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Show Work Way Tbrougfe College. 1 Tho quality of ambition that led Abraham Lincoln to closo a day of hard manual labor with poring over a book by tho light of a plno knot Is not known to tho present generation. Scores of young men and women aro to-day ropeatlng Lincoln's heroism in forms adapted to tho demands of modorn mod-orn life. Brain nnd sinow a'ro bolng turnod to account to yield, beyond living liv-ing expenses, a surplus sufficient to afford oducatlonal advantngos. Abundant oxamples of this spirit aro furnished by tho Middlo Wost Visions of round dollars finding tholr way into his pockets as a result of mowing lawns or currying horses havo lured many a young follow from tho farm and from the miscellaneous occupations occu-pations in a Binall town to tho pursuit of knowledge. Araplo Illustration of such a movement move-ment may bo had from tho statistics of earnings of students In tho Academy Aca-demy of Northwestorn University at Evanston, Illinois, during tho last yoar. Tho Academy roglstors 485 of tho 1,800 students on tho Evanston campus, and of tho 485, 05 per cent havo earned monoy, much or llttlo, from Septombor to Juno, amounting in tho aggrogato to raoro than ?12,000. This sum Is oxcluslvo of tho summer occupations, common to students, through which monoy enough is often accumulated to pay a largo share of tho noxt year's oxponsos. Tho $12,000 roprosonts In somo casos small amounts from irregular omploymonts such as clerical work, which onablcs tho studpnt to spend on concort tlckots and general pleasure a dollar horo and a dollar thoro that tho homo allowanco will not covor. By many a young man, howovor, his shnro of tho ?12,000 has boon oxpcndod on tho necessities of llfo. Raking out furnaces and building build-ing up tho fires before daylight on wintor mornings has meant lodgings for moro than ono young fellow with a thirst for knowledge, whllo meals In a students' club havo been paid for with I" shoveling snow or washing dlshos. Prospective lawyers and doctors- ' and preachers aro at present learning preparation for, futuro careers by do- ' voloplng business in butter and eggs shipped in from tho homo farm, or by working up a trado In coffoo and Bplces (a popular business entorprlso),. or by assisting In laundry management. manage-ment. Others run boarding clubs, or clerk In stores, deliver dally papers, collect bills or read gas motors. Somo young mon roach collego oqulppod with a trndo nnd can sorvo as barbers, bar-bers, cobblors, or carpontcrs. Not a fow tako stenographic notes and run typowrltors, or roport for Chicago newspapers tho Impossible happonlngs of student liio. Many pulpits within a radius of sixty miles of Chicago ara regularly filled by preachors who attend at-tend recitations on tho campus from Monday to Friday and go to tholr charges for faaturday and Sunday. Undo Sam's llfo saving crow, housed on tho odgo of tho campus, glvos employment em-ployment to a group of ahlo-bodlod stu-donts, stu-donts, and pays them a good salary for faithful sorvldo. In fact thero Is I scarcoly any field of employment noc- 1 essary to modorn llfo which has not I been Invaded by ambitious studonts, I provided it is of tho sort thnt will I loavo a margin of tlmo for study. I The path of tho studont who works his way Is not strown with roses, and I tho career of such a young man calls I for gonulno horolsm. Tho tlmo glvon 1 to earning money must, of course, bo I subtracted from tho total sum of work- I lng hours, and only tho romnlnder is I avallablo for study. Consequently tho I number of years glvon to tho courso I must bo lengthened or elso tho wago- 1 earning studont finds hlmsolf at a dls- I advantngo bosido tho studont who has I, no responsibility outsldo his books. 1! However, tills disadvantage is in no small number of edscs offset by great- It or sincerity and oarnostnoss on tho li part of tho poorer studont. II |