The sun., 1915-10-17


school. One Of the teachers, n Prince
ton man, talked college to the boy.
He decided to 20. lie got to Prince
ton with 50 in his pocket; ate
bananas and bologna sausage. and
slept I'm a railroad station--and then
found that, his school being below
standard and his preparation deficient.
he had not passed his entrance exam
nations. Here his early training. or
want Of II. told; he had learned TO
ask for what he wanted:
70 I decided I'd 30 up and talk TO the
profs You can't imagine what "a pro-
fessor'' meant to me. In all my life
had seen only ono college professor on
tho hoos. WE'LL here was In room
full Of Princeton professors. Now the
man who knows the life Of the streets
can tell more about human psychology
than the other fellows. Any newsboy In
New York can size up a man far better
than the average senior In college. He
knows what the chances are Of getting
| a nickel from this fellow or that fellow
before he asks. and II he IL thrown down
Il isn't because he doesn't often expect
to be thrown down. bu, because he Is
| willing to take the long chance.
one wonders just how much Of the
slang Is the boys own, and how much
the transcrlber furnished in possibly
overzealous effort at verisimiltude.
The students were being called be-
fore the committees in a,nhah.,ic
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=. 80. 80. 80, ,a,,, rs.,,. "sn ~.
exactly: the vniy.r,,tv can, una,r.,sna
that II 4, a pretty ,eriou, businps, to the
fellow who comes with a couple of dollars
7 was desperate. went up and said my
name didn't" begin with e." but told
them didn't have money enough TO stay
oer Ano,n,r h'sh'' ana asked them II
sa NY mn mn
,u,, a, mainly =, co,,d nv, =, ,s,.
way. "o;en,Iemen, wbv sor., vou .,v. ~.
q chance7 n I don, make GOOD BY
| Thanksgiving. 1t. won't hurt the university.
II do make good. It will help me-"
Finally the boy was admitted. "on
probation" What did he think OF the
students? well. at first I was dis.
appointed, to tell the truth. Greet
|
"the spirit was much friendlier than
what had been used to. but I must
confess It struck me as affected. 1"
But II found that, after a year or
two, coming back to college, I was
doing the same thing myself"
The boy engaged a room at $3.50 a
week. and made arrangements to
earn part Of his board at the univer-
sity commons. dishing out desserts or
taking charge OF tobacco and candy
stand. Through the self help bu-
reau" he got his first Job. raking
leaves. at 20 cents an hour. Selling
programmes at a football game paid
him 5 cents apiece. and he sold l00
| When cold weather set in he tended
furnaces in the houses Of professors .
we do not suppose they paid with
embarrassing liberality. The college
treasurer graciously extended the
period Of grace Of the term bill. but
as the end Of the term drew near the
boy fell into discouragement. with
all the leeway I didn't see how l was
ever going to catch up. I was fall
ing so far behind the procession that
couldn't hear the band
BY Christmas the freshman had
caught up with the requirements in
his studies. but the money prob
lem was rapidly becoming more
difficult. Delivering clothes for the
Students Pressing Establishment
brought him in 25 cents an hour. and
he worked at II from four TO eight
hours a day. But in the weeks from
the opening Of college in September