lucile wright
upon finishing my preparatory course at the university of wyoming i desired to enter the university proper, and in order to do so, determined to earn money by teaching. for seven months i taught a country school about two miles from my home on the ranch.
although it was rather discouraging to enter college a year behind my class, i did so, and during most of my freshman year kept house with my sister in two rooms rented from a private family. it kept us very busy getting our studies and keeping house, besides working in the musical clubs, basketball and young woman’s christian association.
the next year my sister and i lived at the girls’ dormitory. i earned most of my way by helping clean the girls’ rooms. sometimes i made extra money by addressing bulletins, or fixing seals on diplomas, etc., in the secretary’s office.
last year i helped in the dining-room at the dormitory, thus earning my board and room. since i am specializing in household economics, i was given the position of teaching sewing in one of the classes in the training school of the normal school 281 of the university. with this aid i was able to pay all of my expenses.
this year my mother is in town sending my two small sisters to school by boarding several of the university students. i assist her with this work and also have my sewing class in the training school again.
my sister and i agree that at the university of wyoming no distinction is made against a person who is earning his or her way. on the contrary, he is encouraged and respected in this work. and why not? a proof of the statement which i have just made is in the fact that i am a member of pi beta phi, of the y. w. c. a. cabinet, the girls’ glee and mandolin clubs, and i take part in various other university activities.
when i graduate in june i expect to secure a position as instructor of home economics in a high school. this position pays a good salary, and is interesting work, and i am sure that i shall never regret the time which i have spent in attending college nor in doing work to make my college education possible.
university of wyoming,
laramie, wyo.
