The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-16
THE TUTOR.
College Undergraduates VINO Teach Boys
In Summer How to Play.

The broad shoulders and muscular
look of a young man in the Grand Central
Station yesterday morning suggested a
college undergraduate. The theory was
confirmed when he swung himself into one
of the cars with a freedom and assurance
that showed his confidence in the belief that
the world was his oyster and that he was
only waiting TO get out of college before
he opened il.
We'll. / landed a Job for the summer,
he said to a young man he found in one
OF the seats, also bound for New Haven.
1T was Just what I wanted too I'm going
10 be an athletic tutor. 1t beats waiting
on hotel tables or clerking il 10 a hote! or a
drug store all to pieces. y
Then the young man told his friend all
he knew of what his duties were TO he,
He was going to Southampton on july
and was to stay there until the middle OF
September. He was going to have charge
of twelve boys
He was not to trouble himself at all with
their intellectual development. He was
going to put them through the sports that
children usually take up without instruc-
ton.
For passing the summer in this agreeable
fashion he was 10 receive d good salary
and he would be throNl into contact with
refined people. lie esteemed himself
fortunate in finding the iob-which is one
of those most eagerly sought Just now by
undergraduates who are compelled TO
work during the umIUer months.
The athletic tutor came into existence
only a few years ago. He is a luxury.
Some persons say that he is an unnecessary
one and merely an excuse to spend money.
However that may be. the athletic tutor
is yearly growing moro popular.
We nave q cunscnn: coll for these men,
the manng ger Of o eachers' agency told a
Sun reporter. and il Is not 30 easy to fill
the demand as you might suppose.
The athletic tutor must he an athlete
and know how TO play baseball, tennis and
golf. sail Il boat and swim. and how to
teach the small boys under his charge TO do
these same things. He must also have
the tact necessary TO manage the sons of
wealthy parents.
One reason for the existence OF the
athletic tutor is the responsibility that he
assumes. The parents have the feeling
that their sons are of in the fields or on
the water, doing Just the sort Of things
they came TO the country for, but at the same
time under the eye Of a Person who can
look after them.
THE salary is usually large enough to
enable a man TO save several hundred dol
lars before the college term oTens again.
1t is usually easiest to get these posts for
men in Eastern colleges.
1T docs not always happen that n tutor
is engaged Ivy one family, unless it is
a very large one. More frequently several
families in which there are children unite
and pay for the services Of a tutor. Then
he looks after all the boys.
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last week is going TO have charge of twenty
youngsters, and will be with them until the
first OF October. His case is typical of what
a mans work in such a case is.
He will board somewhere and every
morning a rig from one OF the houses will
call for him. Then he his charges
assemble for a baseball game, a walking
trip, golf or whatever appeals to them.
Sometimes he has no more to do tina play
tennis with some Of them or sit and watch
them play.
Whatever he may do. his day ends
in the afternoon late and he has his evenings
always free. He is usually received by the
families on the same social footing that
a guest would be, and with the customary
scarcity Of men in summer places he is
pretty sure TO have a very good time II he
Is al all attractive. So the places are in
demand
There arc parents who are able to afford
the luxury but do not believe in the new
KIND OF lutOT. mere was OuS W Dc GU
gagged for several familiesi in a Massachusetts
town this summer. and a New Yorker who
owns a cottage there was asked by the or
%gCniser to enroll his children in the class,
He declined.
when things have got TO such q pass
he said. that American boys have to have
a tutor 10 teach them 10 play and have
fun OF the kind they have been having
for years IL is time to draw the line. II my
bows have not Inherited sense enough 10
enjoy themselves without being taught
how Il would he a waste Of money Ia teach
them