Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-27

papers, handled baggage, washed windows. moved
lawns stocked furnaces clered grocery stores huSked
corn pressed clothes, and did catalogue work in the
library. The secretary of the graduate council, who
had charge of the work. arranged the schedules OF en-
poyment that the mems studies should not be inter-
fered WITH and of the hundred and sxtyseven
only students left college account of failure in
the classroom Through the athletic association needy
men were admitted to the games tree and through the
cooperative store they got their textbooks at cost.
Cornell finds work for students at reading proof on
the university and local papers, collecting bills running
laundry agencies, typewrtng theses and arranging col
lections in the museums At the University of Chicago
the students shekels by operating soda oun
tans, usherng in theaters decorating halls for enter
tainmens, operating night telephone switchboards and
canvassng for the City Directory the city telephone
company.
Tutoring is. of course most important feature Of
York University tutoring pays from to three dollars
hour. At smaller colleges the rate is somewhat
lower but the demand is steady and the tutor himself
gets experience that IS worth more than the money
he receives for the service.
Scholarships fellowships, and student loans though
they help thousands of needy students every year,
scarcely within the scope of this article Theoretlc
ally they earned but in practice they often not
Prizes however, generally represent considerable hard
work of kind another, and as they are PAID IN
cash they entitled to honorable mention IN this ex
animation of the college student and his assets.
The great exponent Of the prize winning method OF
getting through college is Senator Beverage When
student at DePauw he walked into the room of Pro-
fessor Carhart who held the chair of English and ora
tory, and announced, professor, need about three
hundred dollars to finish at DePauW. NOW IneIe
is the mathematical prize of twentyhv dollars the
Latin prize of thirty dollars. the historical prize OF
thrtyve dollars, the home ortorical prize OF forty
dollars the State oratorical prize of fifty dollars the
interstate oratorcal prize of seventyve dollars and
the DePauw oratorical prize of hundred dollars.
You if get all these II have balance. Professor
Carhart naturally torn between amazement and
amusement; but history records the fact that young
Beverage every prize except the one in Latin and
in that contest he captured second place.
A out-of- theordinary of funds to cover tut
= ton fees was revealed by student in of the
downtown schools of New York University. 1t was
Iegislated out Of the State Of New York The student
rushed into the treasurers Office afternoon and
gasped, @Just made killing! Take this and give me
receipt for the tuition before lose all another
race The cashier investigated this and found 1t to
consist of six twenty-dollar bills.
There of ways to earn an honest college
dollar that have been indicated here; but by this
time the students have saved up quite Duncn OF
They afford to spend little. Obviously the
right thing to do IS to pay first the liked charges such
board rent, and tuition fees but, sad to say
all will be conservative. Some are like the lambs
of Wall Street, defined by Mr.. Keene people who
invest first and investigate afterward
The American student unquestlonaby spends some
money fooishly. it is Fathers money, the odds are
doubled. Cabaret restaurants get many dollar IN
tended for the university and the Recording
Angel, who must surely be certified pubic account
often compelled to charge the amusement account
although the student has entered in his expense book
Services of tutor hours at $3-S18.
Occasionally the deception of Father amounts to
downright swindle. Three years ago student in a
New York institution collected nearly two hundred
dollars from his parents supposedly to cover tuition
books, and incidental expenses But he did not come
the school after the first week and the only fee
he paid of five dollars for naturalization. When
the theft discovered the boy punished in way
that he will remember wildly all his life not well into
the next
Petty deception, while not is detected from
time time Office where tuition fees collected
The student NAV msrepresent his parents the amount
DUE hoping get change the check he presents If
the cashier suspicious he may refuse the check and
notify the parents When change is given, the fact