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/i COLLEGE EDUCATION —
HOW TO GET IT
Hard Work and Seif dsnial Will Car
ry One Through School, Stye Lad
Who Tried It
By A. H. HASTY
For the fellow who .sets his aim to
go through college there is always a
way, no matter what his financial
standing may he. Many timed a boy
thinks he cannot, go to college be
cause he hadn’t the money, while if
he only knew it he could work out a
j;lan whereby he would he enabled to
got through and get far greater ben
efit* from it than the average follow
who ha s ail the money he needs.
The above statement 2a made after
a personal experience along the same
line. In 1914 my chances of getting
through college were as few as al
7u ost any boy in the state, hut alter
10 years of courageous effort J buvt
been able to compute two years m
high school and five in college with
only $lOO outside aid, which came
from my father.
On the first of October 1014 l
left home for high school at, Tiilon
(Georgia) A. & M. and was ab;e to
.enter junior class in that school. By
working all my .-pare time I was ab'e
to get through with only $lOO aid
from home that yea*. The summer
following this I worked on the school
farm at $2O per month and board
and in the fall I was given a job as
dormitory inspector which paid my
room rent and board for the year.
It wa.s necessary for me to borrow
about $lOO that year for clothing arid
other necessities, hut this was repaid
after graduation. This last year in
high school was my Irst full nine
months school to be able to attend,
only one other being more than lve
months. • Iff!
After fini hing high school I was
fortunate enough to get a place as
superintendent of the school farm
for a period of tw r o years at. a salary
of $5O per month and board. This
of course was a good price at the
beginning, in 191 (>, but prices soon
became so high that on an average
it was only a mediocre salary. The
experience of working a 125-acre
farm with school boys only was worth
a world toward gaining an education.
In February, 1917, 1 was working
in the wood shop and an emery wheel
wheel exploded and one quarter of
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it hit me breaking my left arm and
cutting a large gash in my side. This
accident kept me in bed fix weeks
and away from work about three
months. In this case the doctor’s
bill cost me about S2OO, but I was
fortunate in being able to draw my
pay just the same.
One month btfore my two years
time was out with the school, I joint and
the Army and spent five months
in service at a salary of $39 per
month, but about $6 of this each
month went to insurance, leaving
me with only about $24 per month,
out of which I was able to save hut
little. .
In December, 1918, I was dis
charged from the Army and took a
job as clerk in the sausage depart
ment with Swift & Company at Moul
trie, Georgia, and worked there at
an averagt salary of about SBO per
month for eight month*}. It was nec
essary for me to work until 10 or 11
o’clock at night several times in or
der to get my pay up to this mark,
as I was working on tbt hour bask.
At the end of the eight months, or
in September, 1919 I tntered the
Georgia Stalt Colllege of Agriculutre
with about SOSO that I had eavtd.
My first year in coll eye cost a lit
tle better than S4OO, due to high
pricts and my lack of knowledge of
how to spend money to the best ad
vantage. At the close of my
year 1 tried my hand at selling books
and managed to sell about $1,200
worth, hut due to poor management
and high delivering expenses along
with a heavy railroad fare, I was
only able to break even with the
summer’s experience as my pay. This
business can be made a paying one
with proper management and hard
work if' tiie location is carefully se
lected . .
During my sophomore year it was
necesary for me to borrow about
S3OO and by the end of that year it
seemed that I would be compelled
to drop out for a while at least, but
at this time 1 wag offered a job as
student assistant on the experiment
plats mhieh are run in connection
with the collegq. In order to get the
job it was necessary for me to spread
my junior and senior years over
three years as about one third of
my time was taken up by field work
and the whole winners were spent
in the field. With the job I have
been able to bear my own expenses
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR. OANIELSVILLE, GA
and pay back all that I borrowed
previous to that time.
My total earnings for the 10-year
period that I have been away from
home are $4,700, and out of this I
have managed to live fairly reason
able and pay out for insurance SSOO
and for doctor’s bill around S2OO.
This left me $4,000 to pay my living
expenses for 10 years and get thru
college without having to live 0:1
the very closest economy.
At first glance this may seem hard
to undertake, but when 1 consider the
experience and benefit I have de
rived from it 1 do not feel that I have
been so greatly handicapped after ad.
