The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-14

| which comes to the graduate is, What
shall 1 wear?" The self-sustaining I'M
dergraduate faces a more difficult and
serious problem. ''How can support
myself through the vacation and lay
aside something toward my expenses
for next term?'
The young woman who is determin-
ed to work her way through the four
year college course regards the sum-
mer vacation as a veritable harvest
time, with dollars for her crop. From
the middle of June until the middle of
September she executes those little
triumphs of ingenuity which pave the
way for nine months more at her be-
loved institution of learning. II she
is wise as well as ingenious. she has
her plans made before the college
doors shut for the vacation period,
Naturally. she first turns her atten-
ton to lines of work in which she
can make use of the learning acquired
| during the past term. One of the
most popular means OF raising funds
Is coaching" students in the same
college who have been conditioned"
or have failed utterly in their exami-
nation. Strangely enough, the ma
| jority OF these summer pupils are not
drawn from the homes of the wealthy:
they are not girls whose interest in
social matters has interfered with
their work. but children of college
professors and educationists. Just as
the sons of Industrial magnates fire.
quently develop into most irresponsi-
BILE business men, so the children of
l-.~ a - IL.
inaptitude for the arts and sciences.
The member of a college or school
faculty whose daughter has failed or
been conditioned" feels personally
disgraced. and will make almost any
sacrifice to have her properly coached
during the summer. He does not
coach her himself for two reasons
first, because she may have failed In a
branch remotely removed from the
line he teaches; and second, because
the student who has just passed the
examinations in which his daughter
failed is up-to-date on the topic and
posted on trick" questions.
A Class of Conditioned Students.
New England girl has doubly solv-
ed the problem of summer employment
by using both her newly acquired stock
OF learning and her ancestral farm
The latter is a picturesque but barren
hillside in the heart of the Berkshires
with an old-fashioned, rambling house.
Here she gathered the members of her
summer class for a months work. COM
bined delightfully."- with outdoor life.
Her mother acted as chaperon and
was a capable housekeeper for the FAM
lily of eight. A neighbours boy did
the rough work and tended the gar
den, which supplied fresh fruit and
vegetables for the table.
~ he 10 l-4. soqa
and horses could be hired at reasonable
rates from neighboring farmers. Fish
ing and boating were enjoyed on a
pond at the foot of the hill, and the
woods abounded in wild berries and
specimens" Certain hours were set
aside for studying and coaching, and
nothing was allowed to interfere with
the work. though Lenox was enticing-
ly near.
When the first month was over, sew
eral of the girls decided to remain
longer and were Joined by other friends.
and, though Coaching was abandon
ed, mother and daughter made a sub
stantial sum from their summer board
ers This year they will conduct the
summer school on larger scale, and
the farm which hitherto had grudg-
ing1y yielded enough to pay the taxes
will now help to put the girl through
college.
Camping In the Woods.
Frequently girls of small incomes
club together and camp out in the
woods of Maine or other picturesque
sections of New England living an
outdoor life at an extremely low fig
ure. and gaining strength to take up
coaching" during the opening months
of the school term. Even a chaperon
is dispensed with by these strictly
modern camping parties, and they live
as simply and frugally as men do I'M
der similar circumstances.
But the average self-sustaining col
lege girl is not satisfied with merely
saving her funds earned during the
rest OF the year, and storing UP
strength to renew the fight. She wants
to see a weekly stipend coming in, and
II anyone Is willing to pay for the
pleasure Of her company during the
summer she is quite willing to play
the part of companion.
Busy, wealthy parents who desire
their children to expand mentally and
physically during the summer vaca-
ton, and perhaps to work on lines
denied to them during their childhood,
prefer a college girl to a French gov
erness during the summer. The French
governess seldom gets beyond book COW
ers.
Working for n Millionaire. .
A Wellesley girl in search or sum- |
mer employment was requested by a
mutual acquaintance to call upon a
millionaire noted for his iron-clad bus
mess methods and a heart which was
Fupposed to be as hard. AS she entered |
his Office he CURLY dismissed his ste
nogra pher and turned to his caller. |
saying:
Driving down 10 the station this !
morning with my little girl, leaf
dropped into our carriage. II had on {
the under side some queer little red
things, like tiny eggs. rough to the
touch. What were they?"
The college girl explained the larvae
described and the man OF stocks and
bonds listened attentiyely. Then he
asked Wig certain leaves showed one
coloring when the wind blew from the
north and another when II blew from
through a rapid-fre examination.
watching her so narrowly that she
thought he WAS an authority on bot 4
any. AS abruptly as he had opened the /
conversation, he closed H.
II think you know what you are
talking about. I've never had time 70
study leaves and flowers and outdoor
life. and IL annoys me when my chill
dren ask me fool questions ! cannot /
answer Teach 'em all yon know. but /
don't ram II IN 80 fast that they'll tire !
Of n. Make n play. VIII 32s a week /
and your board at our place be salts ,
factory? Very we'll Good morning"
The young w0man spent a delightful I
summer, with servants a. her c0n- L,