South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-10

That almost half the students the high
school working outside school. that during
the . months which end with the present school term
viii make in the neighborhood $4,000
the two most striking facts OF some very interesting
statistics which have collected Principal
McCowen.
The figures we're gathered for the immediate purpose
high school a firm foundauOn--the course in yoca-
tional guidance.
This course was organized at the beginning of the
present school under the direction Of Miss Helen
ernbach and its object is to assist the student to deter
what his life work shall be. An employment
bureau is being planned an important adjunct TO
this course.
carefully among the 1OO9 students enrolled
In school show that during the last summer vaca
the boys and 81 girls who worked all or part
Of the time earned exactly $24512 and that the $50
boys and "a girls who earning money outside of
basis OF their present earnings TO make $zSzIo pc
tween September June. During the whole i
S5,lfI and the boys S4zoiz' an the stuuenS Oh Vhe
school who work making total of $47,7sO.
This is the first time that such complete and &C
Curate figures Of the kind have ever been compiled IN
the south school indeed it doubtful
any interesting concerning the high school
student than those embodied in Principal McCOwan's
report have ever brought light The figures
revelation Of the push industry and resourceful-
o the high school student
HALF STUDENTS ARE WORKING.
Probably the striking fact which Principal Nc
Coans statistics is that about 500 half of
the students of the high school do work outside Of
school In contrast to the college student who almost
always necessity IL shown in this
from choice rather than necessity Among the reasons
which the students give for working out Of school
their pocket change. learn
something of the various kinds OF work which they may
called upon do after leaving school, to keep line
the jobs which they will want during vacation to
money for purchasing lncldentals Whlcn Wlle
particularly needed. used 70 advantage
and. frequently given reason, to money to use
getting through college. Many of the students who
work. Principal MCGOWAN found. of course, from
families but surprisingly large number belong
10 the comfortable or even veIl-to-do classes
rOp
are n1a[ine T,ortv-seven thousand seven hundred and
ninety dollars il totals for the months And it must
that this amount totaled from the
reports Of only S34 Of the than thousand stu
dents OF include the hun
dollars picked the students in odd jobs
al home and elsewhere which could not of course be
estimated included
The average amount the figures further show made
by the boys during the $7517. and during
girls averaged s3s.S6. and sSO91 The total earnings
the boys during the II months will be $1SSSS and
for the girls s117-77-
ONE BOY MAKES $500 IN SUMMER
greatest made by any boy during
the summer was 1892. The same young man expects
TO earn $500 during the school year or a total of
81 .232 the months. is the accredited
80 nv am, girl fnrin1 me summer zas S1oS The
same girl expects TO 5000 during the school year
viii give her total of $sOS for the full year.
Another boy made S24O during the summer working
in a furniture store. The lowest reported TO
have been made by student during the summer
which girl received for caring for neigh
boris baby The average earning capacity or the boys
during the summer was per month, S23S6 The girls
made $12.2S month. During the school
year the working viii only SLABS
per month, and the girls SO per month.
The various occupations of the students of the high
school who working. all the way dish
washing TO teaching. Many, the report shows
skilled mechanics. expert statesmen musicians
stenographers Many, on the other hand, engaged
IN the hardest kind OF manual labor. The
mon occupation with both boys and girls was clerk
ms although there were almost "a many working
the factories and carrying selling papers Here are
some Of things which the boys and girls do and
some OF the places where they work:
ROWS, OCCTTP ATTONS