The sun., 1890-06-08
MONEY MAKING IN COLLEGE

Essays " You Have the Head For 10.
When Mr. Carnegie expressed his oninlo
. about the injury OF n college education to
young mans business ability he did not real
lie the way In which business enterprise show
itself In the biggest colleges of the country
Business enterprise has not the same scope II
asmall college that it has in big college. Jus
as 1t has not tho same scope In n small town al
1t has in u big city, In Yale. Harvard, anC
Princeton the number OF young men who worS
their way through college Is increasing every
year, and not only that, but some Of them WORK
their way through and make a profit by 1t. in
every class there are now to be found feN
young men who mako from $1,000 TO $i,OOO a
year in tho eight and one.half months OF tho
college course. This is more than most oil
thom make for several years after leaving col
lege. and, from n financial point OF view. 1t
would be profitable for them to drop back u
year occasionally and extend their course
Every annual catalogue OF n college contains
summary OF expenses. which Is usually mis-
leading. The summary gives what tho man
who gets out the catalogue thinks Is fair
estimate OF the expenses OF the students. The
man who gets out the catalogue usually grad
uated some time before the war, and he does
not recognize the changes that have come IN
college life in the last ten years. At the time
when he went through college there were only
TWO ways OF going through. by paying the ex
penses with ones own or ones fathers money.
or by taking the beneficial aid OF the college
and by working during the vacations. Stu
dents then who worked their way through
| dropped out occasionally and taught school
| and worked on farm during the summer
| The expenses in college like Yale are given
at s34O year for the lowest, $500 n year for
the general average. and $1,000 for very lib
eral. Not one man In hundred can go through
| college on $40 year and pay all his bills. To
| do that he would have to wear throughout the
| course the same clothes with which he went
| in. and he would have no social pleasures or
| enjoyment except those provided at some one
| else's expense. The items. as given officially
| In this low estimate are: For the college treas
urers bills, $l55: rent and care OF half q room.
SO; board for thirty seven weeks, $l10: furni-
ture. the average of half room for four
years. $40; fuel and light SIS; washing. SIS;
text books and stationery. $40. and sundries.
So The text books and stationery are very
low, and the sundries are almost infnitesimal.
FOR the general average as officially given.
the Treasurers bills amount TO the same; the
room rent is increased to $75 the board to
5000. the furniture and fuel to $50 each. the
washing to $25 text books and stationery to
$50; subscriptions to college associations. ath-
letcs. and papers, $30 and sundries, a75
For the liberal allowance the Treasurer's
furniture. $50: fuel and light, s2S; washing,
s42; text books and stationery. $50; subscrip-
tfons, 300; private servant, $25. sundries. $780,
These items are misleading to parents. who
often fix their sons allowances by them and
do not understand it when their sons spend
more money than the catalogue says. Each
class collects its own statistics about the ex-
penditure Of its members. These statistics
show that the average expense is a little over
yphiah fha Il
liberal. Many fathers start off by having their
sons give them an itemzed account Of their
expenses This seldom lasts through the
course. though it causes family disturbances
and many explanations. some false
The facts are that the only accurate things
In the list are the Treasurer's bills. the rent
and steam heat The catalogue oddly enough
assumes that man who is going through COL
lege cheaply will have fewer clothes in the
wash than the man who is not. There will
possibly be some difference. but there Is no
reason why man who is trying to save money
should have only one-third as many clean |
shirts as the man who Is going through lber- |
bhy: bhyy: II each gets the regular text books it is
much as another. The item about a private |
seryant Sc an would show that wages are very, low
III New Haven II 1t were accurate. A private
servant at s25 for the year means about sixty
cents week. or less than ten cents day
HoWeyer anxious servant may be to connect
himself with an Institution OF learning it is
doubtful if he could exist on a dime day,
catalogues to the beneficial aid which is given
to The students. This aid is usually given to
There is an evident assumption that the stu
aeats sss sa Tno "a are Tor tue ministry are
other students and dscrimnatIon Gu is sfe made ed
in their favor. Their tuition fees are remitted
owsp or IN or Rem
most mo lucrative OF these go to graduates who
The cataIosues only slightly touch on the
great sources OF Income to, students. II the
large would be better informed about pC the op ps
p9rt1nites lb 7I f9T eultyatjnG business genius
there are:sevoral newspapers, Some of these
Rpaners are printed daily and others weekly.
sional publications. These papers s0 make max,
money ~ FSS acc according to the business ability
college paper we'll handled pays from ON 500 SO to
XXX bfigo a GeaF al IN The s196serpti9p rate Is fairly
Nothing is paid Tor the contributions, SO the the
only expenses are the Haper c9mposition aud
and knack for getting advertisements and :
making max 3Go hts paper lively can make
md do not DO the hard work Each paper pTrhs has
work falls who get most OF tie profits. +
In these big colleges there is great demand :
text Books and sa}onery alto eS stuSent Ven aS wits he%
business knack can make the samo arrange T
nents with publishers that any other book {
seller can make. and he can get all the college I
rade, He knows sooner han the local dealers
what books and instruments will be needed, Q
ana No can can gauge more accurately the supply Q
Ehat price TO make. A college book and sta a
lonery store. with 1000 or 500 students buy 4
nG their supplies from it. will make q n
handsome profit. II with the store is =
oined u, cigar stand soda water foun- o
ain and an agency Tor the sale, Of n
ttnleuc Goods, the prOprietors profits are linz d
ted only by his business skill. for he has q n
lemand OF $4,000 or 81 1000 II year TO supply | nj
n every college town, like Princeton, New NJ
taYen. or Cambridge. there are several deal Ii
RS IN athletic goods. many cigar stands and -
lumber OF book stores. A college man with
BUSINESS head can go into any Of these bust
esses )uht as well a. the outsiders. with the
dvantaGe that he knows the character OF the
rade and has personal acquaintance with
is customers