Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-17
IN INTERESTING Scene
FICE OF THE REGISTER YES
TERDAY AFTERNOON.
CONTEST WINNERS PRESENT
And Made Their Selections of Courses
of Study in the Scranton COrre-
spondence Schools - Only One
Failed to Appear, But the Result
of the Selections is Fully Known.
The Details of a Novel Distribution.

Yesterday afternoon at three o'clock
the prize winners in the Registers
coupon contest assembled at this Office.
with one exception, Mr.. Schulz, of
Hundred, Wetzel county, the last of
the successful list, and he was heard
from by mail, and proceeded to make
their choice of courses for subsequent
study. Those who assembled were
Miss Ida Foose and Messrs. John Mil
Ter, H. E. Boyd, R. ]. McCracken,
John Kelley, Ross Prysock, ]. E. Mark
er, Harry Lehman and Geo. Mooney.
They were as bright and promising a
party of young people as one could
wish to see, and all greatly rejoiced
at their success. The vast number of
coupons, filling boxes and drawers and
other recepticles, having been cleared
away, the certificates of success and
printed forms to be filled in were laid
before them, and they proceeded to the
selection OF course of study for each.
The scene was an interesting one, and
the great concern of the prize winners
to secure a favorite course was very
manifest.
Mr.. John Miller, the leader in the
contest, chose complete architecture as
his study. He is a young man of
eighteen, residing at No. GAL Washing
ton street, Martins Ferry, and is in
the employ of w. A. Wilson as car
penter. Architecture came naturally
in his line of work, and he evidently
made a wise choice.
H. e. Boyd, popular and well
known mill employe, entitled to the
second selection, naturally chose me-
chanical engineering as his course
No. 3 was Miss Ida Foose, of No.
2015 Main street Her selection was
the commercial branches, which fits
in with her intention of fully qualify
ing herself for a business career.
The fourth choice fell to R. j. Nc
Cracker, aged 16, Of No. 1876 Sixteenth
street, an employee of House & Herr
mann. He had selected electrical en-
gineering and was greatly rejoiced at
being able to carry off his prize.
No. was John Kelley, of Benwood,
aged Is, a student at the High school.
He had set his heart upon civil en-
gineering, and received his reward
gleefully.
Ross Prysock, aged Is, of rear of No.
80 Fifteenth street, a student at the
High school, had fancied chemistry,
and his certificate and other papers
were filled out accordingly, and he
went away in very happy frame of
mind.
j. E. Marker, also aged Is, of No 121
South Huron street, Island, an en-
ploye Of S. NJ Rice, expressed pref
erence for mechanical drawing, and it
was allotted to him, to his great sat-
isfaction.
The eighth prize winner, Mr.. George
Mooney, the craftsman, of Twenty
fourth street, was absent at first, and
his selection was not Immediately
known, but No. 9, Mr.. Harry Lehman,
aged IA, of No. 1872 Fourteenth street,
student at the Clay school, was in
the group, and expressed a preference
for architectural drawing, and lit
tie later it was allotted to him, as
when Mr.. Mooney arrived he indicated
his wish for ornamental designing.
There remained sanitary plumbing,
heating and ventilatlng, and that falls
to the lowest prize winner, Mr.. ]. E.
Schulz, of Hundred, Wetzel county,
W. Va.
The certificates and papers signed
were forwarded to Scranton, Pa, last
night and as soon as a reply is re-
ceived. which will be in TWO or three
days-by Monday at the farthest-the
distribution of books and instruments
will be made and the lucky young peo-
pie can at once enter upon their stud
les In all cases the addresses of the
prize winners were forwarded to the
School, and their correspondence, after
the distribution of text books, etc, will
be directly with the Scranton inStitu-
ton of learning.
The prize winners talked entertain
ingly and exultantly about their sue
cess in the contest, but the meeting at
this office was for business and not
gossip, and there was too much anX-
iety as to the selections each would
make to allow of much general chat
The Register joins in the congratula-
lions and good wishes which have been
showered upon the successful ones, and
predicts for each of them a high stand
ing on the records of the Scranton
school at the conclusion of their stud
les.