Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-01
STUDENT GIRLS
SELF SUPPORTING
Those Attending College in Oregon
Take Outside Employment to
Help in Paying Way.
Oregon Agricultural College Corvallis
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Oregon Agricultural Col lege Corvallis
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What is that rydh mic noise heard
as she walks along the corridor Only
the whirr of an electric motor attached
to sewing machine and operated by n
small dark-haircd girl with snappy black
eyes, who makes and designs dresses for
college girls who are too busy TO do the
work for themselves or who can afford to
pay someone to do their sewing for them
She gets so much TO do that she is dated
up weeks In advance. This girl is only one
of the dozens OF young women who are
earning their way through college either
In whole or In part.
All Of the dining room help in both
Waldo and Cauthorn the women 8
receive pay in proportion to the num-
Der OF hours they put in. The average
for monthly checks to these girls is
s23 so Other women take care of the
halls and narlors. Some girls living in the
halls work three hours day for residents
of Corvallis in return for which they re-
ceive their board.
Who is the responsible-looking girl
with the bundle of "hiIe books tm-
der her arm making her way toward
the hall? She is only one of the many
students who earn considerable money
revising and correcting Eek papers Of
overworked "profs for this she receives
40 cents an hour II is hard to find stu
dents to do this work since contrary to
what might be expected, the work is not
popular
Girls with knowledge Of stenography
and typewTiting find plenty of opportunity
TO turn their spare time into cash, re-
ceiving from 80 TO 60 cents an hour.
Downtown stores and offices furnish en-
ployment for considerable number,
especially on Saturdays. Chem sharks
Of previous year help out not only their
pocketbooks but also help solve the prob
lem Of lack oi instructors and assistants
IN the laboratories.
Down on the press bench during
the basketball game one woman is seen
with the many men who are reporting the
game for either college or Portland papers.
She is the only woman sport writer on the
campus and handles all OF the college
news for ono Portland paper She is
senior, president of her sorority, member
Of several important committees and last
year was vice-president of the student
body. One other woman news correspon-
dent handles general news for the Oregon
ian and makes more than spending money
besides participating in other student
activities.
House managers of the different
sororities in almost every case receive
their board in return for the work they do.
Some houses follow the plan Of having
an assistant manager elected from the
junior class who is getting ready for the
managers job the next year. In this
case the financial returns are divided
in proportion to the tune put into the
work. Trained stenographers have no
difficulty in finding more work than they
can do. One girl earns about $50 by
putting in half time and by working
In the summer earns 500 a month.
Competent students to correct test papers
are impossible to find in sufficient numbers
Residents of the city complain that they
cannot secure help from among the stu
dents in the amount desired.
Busy college women-there Is no
distinction socially between those who
work for their board and keep and those
who do not Some members of the Forum.
the stunt honor society. Others who are
members of professional honor societies,
are among those who proudly label their
cards ''seh-supporting.'