The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-03-23
MANY STUDENTS
SELF-SUPPORTING

Oregon Agricultural College. Cor
wallis, Ore, March l5-The studen
loan fund of $500, given to the GRECO,
agricultural College at the opening o
the present college year by Senate
X. A. Booth, of Eugene, for the TEN
porary assistance of self-supportin.
students, is exhausted. This mean!
that some of the hardest working anf
best students in the institution. bott
young men and young women. will
have to drop out, since, with ali thei,
struggle to make their own expenses
they must depend upon an advance of
S5 to SIS to tide them over until they
are out and earning, when they ear
pay it back.
Since the existence of the fund was
announed large number of petitions
have come to the trustees which. unon
careful examination, proved to be en-
tirely worthy. The fund, however
could care for only about half the an
plicants, and hence, unless the fund is
renewed from some source shortly. a
number of the students who have won
high grades in their studies while
working their way through. will have
to give up their studies for the rest of
the academic year.
The student requests brought to light
some interesting facts as to the conr-
ageous endeavor of some of the Oregon
youth to gain special training in their
chosen lines. One young man request
ed loan of $25 that his sister and he
may finish the years work. Bv rent.
ing two small rooms and doing their
own housekeeping they have been able
to complete two years of their course.
One young man who requested assis
tance made the highest grades of aDv
student in the institution during the
first semester, in one of he heaviest
and most difficult courses. A Young
woman requested loan of Sc in order
that she may be able to get through
the next two months before commence
ment, with careful management.
Since she is earning her own way inI
order to gain a college education
against her parents wishes, she is
entirely on her own resources.
A senior, who has shown such splen.
did ability that he has been able toI
complete the four year course in three
years. has ask ked for a small loan in
order to complete his work with his
class in June. In spite OF his neces.
sity for earning all of his expenses. his
work in his studies has been of ex-
cellent grade.
Practically rs per cent of the entire
student body is entirely self-support-
ing; So per cent are partially depend
ent upon what they can earn and only
20 per cent of the whole enrolment
most of whom are girls do not have To
work for the money to pay their college
bills.
Any form of labor which will bring
some pay, however small, is resorted
% by the students in their eagerness to
)ay their way and gain the knowledge
hey desire for their future success.
Some are fortunate enough to obtain
'lerkships at the college or in com
nercial establishments in Corvallis.
others work on the campus grounds or
Is janitors in the various buildings. or
ire registered with the Young Mems
md Young Women's Christian Associa-
ions, where their services may be
obtained by townspeople for miscelane-
us tasks-beating carpets, making
gardens, caring for horse, or darning
tockings and tending the baby when a
lub meeting takes its mother away
rom home. During the summer vaca-
ions many earn-a part of their expen-
es in the mines, on farms, in logging
amps, mills, factories, and offices.
he loan fund is available only as a
asst resort for students of proven
'orth. No security is required of the
tudent. but it is expected that the
mount will be repaid at the earliest
ossible date, that other deserving
oung men and women may not be
eprlVed of similar lift on their road
} an education. I