The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-28

A little progress was made yesterday
in awarding the fruits of their victory
to the contestants in The Tribune's
Educational Contest, which closed so
successfully on last Saturday evening
A number of the contestants called at
the office to select their scholarships,
but in most cases they were those
whose names had not been reached yet.
Owing to the fact that seven out of the
first ten leaders live a distance from
Scranton it was hard to get into COM
munication with them. The follow
ing three leaders have formally made
their choice:
Augustus j. Kellerman, of Scran-
ton, selected Scholarship No. 9, a three
years course in Keystone academy, at
Factoryville, covering tuition, board,
furnished room, heat, light and wash
ing. ing This scholarship is valued at
$500.
Maxwell Shepherd, OF Carbondale,
selected Scholarship No. 6, in the Will
Transport Dickinson seminary, at Will
Transport. Pa, a three-years' course,
| covering tuition, board furnished room,
heat, light and washing, of total
value Of $3.50.
Oscar Fl. Kipp, Of Elmhurst, select
ed Scholarship No. Z, in the Dickin-
son Collegiate Preparatory School, at
Carlisle, Pa, a three-years course,
covering, tuition, board, furnished room,
heat, light and washing. This schol-
| arship Is also worth $3.50.
Most of yesterday afternoon was
consumed in trying to reach Charles
Burns, of Vandling, who has fourth
choice. The effort was not successful
and so no further progress could be
made.
One Error in the Table.
BY an unfortunate error Miss Jane
Mathewson, of. Factoryville, was not
credited with all the points due her in
yesterdays announcement of the re-
suit. One slip, containing six points,
was overlooked, and instead of her
complete score being 161 points, as an
nounced, it should be 1877. This will
give Miss Mathewson twentieth place.
instead of twenty-first. AS she was
in no way to blame for the mistake,
the table has been corrected.
All of the contestants who were seen
or sent messages yesterday appeared
to be delighted with the result. Not
a note of disappointment was heard in
relate, all seemed to have finished bet
ter than they expected.
An error was made in the biograph-
ical sketch of Mr.. Rodriguez. Instead
of his being born in Cuba, Mr.. Rod
riguez is a native of Scranton and is II
years old. He was the youngest Of
the contestants who took part in the
six months competition, but he out
G a no owl, hi, al caJ-
contestants with seeming ease.
Letters from Contestants.
The following letter from Mr.. Rod
riguez was received yesterday. 1t was
the first written expression of thanks
to be received, although several sue
cessful contestants called up the Con-
test Editor on the telephone, or came
in to The Tribune office to tell how
much they appreciated The Tribunes
offer:
AS Webster avenue,
Scranton, Pa, Oct. 81, 1902
The Tribune Publishing Company
Dear Sirs: By means of your most
valuable paper, l beg to express my
heartfelt thanks to the many friends who
so generously assisted me during the re-
cent Educational Contest conducted by
Inc scranton tribune, and to the enter
prising officials of the paper who have
afforded such an excellent opportunity to
so many young people for bettcring their
education.
] sincerely hope that its many new
patrons Will continue to make it a part
of their literature.
Yours respectfully.
VIM. Il. S. Rodriguez.
A letter was also received from Mr..
Elmer Williams, of Elmhurst, in which
Mr. Williams says:
Elmhurst, Pa, Oct. 81, 1909.
Contest Editor
Dear Sir: ] thought last week I could
get my photo taken to send to you by
the close of the contest, but was un-
able to do so. ! am sorry. | would like
the scholarship in the Scranton Business
College, If | can choose that one.
| was born at Clifton, Lackawanna
county, in January, 1887, making my
present age Ii years. finished the
graded school at Elmhurst at the age of
IA years, and now hold a diploma from
Superintendent Taylor for passing the
branches taught in Elmhurst graded
school. / am especially fond of mathe-
mates, and want to tit myself for a good
book keeper.
Should | succeed In my career, I shall
ever look back to your grand offer and
help to me in obtaining way to get to
school. Yours truly,
Elmer Williams
One of the Happy Guessers.
About the happest little citizen of