The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-18
YALES SELFHELP BUREAU.
students Assisted in working Their
WY Thrnugh CoIIeEe.

] SAhuSREs Assisted IN ~ aTkEHE IHtEr
Way Through College.
| NEW HAVEN. March IS-On the cam
| pus side OF Phelps Hall is domiciIed an
/ institution sa:3 70 be unique among the
! universities OF this country 1t is the
/ Yale Bureau of SeIf-HeIp, and II was
/ established by President HadIey last fail
It is in charge of Prof c L Kitchel- who
| is called upon daily TO advise and help
dozens of undergraduates
Anyone who thinks that the majority OF
young men at college nowadays are sons
| of wealthy families would be surprised
if he happened TO step into Room S.
Phelps Hall, on any week day between
10 o'clock and noon He would probably
/ find the row of seats on one side of the
Office nearly filed with undergraduates,
all Of whom desire some sort Of assist
anCe. Besides the men who came 70
Yale expecting TO work their way
through college there are many students
who receive only small monthly remit
tances from home and want to add to
their means by doing odd jobs about
town Freshmen form the majority OF
those seeking aid, but upper classmen
and even graduate students are found
Ioolxing>for ways to add TO their incomes
Any one who does not know the make
ula u LilG CoAlE5JS VI ASNteNF f'NeN-1 ~
surprised to fiEd the large number of men
who enter college without the necessary
funds back of them to put them through,
and depend on their own efforts to get
an education said Prof. Kitchel- Yale
graduates yearly scores Of such young
men. who are almost always leaders in
their classes and who do extremely well
after graduation. The English universe
ties have well established departments
that aim to place graduates in the army,
the navy, and the diplomatic service, as
well as in business. Yale hopes by de
veIoping such a department as this to
make it easier than ever for the young
man without money to get college edd-
cation
by keeping IN touch with merchants,
business men and private families in this
city we can secure occasional or steady
work for undergraduates which VIII pay
them fairly we'll, and by cooperating
with the keepers of restaurants and
boarding houses we can secure board and
rooms for young men who are willing to
work for what they get That, however,
is only part of what we are trying to do
"A large number Of men graduate each
year without capital with which to start
in business and with no idea Of what they
want to do to make a living We are try
ing 10 get in touch with Yale men in
business throughout the country and 9th
ers interested in Yale who employ help,
50 that We can place our graduates in
good openings
Another department Of our work is the
teachers employment agency Perhaps q
sixth Of each class looks toward teaching
after graduation as the work best adapt
cd for them and we are trying 70 ind
places for these men. Besides these
things. the Self-IfeIp Bureau also aims
TO supply Yale men with places il sum
mer vacations, and We have had some
success even in this first year of the de-
partmeut'S history It is an experiment
as yet Of course, but the fact that the
department IS nearly swamFed with ap-
piicatIOns shows the great need that mas
existed for such an Institution
Stree the first of last year more than
$50 undergraduates have applied for pc
cunIary help, and of these more than 3U9
have been assisted More than Iel men
have asked for employment as teachers
AFTER graduation and most Of them have
been helped.
Previous TO the establishment Of the b.
reau the only aid thar the college gave
vas the remission OF tuition TO deserving
ana poor students About $4,000 IS dis
JFiJuttd annually in this way With his
tuition RENTED, the poor student AT Vale
nab SlIH 10 md "a Way In which r0 ray.
ms board and rOOTn rent Formerly ne
fright be able 10 serve as a waiter gt
the Commons. with his board as pav ,,I.s
undergraduate who was No 200 or 80 on
inc waiting ilSt Tor such q job had 10 find
some other way in which 10 get ms
totfu- sometimes he could organize an
rdlliS CONT or club, act as butler or
manager ana get his board in return for
CONG all the work \ score of mon ara
uoInS TINS now 1t is a hard place to flI
I ne manager has TO get I'D early caa
tn3t his cooks and walters do their dr[+y-
t-f LE.t marketing. and keen col.
ed 4 VIC or three students act as V-9frerc
a these clubs and get their own board a.
compensation -
Another scheme Is for a ro.r, %, at -
toners Tor a boarding house table L[aa-,
the men in line and collect the hills fo,r
which service he receives his no., - on,
or TWO students act as walters in doyI-1
town Restaurants. receiving their boar+I
n return Tor the three or four hours a
Gay theE put In To get his room free 4
Stuutll sometimes attends to tha frfr
mace or keeps the premises in order 4
hui!lDer OF men make their room rem
each year in this way
10 help The lmDecunious undergraduate
70 ddo TO his income is the bureau 5 first
aim The demand for places far exceeds
me supply al present Several of the big
ec1afInent stores employ through the
bureau undergraduates TO sell goods afreT.
hours and on Saturday nights when tn
rlSh Is great. When man gets = rlaca
OF THIS kind his classmates make il =
POINT 10 visit his counter and buy his
goods
One student drives a delivery wagon for
4 department store in the afternoon for
a small sum z week Other men acr AZ
E-)okheepers III small sores. and work
after college hours One man has q route
- such places and spends every night
OF the week making up tradesmen'S ac-
counts The gas company employs sew
eral students as takers OF metre records
ana through The Self-HeIp Bureau the
water company has hired students as in
SpecIOTs 10 look after the waste of water
in summer.
some odd work is done by Ct Yege man
IN TINS WIT- Six mon are ACTIN as pail
bearers for local undertaken and have
constant employment One man acts as
an occasional detective for a private
agency Another man acts as an aTnanTI-
ensls 10 a professor Another man has \
place on the stage of q local theatre. one
man pumps d church organ Several have
employment as motorueu on trolley cars
on Saturday nights One student has
taken a room in the rear OF an undertake
eT'S shop. which he gets free Of charge in
return for beins there every night and
answering death calls by telephone a
number of men take rooms in houses
where a male protector is wanted. and
these places are regarded as SineCuTeS.