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HE lives of many of today’s business leaders were shaped by what they did
in college to pay for their education. The interest thus developed by a student
often became the foundation for his future career. Sometimes young people,
faced with the necessity of paying their own way through school, have
uncovered latent ability as salesmen and have stepped out of college into
sales positions with large corporations. Others have worked on college papers
and thus become interested in editorial work and journalism. Still others have
shown marked ability as promoters, managing the affairs of their college
football or baseball teams.

For that reason it is highly desirable that every opportunity be given students
to develop their money-making tendencies. No matter what work a person
may do after leaving college, this experience in dealing with human nature
and persuading people to act on sales suggestions will prove invaluable. The
knack of meeting people on an equal basis and the ability to express oneself
clearly and concisely, thus acquired, remain long after school days are
forgotten.

More important is the fact that a boy or girl, who has to earn money while
getting the advantages of an education, acquires an appreciation of the value
of money that is most important in the building of character. It is a credit to
our American social system that the young man or woman who works his
way through school is respected and admired. It is generally true, also, that
those who do work to pay for their schooling get more out of college than the
rich man’s son or daughter who is provided with all the money needed for
expenses.

There are, of course, the conventional ways of earning money to pay
expenses, such as waiting on tables, coaching backward students, helping in
the school library or office, clerking in a local store, doing a column for the
local newspaper, etc. It is possible to make sufficient money doing any one of
these things to pay expenses during the school years. However, the greatest
opportunities to make money lie in the unusual type of work. What this work
may be depends, of course, upon the community in which the school is
located, the natural aptitude of the student, and the opportunities which the
versatile student can develop.