There were times when it looked
discouraging to see the other fellow
have alii ME needed and me having
to work, but when I realize how much
easier it will te for me to take hold
of work than if I had net been forced
to it already. I do not feel discour
aged. Also there are many places
that I now see where I could have
saved ar.d have gotten through with
money ahead. Had I been physically
fit for military service during my
last two years I could have earned
about $lO per month there and have
had uniforms to wear which would
have saved me possibly S3OO. Anoth
er place that I coulld have saved about
$4 per month for three years would
have been by eating at the college
dining hall' instead of at private
boarding houses. Also if I had been
pushed more I could have saved S2OO
to S3OO that I spent in travel which
wap not absolutely necessary.
Of course these places are not
open to everyone, but generally a
fellow has an opportunity of making
his way if he sets his aim and stick
to it. There are always a few jobs
in the dining halls, around some of
the buildings or some place in town
for the fellow who really w’ante
them. Had I known to begin with
what 1 was to do, it would have been
much easier, but I did not at first
start wfith the aim of going thru col
lege . .
To the fellow r who really wants to
go through college regardless of his
financial standing, I say there is a
g’ood chance. The main thing is to
set his aim and stick to it through
the hard times a.? well .'Us the easy.
No boy could have much less oppor
tunity than I had and than hundreds
of others that I have met with since
coming to college.
STATEMENT OF \
Bank of Danielsville \
DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA \
Showing Condition at Close of Business, June 30, 1924, as (.ltd for by
Superintendent of Banks
Presidicnt: Jno. F. Holden; Vice Pres.: Geo. O. Griffcth Id j-
Griffeth; Cashier: R. C. Griffeth 1
RESOURCES
Time Loans and Discounts 78,433.32
Demand Loans 10,000.00
United States Securities .. 7,000.00
Other Stocks and Bonds . . 450>.00
Banking House 2,375.28
Furniture and Fixtures 1,365.25
Due From Other Approved
Reserve Agents and Cash
in Vaults 12,420.14
Checks for Clearing House 46.46
Other Checks and Cash Items 2?,. 00
Overdrafts (If any) 120.02
Mutual Fire Fund 120.00
TOTAL 112,237.47
State of Georkia, Madison County. \
Before me came R. C-> Griffeth, Cashier of Bank of Danielsville, i 0
being duly nworn, says that the above foregoing statement is a L
condition of said Bank, as shown by the books of file in said Banltf. 1
R. C. GRIFFETH H
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 9th day of July, 1924 \
N. C. BULLOCK, Ordinary 1
STATEMENT OF
Bank of Da I
SLA. GEORGIA
Showing Condition at Close cf Business, June 30, 1924, as Calltd for by
Superintendent of Banks
President: A. Si Westbrook; Vice Pres.: J. H. Henley; Cashier: J.
L. Thompson
RESOURCES
Time Loans and Discounts 62,305.02
Banking House 2,487.42
Furniture and Fixtures •• 1,619.80
Other Real Estate Owned 6,500.00
Due From Other Approved
Reserve Agents anti Cash
in Vaults 1,731.28
Due frem Other Banks .... 5,942.42
Checks for Clearing House . . 168.54
Overdrafts (If any) 65.00
TOTAL 80,815.48
State of Georkia, Madison County.
Before me came J. L. Thomp sen, Cashier Bank of I!a, who being
duly sworn, says that the above fore going statement is a true condition
of said Bank, as shown by books of file in said Eank.
J . L. THOMPSON, Cashier
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this sth day of June, H-4.
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LIABILITIES \
Capital Stock Paid In .. V 000 00
5" r p lua Woo
Cndivided Profits 1 g 74 3?
Dividends Unpaid V 6 oo
Deposits Subject to Check 464g'13
Time certificate of deposit aoos 97
Cashier’s Checks A 2 oo
Bills Payable lWoo
* 1
TOTAL 112X47
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock Paid In .. 15,000.00
Surplus 10,000.00
Undivided Profit . .s. . . • 11,774.66
Deposits Subject to Check 20,787.56
Time Certificate of Deposit 21,250.24
Cashier’s Checks 3-60
Notes and Bills Rediscount
ed 2,000.00
TOTAL 80,815.48