The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-13
Value of the Special Rewards.

vatory of Music observation-disclosures. 15
Scholarship in Scranton Conser-
Natorr of Music. ic.........,........ 80
Scholarship in Scranton Business
College. either course. go
Scholarship in Scranton Business
college. either course. 60
Scholarship in Scranton Business
college, either course. ........... 60
$3,OO5
Each and every contestant failing to
secure one of these special rewards will
be given ten l0) per cent. of all the
money he or she turns in.
n. B.-'rhe frst two scholarships do
rot include meals. but the contestants
securing these will be given ten n0)
per cent. of all the money he or she
turns in to The Tribune, to assist in
raying this expense.
Lafayette College.
Lafayette College is well and favora-
bly, known all over the United States.
and it has graduated many foreign
students who have come to this coun-
try to finish their education. 1t would
be superfluous to add words of praise
in describing it's standing in the rank
of educa cational institutions. The stu
dent who goes there as Il result of his
success in working for The Tribune
Will have an opportunity that is not
likely to occur again in a lifetime. lie
Will receive a full scholarship in any
course he may select covering four
years. which will include not only tut
tion, but room rent, heat. light books.
laundry and all other charges except
the one item of meals. If he Is unable
to bear this expense he can undOubted-
ly secure some light employment in
Easton that will aid him in his en-
dcavor to secure an education In any
event The Tribune will pay him 10 per
cent. of all the money he secures for it
during the contest. which will probably
go Il long way toward paying this es-
penSe also. The value of this reward
is fully $1,000.
Swarthmore College.
Swarthmore College. at Swarthmore.
Pa. about is miles from Philadelphia.
was founded in 1864 through the efforts
of members of the religious society Of
Friends for the purpose Of securing to
the young people Of the society the OPP
portunity for higher education under
the guarded care of their own religious
faith. Others are admitted upon the
same terms as Friends and nothing of
q sectarian nature appears in the in
Struction or in the management. 1t
has Il large and increasing faculty, and
its lecturers are from the best college
and business institutions in the United
state. The Tribune offers a scholar
ship valued at $1,000, whicl, is the price
of the full four years course. exclusive
of meals. This reward should appeal
to young ladies. as there
arc large numbers of the fair sex in it's
classes
The Stroudsburg Normal.
The Stroudsburg State Normal
School. of Stroudsburg. Pa. IS one of
the best of its kind. having a faculty
second to mono and course of in
especially adapted to the pur-
pose of teaching teachers in all the
parts and arts of pedagogy 1t has n
course, and the winner of
this special reward will have all ex-
penSeS connected with the three year
course paid. including tuition. board,
books, stationery, etc, its value being
$675.
Scranton Conservatory of Music.
There are two scholarships offered in
the Scranton Conservatory of Music. |
each valued at $75. affording a great |
opportunity to secure piano instruction |
under teachers of acknowledged excel |
lencc. The Tribune has selected Course |
D as the one best adapted to the ma |
iority of students. This covers the en- |
Tire school year of forty weeks the |
pupils receiving three lessons each |
week-tWo hours a week in pianoforte |
in class of four and one hour in gem
eral training class, sight playing. key |
board harmony. technique. transposi-
ton, etc. If the winner of this scholar
ship should not be sufficiently ad-
to take this particular course, |
have been made where
oy its equivalent will be given in the
courses suited to the needs of the |
student. which would extend the time
beyond the limits of one years instruc-
ion.
Scranton Business College.
The Scranton Business College is too
Well known to need extended comment.
rhe three scholarships offered by The
iipuilt 'iit tuti Nulutu tl 9OU ana are
in time. The winners will be
entitled to take either the commercial
u shorthand course, as he or she de-
'lres. The complete commercial course
comprises bookkeeping, penmanship,
press copying, COM
nercial laws, business arithmetic,
shorthand methods, rapid calculation,
PRACTICAL grammar, commercial paper.
orms and customs and spelling. The
horthand course embraces the follow
ng studies; Shorthand, typewriting,
penmanship, practical
grammar, capitalization, pune tuati
ling letters, spelling and press copy
ng,
What the Contestants Did Last Year
Charles Rodriguez, of 42S Webster
avenue, secured 800 points, equal to 76
subscribers for one year each, and re-
'eiVed an order for Il four years
in Wyoming Seminary,
'alued at $1,000.
Arthur Kemmercr of Factoryville,
ecured 531 points, equal to A. subscrib-
rs for one year each, and received an
rider for three years scholarship In
state Normal School,
'alued at S6I5.
David Y. Birtley. of Providence, Sc
ured 44O points, equal to 81 subscribe
rs for one year each, and received a
'iano, valued at SiS5.
Miss Mary Yeager, of Moscow. se-
ured 295 points, equal To 25 subscribers
or one year each, and received "A
curse in piano instruction at the
scranton Conservatory of Music.
alued at SO, Miss Yeager did not