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number of students enrolled reached
one hundred and six.
The financial embarra ssment. how
ever was only temporarily relieved
by the new "endowment." aud in 1861
came the Civil war with its added
difficulties. In 1862, after the battle
of Antietam, the students enlisted in
considerable numbers. In 1863, when
Lee invaded Pennsylvania the rush
to arms was so general that the col
lege was almost without students;
there We're not seniors enough left for
Il commencement
Rose to Commanding Eminence.
AT DR.. Cattelrs inauguration as
president. July Goth. 1864, Lafayette felt
a thrill of returning hope. A new vi
tality was at once infused, and new
vigor characterized the work of the
college. President Cattell devoted him
self for twenty years to the task Of
building up the college. and with grow
ing opportunities pushed on the i'm
portant work that lay before him.
Under his administration LAFAYETTE
rose To commanding eminence among
the colleges of the land, enlargiug her
work in every direction. In 1888, in
broken health. he was obliged to seek
needed rest and the trustees accepted
his resignation, though with great re-
luctance.
James IT. Mason Knox, D. D.. Ii.
d., had been for nearly twenty years
member Of the board of trustees.
To him the trustees turned with the
offer of the presidency, and DR.. Knox
accepted it. President KEoX took his
place and did his work with quite dig
nifty and prudence.
He resigned the presidency In June
1890. At the commencement, when DR..
knoN's resignation was received, the
beard of trustees and the alumni
united in a movement to raise among
themselves an endowment fund of
Sl30,Ooo. The end of DR.. KnoX's ad-
ministration was further marked by q
bequest of $lO0, 600 from the Fayer-
weather estate.
President Warfield.
After an interval of one year, during
which DR.. Trail Green was acting
president the board chose as the sue
cessor Of Dr.. Knox, Ethelbert ID. War
field, a young man, at that time pres-
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concern of college teachers is to see
that in growing stronger, it also grows
nobler, purer. and better
Some Elevating Influences.
Among the influences that tell upon
this public opinion from the student
side are those of the Young Mems
Christian association. always vigorous
and fruitful OF much good; the liter
aly societies Washington and
"Franlllin'D, strong, well-equipped, and
doing a great work; and the Greek
letter fraternities.
The two ancient and beloved literary
societies have occupied a great place
in the annals of the college and de-
serve an even larger place in her life.
They have beautifully furnished halls
and we'll chosen libraries. Excellent
work is done in speaking, debating.
and essay-writing, and the student is
trained in practical knowledge OF
the rules of parliamentary procedure.
The annual contests between the
representatives. of the societies in or
atory and debate give the public an
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"HTs MORNING The Tribune
~ presents TO it's readers an illus
~ tfated description Of Lafayette
College,. The purpose of this
article Is to convey al idea of
the magnitude OF The rrhune's s
Educational Contest. rs Lafayctta
College iias been selected rs one of
the institutions of learning for which
scholarships are to he issued as special
rewards in the contest. There are
eight Of these special rewards offered
as incentives for the youth of Nor. IL
eastern Pennsylvania to help us while
we help them, and although a four
year scholarship in the great college
at Easton is certainly a magnificent
prize and worth calling forth the most
energetic work tn secure it, still it is
hut ono OF The eight special rewards;
nj although it stands at the head of
the list, there are other scholarships
that are we'll worth winning.
Tho four-year scholarship at La
fayette College, which will be the re-
ward of the one who has the greatest
number of points at the close of the
contest, is coupled with no conditions
whatever. The one who has turned
In the largest number of points will
have the first choice of the eight
special rewards. If he should choose
some other scholarship in preference
TO the one in Lafayette, the second
highest will then have a chance to
choose II, and il lie should pass it by
likewise, the next one will have an
opportunity. Every expense is in
rluded in the scholarship except the
one item of meals. but the contestant
w h,, ,.l,n will Ir ,r;,- n
per cent. Of all the money he turns in
to The Tribune to assist in paying
u is expense.
Who Wants to Enter Lafayettep
There must be many Young men in
this city and surrounding towns who
Mould like to so to Lafayette College
'or four years and have the way all
smoothcd before them, so that they
will not have to work their way
through. by taking advantage of The
Tribune's Offer right away they will
have as good an opportunity to win
this scholarship as any one now in
the contest. But they must work
hard to make up for the time that is
already lost to them. However, what
is three months hard work this sum-
n1er, compared to the years of ardu-
Gus labop they would otherwise have
to undergo to work their way through
college? some of the most successful
OF the contestants last year did not
begin working until less than a month
before the close of that contest.
