New-York tribune., 1900-09-30

official statement Of the committee suggests as
means Of employment tutoring translating teach
ing in evening schools, stenography and typewrit-
ing These methods the most usual and in
them 1t is not easy for a beginner 10 secure work
There are, however, thousand different ways for
a young student TO money If he has good
health, fair ability and readiness for hard work.
The first step toward helping himself which
freshman at Columbia should undertake is to Sc
cure scholarship. These are given to students
whose previous record and financial condition rem
der them worthy objects for the generosity Of the
university Columbia annually gives away $4,000
in scholarships. fellowships, prizes and honors
II would that every may have a
chance 10 secure some award One of the favorte
methods of earning money is by tutoring. This Of
requires a good deal of ability. and good
tutors sometimes earn s. hour. That figure IS
not often approached, however members of the
faculty be secured for $2 hour.
Freshmen have chance at genuine college
tutoring, but occasionally do similar work in a
more elementary way, for example, in taking
charge of small boys during one or two hours in
the afternoon. This work is very remunera-
tive. One student last year looked after four
youngsters from to p. m. every day, and re-
ceived 81 Is a week. Newspaper correspondence is
portunties to secure positions. stenOgraphy and
typeWriting bring IS week, but the
best work is divided among half dozen older stu
Several students at Columbia last year had
places in the afternoons collectors Of gas bills
A few others had places in teaching evening
taking pictures of hazing and football and athletic
heroes They sold these photographs TO their
classmates at % cents apiece.
During the football, baseball and athletic games
numbers Of Columbia men acted ticket sellers
ticket takers and ushers For this 81 70 Is earned
in an afternoon. One kept stenographic
ports of a lecture course, and at the end of the
year, Just before the final examinations tran
scribed a number of typewriter copies OF the
lectures and sold them to the delinquent students
During the summer many of the men earn
enough money to pay nearly all their college
penses for the year. Some Of the students become
clerks in summer hotels with board and lodging
free and a salary of Sl5 week Others are pri-
vate secretaries of the professors; some
have charge Of the bathing houses at seaside re-
sorts while still others look after telephone booths
| and telegraph offices. Commission work and Sc
1 curing subscriptions to magazines are also popu-
| lar The driving of automobiles is "A lately devel-
oped occupation; several students Brooklyn
Rapid Transit last summer. These are only
! some of the methods that within the cog
| nzance Of the committee. Students who know
/ the ropes go ahead their responsibility.
! and have employment at various other odd tasks.
Albert Britt secretary Of the committee, says
that about 80 per cent of the students some
/ thing toward helping themselves through college,
! while only 3 per cent keep up their college work
| and at the same time support themselves entirely
About per of the the graduate
| schools save enough by their own efforts before
| they enter college to enable them to pursue their
studies and pay their way without any work.