Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-05-12
LIVING WITHIN MEANS

LIVING WITHIN MEANS
Not all university students
get money from home by a long
ways, and how they get tn ough
school on a small sum of money
is best known to those who have
tried it. An interesting story on
young man who spends but 5000
annually for his tuition, lodging.
board and other expenses while
at the U was published in the St.
Paul Dispatch the other day. 1t
follows:
n Arnold SamuelSon wants to be a
newspaperman. He's going at it sci
entifically by hustlfng through his
senior year in the University of Min
nesota on budget of 5000.
Samuelson, who hitch-hiked to Min
neapolis last fall from White Earth,
N. D., and landed on the campus with
a dime in his pocket, is disdainful of
students who work their way through
school.
Moreover. Samuelson's budget, as
he steers it around expenses, permits
him frequent filings at night life. He
even "squanders' his dough
Samuelson borrowed 5000 from the
student loan fund. Immediately he
parted with S93 for fees and tuition.
That left him s1O7 which he arranged
to draw in monthly installments of
SIS each.
Because he dislikeS the manual la
Dor, the student decided not to aug
ment his capital by working for meals
and room.
He was given a room in a fire sta
ton at $50 Third Street south. He
pays for the room by closing the doors
after the apparatus roars out to an
swer a night alarm.
The station firemen, who Samuel
son finds, are ''aS engaging as any
fraternity group and lack the AFRO
gance and formality of some of the
cultured" accorded him the use of
their kitchen.
For food necessities SamuelsOn has
spent an average of S1.S3 a month.
Here is the list: Oatmeal, 15c; ap-
piles, 25c; bread, soc: butter, 23c:
sugar, 20c; vegetables, 4Oc. Total,
$1.S3
'My health prospers under this
mode of living as well as it did prev
iously," Samuelson said. Enjoyment
of food, l find, depends entirely on
what one is accustomed to. l derive
as much pleasure from my simple
meals as | did when they contained
more sweets"
SamuelsOn carries a sandwich to
school and eats it at noon in the Min
nesota Union. He spends Is minutes
cooking one meal, eating it and wash
ing the dishes. He spends no money
for travel, contending that riding
would deprive him of needed exercise.
The student economist has two
suits. One he wears to school and
the other on special occasions.
I'm the old suit | feel no more out
of place than the actor who takes
the part of a pauper in a play" he
said.
He does his own laundry-fnds it
relaxing.
With approximately 50 a month for
food Samuelson has $40 or SO a month
for pleasure. With the surplus he has
bought typewriter and camera.
He is movie fan, and manages to see
at least one matinee weekly.
Then, there is dancing, which Sam
uelson is fond of. So he dances once
week at the campus Y. M. c. A. for
35 cents.
Some of my friends say they can
not afford these entertainments" he
chuckled, but most of them spend
$500 a year."
SamuelsOn, who confessed that
"'laZiness and desire for pleasure"
precipitated his economic program,
frequently becomes disguised with
himself because of his squandering
prOpensities.
my recklessness with money some
times disgusts me-" he said. 81 have
q weakness for sweets and l seldom
pass candy counter without getting
bar. Sometimes | find myself in a
restaurant lavishly ordering a piece
of pie, which usually is followed by
a second and third piece"
The student said he cuts down ex-
penses by emptying his pockets ev-
cry morning of all money except
bare expenses" He saves a great
deal this way.
Samuelson thinks he gets more en-
joyment out of school than those who
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