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C LeriCaL Work—This type of work may be secured in the school itself, in
local business houses, and in local retail stores. The student who has learned
typewriting and shorthand is in a position to take advantage of such part-time
jobs available. In addition to secretarial work, these jobs may include billing,
filing, stencil cutting, mimeographing, addressing and mailing. The
compensation ranges from 15 to 40 cents an hour, depending upon the labor
market, the community, and the importance of the work.

s eLLing Your serviCes—Reading to invalids; taking care of children; giving
patients massage; cleaning and pressing garments; mending; housework;
gardening; tending furnaces; window washing; waiting on tables; delivery
service for stores; washing dishes; catering; janitor service in clubs, college
dormitories, and churches; shoveling snow; beating rugs; typewriting term
papers; chauffering; cutting grass; cleaning and polishing automobiles;
caddying; delivering books from the libraries, and distributing circulars for
merchants, all offer means of making money to pay expenses. In many
colleges, student agencies have been organized to handle much of this sort of
work. There are laundry agencies, boarding clubs, pressing and cleaning
agencies, travel agencies, news agencies, etc. When these agencies are well
organized and managed, they yield their promoters sufficient profit to pay
tuition as well as other expenses during the college years.

odd JoBs—Students are frequently able to secure part-time jobs with the local
ice company, banks, lumber and coal yards, trucking companies,
manufacturing plants, hotels, summer resorts, steamboat companies, garages,
etc. Jobs with such concerns will include all sorts of work—food checkers,
truck drivers, pursers, icemen, bell hops, freight handlers, auto mechanics,
timekeepers, bank runners. In addition to being a means of earning expenses,
work such as this often leads to full-time jobs with the company after
graduation.
handiCrafts—Those who are skillful with the needle, the saw, the paint brush,
or scissors, can often make quite a bit of money during the holidays by
catering to the demand for handmade articles. Some of the articles that can be
made and sold during the holiday season include: hand-knitted scarfs, ties,
and novelty gloves such as are worn for winter sports; cut-out silhouettes
which can be likenesses of students, historical figures, or pet dogs, cats,