The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-04
Every Contestant to Be Paid.

In addition to the above eight schol-
| arships and in order to compensate all
| who may enter upon this work and not
be successful in obtaining one of the
| first eight special rewards. The Trib-
| une will pay every one who succeeds
in obtaining subscribers under the con-
| dition of this Educational Contest ten
| 0O per cent. of all the money from
subscriptions they may succeed in OBJ
| tanning for it. This extra inducement
is intended to satisfy and pay all who
| work for us. as The Tribune does not
| expect any one to work for it's benefit
without remuneration. We feel conf
dent that this will meet the views Of
all fair-minded persons and each con-
testant will in this way come in for a
share of the benefits, even If not in the
list of the first eight workers.
Not a Gift Enterprise.
The Tribune wishes to emphasize
| the fact that this is in no sense a gift
enterprise or a scheme to swell it's
| circulation list at the expense of out
| siderS. This was fully demonstra ted
| last year. when at the close of the
| first educational contest every prom
Use that had been made was fully kept,
and every special reward was deliv-
| cred to the one who had won it with
in a few days after the close of
| the contest. Those who did not fin
| ish better than eleventh received
| checks for ten per cent. of the total
amount of subscriptions they had OBJ
| tanned within the same time. This
year we make the same bonatide busi-
| ness proposition. 1t is conceived in 4
| spirit of fairness and it will be car
| ried out with equity and justice to all.
Every young man and woman who
participates will receive a share of the
| proceeds, even If successful only to
| the extent of securing but one sub
| scription.
The Tribune takes this way of secur-
| ing new subscribers in lieu of the old
fashioned way of employing regular
canvassers and solicitors. Neither the
| quality of the paper nor its price has
been cheapened in any way. We will
continue to charge the same rate for
subscriptions during the course of this
| Educational Contest as we have in the
| past. The special rewards will repre-
sent compensation for services per-
| formed and those who can show the
best results for their work will, OF
course, be entitled to the most pay.
An Unusual Opportunity.
This will be a grand opportunity for
| aspiring young men and women who
are ambitious to be better equipped
to fight life's battles. 1t was with the
laudable aim in view of encouraging
| this sturdy class of American youth
that the eight great scholarships have
been selected, covering, as they do,
the widest range of study and appeal
ing, as they must, to the very desir-
able and conscientious student we
mean to interest in this worthy pro-
ject. There Is not the slightest oues-
tion of the great possibilities that the
future may have in store for the sue
cessful ones in this campaign. Dur
ing the summer vacation this will be
an opportunity for these students TO
| earn right to an advantage they
would not otherwise secure. and the
benefits which the successful compete
tors will receive are beyond calcula-
tion or enumeration.
No Coupon Scheme.
There Is no voting for the most pop-
ular teacher or scholar or any other
person. No coupons will be printed
in The Tribune for contestants or their
friends to Gull from waste heaps or to
give rise to suspicious of extra edi-
tions to be bought up at the last min
ute by a contestant with a larger
amount of money than others. The
Educational Contest will start fair and
will remain fair until II Is over. 1t
will be just and generous reward
of merit for those who bestir them
selves. and the ones who strive with
the greatest ardor will be the ones to
reap the greatest good.
OF the eight scholarships offered as