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Show B; WORKING ONE'S WAY B THROUGH COLLEGE B AlthouRh the expenses of sending n B hoy or girl through collego nro stead- m Ily Incroasliig, yet tho number who m work their own way through seems B to bo gaining as fast or faster. 1 It Is ono of tho "no things about H collego llfo, that students who are B working their own way soem to stand well socially. Thoy may not get as M many Invltutlons, simply bocauso B they aro carrying papors or driving M grocery wagons at HmeB when their B classmates ar0 hanging around tho m Boclety rooms making friends. Hut B no stigma attaches to work. Social M lines may dlvldo tholr parents In H their homo town. Hut young pco- B pie are moro generous than grown Bfl tips, and nr0 not apt to draw arbitrary B linos of distinction. BB Young people who work tholr own B way got qulto as much out of col- B lego ns anyono else. Thoy may not B ncqulro qulto as much of tho social B polish that comes from tea tables B and chapter houses. Hut thoy aro H living a llfo of oarnest effort, 'which B nlwnys brings roward. M Tho avorngo collego boy, financed B by a generous father, can hardly bo B said to llvo a llfo of earnest effort. H Ho drills along In tho regular gooso fl step, and can pass his marks without B any strenuous exertion. He does B put earnest effort Into his athletics, B which has Its value But whothor B running nt top speed to reach first B hnso helps a boy tacklo tho hard B drudgery of supporting n family la B tor on, Is an open question. B It would seem as If tho person who B has worked his way through collego B woro entitled, not merely to whntov- B cr honors ho may win on his ssho B lnstlc standing, but to soma special B mark of distinction. Co.'tnlnly his M achievement Is Infinitely greater than B that of tho student who has Rlmply B used tho tools which parents havo fl bought and paid for. |