New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-27

ySNlBG3 hundred dollars. tuition and incidental
E5ysE-sfA charges one hundred, and books twenty
GgSE0 five dollars. for the year. the college boys
and girls Of this country Will spend the
impressive sum Of one hundred and fourteen million
dollars by the middle Of the coming June
That they will actually get away with mitch more
than this IS a forcgonc conclusion cur estimate.
which is obviously conservative. includes nothing for
clothing and If there is thing that American stu
dents OF both sexes insist upon II IS being clothed II
make no provision for railroad fares. for dues IN ira
icrnItics and literary societies. for athletics tor junior
proms and for other items Of extra Classroom activity
that students deem essential and fathers deem eNpen-
sve
Possibly one hundred and twenty-five million dol
lars would more nearly approximate the annual cXpcndi-
ture. But whether the actual amount Is larger or
smaller than this the fact remains that the American
student has interesting methods Of getting money, ana
scarcely less interesting ways OF spending IT.
The most common and least interesting plan for
financing college education has already been limited
at. Father pays the bills for thousands Of students IN
this and other countries every year In tact. number
Of hari-working and much-paying individuals might
be found who feel that more fitting caption for tins
article would be. "Thc College Student and His
Fathers Money.
Princeton colcgans tell of a Baltimore who
complained continually OF his sons extravaganza. but
kept on sending checks At the close Of one Of his let
tiers the father wrote our studies my SON are cost
ing me a great deal" TO which he received the prompt
and frank reply. Il know It, Father and don't study
very hard, either
Not that writing to Father is always the easiest way
student
The anthology Of American humor IS full OF clevery
worlcd appeals and still more ccvcrly wordcd rcuSlS
But thousands Of boys and girls DO start Collcgcward
every autumn scrcnelV confident that Father will stand
bv with his friendly chcckboo and his nimblc fountain
pen; or. if not Father then Mother, Brother,
even Maiden Aunt, for. when it comes to accepting
legal tender, college students. like the rest Of us
cmphatically not rcspcctcrs Of persons.
Very little romance IS attached To the fiscal affairs OF
students who financed from wcll-to-do homes.
But the monetary chronicles of boys and girls who earn
their way rs full Of thrills as a lhrd-ave. meo-
drama And the thrills are real.
II earning money to meet college expenses the self
supporting American student makes good Of the
summer interval. While the remittance men Of his
class are chasing all over Europe, canoeing in the
Adrondacks. lounging about the summer hotels. he
IS acting clerk waiting table If called upon TO
his own classmates, as IS frequently the case, he
does it in quiet matter fact way, and seldom do
his mates indicate by word gesture that his tenn
porary employment requires either explanation apol
ogy. Possibly they the probability of his passing
them in the coming semester either on the cndcr track
in trig test which gives them respect for him far
beyond that which they would concedc to ordinary
waiter.
Summer resorts offer other Jobs that pay fairly well
student who feels that he is hopccssy miscst in the
role Of waiter may prove himself at renting boats
or patroling the beach a life guard Back in the
country he may sell subscription books or pictures,
and learn a lot about human nature at the time.
Or he may go farm and feed stock. milk the COWS,
and help get in the hay and grain Farm work demands
long hours, and many college students not physc
ally equal to it, but the pay has recently reached
very decent level and every summer finds the farms
of the Far and Middle West well sprnked with college
boys intent saving up for rainy college year
There is almost no limit to the number of ways in
which students money during the college period.
Harvard reports nearly hundred varieties of openings
for students who compelled to seek gainul occupa
ton during the academic year Yale offers practically
the range of choice, with few added entries
such selling voles, wheeling invalid chairs, vending
bottled spring water, giving seght-of-ha entertain
mcnts, operating stereoptcons and contributing to
magazines.
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