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MAKING ODD HOURS PAY
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HAN C. DAY
me. He had six boys and two daughters by his second marriage. We lived on a rough mountain farm. Our income was meager and our educational and cultural advantages even more meager. Our public schools were of the poorest kin
urs were poor. At the age of seventeen I had my first five consecutive months of school. This gave me a taste for more knowledge, since h
of school and on Saturdays and holidays, to pay my way. By this time I found it possible to teach in the country schools. This I did two terms. There was finally an opening at college wher
ake up the branches in which I was deficient in the preparatory department, and to graduate with my Bachelor's degree on the 1st of June, 1901. Having to do the manual labor that I did and at regular hours, established in me regular habits, both in meeting engagements and in pr
y in the spring of 1907. Meantime, however, I gave two years to teaching and to the work of the Y. M. C. A. as student secretary in Tennes
I did get in the way of education through this long course of labor, manual and mental. Many encouragements came along the way. There were many
ity.
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1 PREFACE2 PART I A MOTHER'S DESIRE REALIZED3 "MAGNA CUM LAUDE"4 TASK WORTH WHILE5 MAKING ODD HOURS PAY6 THE COLLEGE STORE7 BROTHER HELPS BROTHER8 THE COLLEGE INSPIRATION9 OVERCOMING HARDSHIPS10 THE DIGNITY OF SERVICE11 A HAPPY MISFORTUNE12 FINDING ONE'S PLACE13 "THE TAR HEEL"14 NO WORK TOO HARD15 CULTIVATING SIDE LINES16 A SMILING SELF-RELIANCE17 A MOTHER'S INFLUENCE18 RICHES MORE OF A HANDICAP THAN POVERTY19 THE WILL AND THE WAY20 KEEP GOOD COMPANY21 THE DEMOCRACY OF A COLLEGE HON. EDWIN G. MOON, PH.B., B.L22 OBEYING THE CALL23 DETERMINATION AND STEADFASTNESS WINS24 MAKING ONESELF USEFUL25 A FAITH "DIVINELY SIMPLE"26 ONE WHO KNOWS IT CAN BE DONE27 DIFFICULTY AND WILLINGNESS ARE ENEMIES28 FAITHFUL IN LITTLE THINGS29 FROM JANITOR TO COLLEGE PRESIDENT30 STARTING WITH FIVE DOLLARS31 FROM GOOD TO BETTER32 A TASK WITH A MORAL33 FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER BULLETIN34 THE FRATERNITY OF WORKERS35 HOW THE PHYSICAL SIDE HELPED36 THE WAY ALWAYS OPEN37 THE VICTORY THAT OVERCOMETH THE WORLD38 OPPORTUNITIES MAKE US KNOWN39 MAKING PLAY OUT OF WORK40 FINANCIAL STATEMENT41 NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS42 WORK A STIMULUS TO AMBITION43 THE UNIVERSITY AS A GOAL44 PART II WORKING TO MAKE HIMSELF A MORE USEFUL MAN45 MANY LANES OF USEFULNESS46 ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE WILLING HEART47 DIFFICULTIES PREPARE FOR REAL WORK48 PLUCK RATHER THAN LUCK49 POVERTY IS NOT HIS MASTER50 DEFEAT DOES NOT MEAN FAILURE51 "START RIGHT"52 THE REAL QUESTION53 WILLINGNESS TO WORK A GREAT ASSET54 KEEP ON TRYING55 OPTIMISM IS AN ASSET56 THE DESIRE FOR SOMETHING BETTER57 DETERMINATION VERSUS POVERTY58 THE REAL NEEDS OF THE WORLD59 THE ONE WHO SUCCEEDS IS THE ONE WHO TRIES60 THE HELP YOURSELF CLUB61 THE HOW AND THE WHY62 MAKING USE OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY63 EDUCATION WORTH THE PRICE64 WORK NO CLASS BARRIER65 PART III HOW TO WORK ONE'S WAY THROUGH COLLEGE66 DOES A COLLEGE EDUCATION PAY