Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-14
TIPS FOR VACATION WORKERS
College Girls hh) latin Their Purses
DUNG SUNNI T Months.
CHARACTER OF In WORK THEY 10
Necessity sta ai.tts Tkei Energies
and wits and Good Results
FoIIow-Ic- YES from the
Book us Experience.

with the approach Of commencement
day the ali-important question when
comes to the graduate is. What shall 1
wear7" The self-sustaining undergradu-
ate faces a more difficult and serious
problem, How can l support myseit
through the vacation and lay aside some
thing toward my expenses for next termF
The young woman who is determined TO
work her way through the tour-year COL
leRe course regards the summer 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 when
pave the way for nine months more at her
beloved institution Of learning. II she Is
wise as we'll as ingenious, she has her
plans made before the college doors smut
for the vacation period.
Naturally, she 1rst turns her attention
TO lines Of work in which she can make
use of the learning acquired during the
last term. One Of the most popular means
OF raising funds is coaching students in
the same college who have been "condi-
toned or have failed utterly in their ex-
amlnations. 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 edu-
cationists. Just as the sons of industrial
magnates frequently develop into most ir-
responsible business men, so the children
of very learned men show a singular in
aptitude for the arts and sciences.
The member of a college or school faculty
whose daughter has failed or been con
ditioned' 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.
A New England girl has doubly solved
the problem Of summer employment by US
ing both her newly acquired stock of learn
ing and her ancestral farm. The latter is
a picturesque but barren hillside in the
heart Of the Berkshires with an old-fash-
toned, rambling house. Here she gathered
the members Of her summer class for a
months work. combined delightfully."- with
outdoor life. Her mother acted as chap
eron and was a capable housekeeper for
the family Of eight. A neighbours boy did
the rough work and tended the garden,
which supplied fresh fruit and vegetables
for the table.
Some OF the pupils had their cycles, and
horses could be hired at reasonable rates
from neighboring farmers. Fishing 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 in
terfere with the work, though Lenox was
enticingly near.
When the first month was over several
of the girls decided to remain longer and
were Joined by other friends, and, though
coaching" was abandoned. mother and
daughter made a substantial sum from
their summer boarders. This year they
will conduct the summer school on a larger
scale. and the farm which hitherto had
grudgingly yielded enough to pay the taxes
viii now help TO put the girl through col
lege.