The times., 1898-10-09
SOME BOYS.
How They Pay for Education Mt the
Chicago University.
From the Chicago Chroniele.)

(From the Chicago Chronicle
It is prevalent. though erroneous,
idea that the days when one can work
his way through college are over. Ways
and means are just as plentiful today as
they were twenty-five years ago. and the
earnest student will find them There is
always a colony of such in Chicago. and
a sort of Masonry exists among them,
whereby newcomer is looked after till
he finds enough work to be independent
\ young man has more opportunities
than a woman, but there are places for
the earnest woman, too
The most coveted occupations are as
correspondents of the city daily papers,
but as comparatively few can be thus
employed the majority have to turn their
hands TO the next thing that comes to
them. From twelve to fifteen teach night
school. Several teach in the public
schools in daytime and do their uniyer-
sity work in afternoons and evenings to
secure their degrees of d. D. and A. NJ
About score carry daily papers, which
pays them from SIS TO $3.50 per week, bun
as this is not sufficient TO meet Ill their
expenses they must do something else be-
side, and they do it. About a dozen have
lamp routes, which occupation pays S2t
and S25 month This is not as easy
work as some may imagine 1t to be.
Still the hours are easier than they were
few years ago. A few are so fortunate
as to find work in the evenings in the
city library. Some attend lawns in the
Summer and furnaces in the Winter.
earning as much as 50 and $40 week,
by having several of each to care for.
Some act as walters at clubs and res
taurants. Some solicit advertisements.
and some are book agents.
The divinity Students tro;r ,,o.,
after the first year by preaching in small
towns near Chicago. Several employ
their leisure hours in tutoring less bril-
liant students than themselves, making
Tine income. Two young men made as
| high as s1,2o0 in one year tutoring. One
student is member of city orchestra.
which pays him Sl2 week A few are
employed IN the university postofflce,
which pays about twenty cents an hour
A messenger system employs number
about two hours each daily, and some
do clerical work for our professors
though here the ladies are given the
preference.
| As has been said, avenues for women
are not SO plentiful yet there are a few
Several are teachers in the night schools
of the city, and several are housekeepers
Tor professors and small clubs of stu
dents. A number are doing clerical work.
anu q ie" uo iiDTary-fwOrk- some Worh
In the city telephone exchanges from
O'Clock p. m. to 10 p. m. This last is ex.
tremely hard on the student, but with
some 1t is that or do without the educa-
ton, and so the former is chosen.
These working students are the best
as rule. They stand highest in thetl
classes, highest in all the athletic sports
consequently highest in the respect o
their fellow-students and the faculty
The first student to matriculate at tht
new university at Chicago was one o
these earnest young men. who had HI:
! way to make. One sof the associate pro
fessors, DR.. L., wasaa student at the ole
| university who gained his education b!
| all kinds of work. He had a laml
| route" for eight years One of the frs
American actors. who is billed to s:,ias
in Chicago this Winter. was one OF thes
| students.