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

napcr, handled baggage. washed windows. moved
lawns, stocked furnaces ccrked IN grocery stores IShe
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-
plovmcn that the mems studies should not Dc inter-
crcd with and out Of the one hundred and sXty-SeVcn
only two students left college account OF failure IN
the classroom Through the athletic association needy
men were admitted the games free 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 tvpcwrng theses and arranging col
ectons in the museums At the University OF Chicago
the students earn extra shccls by operating soda oun-
ains ushcrng thcatcrs, decorating halls Tor enter
ainmcnts operating night telephone swltchboardS ana
canva,sng for the City Directory or the city telephone
company.
Tutoring is, Of course most important feature Of
the student schclp program At Columbia and New
York University tutoring pays from one 70 three dolarS
an hour Al the smaller colleges the rate is somewhat
lower: but the demand is steady. and the tutor himself
gets an experience that is worth more than the money
he receives for the service.
Scholarships fellowshps and student loans though
they help thousands Of needy students every year,
scarcely come within the scope Of this article Iheorctlc
ally they are earned but in practice they often are not
Prizes however generally represent considerable h1rd
work Of one kind another, and As they are pad III
cash they entitled to honorable mention IN tins eX
animation Of the college student and his assets.
The great exponent Of the prize-wnning method OF
getting through college IS Senator Beverage When
student at DcpalW he walked NllO the 'olI Oh ~
icisor Carhart who held the chair OF English and ora
tory and announced. professor. | need about three
hundred dollars to finish here at DePauw. Now there
is the mathematical prize OF twenty-five dollars the
Latin prize OF thirty dollars, the historical prize OF
thrtyvc dollars the home oratorical prlze OF forty
dollars the State oratorical prize OF fifty dollars, the
interstate oratorical prize of sevcntyivc dollars, ana
the DcPauw oratorical prize OF one hundred dollars.
You ii get al these III have balance Professor
Carhart was 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-oft Extraordinary source of funds to tut
ton fees was revealed by student III one OF the
downtown schools Of New York University 1t was
several years ago. before racing, the sport OF kings, was
lcgsatcd out of the State of New York. The student
rushed into the trcasrcrs Office one afternoon and
gaspcd, Just made killing Take this and give me
receipt for the year tuition before lose 1t all on another
race. The cashier investigated this, and found It TO
consist Of six twcnty-doar bills
There scores Of ways 10 earn an honest college
dollar that have been indicated here; but by this
time the students have saved up quite bunch OF money
They Gan now afford 10 spend little Obviously the
right thing do is pay first the fixed charges. such
board rent and tuition fees; but, sad To say
not all will be SO conservative Some are like the lambs
of Wall Street, defined by Mr.. Koene as people who
invest first and investigate atterward.
The American student unQucStlOnably spends some
money foolishlv If it is Fathers money the odds
doubled. Cabaret restaurants get many a dollar in
tended for the university bookstore, and the Recording
Angel, who must surely be certified public account
ant is often compelled charge the amusement account
although the student has entered in his expense book
Services of tutor, hours at S3-SlS.
Occasionally the deception of Father amounts to a
downright swindlc Three years ago a student in
New York institution collected nearly two hundred
dollars from his parents, supposedly to tuition,
books and incidental expenses But he did NOT come
near the school after the first week and the only fee
he paid was one of five dollars for matricuation When
the theft was discovered the boy punished in way
that he will remember wildly all his life, ii well into
the next.
Petty deception while not common is detected from
time to time i'm any Office where tuition fees collected
The student may msrepresent to his parents the amount
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