He must also bring with him one suit of clothes,
as a uniform--which is in winter a blue cloth coat and pantaloons
with a black velvet waistcoat; in summer white pantaloons with a
black silk waistcoat are used. He must likewise bring with him two
suits for daily wear, for which no particular color is prescribed;
six shirts, six pairs of stockings, six pocket handkerchiefs, three
pairs of shoes, a hat and a cloak or great coat, also a silver
spoon. These articles if not brought by the student will be
furnished by the College and included in the first bill.

The pension for board, washing, mending and mending materials, use
of books (philosophical and mathematical excepted), pens, ink, and
writing paper, slates and pencil, is $150. Medical aid and medicine,
unless parents choose to run the risk of a doctor's bill in case of
sickness, $3.00 per annum. All charges must be paid half-yearly in
advance.

With regard to pocket money it is desired that all students should
be placed on an equality and that it should not exceed 12-1/2 cents
per week; and whatever is allowed must be deposited in the hands of
the directors of the College. Half-boarders are received on the
usual terms, viz. $5 entrance and $65 for board per annum.

Day scholars $5 for fuel and servants, as no charge is made for
tuition. The College has been established 45 years and not a single
death has taken place among the students.

This was in spite of the fact that the young men, winter and summer,
washed at the pump!

Early in 1861 several volunteer regiments, including the 69th New York
and the 79th Pennsylvania Regiments, arrived in Georgetown. The 69th
was mustered into service in the grounds of Georgetown College, where it
was afterwards quartered. The 79th Pennsylvania Regiment was clad in
their distinctive Scottish kilts, plaids, and striped stockings, and had
a band of pipers at their head.

The Georgetown College students showed where their sympathies were by an
ostentatious display of a badge fastened upon the lapel of the
coat--tri-color for the Union, and blue for disunion.

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