The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-01
WORK AS THEY LEARN.
Forty Per Cent of U Students Put
Themselves Through.

There are at the state university Of
Minnesota about 1900 young men work
ing for an education. OF this large
number it is estimated that over 40 per
cent do something during their school
year to help themselves through school,
earning more than $4,000 during the
year. The ways in which students earn
money are almost as many as are the
students. Students find employment
washing dishes, waiting on tables, beat
ing rugs, washing windows, taking care
of horses, doing coo jobs around houses
and in many other ways 1t is said that
the most popular kind of labor among
the young men Is washing dishes. A
large number of students earn quite
sum of money every year doing nothing
but washing dishes in hotels, boarding
houses and private homes. Employment
bureaus near thu university keep the
students notified Of positions they may
fill. A very large number of boys are
engaged in waiting on table at boarding
houses and lunch counters, for which
they receive their board free. This work
is popular as it does not take up very
large part of the Students day. Many Of
the boys act as runners for particular
boarding houses among the students and
for their work in this line secure their
board free.
Many boys secure places in good
homes where they perform services about
the house for their board and lodging,
which is the main expense of the school
year.
Advanced students who have the time
earn considerable money in tutoring stu
dents who are behind in certain studies
and are trying to make up their work.
A large number act as book agents. one
student in particular being able to not
only pay his entire expenses by the pro-
ceeds of this work. but actually saving
money.
Several of the boys write life insur-
ance, while at LEASE one makes his way
by real estate work.
Two young boys on beginning their uni
versity life set up little printing Office
in which they get out novelties of many
kinds, their work being of high artistic
worth. They print Christmas booklets
and unique souvenirs S, for which they find
ready sale.
Several of the students make a spe-
cialty of artistic camera work for illus
trating books and periodicals, and for
use in calendars and souvenirs of all
kinds. Others make considerable money
by camera fiends," of which Species
there are many at the university.
Some of the boys have typewriters and
manage to accumulate a tidy sum by do
ing typeWriting for other students and
for friends who have this kind Of work
to do.
One student paid his entire expenses
last year by simply supplying promi-
nent publishing firm with the names of
people who were giving to book buying.
Others earn money. by supplying text
book publishers with printed lists of
school officials which they compile
A number of students more than pay
their expenses by preaching on Sundays
IN small towns adjoining the Twin Cities
which do not have regular pastors
! SeN eral students are employed as aman-
uensls by gentlemen having literary fads
ana one boy pays his way through school
by reading to an aged gentleman whose
eyeSight is poor.
One boy claims to have made $500 one
year writing essays and orations for high
school and university students.
Two boys make a speciality of s1Inn1v-
| ing information concerning the CITY to
persons living outside desiring such in
! formation.
One student has given his time to sup
plying students and others with library
| references on various topics He is said
TO Know practically the contents of every
VoICme in the MinEe9 polls public Iibrary
one boy, with an eye for the main
chance, DC Lght boX of Ivory soap. boiled
II up with hot water, colored it and per-
se G1ie T. Il an ana put IT up in little boxes
| sellng IL Tor Dandruffaine at a nrofit
OF ABOUT 800 per cent, and made $50 the
| nrst week he was out with it, wv VIC
sur at the university makes a sue-
claily OF packing trunks for~weIl-to1do
people, having made an art of this ne.
Cuilar employment, and she secures CON
siderable patronage. Another girl. with
a an, " deho eye hxes UP cosy corners
| anu uecorateS rooms and selects and
hangs wall pictures for fastidious neon1a
IN addltlon to these employments there
| are OF course, number of students VIII
tIioIu regular positions in offices. where
tire time " '0i GU
,burlng the vacation a large number OF
tne students have remunerative work
many OF them earning enough during thu
vaca!lon TO pay their entire school ex.
| pendItureS the following year. great
many or these work with railroad sur
Veylng crews during the summer: Others
CO. a. ehlployeo at summer resorts, while
many OBTAIN positions in the city durine
the summer monts. Many act as agents
OF books and merchandise
a great many students have to scrimr
and save rigidly and live very close -
the edge of hazard to make both end,
meet. A few years ago a young man at
tended the night law school He earneI
5oou salary IN public position bu
had TO send most of his earnings ~ en-
port his family, being a married az,
7 ne secured little room in a store fo1
winch he was not charged, bought hin
an on stove and lived in the PLANES
possible manner. His entire Iivino ~,
nrst month cost him $210 and for n,
entire year $3.50, his bill-of-fare con on
slstlng for the most part of bread. cot
zee anu POTATOES, with oatmeal and egg
occa sionally. thrown in for Iuxuries.
seven students rented a large room an,
qua their own cooking, and their expense
of about SO month for each Tbee,
saved portion of the money earned dur
ing the vacation after paying for thei
necessities. i0i
Durlng the state campaigns about
dozen university students earn money h
making political speeches for their par