FIFTY YEABS AMONG THE BEES 



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the names in 88 diplomas at the two commencements. I taught 

 a singing school; I worked in Prof. Jackson's garden at seven 

 and a half cents an hour; raised a crop of potatoes; clerked at 

 a town election; peddled maps; rang one of the college bells; 

 and, as it was optional with the students whether they taught 

 or studied during the third term senior, I got $100.00 for 

 teaching during that term at an academy at Delhi, N. Y. 

 Neither were my studies slighted during my course, which was 

 shown by my taking the highest honor attainal^le, Phi Beta 

 Kappia, which, however, was equally taken by a number of my 

 class. 



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-Teahoilji IIiinelhE.dnirtor. 



1 secured my diploma, allowing me to write A.B. after my 

 name, and left college willi tifty dollars more in my iiocket than 

 when I arrived there. Tt was not, however, so much what I 

 earned as what I didn't s]iend that helped me through. 1 ke|it 

 a strict cash account, and if I iiaid tliree cents postage on a 

 letter or one cent for a steel jieu or two l)lo;/ks of matches, it 

 .was carefully entered, and probaldy a good many cents were 

 saved because I knew if I spent them I must put it down in 

 black ink. 



