Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-26
YALE STUDENTS DO ODD |.
JOBS TO GET EDUCATION
Many Obtain Funds for
Schooling by Serving ,
as Walters.
nUnEAU Is ooNDU CITED
Report of College Secretary on De-
ccmbcr .. showed Tint I ..D3 Pupils
tcEiHtcrcd for mpioymcnt-ITiI
Variety of Positions.
by Sam f.. Nvhitn,irc.

NEW HAVEN. CONN. Dec. 25.-wo
were dining at Murrays. l never saw
n finer STAFF OF waitcrs--all husky
young men. IS to 20 years of age. a
member Of the party remarked that
they were college boys-Yaie stu
dents.
When No. 81 had our Holsters
all laid out and was bringing
up tho horscradish. some ono said:
Il Will try that young fellow out"
and when he stood aside. sho asked
him:
What arc you studylnEo"
Law" he rcplicdN This IL my
third year. How did you guess it?''
She told him she had noticed his
stack OF books on IA table near by. and
that he was busy with them when
not waiting on patrons.
The young man then talked freely
10 us OF his experiences 1T Yale. 10
came from Cairo Ill. and had earned
his way 40 far by working as usher.
walter and like Jobs. and had put by
little money In tho bank. lie told
us no was only one of hundreds "f
young men in New Haven studyiugA
and working 10 make ends meet.
Hurcuu Is Maintained.
This young man from Illinois told
us Yale has Il bureau Of appoint
ncnts. conducted In tho Office OF thu
secretary OF the college. and that :,
report issued on December showed
that l.2O2 Yale students in need or
employment registered with tho bu-
rrau In l922--or onc-third Of tho en-
tire student body. and that the earn
inEs or these young men. some work
ing Two hours II day and others eight
hours, totaied Sl70.4il.SI
These l.292 young men during 1922
fNcd 4,i23 different positions
went To the Office OF the secretary
"A a
report OF the Yale student agencies.
thc economic Importance OF which
had increased wonderfully since IL
Was organized two years ago Tho
900 students who made tho highcat
earnings averaged $500 each an
nunlly.
This includes both the wages OF
student employees and the managerial,
prohtH OF the agencies, which are
operated on "A email margin. because
the bureau Of appointments has al
ways insisted that the employment
department should serve. not only tho
students employed. but also tho en-
! tire New Haven community by re-
ducinE prices wherever possible
Thc bureau lis busiest in the sum
mcr vacation period. During the Iust
vacation regular work was round Tor
$40 students. 'Go per cent more than
for the previous summer, and these
from Htudics a total OF $4,000
The vacation employment, agency ~
planning TO have good Jobs for even
more students next season.
Business Men Cooperate.
During the college months tho
young men who need 10 earn take(
jobs such as walters. uHhers. cicrics,
stenoSraphcrs. typewr!tcrE. hotel
clerks. city statesmen. ctc. Tho bugi-
ness men of New Haven take kindly
to the employment OF student hclp.
and when In need of assistants they
call on the college bureau OF np-
pionimen,s and suitable young men
are at once sent
More than 1000 students filled po-
sit!ons in New Haven during tho rush
o! the football season this year
New Haven likes the student help.
and tho young men take a real inter
est ia their jobs. 70 il is no wonder
many striving young men are ahio
to obtain degrees at Yale without
mortgaging tho Old home. or putting
the family back yonder in debt for
the expenses OF genuine education.
y Connecticut weather prophet
has just predicted thirty big suowa
and SIX billiards. this winter. and II
the snow does nile up on New Havou
streets and yards the Yalc boys say
they Will he glad to help dig the old
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