Are You content to remain a clerk
all your life or to occupy y subordinate
place in the business world, when, by
your own efforts, YOU might be able
to lift yourself to a plane on which
you can travel along to the goal of q
profession in the arts or sciences, or
by education compel your way to the
pinnacle of commercial supremacy?
Last year the winners of the third |
and seventh places at the close of the |
contest had only been at work three !
or four weeks. You should be able to |
do much better than this in the eleven |
or twelve weeks that still intervene |
before the close.
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Within the Reach of
Some Young Man
in This Vicinity.
1T IS WORTH ONE
THOUSAND DOLLARS

one of the Great Rewards offered in
The Tribune's Educational Contest.
A Full Description of the Advan-
tages and Attractions of Lafayette.
Its Many Beautiful Buildings.
There Are Eight Students
Homes"-Fully Equipped Gymna-
sium, Library, Etc.--Methods of
1nstruction--The Ideals Of I.afay-
cite and It's Elevating Influences.
How the Contest Is Progressing.
Yesterdays Results and Standing
Of Contestants.
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enough to warrant the continuance of
this department.
A law school was also contemplated,
and as early as lS41 and for several
years thereafter, the name of the Hon.
James NJ. Porter appears in the cata :
logues as Professor of Jurisprudence !"
In the enumeration of students also.
several are set down from year to year
as law students"
The government Of the college was
administered on the principle of strict
and systematic vigilance. DR. Junkin
encouraged the formation of students
courts for the trial of misdemeanors,
but there was keen oversight. and the
strong arm of government
DR.. Junkin resigned the presidency
In 1Si1 to accept the presidcncy of Mi
ami University, Ohio. He was, how
ever. recalled in 1874 and remained ut
the head of the college until 1s4S, when
he again resigned and assumed the
presidency of Washington College, Nir-
ginia.
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speech has greatly grown. Logic has
taken the place OF rhetoric, indeed;
but speech, written statement, plans
and specifications are everywhere de.
manded. So these societies, with their
practical. earnest methods, are among
the great influences OF Lafayette life.
Its Students from This Section.
Among the students at present aE
Lafayette are a number from north>
eastern Pennsylvania. Divided into
the various classes, they are.
Senior class. 1901-Charles w. Beers,
wilkes-Barre; Willard J. Rirdsar,
Honesdale: DIN F. Harvey. jr.,
Wilkes-Barre; Edward r. Hu1hes.
Scranton; and Harold g. Keller.
Bloomsbury.
Junior class 1902-Charles I. Hry.
den. Pittston: William p. Fitzgsraldf.
Wilkes-Barre: Bruce p. Loomis,
Wilkes Barre: Thomas Morgan.
Wilkes-Barre: Robert M. Salmon.
Honesdale; and William ], Williams.
Kingston.
Sophomore class. l9o3-Thomas
Burns. Nroosic; David D. Cure.
Jermyn: Robert p. Hitchcock. scran-
ton: Harry *. McNeal. StroudsburE;
Joshua l.. Miner, Wilkes Barre: AL
fred a. Walter, Wilkes Barre: and
William j. Welsh. jr, Scranton.
Freshman class. l9o4-Arthur J..
Blewitt. Scranton Joseph p. Cake.
Pittston: John T.. Coolidge. Scranton:
George j. Edmunds. Jermyn: Frank
a. Frear. Lake Winola John A.
Horan, Dunmorc: Joseph p. Jennings,
Forest city; Olin G. Kyle. Pittston:
Lewis NJ. Larned. Wilkes Barre;
Theron Lees Carbondale: Henry NJ.
Lewis, T,nkhannock: Charles r. Me-
kenna. Honesdale; Claude P. Stocker.
Jermyn: Leroy ID. Swingle. Dunmore'
and Charles j. Walker. Mayfield,
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opportunity of showing their appre-
citation of the work that is done. and
the Intercollegiate contests rally the
boys to a recognition of the heroes of
brains as well as of Drawn.
In the broad field of college ideals
these societies occupy a large place.
