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 You have twice as much time as you really need if you will only utilize it sanely.

Nothing is more closely connected with the proper utilization of the freshman's time than the use he makes of his money, and the way he handles it.

"How much money should I give my son?" is a question which I am constantly being asked by fathers who are sending their sons away from home for the first time. It is a hard question to answer and a question the answer to which is not in all cases the same. What is ample for one boy is too little for another, and vice versa. In most fraternities there is a flat monthly rate covering board, house dues, the social affairs in which all of the members participate, and a few other details. This amount should be a good index of the total monthly allowance necessary for the boy's expenses while at college. A reasonable allowance will usually have to be larger than one might calculate or infer from reading the college catalogue, for a college student, like the average newly married man, finds that the extras count up about as much as the regular expenses. A proper allowance will vary with the individual. I have in mind two brothers who, while they have been in college, have had the same monthly allowance, and it is quite an ample one. The older boy never