Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-14
500 STUDENTS EARN
WAY THROUGH COLLEGE
BYLAB0R AT U. OF P.
Future Scientists, Lawyers and
Men of Affairs Employed at
Many Tasks in Search of
Life Work
Y. M. c. A. AIDS MEN
Positions Obtained for Those Desiring
Employment as Means Of OBJ
tanning Education

nv. hundred or more students OF the
,-r,vsrs,ty Of Pennsylvania are working
their way through college," according to
an announcement Of the Young Mems
-hristian Association Of the University.
majority OF these have received their
0o.,t,ons through the association. which
,,.intains a student employment bureau.
OF course, everybody in college is sup
ro,ed TO be working" But working
vour way" has nothing to do with the
.,sssroom and concerns such things as
h,sad and butter room and raiment
There are about 50 men at the univer~
,itv this year who last year succeeded in
EARNING their tuition. board and other ex-
penses. The remaining members OF this
.,rdent army of workers usually have
II sone means, but are compelled to earn
l mart Of their expenses while at school.
There are many ways through which
the student working his way through col
Ilege can earn money. Waiting on table
IL perhaps the best way for a man to
helm himself, since II gives him a steady
Income and a change from mental work.
Almost all the boarding houses and
Students cafes in the vicinity of the Uni
Iversity are manned" by these student
Iwaiters Clerking in stores, ushering, de-
lliyering papers, telephone operator,
Isteward salesman. canvasser. ofice clerk.
Iarent leading boys clubs, lecturing, tu-
Itoring and stenography are some of the
Inherent occupations in which these stu
4 dent workers earn their money.
4 stenography and typewriting present a
4 popular and prosperous line of work. The
4 erowing realization among students and
faculty of the labor-saving nature of both
II NH nd a
nm greater opportunities each year for
1 the student who is well equipped In this
j line
Reporting for Philadelphia newspapers
offers one of the best opportunities to
the student worker. There are half a
dozen students who get good checks each
week for acting as correspondents at the
University for these newspapers and
Towering" the University events and
Franklin Field. Several OF the students,
who are of literary and creative ten
. dency, make good money writing moving
picture scenarios for the various NOV
ing picture companies. One student, who
team last year, earned a nice sum weekly
for the short baseball stories which he
wrote for a Western weekly magazine.
Those students who are possessed of
some knowledge of athletics frequently
act as coaches for some of the suburban
various sections of the city. Under this
head come the students who act as lead
ers in boys clubs and playground in
structors,
One student, who graduated last spring,
was a successful cabaret singer in one
of the cafes downtown, while several OF
the members of the orchestras of the
theatres In the central part OF the city
are students at the university during the
day. Moving-picture operating is a good
source of revenue for several students,
who, previous to entering college, worked
In this line.
In one Of the largest hotels Of this city,
senior in the Wharton School has been
acting as night telephone operator for
the past two years. He goes on duty
at o'clock every night and then snatched
his forty winks" while working at the
big switchboard at night A big bell
rings and wakes him up when he is
needed at the board.
TUTORING EXTINCT.
Tutoring by students is dying out as a
profitable business at the University
There are still some scattered opportu-
mites IN this field, but. as a general rule
there is very little tutoring at the Uni
versity, owing to the realization on the
part OF the students that secondhand
study is expensive and of little real as
sistance and permanent value.
One field which is still practically mo-
nopolized by the student worker is that
OF "suping" in the big theatrical pro-
auctions which come to town during the
theatrical season. The students make the
pest "supers," as they very readily grasp
what Is necessary to be done by them
apd interpret" their parts with the en-
tnusiasm OF seasoned artists.
Despite the fact that they are kept
ousy at their money-making, quite a
large number of these student workers
rank very high. both In athletics and
enthusiastically, at the University. Several
members of the various varsity teams last
year were part Of this student army OF
workers, while each year the men who
rsnk very high and win honors in their
class work contain representatives of this