Yale University - Sheffield Scientific School Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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CLASS OPINIONS WERE YOU WORKING YOUR WAY THROUGH COLLEGE? According to the answers received in two hundred and five ques- tionnaires, fifty-one per cent of our Class were working their way through college either entirely or in part. Sixteen were entirely de- pendent on their own resources, while ninety partly contributed to their Own support. The remaining ninety-nine contributed nothing to their own support. The estimated expense per man for Iunior year averaged 31306.25 WOULD YOU ADVISE A LIAN TO WORK HIS WAY THROUGH COLLEGE IF HE HAD NO OTHER RESOURCES? Eighty per cent of the Class answered in the aliirmative. Some of the comments made with the affirmative answers were: Certainly. It is simple in this University because of the efficiency of most of the men connected with the Bureau of Appointments . . . Yes, if he stood in first tenth of his prep school class and was a man of at least second rank Freshman year . . . Yes, but stay out of athletics if he does . . . The experience will stand him in good stead in later life. Comments made with negative answers were: A man working his way through college, because he has very little time for outside activities, misses half the advantages of a college education . . . Too much work and no play makes Iack a dull boy , such is the case as applied to one who works his way through college. Many men stated that the answer to this question depended upon the manls inclination, initiative, and ability. WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TOWARDS THE COLLEGE PLAN? A small majority of the Class expressed itself as favorably inclined towards the College Plan, at the same time there was a feeling of re- gret that the Sheff fraternity system was being dethroned. Some of the comments were: Fine thing for the future of American educa- tion . . . Association with the dilettantes in Ac gives the Sheff man an opportunity of rounding out his education . . . Closer relation between both students and instructors . . . Comfortable, as well as luxurious, quarters and good, reasonably priced meals are a sensible