Together with the department. OF elo-
cution, always highly honored and
very generally required, they help to
lay stress upon the side OF college
training too often neglected: the side
of expression. If the value of oratory
has declined, the Importance of self
expression has increased. The demand
for plain, but direct, clear, and cogent
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departments " study and the large
increase of students soon made II
necessary TO secure larger CORPS of
instructors In 1S6j-G6 the number
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Struggles of the Middle Period.

DR.. John w. Yeomans was president
while Dr. Junkin was at Miami Uni
versty.
The year of 1s49 was one of special
depression. and the number in at
tendance in the four college classes
fell from eshty-two in 1SiS to twenty
five in 1850. DR.. Mclean in 1851. un-
dertook to raise Il permanent endow-
ment of 100000 by the sale of scholar
ships, and the result brought about Il
new upward movement In 1855 the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-13
Lafayette's First Graduates.

ON May LIST, 1884, the president and
FACULTY We're formally inaugurated. The
Hon. n. h. Smithers, of Delaware,
was among the first graduates, and
OF his fellow-students there were Gov
ernor Ramsey, of Minnesota; DR..
Grier, editor of the Presbyterian: the
Hon. James Morrison Harris, of Bal
timore, and his distinguished towns
man, John w. Garrett president of the
baltimore and Ohio Railroad, besides
goodly number who became eminent
in the ministry
The trustees entered heartily into
President Junkin's views with refer
ence TO the manual labor system, A
thorough trial was made OF 1t, and
work, both agricultural and mechan-
ical, was carried on for several years.
but the authorities We're obliged at last
TO admit its failure as a part of the
college scheme, and 1t was abandoned
in 1899,
Some Early Features.
Another feature of the original plan,
containing the germ of our present
system of State Normal schools, was
the preparation of teachers. 1t was
found upon trial ,hat the number of
young men who looked forward TO
teaching as a profession and could de-
vote themselves uninterruptedly TO the
necessary training was not large
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cess from every part of the country
the place is all that can be desired.
Organization and Early Efforts.
The legislature granted the charter
March 9th, 1926. 1t vested thirty-tive
persons, therein named, with the usual
powers of a college, and authorized
them to fill vacancies in their board
by election. A. committee was ap-
pointed to prepare and publish an
exposition of the plan and purposes of
the institution. and take measures to
secure president and faculty for the
new college.
1t was not until January. 1882, that
the name of the Rev. George A Junkin,
a. NJ, came before the committee "as
gentleman eminently qualified to
take charge of the institution" Mr..
Junkin was deeply interested in the
education of pious young men of slen-
der means. and for that purpose had
established a manual labor school at
Germantown. and gathered about him
a number of pupils. The trustees in
Vited him to come to Easton and en-
anime the charter of the college, its
location and prospects.
On the 9th of February. tS32 they ap-
pointed him president. The trustees
then leased for two years a farm con-
sisting of about sixty acres of land
and the ordinary frame buildings, stu
ated south of the L.ehish river. di-
rectly opposite the borough. In March
President Junkin came to Easton and
began the work of fitting up the prem
iscs. and the regular exercises of the
college began May 9th, 1882.
The First College Session.
The session opened with forty-three
students, but the number soon in
creased, and there were in all sixty
seven in attendance during the first
college year at Lafayette.
The efforts of the trustees We're next
directed toward securing Il permanent
site.
After "A careful examination of all
the locations suggested, they made
purchase of nine acres of land on the
brow of the hill north of the bor-
ough ia part of the present site) for
81 400. All the varied and picturesque
scenery which has made the Forks
of the Delaware" celebrated far and
can be taken in with Il single sweep
of the eye.
