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Caption: Booklets - Facts for Freshmen (1914)
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FA< IS FOR FRESHMEN 2"J compromise between what he would like to do, and what he must do. Whether a student has much or little money it is a good thing for him to establish business relations as soon as he comes to Champaign or Urbana. If possible each student should have a definite monthly allowance due on a specific day, and on this he should sec to it that he lives. It is better to have a bank account, and to pay all bills and accounts by check. Then the disagreements which frequently arise as to whether or not a bill has been paid will be impossible. Since students expect to live in a college town for four years they should not underestimate the importance of establishing at once a creditable reputation with the merchants with whom they are to do business. It is a good thing to have a regular place to trade, and to become personally acquainted with the men with whom you spend your money. Don't go into debt, and don't borrozv of the other fellows in order to do things which you can not afford. It is never easier to pay up out of next month's allowance than it has been to meet your obligations out of this month's. It is not the size of your allowance which causes you to get on easily, but the way in which you manage what you have. Don't Go Into Debt
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