Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-13
SELF SUPPORT II COLLEGE.

Many n Girl Earns Money While
Studying to Pay for Hen Academic
Training.
II ever q doubt existed regarding the
desire Of women for a liberal educh-
ton ID has long been dispcllci by thc
sacrifices that many are making for
the sake Of awaiting themselves Of
present day opportunities. Bcfor"
commencement day arrived many q
girl fron schools all over the land had
buried to the scene az her summer
work. where She viii earn tn" means
with which to cke out the next year
expenses. such tnilrrs may be found
IN summer hotels. On lake steamers. IN
private homes ANA many other places
wh"re \ wcmanS work Is wanted.
Most Of those Who expect To pay their
way through college hy their own eX-
crtions have laid by n sufficient sum
btfnr. entering ~ insure their tuition
during the entire course. ana part NJ
least Of their living expenses daring
the time.
Whether il is possible for any ann
bilious girl to obtain a college "dura-
tion ~ Il question upon which eiuca-
! tors differ. In all institutions there
are students who outdistancc in quail
ity and amount ~ work The rank and
| nic If their classes. Tut fur tn urdi-
! nary girl the WAY Is undoubtedly
! difficult one The limit to physical
strength Is usually reached by the
| school work
/ Upon this subject Miss Mary r.
| Woolley, president of Mount Holy"ke.
said to u Tribune reporter:
1t is my opinion that il a ci;l with
average intelligence and energy wishes
| Il college education ~" can obtain IL.
| ~ far as know the girls who nav"
| earned money tn pay their way
| through college. at least in part, have
| accomplished IL Ivy tutoring. typewrit-
| ing or stenoEraphy Some ~ them are
earning rim money while In college by
| tutoring. typ writing. sewing. summer
work in libraries and Offices. and in Va
| rious little ways such as putting IN
| lunches. taking care Of rooms. eNcCut-
ing commissions ana newspaper work.
There arc not many opportunities ut
Mount IIolyokc Ia earn larE" amounts
Of money. but pin money may be ac-
quired by a girl Of ingenuity in many
/ little ways"
| Jacob q. Srhurman. the president ot
/ Cornell differs from Miss WoolleY. II"
says: Il should not he prepared to- say
tbat any girl With average Intelligence
ana energy can obtain college educa-
| tion for herself if she really wants il.
W"mens' work is So poorly paid that il
| is hard for her to save. Besides. ii is
difficult FOR a girl to find work while
,,l,. ~ ,,si, ~. tt,A
many women DO wholly or partly de-
pend on themselves to pay their way.
| Usually. however, they have friends
by whom funds are loaned to pay the
first years expenses. Then the stu
| dents leave to teach for one. two or
more years. saving what they can and
| returning from year To- year. rs it is
possible. ! have known on" Of these
| women Ia take ten years to complete
| a four years course
| President Rarrows Of oberlin is con
WINGED that most girls with average in
ttliigence and energy can obtain q
college education if they strongly de-
sir" it. He says. Il suppose that 4
| fourth of the girls in obcrlin College
today are doing something To pay their
own way or are using money which
| they earned before coming. IT is
usually funds obtained by teaching be
fore entering the institution or during
vacations that help the college girl
The number of girls in the Univer-
! sity Of Michigan who are paying their
own way is large. Most Of them"
says DR.. Eliza NJ. Mosher. woman's
dean of the college, have earned the
money by teaching. 1t is not unusual
for students to come here for two years
and go away for 2 time. in order to
| earn some money to complete the
! course. Some of our most worthy
! graduates have done this. Some light
en- their expenses by waiting on tables
in boarding houses. thus paying for
i their board. Others get room and
! board in the homes of professors by
1 giving three hours of service about the
house daily. A few take care of child
rem two or three hours day in the
! families of the faculty. ono young
! woman, who is especially brave ana
: in good earnest, worked as chamber
maid on Il lake steamer last year and
buried away this year to 10 the same
1t is her aim to earn 800. With this
sum and chance to pay for room and
board by giving service. she will pay
the coming years expenses. Because
II Is especially difficult to obtain good
servants in this inland town. there ere
n few people who are glad TO give the
college girls such employment 1t is
not easy, however, to carry full col
lege work and earn a living besides
More than one who has attempted II
has failed in her college work from
lack OF time and physical endurance.