MR. ROCKFELLER’S HEIR

Hawera Star, Volume L, 5 August 1930, Page 9

MR. ROCKFELLER’S HEIR

ECONOMY AS A STUDENT

And old oar, a total expense account of £3OO yearly, and liigh scholastic- standing, sums up the college career of one of America’s potentially richest voung men —-Nelson Rockefellei. .son of Mr. Aohit D. Rockefeller, juu.. says the 'American correspondent of a London newspaper. Thoiudi Nelson Rockefeller will one day share in the vast fortune- of his father. Ids four years at college have (wen marked liv an economy that would do credit to .a student of very moderate means. His monthly allovv-ant-e was barely sufficient to cover college' expenses. ~ ~11 While the majority oi students rolled around in flashing, cars from then freshman year, young Rockefellei s family allowed him a. ear only m his senior year. And that car was a cheap one—three years old! The £309 an4nnal allowance had to cover the 10 1lowing expenses: Tuition, £80; boat cl, ;£00; room rent, from £4O to £pU ; subscriptions, £2O. His largest social expense came when he escorted Jus fiancee to the college ‘'prom.” Young Rockefeller wears simple clothes. His hobby is photography, and he always carries a camera on his numerous walks into the woods. “Rockv” does not drink or smoke, and. like his father, lie attends church every Sunday. He also conducts a Sunday school class for girls.