The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-02
Superior Advantages

pleasure giving instruments. This Is
the first time that four special honor
rewards have been offered as induce
ments for months good work.
Contestants should understand that
every one starts equal in these special
contests. On the first day of the month
each contestant, no matter what his
score is in the Educational Contest,
starts at nothing in this special con-
test and only the points that are
brought in during the one month are
counted in determining the winners Of
the special honor rewards.
Missing Chances.
In one particular this contest differs
from it's two predecessors. The young
ladies do not seem to be as enthusiastic
or as energetic as they were in the first
two. In 1900 the young ladies in that
contest did almost as well as the young
men in the work they accomplished.
Last year the winner Of the Education
al Contest was a young lady, and she
had almost twice as many points as the
young man who came in second. There
were also two other young ladies who
secured scholarships by being quite far
up the list of winners.
This year not one Of the special hon.
or rewards out of the eight SO far be-
slowed has been won by young lady
and the highest any one of them Is in
the main contest is seventeenth place,
although twenty of them have entered
their names as contestants and seven
have actually scored points. Some of
the best scholarships were selected es-
fnr tLa
ladies and there is one scholarship ex-
clusively for them. The young lady
who stands highest on the list at the
close of the contest will be sure to
have choice of this scholarship, as it
is not available to young men.
OF the four first prizes won as spe-
cial honor rewards this year only one
has been received by a Scrantonian,
although some of the contestants who
live here have really tried hard for
them. A gold watch was won by
Charles Burns, of Vandling; $40 in
gold by Oscar kipp, of Elmhurst;
birdseye maple writing desk by A. ].
Kelerman, Of Scranton, and folding
pocket kodak by William Sherwood, Of
Hartford. This certainly looks as If the
boys in the smaller towns have good
fields to work in, as good certainly, if
not better than the city contestants.
This month, already, two young men
from out of town are tied for first
place in the September contest, and
another is in third place.
There is nothing to prevent any one
from entering the Educational Contest
at any time during the month and try
ing for either a scholarship or a spe-
cial honor reward or both, for it is cer-
tain that if a, newcomer gets enough
points to win any one Of the four spe-
cial honor rewards he will also have
enough points to enable him to a
choice of scholarships. This is the last
month, however, that this will be pos
sible, for no more entries in the con-
test will be received after Oct 1. An
other thing all those who have entered
or who may do so before Oct. l should
bear in mind is that no points will be
received after Oct. l from any person
who has not previously scored. There
will be no deviation from these two
decisions. A months notice should be
all that is necessary for every one who
intends to try for scholarship.