The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
Students at Radcliffe Find
Time to Labor.
AV0CATI0NS ARE VARIED
Young Women Find Time irons
Studies TO Earn Money for Schools
inE-Most of Work Is Done Outside
College WaIIs-ManY Opportunities
Afforded for Easy Tasks,

according TO the college authorities, time
scarcer. nevertheless the opportunities
there for the student who desires TO earn.
money. cannot be equaled anywhere in
the country.
In the first place, there IS. as n all
eaIleges, the regular work TO be found
among the students themselves, ranging
from mending and candy-making to tu-
toring and the typewriting OF themes and
theses. This class. however. owing 10
the absence Of a regular tutoring systems
ike that employed at Wellesley and oth-
er colleges, and to Rsdclife's compara-
lively small enrolment is not Of first
importance; the greater and more varied
bulk Of work IS found outside the col-
Iege.
It is to the colleges peculiarly fortu-
nate position in a small city and nearby
a large one that the Radcliffe girl owes
| her exceptional opportunities for getting
work At the beginning Of the year shs
registers in the students exchange bu~
reau which is maintained by the Rad
cliffe Y ". C. a, stating the kind e
work she would Ike to do. says the Bos4
ton Herald.
The bureau sends out each fall notices
Of its work to a large number Of persons
in and about Cambridge. soliciting their
interest and patronage, and these notices
bring ready returns. A Harvard profess
sor, who is about TO bring out a book
wants assistance several afternoons a
week, an Invalid desires some one TO read
al -a~ fz fov
some one to read French or German with
her children, or perhaps some one wants
batch Of invitations addressed.
Given Free Rooms
Sometimes a girl is given free room
rent in a family IN exchange for houses
/ hold services OF for taking care Of the
children a certain stated number Of after
moons and evenings. One girl this year
/ has earned money by taking two little
/ children 10 and from school every day.
| Another. a proficient German scholar,
reads and coTects reports for the profess
/ sor Of one of the German courses. Girls
who are skiIful with pen or paint brush
+ find a ready sale for their posters and~1
! decorated postcards. One girl clever
amateur photographer offers for sale az
/ - cents a piece views Of the college
grounds and buildings.
Skillful musicians readily find positions
! as accompanies for singers or for dane
/ ing classes. Schools I'm Boston and the
vicinity often send 70 Radcliffe for sub
stitute teachers, and ia that way girls
/ fitting themselves for teaching frequent-
J ly gain valuable experience. aside from
J pc cuniary considerations. The college
! course may sometimes be so arranged
/ that partial work may be done at the
same time in private schools. There are
also opportunities for teaching in ths
! evening schools Of Cambridge and the
! neighboring towns.
/ Shopping on commission is a new occu-
patton that has recently sprung up, and
4 Radcliffe girls, with their advantage OF
/ being close 10 the mercantile heart OF
/ New England. have been quick TO adopt
il. Occasionally there VIII come the ap-
plication from a public library for a read
/ eT, but as a rule there is no compenss-
+ tion offered for this position; apparently
the opportunity 10 read the books is
judged sufficient remuneration.
/ Work for publishing houses or news
/ papers is occasionally available. and the
girl with a talent for writing stories or
/ book reviews finds market for her
wares with the magazine editors a
member Of this years senior class makes
la speciality Of writing Pennsylvania Ger
man dialect stories. and has the good rec
/ ord Of having appeared during the past
year twice in the Atlantic Monthly and
/ three times in the Century.
Expenses at Radcliffe.
Expenses at Radcliffe may be divided
/ into two classes: first those strictly of
/ Icollege-tuition. board. room. books &c,
! The fees charged for laboratory courses.
and the fee of 81 for the gymnasium-and
general, or living expenses. The first
class is by far the more formidable. In
/ cidental expenses are small. for the Hsr-
ward and Radcliffe libraries are admirably
equipped i'm the WAY Of text and reference
| books There IS little occasion for spend
l ing much money for dress. Club dues
! are moderate. and tickets for the FREE
quent college entertainments low in price.
| Furthermore, the colleges location offers
opportunities for attending the many free
! lectures at Harvard and in Boston and
/ for other inexpensive diversions
Nearly every Friday afternoon finds q
number of Radcliffe girls standing in the
/ line al symphony Han for the rush
seats. Illustrating this spirit is the story
/ of a girl who, when the opera was here,
| told of her intention Of going with a
camp stool at 3 O'Clock IN the afternoon
/ to wait for rush seat az the evening
I performance Of Faust"
"Ahl" remarked q girl OF an Industrious
/ but unscholarly turn of mind, who had
/ been listening you had better take your
/ knitting with yoU.'
Knitting returned the first girl with
81 .4..1.a f.a
/ take my Shakespeare"
It is always easier for q student with
| little money to get along than for one
who has nothing at ali to start with. and.
| indeed. at Radcliffe IT would be impos-
sible, at least during the first two years,
/ for girl to earn her way entirely by her
own effort
The college offers sixteen scholarships,
but as these are awarded annually for ex-
Icellency in work done. they are theTe-
fore almost never assigned TO freshmen
and rarely TO sOpaomOres, at least two
/ years work being judged necessary for
a fair test Of a students ability.
Loan Fund Established.
There has recently been established a
students loan fund. the purpose OF which
is to lend money TO needy students, who
would otherwise be unable tc complete
their college course.
| If giTi comes TO Radcliffe equipped
/ to meet her tuition and board she viii
| find the way comparatively easy toward
making up the rest Of the required sum.
/ The ways and means are as various as
the girls using them, ana each girl finds
I her own way. according as she has great
er or lesser ingenuity. Whether she is
| successful Or not depends 0n her own
! zeal and ability. That the opportunities