Preparations We're at once made for
the erection of suitable building on
the new site. 1t was so far COM
pleted as TO be ready for occupancy
in May of the following year. The
structure was III feet by A. with II
recess of II by 40 feet. There were
six recitation rooms Il chapel. refectory
hall, stewards rooms, apartments for
the president and other officers of the |
college, and about forty rooms for
the students. The building had an old |
fashioned hip roof" covered with |
slate and surmounted by "A single open |
dome, fourteen feet IN diameter. AL |
though finished in style of severe |
plainncss. the building was the pride |
nf the town. Al its completion it was |
brilliantly illuminated by the stu
dents, who made the day one of Grea.
festivity and rejoicing,
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Standing Of the
Leading Contestants

J. PehfA
! 1. Meyer Lewis, scran-
ton E10
2. Henry Schwenker,
South Scranton. 172
. 8. William Miles, Hyde
fark ...s....... 1l0
4. j. Garfield Andar-
son, Carbondale. ). 1O0 ,
3. August Brunner, jr.,
. Carbondale ...... "a
6. Miss Norma Mere
. dith, Hyde Park. 20
. z. Frank Kemmerer,
. Factoryville ..... 50
8. Miss Vida Pedrick,
Clark's Summit .. SO
8. Miss Wilhelmina
. Griffin, Providence. SO
10. Ray Buckingham, F.
Elmhurst ....... 80
II. w. n. Harris, Hyde
Park. 5000. 800. rs
12. David o. Emery, !
Winners, Pa. -. IS (!
13. A. c. Grifhs, Mont A.!
rose ....- d \
IA. E. j. Sheridan, Haw- 1
ley ............. 8 \
Is. Miss Jennie Ward, !
Olyphant ....... 8
16. Robert Campbell, !
Green Ridge ..... 8
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NOTICE.

took goo points subscriptions to the value Of S,7s7s
10 secure a 81 900 scholarship last year.
took bat 57 points subscriptions value Of $asaz
TO So75 scholarship last year.
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LAFAYETTE COLLEGE.
It's Early History.

The early history of Lafayette col
icse, though within the memory of
many persons Yet living, seems already
10 belong to the olden times. We must
go back more than seventy years to
find the humble beginning.
EaSton was then a thriving town
Of about twenty-five hundred inhabi-
tants. 1t was the home of MANY per-
sons distinguished in public life, such
as George Taylor, one of the sgners
of the Declaration of Independence:
George Wolf, Governor of Pennsyl-
Nania; Samuel SitGreaves, commissions
er To Great Britain under President
Adams; James NJ. Porter, Secretary of
War under President Tyler; Governor
\. III. Reeder Richard Brodhead, of the
United States Senate, and the Hon.
Joel Jones, afterward Mayor of Phila-
delphia.
The first organized movement to es-
tablish college was a meeting held on
the evening of December eth, 1924, at
Whites hotel, i'm the northeast corner
OF the public square. at which Col.
Thomas McKeen presided.
General Lafayette had landed in
New York city on the 10th OF August
previous, on his last visit to the coun-
try he had so nobly served. His prog
ress throughout the land was marked
by one continuous ovation, and these
citizens of Pennsylvania, not ilnmind-
ful of the wounds he had received on
her soil, resolved that as a testimony
OF respect for the talents, virtues and
signal service of General Lafayette in
the great cause of freedom, the said
institution be named Lafayette Col
lege."
Location Wisely Chosen.
Ease of access from those parts of the
state which the college was originally
designed 10 benefit, and the abundance
and cheapness of the means of living,
together with the healthfulness of the
situation and its excellence as a field
for botanical and meteorological re-
search, were the main points favorable
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LEWIS GAINS AGAIN,
He Passed the 200 Mark Yesterday.
No Changes in Position.
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The Iunlcy. cy.Iackson Stock company opens a
weeks engagement at the Academy OF Music
Monday evening, presenting An Innocent Sin
ncr' This company seems to have struck tho
popular fancy Of the theatergoing public, as
they have been smashing all records in some Of
the largest towns in the repertoire belt. with a
change OF bill at each performance. The Tca
son, they assert, is that they are giving the
people what they want, large scenic shows with
numerous specialties Everything is put on with
careful attention paid to detail, the same il
they were getting high prices,
This company was organized at ''rhe Biiou''
thcater, Chicago, opening their season July 81,
lslS during the hottest weather and made such
success that the management Immediately ar
ranged to send it out playing the best towns,
and giving the public big scenic productions Of
The Fast Mai,' "The Tornado" and ''The
World" at popular prices, Since then they have
replaced "The Fast Mall with "The Fatal
Card" and several other large productions, in.
Guiding "An Innocent Sinner" For Liberty
and Love-" The Tornado michael Strogot'
"Roanoke' and The Wogld."
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DECORATIONS FOR ARMoRY.
Committee Is Considering Plans for
That Feature of the Ball.

