Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30
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scholarship advantages afforded by en-
| dowments and other sources"
DR.. Greenleaf's researches have i'm
pressed upon him one important face
| that should serve as warning to stu
dents who lack the proper grit, or the
health. to finance an education without
any outside financial assistance what
ever
"Only exceptional students can 60 10
! the campus broke and make the
| grade" he says
Every student who expects to work
his way through college should carry
at least 500 or 5000 in his pocket
when he presents himself at the COL
lege door. The student should not
undertake to land a job during his
first term. He will find it not only a
difficult task, but a worry likely 10
hurt his scholastic standing at the
very outset of his college career. He
| first must get himself adjusted to lis
new routine, and to do this properly
! he should have small amount OF
money to start him on his way. Once
| firmly ensconced in his classes. he may
fare forth confidently in search Of emu
ployment, with reasonable hope CT
success"
While DR.. Greenleaf has not com
/ pleted his study of the replies received
| to missionaries sent to LOO institi-
tons, he is able to give some interest.
| ing data on student employment in
many we'll known colleges and univer.
sites.
What Students Do Here.
OF local interest is his statement that
most of the personnel OF Washington
evening schools is employed In The day
| time, that more than half of the stu
dents ct George Washington University
earn their own way, that few students
at Georgetown University proper IRE
at work, but that nearly all attending
the Georgetown Foreign Service School
are In Federal employment and that
! about one fourth of the students al
Maryland State University are doing
! odd Jobs between and after classes
Yale offers special advantages to the
student who wishes to pay for his edu.
cation as he goes, DR.. Greenleaf points
out. In this university there is sys-
1 tenn of student sales agencies. or branch
Offices of outside flrmS-from the laund-
erer to the dealer in books and station
/ cry. Students who preside over such an
/ agency receive commission on all
| goods sold.
Table running" also is popular al
! Yale This is campus term used to
describe the practice OF lining up
customers for boarding houses. A table
runner" gets his meals free merely by
inducing his friends to eat at Mrs
Smiths or Mrs. Browns boarding house
Yale students earned more than $780,
600 last year by indulging in such
oalnful pursuits One-thlrd of the 5000
students there earned at least portion
CT their tuition by serving in agencies
or working at other jobs.
Have Greater Responsibility.
College authorities welcome the new
student who has worked his way
through high school, They have found
that working students have greater re-
Sponsibility and steadier heads.
Some of our best sGudents have
worked while going to high school AMI
college" declares the president Of ar
Oregon college.
President Samuel Tyndale Wilson Of
Maryyills College Tennessee. states:
What variety OF work is done by
! students! There is the manual tram
| ing shop work that Is conducted Spe-
ci1cally for the students by the student
| NIP ofacc: scores have found work
,h-re tiat hes both given them rev
'nue and taught them a trade. There
: thc college farm, with its 40 acres
and it, dairy herd: some have earne
nsnst Of thsu expenses on it. There |;