Evening star., 1940-10-01
IfThere's a
Will There
Is a Way
Two Letters From
Reader Prove the
Ancient PrOverb
BY KAY CALDWELL and
ALDEN HARRISON.

ALDEN HARRISON.
Gather round, you cynical young
people who think you haven't a
chance, and you older people who
complain that the younger genera
ton has gone to pot. We want you
to read two letters which we re-
Gently received from Marian S. The
first one read as follows:
II have been following your COL
umn since 1t first appeared, and I
have found it helpful in several
situations. Now I feel that perhaps
you can help me on question that
has bothered me since my gradua-
ton last June.
IT rated high on our honor roll,
and was a commencement speaker.
I was selected as the most versatile,
most likely to succeed, and the most
ambitious. And believe me, I do not
want to let my classmates down.
Two weeks after graduation, re-
ceived a position as a mail girl. I
rack mail all day long. This job
will not last very long, and I know
that I will be transferred to some
thing more responsible in a short
time. But I am so afraid of getting
In a rut.
Before graduation, I had high
hopes of going to college. but be-
cause Of financial difficulties. I was
forced to take this job. know deep
down inside me that 1t does not suit.
I want more education, and I am
going to get it, if I have to scrub
floors to do it.
Il have always wanted to be a
lawyer. know that this is a strange
vocation for girl, but others have
succeeded in it, and so can I.
But where to start is the question
troubling me now. 1t is constantly
preying on my mind. do want to
get ahead, to be somebody In this
land of equal opportunity I know I
have the chance, but ! do need a
start. Please help me-"
Well, when we get a letter like
that, We can really 60 to town. We
wrote Immediately to Marian, sug-
gesting that it was quite possible
for her to get a legal education
through night study later on, but
advising her to concentrate now on
getting her straight college educa-
ton.
We urged her to investigate the
scholarships offered by colleges near
her home and to find out what help
she could get from N. Y. A. We
pointed out the possibilities of work
ing part time while she was taking
her college work. And We sent her
our leaflet on educational opportu-
mites called IF You Can't Go to
College," as well as the one for new
college students called Facts for
Freshmen"
In less than a week we heard from
Marian again. This time she wrote:
Immediately upon getting your
letter, I called up a school teacher
whom I admire She was ready to
help. She called professor and got
me part-time job in the college
wanted to attend. I talked the mat
ter over sensibly with my father and
he offered to pay for my tuition and
books. The part-time job will take
care of clothing, carfare and Incl
dentals.
Il am going to work my hardest
this term in order to win a scholar
ship to help dad. 1 resigned my
position and left with the best wishes
Of all my co-workers. I am going to
major in social studies and minor in
mathematics. Then when I grad
uate. can go on and study law as
I originally wished.
Il really don't know how to thank
you enough for the help you gave me.
II it hadn't been for your If You
Can't Go to College leaflet. would
have continued as a plain mail clerk
for a couple of years at least. 1t
gave me just the push I needed.
Now. thanks to that, can read your
Facts for Freshmen leaf1et with the
utmost relish. Thanks again!"'
You don't have to thank us, Mar
ian. When girl shows the spirit
you showed in your first letter,
everybody is eager to help her as
much as possible. We're glad you've
got your start, and we know you'll
follow through.
And we hope that every other fel-
low and girl who reads this column
will get real lift from your prac-
tical demonstration of the vital truth
in that bewhiskered old proverb,
Where there's will, there's way"
Well be glad to send you either
of the leaflets we sent Marian on
receipt of 5 cents in stamps or
coin. Just address Kay Caldwell
and Alden Harrison, in care of
this newspaper, and ask for IF
You Can't Go to College" or
Facts for Freshmen"