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STUDENT SELF-HELP

Many opportunities for self-help are offered by the University
and by the city of Charlottesville. At least half of
the students at the present time are paying their own way
in whole or in part. Answers to a recent questionnaire
submitted to the students of the University showed that approximately
54 per cent. of the entire student body are
paying a part or all of their expenses, not including the
holders of scholarships or those borrowing money. It was
found that more than seventy different occupations are engaged
in by those working their way through the University.

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The Secretary of the Y. M. C. A., assisted by a committee
of the faculty, is always ready to help find part time
positions for those who must work while they study. Every
possible opportunity for obtaining remunerative employment
is afforded to students who are desirous of helping
by this means to pay their way through the University,
and it may be safely stated that any student with sufficient
resources to carry him through the first half of the session,
can be reasonably sure of obtaining work which will pay a
considerable part of his living expenses and university
charges for the remainder of the academic year. While
it is difficult for any student to be assured of remunerative
work before he reaches the University, information as to
such employment may be had from the Secretary of the
Committee on Student Self-Help, Madison Hall.