The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-02

i'm describing the third special re-
ward in The Tribune's Education
Il al Contest. This special reward
Is "A full three years scholarship
in the East StroudsburE state Normal
School, including tuition board, wash
ing. and furnished room, with
steam heat and Gaslight. The
value of all these is SD per
year. or S675 for the full course. In ad-
dition. the contestant who is fortunate
enough to secure this reward Will have
the choice of the preparatory collegiate
course or the regular three-year nor
NAL course The scholarship also in
ciudes the books.
The Location.
The school selected by The Tribune
for one of the leading special rewards
in it's Educational Contest is located
at East Stroudsburg, on the line of
the Delaware, LaCkawanna and West
egn Railroad. and is about tive mill
utes' walk from the depot. No place
in the state of Pennsylvania offers IA
more desirable location for school
no spot is more highly favored by
nature than the site of the East
Stroudsburg State Normal School.
Many sclrooas QUASI vi .he'' he"''i'iu'
ness OF locauoh' pu' tnls oi'e 'a''ol
De surpasse" III tNiS respe''' ~
the miust oI tne 'hoSt l"''i'us "',u
picturesque summer rtS"'' IeS'o" III
the state ror l'iole 'ha, my
people nave peeh attra''eu " ''lS "e
tlon on account ol ltS Mli' sral''''u,' sri =, '
It's renlarkaple noa'''i' u'h'SS' """ ''
clearness ana orEneSS W an ',H p'p
,,,. hac Gto intrpJGpd
uiarlty mas StedulE i.i'lease', al,t
now II RANKS WIN 'hc i"t"ll'V -.
PAGES Oh lhe M"liu H' .ou' islH' a'.u ~
thousdhuS vi N'S''olH uitlcnHc
ly. It's climatc anVahtaSes are 'M-
ceptlonal' L. H. Juuo' W. D'' W lh,i-
adelphia' IN paper r'au pcloie 'le
American tHnldtaloSi'a' ASSu.'d o. ''ol''
at LakeWoou' ~ de- III May 'o'o, soy
I'VE nave mere III thc East III INC
Pocono Mountains OF monroe 'oun.S'
easily accessible region whose sam
tary qualltlcs are secoho oh'S " '''oSe
OF Colorado.
Scenery UNSURPASSED.
-. .,i,. .,,,, ,s os-
.Ie .',its, ,,t,'a,,,ho,,, tho
P.i..io,, thoro &, ,,iob and abup-
dant material for scientific research;
here nature has stamped IN lnueiipie
lines the record OF prehistoric opera
tions. Evidences OF siaclal action are
plentiful everywhere Inc surrouhu-
ing country, ahd' lhdeed, the 4l''hicu'-
ate vicinity or the schoooi aiioru uhcN
celled opportunity lor 'he proiitdo'e
study or the natural Sciences pdr'ic
ularly those of geology and botany
The scenery Is unsurpassed Ma
ture has peen pohntltui' ana sue py
side with quiet pastoral scenes are
grouped haos-stricken nils ana rocks
and ruins, gorgeous aWe-lnspirlns
sublime.
The school Is situated put ie"
minutes walk from the center OF inc
town, grove or maGnihcent iores'
trees hiding IT'S large pulldlhSs from
the gaze or the toWnspeople III the
summer time. 1t is on an ominence
overlooking the country Tor many miles
around, with haze-croWhed mus FORM
ing the horizon on every side. Oc'
cupying, as it does, position on hi
overlooking the town OF EAST strouuS'
80 - - communitv of nearly half q
thousand souls.
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II" ''oiS'
The school ls located IN the orlGlha
Fourth Normal School district Whicf
was created by an act OF the Penn
sylvonia legislature on May ~ 49,"
ana comprises the couhlles Oh Nortn
ampton, Carbon Monroe. Pike Luz
erne, LacKaWanna ana wayne II u
the largest ana most populous OF al
the normal schooi oistri''S' wa
over thirty-nNc years before the mat
ter assumed any prac'icai inception
To the energetic people OF I'M
fourth dlstrlct ana TO the un'lrihs ei
forts or the locai poaru Oh trustees