The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-01

term. The preliminary LIST is the faculty
publication giving she names and addresses
% ths college men-an Invaluable aid 70
the subscription men Countless appeals
are made 20 the dean fer this document
In she early days OF the first term; but he
saexorahsy declines 10 give Il out TIA
substitution fs.d Is rot discouraged oy
this refusal He knows where - tind the
Young men. for the freshmen usually
room In certain paris OF the city; and IN
these familiar hauntS the subscription
fisni seeks him ons. They appear. one
after another, in endless succession
The advertising men are PROBABLY tas
undergraduates who reap the largest har-
vest The profits upon the undergraduate
publication. with the exception Of The News
and the Banner. are seldom large The
income Of the News is divided among the
editors with double portion 20 the bust
ness manager. The Banner is 50 profitable
that the mere privilege of publishing II IS
annually sold for ssa or more. The pronss
frequently amount 10 more than SUD Ter
about TWO months work The great
money making schemes are the tootoaa
and boat race programmes There are ru-
mors about the enormous sums made upon
these publications, but no definite figures
have ever ssen published. With 90 or 80
pages Of advertising at 500 page. the
regular rate, and the Insignificant cost o.
the publications themselves, some idea OF
the sum Melted may be obtained. The
privilege OF issuing these programmes is
given TO the highest responsible bidder.
Other less lucrative ways in which the
men pay their college expenses are by
tutoring, typewr.ting, working for the CO.
operative store. acting as secretaries for
the various athletic organizations, corre-
spending for newspapers. and so on. Many
of the tutors. especially those who COM
bine this work with digest making-now
prohibited by the facu!ty-make a neat
income. Many Yale man has made $1,000
year by coaching his delinquent class
mates through a sem-annuai. The prices
vary, Of course. with the demand for each
man. The average tutor gets 81 an hour,
which, inasmuch as he can frequently
tutor several men at the same time. puts
many pennies into his pocket. There are
those who regularly get as much as S. an
hour, and a few In a busy season have
been known to charge as much as s.. The
harvesfS are, OF course. in the days just
preceding the examinations, though there
IS steady demand for tutors during the
whole college year. One faTorite scheme
of the tutors IS 10 give q lecture just pre-
ceding an examination, for which an ad-
mission price Of 81 head is generally
charged. The lecturer in an hour two
covers all the important points OF the
course, at the conclusion of which he an
swers any question his auditors may ask
or attempts 10. The chief value of tutor
or a lecturer depends not SO much upon
his scholarship as upon his ability to fore
stall the questions that the Instructor IS
likely 10 ask. It as not, therefore, the
highest stand men who make the most
successful tutors-indeed, frequently men
OF very ordinary scholarship rap tha
largest profits
The average Yale man who is working
his way knows no such thing as a vaca-
ton. His vacation merely consists IN
dropping his books for three months and
turning all his attention to a single OBJ
ject-the gaining OF livelihood and also
10 the accumulation Of a surplus for the
expenses of the succeeding college year.
The summer resorts are crowded with
these undergraduates. who make very ac-
Ceptable walters. Many Of them have
charge of hotels and boarding houses dur
ing the summer months: others run coun-
try grocery stores and carry On private
enterprises. The tutors usually make
great deal of money during August and
September. The men who fail TO pass
their June examinations and are obliged
10 catch up before the opening of the q all
term have urgent need OF their services.
Occasionally a favorite tutor viii strike
snap in the shape OF rich young SUBJ
freshman, Entrusted TO his care for the
summer by the young mans parents. He
may prepare his charge for college with
the pleasant accomplishments of a steam
yacht or few months In Southern France.
These are The pleasant features OF work
ing ones way, but the task is naturally
not all sunshine. 1t is pretty generally
agreed by the present senior class that ii
is very hard work. this earning a liveli-
hood and gaining an education at the
same time. Many Of the class of IS have
successfully stood the strain, and there
are few negative answers TO the query
propounded by the class statistic.an as to
whether ii pays. The majority believe
that working ones way is a splendid
preparation for life. and that, il no other
means are forthcoming, 1t is a perfectly
safe method 10 advise to ambitious and en-
erge;ic young mer.-New York Sun.