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Catholic University Fall Term Opens Tuesday, October 4th, 1910

1910s, Catholic University, Washington Herald

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Catholic University advertisement in the Washington Herald (1910)

October 4th? That seems really late. Holy sh*t … tuition of $75 per year. It’s now $35,000, and that’s actually not bad compared to neighbor school GWU at around $50,000 (ouch).

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