The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-04


more College. stroudsburg State
Normal School. and Other Educa-
tional Institutions - Preliminary
Announcement of the Plan of Ac-
tion-Date When the Contest Will
Open to Be Published Later-In
the Meantime All Letters of In
quiry Will Be Promptly Answered.
II will point sc cut the path of virtuous
and noble educaion: laborious, indeed, at the
first ascent. but else smooth, so green, full
Of goodv prospects Milton.
"HE SCRANTON TRIBUNE will
inaugurate it's second annual
grand Educational Contest in a
Il few days. which. like the first
will be open to every ambitious
person. not only in Scranton, but
throughout Lackawanna and other
counties in Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania. This Educational Contest will
he even greater in magnitude than it's
predecessor, embracing special rewards
of the very highest character. 1t will
be carried out in strict accordance
with the rules of fairness and justice.
The first contest, which occupied the
attention of our readers from July to
October of last year. met with such
encouragement and was so successful
In every way that it has been decided
to repeat it. The Tribune will there
faro opnn mana law hefore tho amhi-
tious and thoughtful young men and
women of this city and vicinity a pro-
iect by which they can realize their
desires to attain Il first-class education
in institutions that are among the
foremost in their several branches of
instruction.
All the Rewards Are Scholarships.
Stimulated by the great success of
its initial Educational Contest and be-
lieving that there are many who real
lied its great advantages when ii was
too late. in addition to Il large number
of new members of the community
who would eagerly take hold of the
project now, The Tribune, in a few
days, will begin another contest, In
accord with the progressive spirit of
the Twentieth Century, holding out for
an incentive special rewards of an
even higher grade than We're offered
last year. These rewards will all he
scholarships i'm the very best educa-
tiOnal institutions in the state.
Unlike all other plans that have been
furthered by newspapers in order to
increase their circulation. there will
he, as was the case last year. Il COM
pensatiOn for each participant, and
those who are not successful IN getting
one of the great special rewards will
be suitably remuncrated for their in
tereSt and endeaVOr to help themselves
in manner that cannot fail to prove
satisfactory-in fact, ii has stood the
test of "a trial
Truly an Educational" Contest.
There will be two collegiate one
normal school, three business college
and two musical conservatory rewards
10 choose from, thus making the title
of the undertaking, Educational Con-
test" valid in every sense. Last year
the rewards were divided. five being
scholarships ana five selected from the
stocks of Scranton merchants. At the
close of the contest each of the first
ten successful participants evinced
such II decided preference for schol-
arship. and regarded the other rewards
with so much less favor, that it was
then decided that if another contest
was held all the rewards should be of
an educational nature.
Last years Educational Contest was
begun without any predatory an
nouncements, and it wa several weeks
before the general public realized fully
the nature and scope of the undertake
ing. Many schemes and ideas for in
creasing circulation had previously
been used by Scranton newspapers
and The Tribune's Educational Con-
test was at first enormously confound-
ed with them. AS soon, however, as y
was perceived that the Educational
Contest was something new, and was
liberal. legitimate business PROPOSE
tion, without any lottery features, in
dependent of favpritism in any way
and Incapable of being distorted into
mere scramble for coupons cut from
the paper, that portion of the public
for whom the proposition was intended
took hold of it I'm grim earnest, and the
success of the first Educational Con-
test was assured.
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The Educational Contest soon to be-
gin will depend upon the earnest, am
bilious, aspiring young men and
women of Lackawanna and surround
ing counties for its success. There are
enough of these in this section to in
sure the success of a project much less
helpful than this contest will be. With
the Endorsement OF last years success
still fresh in the minds of The
Tribune's patrons and with the pleas
ant memory of having kept all it's
promises and in no way disappointed
any one of the young workers who
participated i'm it, The Tribune may
look forward to as great a success, at
least, as was gained then.
The rewards for this years contest
have all been selected, contracts with
the institutions signed, and everything
is nearly I'm readiness to begin. The
dates that have been chosen for COM
mencing and closing the contest will
be announced shortly.
Two College Courses.
There will be two rewards this year
that are equally entitled to be classed
'first," as they are each of the same
value-$l, ,0Oo-Lafayette college and
Swarthmore college. Magnificent in
centives for three months work, In
deed! Each is world renowned as
ranking among the highest institu-