New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24

a deres the more you riSh the more you get
and the better the fellows like you. II you're
always worrying where you're going to get your
next meal what sou Will do when your last
shirt gives out. you may be grind but you'll
never be a leader
The ranks Of Phi Beta Kappa. none the Ie-v
are always filed by men OF little means. There
Is. of course. great incentive to studiOus habits
Harvard offers many scholarships as reward for
excellent work. and many a student makes his
way on scholarships alone. But to do this ba
must be an apt scholar and night and day must
he work The competition is so keen that the
standard Of scholarship is high and only thu
best can win out The man who makes his
way by winning scholarships has one advan.
tage: whether ne has made good socially or not
he has great asset in his attainments and n
certain success in after lie IS sure to be his
1t often happens that working fellow paws
little attention 70 his STUDIES and sets himself In
the task of making" the clubs. which generally
establishes a man socially for life. Failing in
this. however he comes to the end Of his coIIeg,
career with very little indeed to show for HI,
time and opportunities.
But to return 70 the rank and fle the men
who solicit. kill caterpiIlars act as guides. wait
on tables and tutor their more fortunate fellow
students. Their experiences are often as huror-
Gus as they are hard. One fellow. willing to act
j a.
fat paralytic old man every morning This en-
pIoyment afforded exercise as well as remunera-
ton for a year, until the old man died. Then
ne took on the task Of wheeling a feeble old
woman through the parks for two hours every
afternoon, with the alternative OF reading 70 her
when the weather was Indictment. The old woman
had a temper but she was wealthy and the
student installed himself in her good graces; and
when she died she left him a legacy of enough
money 10 carry him through the rest OF his uni
versity course
Another youth. who was studying the "tech-
niqUe OF the drama" undertook 10 manage the
production of ueIodrama by an amateur the
atrical society, the boys and girls OF neighbor-
ing tenement district who had been encouraged
10 their efforts by wGman's phiIanthropie So
ciety. He was an a" man in the course and
knew the technique OF the drama" as many a
successful playwright does not; but like the
average grind he lacked common. ordinary
horse sense. and hopeIessIy 'balIed' the business
of the Hub Theatrical Company" He could
do nothing without the costly effects" Of which
he had learned from books, and he always
at outs with all the company but the woman
who, according to all dramatic law" should
occupy the centre Of the stage by the tight OF
her part To man who was not afflicted with
the technique Of the drama" this job might
have been both interesting and proftablH
But as general thing the work that students
40 Is specially iTlksome. Randall dining hall.
which feeds from eight hundred 70 a thousand
students at every meal employs college men as
walters entirely. It is no pleasant task for a
student TO don a walters apron after his morn
ing lectures and put in two busy hours al taking
grub orders from hungry and sometimes
thoughtess fellows But even they are disposed
TO make the best OF IL and their pluck is re-
spected by men in more fortunate circumstances
Most of The men who serve walters earn
their board by working from two 70 four hours
a day. Some OF them exist on sCaHty diet and
occasionally a man is found living on half ra-
u "a 1u11
vania was discovered I'm garnet Off Mount
Auburn street living on one meal day. The
office was informed by an upper class man. and
the dean advanced substantial sum OF money.
10 be used. according To promise for nothing
oUt 1000 Inc university always LOOKS after
ovsrzealOus seekers for knowledge, but It never
makes life easy FOR any man.
There are a few positions on the university
peppers and magazines that are Temunerative as
well as honorary. The post OF business man
ageT CT The Crimson which is said to pay
81 OOO a year is open To competition but the
competition is OF the keeHest sort. The man
who gets the most advertisements in half year
is taken on the staff and the board % officers
elects the manager. In soliciting advertisements
me eager candidate naturally eXtOls the great
advantages OF college trade 10 the COnfeCtiOner
" 800 "r"Nt.' lhe 'he!tIe manager ana tae
manufacture or steel rails Every business In
Boston has '1he rare opportunity Of extending
It's trade 10 the university community"
Summer tutoring or companion jobs give the
poor student an excellent oouortunftv To spen1
his vacation I'm an interesting way \ tutor is
chosen with view 70 his good influence ard
play tennis with his charge 10 inform him Of
college life. and, in short To bridge over the gulf
between the preparatory school and the unive--
SHY. The student usually has charge OF one or
two SUb-freshmCu who have conditions TO
work on before entering college These sum-
mer jobs may mean TWO or three months O.
camp life in the woods. a stay az some fashion
BILE hotel or even a trip abroad Many young
tutors have been taken round the world
The college man who worked his way Is in
somewhat The position Of tramp. He never
knows what he is going 70 do newt. and he has
generally 10 he satisfied if he is warm and well
fed for the present. The expc~ ences Of q single
successful student would make most interest
ing history one time he is the com pauion and
closest friend of the richest Young scion In the
land and again he is a restaurant waiter az -
cents an hour. It is all part OF his education
lie learns 20 take everything with philosophic
sJoiidity. and n he profits by the lesson he
graduates the most cosmopolitan member o. his
class. with an embryo business training which
many Of his fellows lack. ? have asked several
old grads the question. IF YOU had 20 90 do
over again. would YOU prefer 20 VOrN Your way
or have IL PAID" and The reply has been. win
one exception, I'd work it