The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-01

Tie Iribune's Educational Contest
Is over For nearly three months
several earnest young men and women
have been striving to secure subscrip-
tions for The Tribune, in order that
they might be credited with points
in the contest. each hoping to secure
some one Of the ten valuable special
rewards which were offered to those
scoring the largest number. Saturday
evening, at o'clock. the contest closed,
and all points counted in the grand
total were in the office of The Tribune
or in the hands of "Uncle SAM with
instructions to deliver to this office.
Charles Rodriguez First.
1t was not until Sunday morning
that the result was known, and after
records had been carefully made, it
was ascertained that Charles Rod
riguez had carried Off the palm and
was entitled TO the $1,000 scholarship
in the Wyoming Seminary. The other
winners are given in the accompany
ing table. After s o'clock the tele-
phone in the business Office of The
Tribune was kept very busy and one
man had to be detailed to answer the
questions Of inquiring friends, some
even expressing a Willingness to wait
until after midnight, if they could Sc
cure accurate information. 1t was
necessary to ask everyone to wait un-
til Monday morning, as several of the
contestants, who reside out of the city,
had not made their returns and these
We're liable to change results, as in
deed they did in more than one in
stance.
The Closing Hours.
There was at no time during the
est friction, and the fortunate young
men and women who finished inside
the first ten leaders, Won their posi-
tions strictly on the merit of their
individual work.
During the earlier hours of the clos
ing day. returns came in very slowly,
but as night came on and the hours
began to get close to the limit, the
youthful canvassers, accompanied by
their fathers or brothers. or some
older friend, began to troop into the
Office of the business manager, where
out of their pockets large patches Of
the little subscription blanks with the
names of new subscribers thereon.
Long-Term Subscribers Held Back.
1t became more and more evident
as the contestants reported, that they
. had been reserving most of their long
term subscribers until the last day, in
b the hope that by so doing they would
&c cerwhelm some of those above them
. = It turned out, this policy did not
do any of them much good, as all did
practically the same thing. But as
some of the contestants had been
more successful in canvassing than
others. of course this reserve strength
counted for more in such cases and
changed the names of the leaders
around in quite wonderful manner.
Excepting those in the first and sixth
places, every single contestant of the
first eleven was changed around
from the positions occupied on
Saturday morning, the last time the
standing of the contestants was pub
3 lished In The Tribune. AS no infor-
nation was given out to anyone after
the publication of the standing on
Saturday morning. this changing about
of the names of the contestants was
unknown to any of them and remained
secret until the printing OF this edi-
tion of The Tribune.
q How the Contestants Reported.
The first contestant TO make q re-
turn on Saturday was Miss Mary
Yeager, of Moscow, who at 1.20 p. M.
i, brought in Ss points, advancing her
'sby this to third place. Twenty minutes
later Charles Rodriguez came in with
one point. He said he would come In
later with more II he could secure
them, while smile softly stole over
his face. as IL some pleasant thoughts
were being reflected.
At AIS Arthur Kemmerer Of Fac
toryyille, made his first return for the
day, bringing In 60 points. which kept
him in fourth place for little while.