Beyond a certain point, the amount of money which a young fellow has to spend in college does not add to his pleasure, to his popularity, nor to his success in any way. The man is never really popular who is courted merely because he has money, and the pleasure that comes from spending money is always greater when it must be planned for, when it comes as the result of a little sacrifice. If we could go to a formal party every night or see a circus every day the interest in these forms of relaxation would soon wane. We often give ourselves more pleasure by having a little less. A man ought to plan not to spend quite all the money that he has. The wise man, even if he be only a freshman, should keep an eye out for the unexpected, should be prepared for the emergency, should save a little for the rainy day which is quite as likely to come in college life as in any other with which I am acquainted. Nothing gave me more satisfaction than to find recently that a young boy with whom I am associated had saved enough out of his regular allowance to buy for himself an article of clothing which he very much wanted but which his guardian did not quite feel like advancing the money for. It is never pleasant to meet a pretty girl near an ice cream refectory and find that you are broke or to come upon a group of fellows going to a good show and realize that your
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