There was a meeting of the decora-
ton committee of the Thirteenth regi-
ment military ball at the office of
Chairman w. II. Taylor last evening
at o'clock. Specimens of the elab-
crate decorations with which the in
terror of the armory is to be adorned
were displayed, the bunting, ETC.,
which was finally selected being brand
new and beautiful in the extreme.
The decoration committee will meet
at the new armory this morning at $50
o'clock in order to give the various
decorators an opportunity to explain
their schemes of beautifying the build
ing for the ball.
A person gets better idea of the
enormous size of the drill room of the
new armory from an Incident which
occurred at last nights meeting of the
decoration committee than from any
figures stating the dimensions. dec
orator was explaining the design for
a band stand which he had made to
occupy the center of the floor. when
one of the committee stated that he
would prefer to have the band stand
erected at either end of the drill room.
The decorator replied that If the band
stand was placed as the committeeman
suggested the music would be heard
so family at the other end of the
room that it would be impossible to
dance to it. He based his statement
upon the fact that a person standing
at one end of the drill room cannot
understand a person standing at the
other end, no matter how loud he may
shout.
Captain C. J. Hendler. editor and
publisher of the State Army and Ma
val Journal. came to Scranton yester-
day to make arrangements for pub
fishing a souvenir edition of his Jour-
nal in honor of the coming great So
cial event. Captain Hendler and Pho
tographer Dillon. of this city, will
today take photographs of the exter-
ior of the armory.
The invitation committee. consisting
of Congressman Connell. Colonel l.. A.
Watres. Major Everett Warren and
James II. Torrey. esq. will leave for
New York city at noon. They will
call upon Vice President Roosevelt at
$50 tomorrow morning.
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Al opinion dealing with several in
resting features of the much dis
cussed question of the constitutional
limit of municipal or school district in
Lcbtedness was handed down by Presi-
dent Judge II. NJ Edwards, yesterday,
in the case of Dollan ct al. against the
School District of Lackawanna town
ship and others. In which he refuses
the injunction prayed for.
The plaintiffs seek to enjoin the
school board from erecting new
school building in Minooka, alleging
that the districts Indebtedness would
be increased beyond the two per cent.
limit.
The defense was that while 1t was
true the limit would be passed by a
few hundred dollars. the margin Is
easily overrun by the money which is
now, and was at the time of the letting
OF the building contracts. owed to
Lackawan township by the borough
of Moosic. and further that in June.
before the building will be completed
and the debt actually incurred, the
new board of directors can lay tax
as high as thirteen mills. enough a
dozen times over to meet the margin
of excess.
The plaintiffs held that as the par
ttion proceedings to determine the
debt of Moosic to Lackawanna are
still pending and the amount of the
Indebtedness undetermied. the money
that may be owing from Moosic can
not be considered an asset at the time
of the awarding of the contracts last
April, and that. as to the assessment.
that can be made in June next. court
can not anticipate the action of the
bt ard. it being wholly within the dis
cretion of the new board as to whether
or rot it will make provision for the
excess debt.
THE JUDGES FINDING.
Judge Edwards finds that the limit
has been overreached. but rules that
Moosic debt was an asset at the time
the contracts were made. TIE opn-
ion in full is as follows:
Notwithstanding the numerous allegat ions in
the plaintiffs bill of complaint, the evidence
at the hearing of the rule for a preliminary in.
junction confined. and properly so to the
one question whether the school district of
Lackawanna township by the awarding of certain
contracts for the erection of a school building
hal increased its Indebtedness to an amount
exceeding two per ccntum of the assessed valua.
tion of the district. This is the only contcn.
tion, and, excepting two or three controverted
points, the solution Of the question would be a
mere matter of mathematical calculation.
We shall briefly state the facts disclosed by
the evidence:
First-On April q. 1901. the school district OF
Lackawanna township, having determined to pro-
vide new school building for the district and
having received bids from various contractors,
awarded the following contracts:
Mulhcrn l. Judge Lumber Co. .,...... .$l3 500 90
Donohoc O'Boyle NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 207S 90
NJ H. EaGan OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 30Sf 90
C. f. Barker. for removal of old build.
ing .................. ............... 800 90
'otai ..,............, .S2U, 'h2 OO
On the same date the bonded Indebtedness of