New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-03
STUDENTS IN QUEER Jobs
Columbia Boys and Girls Earned
S37.602 Last Summer.
STRIVE HARD TO PAY WAY
University Committee Aids
Many to Find Places Dur
ing Vacations.

some Two hundred Columbia students
earned S1e02 l. during the SIMMER vaca-
ton Of 1872, according 10 figures compiled
: ny the university committee on employ
, mont for students. The increase in earn
iuGs over the summer of 1911 Was about
Si2"c. despite the fact that the number
! II students registered year ago was
more than twice the number cn the lists
last summer.
MI sorts OF queer Jobs wcr, undertaken
by the students. Some found work OF
their own initiative ?ad others relied
solely on the university Office Tor employ
; mnet. Ey themselves tho students made
$2-.1-l %. and Che committee found work
: which to;alicG mp az the end ut the SUM-
NOR 80 Sij0S0 a.. The uldcrsrJduatcs IN
/ Oh" college department; vert The best
( money gcucrs. by themselves tho 60
Em5ia College boys earned $780, s.. an1
with the committees Aid N.z53 Z" Il total
ot Sl2.jioH. The students in the Law
school were not far behind. with total
Of $0021 -: q portion. 5; so. ,hcy earned
with the help of III" committee. aGl
SJ.i97 % independently. rhe graduate stu
dents. who in former wears have led ri,
, others in tho gentle ART OF gathering in
tho whcrcwithai 10 continue their college
course. earned only tJti, ~. si.l@7 & Of
which came through tha committees cf-
forts.
The engineering studcats. VINO IN NUM-
her arc almost as man! ~ tho Columbia
College youths. earned only S3s>2 %.
$40 - of which came with the hcip Of the
university Office.
Fifteen Barnard girls turned iu reports
showing total earnings # $llH'. isls he
inG earned independently and IS" on Jobs
which the committee found. IN Teachers
| College the women students earned
1910 -. but only s,l OF II was attributed
10 the work OF the comMitt"". The other
totals were: Medicin.. 'l.l,0 -; Archi-
lecture. sos %. and Extension. Sii. Tho
average earnings in t.I" various depart
ments az the university were: coll, -.
/ $5N l'; Law. Sloc -: Medicine. 50 n; APP
piled Science. 81 %. graduate School.
'So s.. Fine Arts SO TO- Barnard College.
IS s.. ard Teachers College Nt2J.
More than slX hundred JOBS were forrd
for the students 10y tho committee. and
almost like number ,nc students found
Tor themselves. Apparently nothine was
too unusual for the Columbia lad %
| tackle. on" got Job as sailor on a
coas'wisc vessel and earned Ns ~ besides
his keep. FOR the Two mplths that he he'll
the Job Another found place painting
"a house and made $40 by using part of
MS summer vacation in that employment.
Many Of the students found work N
the banks Of tho city and averaged go a
month. which nctted them about $500 for
the fun vacation period. although not 81
OF them stuck IL out ior the four months.
one man. whose home is In Northern
! Wisconsin. earned - az a"orer. while
another college student cleared $40 IN
spite of the fact that %, was in the hos
pital Tor more than 1v. weeks. Selling
cooking utensils Melted a sophomore H.
college ,2oI and clerking ia summer
hotel gave another man ilDp.
one Barnard girl tutorcd IN he modern
Languages during the summer, earning
81. while a second WIS q s;onographor
and finished with financial gain of 81
\ Teachers College sill worked ~ Il
cashier IN a -estaurant and cleared t9i7 S.
while on male student IN Teachers Col-
lcge made $40 tutoring md another sold
shoes and earned 800.
\ studcn, IN he Medical Scnopl earned
So "a camp physician and $2l. = az a
chemist \ second medical student was
tree surgeon and earned $50. Two stu
dents were platform men 90 the subway
for part time each day end earned on the
average OF 81 q month. This is what
the committee thinks OF the opportunities
for part-timc employment ~ New York.
Ability. perseverance and energy have
an ever increasing market vi!Ie. and 70"
man who possesses these thtcc oualilir"-
lions. and is At the same time prcsenta-
bic. more or less skilled bon some particl-
lar line OF work. ami responsible. nae
never much difficulty 100 finding employ
ment. either through assistance rendered
by tho committee - through his owh
initiative. The new student especially i
he Is a stranger IN New Yo.k. mas an
unusually hard time ~ IT # b." rs at all
pressed for funds. fol this reason the
committee. after an experience covering
about twenty years. feels that no pro-
spectiyc student should come 20 Columbia
with logs than i2,o or 500 ia his pockets.
the greater amount preferred.