The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

others are seeking to reduce the cost of
living to the barest necessary expense.
Some of the struggling fellows have not
yet learned to cooperate, or for some
reason or other are compelled to exc out
an existence over an oil stove.
without milk, furnishes the first meal of
the day, with the long hours of study
broken only by couple of slices of bread,
sometimes made more palatable by a dish
of dried fruit or some apples or dates. The
one grand attempt OF the day is left to the
last meal, the respite between the DAYS
recitation and the long stretch of the
nights study.
One of the men of this class explained
his method of living: II get 10 cents
worth of the rougher cut of meat, which
will last me for three dinners I make
some tea or coffee and, if / care to take the
time, boil some rice or potatoes, and, with
a lutte bread, make dinner that is nv
mainstay for the next twenty-four hours
This costs me about seven cents. Nv
other two meals aIe not elaborate Mush
and bread-yalued at perhaps six cents
altogether, counting the oil that cooks the
mush and the sugar that sweetens it. Ex-
cept the oil for my stove | spend nothing
on fuel. When l get cold / put on my
overcoat and wrap q blanket about my feet
or else go to bed to dig. My room costs
Ilc uOIuluG, DIS University allows us
this cottage free. l spend about So month
ON my living, as much more on incidentals
and clothes and an equal sum, on an
average, for my books"
Spiro Sargentich is the plucky young
Servian who entered last fall. He had SIS
when he got to Berkeley last May Through
the summer the sum total OF his income
was S. month. Apero had to buy out of
this some books. Once he did not have
even food for two days. But he studied on,
and when the time came passed all his ex-
aminations.
Spiro was asked how he Jared. I get on
very well now," he said. II teach two
boys, and get nice food and very nice
room. l teach the flute in Oakland, and |
get little money. God helps me much.
Before | get this place | have Sc every
month from pupils l teach the flute. I pay
So for my room. 1 have SIS besides, but I
did not care to eat much-some bread
every day twice; sometimes I buy little
piece of meat. But now l get on very
WELL
There is a Students Aid Society, which
records all applicants for work, with the
kind of work they can do. As chances for
work are sent to the society its manager is
supposed TO give the employment to the
most capable and deserving applicant
Type-writing, stenography, copying, cleri-
cal work, manual labor, tutoring, positions
IN families-all these are secured for stu
dents. A board of directors consisting of
Professor W. B. Rising, Miss Wade, Miss
Lucy Williams, '96, and NJ. S. Baker, '95.
have the society in charge. Students earn
in this way-some their board and lodging,
or for manual labor about the university
20 cents an hour; for tutoring 80 cents to
81 an hour AS a rule the poor student is
at the disadvantage of being an unskilled
workman. One stout young fellow, who is
now reading law, earned in the harvest
field each summer by dong skilled
work, to carry him through the year,
$780,. This young man wore the same coat
for four years, and was one of the best
liked fellows in college.
The Aid Society does not help any one
directly, but enables students to help
themselves by placing them in touch with
available work. 1t says TO students who
are holding back from attendance at the
university for financial reasons: "Our ex-
perience has been that students cannot
depend upon getting much employment
(save in the line of housework) until they
are somewhat acquainted. Hence, we can
not advise any one to come here without
sufficient means for the first year, or at
least the first term. If you have no more
than that but are confident of your pluck,
the society bids you come, by all means
Many women students find work to do in
families getting in return board and lodg-
ing. The secretary of the society states
that the experience up to the present time
indicates that any girl willing to aid in
homework can find a position without
being relegated to the class of servants.