Herbert Hoover: Miner

胡佛：礦工

While still a teenager, Hoover and a friend started a company that sold and repaired sewing machines. The business failed, but it was not the future president's only brush with entrepreneurship.

He enrolled at Stanford in 1891, in the university's first class. Although tuition was free at the time, students still had to pay for room, board and books. To cover the costs Hoover ran a laundry service, a concert series and a campus paper route. He made a profit selling the laundry service to another student, allowing him to graduate with no debts and $40 in his pocket, according to a biography written by Amy Ruth.

After graduating, Hoover took a job pushing carts underground in mine shafts in California. He earned $2 a day, working 70 hours a week, according to presidential historian Richard Norton Smith. That daily wage is equal to $56 today.

胡佛十幾歲的時(shí)候就和朋友開(kāi)了個(gè)小公司，出售和維修縫紉機(jī)。不幸小公司沒(méi)撐多久，可他創(chuàng)業(yè)的腳步?jīng)]有就此停下。1891年，胡佛進(jìn)入斯坦福大學(xué)，成為了斯坦福的第一屆學(xué)生。當(dāng)時(shí)的斯坦福是不收學(xué)費(fèi)的，不過(guò)食宿和書(shū)本要學(xué)生自己負(fù)擔(dān)。為了掙到這筆錢，他又開(kāi)始為同學(xué)們提供洗衣服務(wù)。畢業(yè)后，胡佛找了一份工作，在地下的礦井里推礦車。一周工作70個(gè)小時(shí)，可每天只能掙2美元。