Show Coed Scrapes Steam Boilers S To H Help lp Pay Schooling Costs CORVALLIS Ore Al Scrap AP-Scrap- Scrap Scraping ing out steam boilers may not be the ideal work for a a. woman but Ruth Steel of Portland has proved that thata a girl can an serape s-crapo them just as well WE'll as any man I I I That In connection n with dusting and sweeping Is the way way she worked her way through high school That Thatis is the way she earned her expenses X for her first two years at Oregon Dreg state college and that is the way she probably will earn her ller expenses expanses next year Five years ears apo asro when Ruth was urns nasa a in high school she decided de rie- she did not want to take care ot of children any more She couldn't do office work So when someone was needed to help with the dusting at high school she volunteered Dusting was vas not all Sho She swept and scrubbed floors she washed windows and doors tended furnaces and fixed motors and scraped boilers and tubes In fact she did everything every ever thing tiling that tho manager could find for her to do The he manager of janitors was getting getting get get- ting tired of squeezing into Vie the steam boilers through manholes that were too small but steam boilers m must st be scraped and oiled so o Ruth took over the job It took her nine hours the first time she scraped the two boilers but when she finished the tho Job wa was washers washers hers permanently That was four fou years ears ago and she has been scraping boilers boUeT ever eve r Ince Sometimes sh she worked cl over the week end and a ways goes to Portland during th the Christmas vacation and washes win win- J dows and scrapes the tho boilers At first she wore a a. bathing suit but later late r adopted her brothers brother's overalls over nyc alls ails alls which proved unsatisfactory The manager solved the clothing problem by offering oUe the suit ho he had haul worn a garment res resembling em bUng a divers diver's outfit and with the aid of numerous tucks and safety p pins ns It was made to tofit fit She has since worn this costume cos cos- tume |