The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-03
How Many Local Students
Work to Gain an Education?

n ATRONS of a certain Salt Lake
- barber do not know, perhaps,
that as he draws the keen blade
of his razor through GiIteen cents
worth OF whiskers, ms thoushts are
far away from his prosaic trade, wan
dering with Homer through Hellas, or
with Dante through the Inferno. And
could the neWly-shaVen patron look
during the exhiliarating process of the
facial massage. he would see that, IN
stead Of contemplating the foremost
ridge OF the nasal appendage, the bar
ber's thoughts are tar away at the
end of another bridge, where one HOra-
thus stands beating back barbarian
hosts, while assembled Romans cheer
him on.
This is no flight into fiction. The
barber sis a student in the arts depart
ment of the University OF Utah, and
he is working his way through college
The Main street business man who
settles languidly down upon the 1lF
ting bench in a shoe store, and mo-
ment or two later inwardly curses
the youngster who roughly claps a
new number nine brOgan over bunlon
tender as the heart of a humming
bird" does not know. perhaps, that the
mind OF the boy far from being en-
crossed in the leather trade. is wres-
Ting with the knOtty problem, when
is a contract unalterable; or, must re
vocation of an offer be communicated?
The yOungster is a law student who,
though working In the shoe business
during Off-hOurs. only permits his
the university mock court, Of which he
is a member, ii is a mOOted question
as to whether the youngsters mind is
on his law when he is fitting dainty
feminine number JWo-and-a-haII)
VIII and a Way.
The barber and the shoe clerk are
but two of many local students who
are working their way through school.
Handicapped by lack OIL funds. they
have determined 10 get an education
Notwithstanding; and having the VIII,
they are finding the way. reports
made to the authorities Of the local
university show that not Few stu
dents of that institution make theII
entire expenses during Out-Of-schOOl
hours. while many more earn a part
of the money which supports them.
Statistics gathered indicate that the
old type of self-made man is GIVING
way TO the self-made college man. De
tailed reports from zee students as
TO their earnings showed that IlIty
per cent earned more than One-nalI
of their expenses, and TWENTY-FIVE per
cent were entirely self-suppOrting. or
the 105 men in the list. 81 earned an
aggregate of s16,I59 during the sum
mer months, to be applied on their
lO5 men reported themselves as non
productive of the 80 women who re-
ported, A. earned a part or all of their
college expenses. OF these. 43 earned
S341S during the summer months, an
average of $50 per woman
Various Occupations.
The list of trades and activities
reported by the students to the EN-
ployment committee is a varied one,
including electrical jobbing, janitor
work. teaming. bookkeeping, newspa-
per reporting, newspaper carrying. col
lecting, canVassing, stone cutting and
polishing, assisting at hospital, waiting
on table, tending lawn and furnace,
cIerking in stores, barber1ng, clerical
work, tutoring. musical work, farming,
tending horses and other livestock,
caring for automobiles, night watching,
stenography, and many Others. In the
list presented by the women, the pur-
suits range from professional nursing
TO sorting clothes in a laundry.
A former student of the university
earned a considerable part of his school
expenses by running an elevator IN one
of the downtown office buildings. His
shift was from five to ten o'clock
nightly. He did what studying he
could between the trips of his car,
and by extra effort and energy was
able TO graduate among the leaders OF
his class. present student at the
school not only makes all of his own
the support of his sisters scholastic
training.
Not only by incidental earnings are
students helping TO make their way
through school, but also by Judiclous
economics. Every way and means Is
taken by many 10 keep down the eX-
penses of living. Concerning this Tea