Meyer works for tuition . . .

All of the Shapiro boys had to find ways to make money to pay for tuition and school supplies. Joe did tutoring and secretarial work among other odd jobs. Meyer had gained a reputation at Yale for being a hard working scholar and by his third and last year in law school he was getting requests for tutoring. Because he wanted to maintain his grades he reached out to his brother Joe for some advice. Here is a letter that Joe wrote Meyer to help him sort thru this decision. The envelope indicates that Meyer lived at home. This was the convenience of living in New Haven. Their home was about 1.5 miles from the Yale campus. 

May 11, 1910
My dear Meyer,
I received your letter, and hasten to reply in reference to your tutoring the fellow you speak of.
The most important thing is to do your own work yourself. That cannot and must not be overlooked.
If you can do your own work properly, there is no harm in tutoring the chap. I think it would help you learn a few things in addition.
You might study together with him; or you might read together after you studied your work.
That all depends on your own taste; so long as it does not impede or harm your own studying.
As to the price; try to get $50 for the work for I think it is worth it easily. Try hard for that amount. If you cannot take less; but I shouldn't go less than $25; as you suggest. Leave it to him to suggest a figure and make him pay you before you finish your work. See that you don't get stung.
Charles told me that you could get 40 or 50 volumes of American Decisions or some reports like that for ten cents per volume. If that is so; buy them at once and leave a deposit and we will reimburse you.
Hoping that everything is OK, I am
With regards
Your brother
Joe

More information to come about Meyer soon.