Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

Hundreds of young women have just
graduated from various institutions OF
learning, and hundreds more expect to
enter in the autumn. Many of these
are daughters of men with moderate
incomes, who are obliged to make sac
rifices and exercise the strictest econ-
omy in order to meet the necessary
college expenses But they are able to
do this, and do not desire their daugh
tiers to avail themselves of the various
helps offered by many colleges to girls
who must work their way through"
They know that the actual work of the
school is enough, and do not wish their
daughters to add to it the burden Of
their own support, while they are able
to pay the bills.
Although the rate of tuition varies in
different schools, the expenses amount
to about the same in all. One cannot
reckon on much less than $500 yearly
for girl who is to live comfortably,
belong to society or two, have a
moderate amount of interest and par
ticipation in athletics. and altogether.
to be a member of the great middle
class of girls in large college,
BY this is meant not the fashionable.
wealthy set, which has its representa-
tives in all the schools and which
rather initiates the fads and foibles OF
society nor the set whose members
work their way through. but the ma
jority who must be careful of their ex-
penditures, but know their necessary
bills will be paid.
When one of these girls gets into the
-h,.G nd
many things she wants that she doesn' t
like to ask her father to pay for she
knows what her people are dong II
order that she may fulfil the desire oi
her young life and go to college She
knows what her mother is going TO DO
without and what her father is giving
up for her and, though young, she is
too much of woman to add to their
sacrifices. She finds out. too that there
are several ways by which she can
earn money for her little expenses
without interfering with her studies
and without loss of caste"
Some of the ways by which college
girls save or earn money are quite inter
esting. For instance. the average cost OF
books and laboratory fees is $50 yearly
But student can save large portion OF
her book bills by renting the volumes
fees are very small; in some schools only
70 cents a semester for a book worth 81
and over and ID cents for one OF less
price OF course, the books must be re-
turned in good condition. to be passed OF
to another student and while the borrow
or saves by the transaction, the lender
adds to her scanty store of pin money
a girl conceived the happy idea OF
shampooing the heads of her FELLOWSHIP
dents AT less price than was charged by
the professionals in the town. Now, girl:
who go in for athletes and battle gooo
deal feel the desire of shampoo for the
head sometimes oftener than is really
necessary. and it is something they can
not do for themselves, especially II they
have an abundance of hair. So this CIR
had all she could do in her leisure time
and as she made her clients furnish theil
own towels and soap, 1t was all cleal
gain.
funny idea yet eminently practical
was that of a college girl who stretched
new shoes for her well-to-do sisters She
must have had a foot that would lit any
thing but she did her work along this
line successfully, and made some money
at it, too.
College girls hate to do their mending
and as their clothing is not inspected by
any lynx-eyed matron. as was formerl!
the custom in the aVarage female semi
nary. they are often untidy in this re
spect. A student handy with her needle
and DESTROYS of such work was over
whelmed with mending OF all kinds. Ii
TACT. she might nave spent All nef TIME
in repairing. Her charges were moder
ate but she made a good thing out of It
Girls in the upper classes are well palt
for tutoring those unfortunates who arr
working off conditions. OF course the!
must be good scholars and have a talen
for teaching. 1t helps them, too, b.
keeping them up in the studies they hav'
left behind but which they may be calle'
upon to teach when they have left school
1t is the custom in some colleges t
post notices, on the bulletin boards, o
the various pursuits students wish to en-
gage in to make little money, and tn
applications of those needing their he'll
are numerous.
AT Wellesley one of the students let
car tickets. Boston Is near that tn
students are always running in for some
thing or other on their recreation day
Each ticket bought in book containing
fifty is only one-haf the price of a singh
ticket. This student purchased severa
books. which she rented to others charg
ing them five cents per ticket more tina
she paid. The transaction did good j
two directions 1t helped the one VIII
loaned as well as the one who borrowed
AT Wellesley, too. something can b
made by keeping the section books,
this is. keeping an account of the stu
dents present at chapel in the morn
ing, which exercise is compulsory.
There are other ways by which girl
may add to their incomes, and it shout
be noted that they are always encourage
and helped as far as possible by tn
teachers and their fellow students.-Bos
ton Herald.