CONTENTS

[PART I]
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[A Mother’s Desire Realized]—Ames1
[“Magna Cum Laude”]—Aspinall5
[Task Worth While]—Clark8
[Making Odd Hours Pay]—Day12
[The College Store]—Dodge15
[Brother Helps Brother]—Draper19
[The College Inspiration]—Dyer24
[Overcoming Hardships]—Frazier29
[The Dignity of Service]—Fox35
[A Happy Misfortune]—French42
[Finding One’s Place]—Gernert47
[“The Tarheel”]—Gunter49
[No Work Too Hard]—Halfaker53
[Cultivating Side Lines]—Heller60
[A Smiling Self-Reliance]—Hughes65
[A Mother’s Influence]—Kendall67
[Riches More of a Handicap than Poverty]—Lawrence75
[The Will and the Way]—McCuskey79
[Keep Good Company]—McLeod82
[The Democracy of a College]—Moon83
[Obeying the Call]—Morgan88
[Determination and Steadfastness Wins]—Mosley91
[Making Oneself Useful]—Nelson96
[A Faith “Divinely Simple”]—Nicks112
[One Who Knows It Can Be Done]115
[Difficulty and Willingness Are Enemies]—Rowland120
[Faithful in Little Things]—Saunders126
[From Janitor to College President]—Staley134
[Starting with Five Dollars]138
[From Good to Better]—Swain142
[A Task with a Moral]—Traynor146
[From the University of Denver Bulletin]151
[The Fraternity of Workers]—Van Ruschen157
[How the Physical Side Helped]—Wade162
[The Way Always Open]—Walters167
[The Victory that Overcometh the World]—Watkins171
[Opportunities Make us Known]—Wentzel177
[Making Play out of Work]—Wiggins185
[Nothing Succeeds Like Success]—Wright189
[Work a Stimulus to Ambition]194
[The University as a Goal]200
[PART II]
[Working to Make Himself a More Useful Man]—Bassford205
[Many Lanes of Usefulness]—Boswell208
[Another Example of the Willing Heart]—Daft212
[Difficulties Prepare for Real Work]—Frye215
[Pluck Rather than Luck]—Henry221
[Poverty Is Not His Master]—Johnson225
[Defeat Does Not Mean Failure]—Johnson228
[“Start Right”]—Johnson230
[The Real Question]—Jorgenson233
[Willingness to Work a Great Asset]—Moore239
[Keep on Trying]—Omahart242
[Optimism is an Asset]—Oxley245
[The Desire for Something Better]—Patrick249
[Determination versus Poverty]—Porter252
[The Real Needs of the World]—Rankin255
[The One Who Succeeds is the One Who Tries]—Scurr257
[The Help Yourself Club]—Sellars261
[The How and The Why]—Shinn263
[Making Use of Every Opportunity]—Smith266
[Education Worth the Price]—West273
[Work no Class Barrier]—Wright280
[PART III]
[How to Work One’s Way through College]—Brown283
[Does a College Education Pay?]286