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XVfcfc VSIS.1"') ivj ti trYi -V THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1901'. FOUR YEARS AT LAFAYETTE COLLEGE Within the Reach of Some Young Man in This Vicinity. IT IS WORTH ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS One of the Great Rewards Offered in The Tribune's Educational Contest. A Full Description of the Advantages mid Attractions of Lafayette. Its Many Beautiful Buildings.

Thoro Are Eight- "Students' Homes" Fully Equipped Gymnasium, Library, Etc. Methods of Institution The Ideals of Laf ay-otto and Its Elevating Influences. How the Contest Is Progressing. Yesterday's Results and Standing of Contestants. jr'IIlS aiOTJNTNG The Trllume fW presents to Its readers an illus jPJ treted deserlpllou of Lafayette f'-jilpge.

The purpose of this article Is to convoy en idea of the magnitude of The Tribune's Jduitlrnal Contest, as l.afnyelt College has been scheled as one of the Institutions of learning for which scholarships are to be issued as special rewards in the contn.st. There are eight of thc-v special regards off "reel as incentives for the youth of Xor.h-nnstern Pennsylvania to help us wlill-) we help them, and although a four-year M'holarship in the great collet- at Knslmi Is certainly a magnificent prize and worth celling forth tlie most energetic work In secure it, still it Is but one of the eight special rewards; n-l tlthnush it stands at the head of the list, there aro other rcholarshlps that are well worth winning. The four-year scholarship at Lafayette College, which will be the reward of the one who has the greatest numboii of points at the close of the contest, Is coupled with no conditions whatever. The one who lias turned In the largest number of points will have the first choice of the eight special rewards. If bo should choose some other scholarship In preference to the one in Lafayette, the second highest will then have a chance to ehiMisc and if ho should pass it by likewise, the next one will have an opportunity.

Kvery expense is included in the scholarship except the om Item of menl, but the contestant who chooses it will be given back 10 per cent, of all the money he turns In to The Tribune to assist in paying 1 Is expense. Who Wants to Enter Lafayette? There mnt be many young men in tHs city and surrounding- towns who aoiiIiI like to go to Lafayette College for four yeats. and have the way all smoothed before them, so that they will not have to work their way through. By taking advantage of The Tribune's oifer right away- they will have as good an opportunity to win this scholarship as any one now in the contest. But they must work hard to make up for the time that is already lost to thu.ni.

However, what is three months' bard work thin summer, compared to the years of arduous laboii they w'ould otherwise have to undergo to work their way through college? Pome of the most successful of the cen'estanis last year did not begin working until less than a month before the close of that contest. Are you content to remain a cleik nil your life or to occupy a 1 late In the business world, when, by your own efforts, you might bo able to lift yourself to plane on which you can travel along to the goal of a piofcsMon In the arts or sciences, nr by education compel your way to tho pinnacle of commercial 1 ust year the winners of tho third nnd seventh places at the close of the contest had only been at work three or four weeks. You tdiriuld be able to do much better than this In the eleven or twelve weeks that still intervene bcfoie the close. LAFAYETTE COLLEGE. Its Early History.

The early history of Lafayette College though within the memory of many persons yet living, seems already to belong to the olden times. We must go hack nioro than seventy years to tlud tho humble beginning. Uastnu was then a thriving town of about twenty-live hundred Inhabitants. It was the home of many persons distinguished In puhllc lite, such as tienrge Taylor, one of the signers of thn Declaration of Independence: George Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, Samuel Hltgreaves. commissioner to Client Iirltalu under President Adams; James at, Porter, Secretary of War under President Tyler; Governor A.

II. Itoodcr, Richard Rrodbead, of thn United States Senate, and tho lion. Joel Jones, afterward ataynr of Philadelphia. Tho (list organized movement to establish a collego was a meeting held on the evening or December 27th, 1SS21, tit AYhlto'fi hotel, in tho northeast corner of tho public suuare, at which Col. Thomas aicKeen presided.

General Lafayette had landed in Now York city on the lo'th of August previous, on his last visit to the country ho had ho nobly served. Ills prog-tess throughout the land was marked by ono continuous ovation, and these citizens of Pennsylvania, not unmindful of tho wounds ho hud received on her soil, resolved "that us a testimony of respect for the talents, virtues and signal service of General Lafayette In the great cause of freedom, tho said Institution bo named Lafayette Col-lego." Location Wisely Chosen. Kuseof act-erg from those parts of the fctdto which tho collego was originally designed to heneflt, and tho abundance und cheapness of the means of llvlnp. together with the healthfulness of the situation and its excellence as a field for botanical and inlneraloglcal re- March, were the main points favorable to the location at Knstrm, Seventy years of change nnd growth Imvo abundantly proved tho wisdom nf thin choice, t.nfuyetle now tecelvcs students from nil over the Union, instead of from limited portion of Pennsylvania, but tlio location could not bo chuiiKcd for the better, oven In view of tills wider sphere of patronage, Huston Is situated at the conlluelico of the Delaware and Lehigh rivers, toward the northern terminus of tho Cumberland Valley, In a region so fertile and beautiful, so rich and productive in varied resources that It may bo called the garden of the Atlantic slope. It has become an Important point on the threat highways of travel between New York and the West and Northwest.

Instead of the two days' Journey by stage to New York, as when the college waa chartered, the time Is now two hours, unci there are frequent trains cm three dllferent llneq of railway between the two cities. Communication with Philadelphia Is M'xJvi 'i ill JwfctSt i 'tm 4MS -WfeSSSMBpSfcM IL-i ill LImkji tlljLF Mat ,1. soum cipially easy: so that for ease of access from every part of the country the place is all that can be desired. Organization and Early Efforts. The legislature granted the charter atnrt-h 0th, lS-'O.

It vested thlrty-livo persons, therein named, with tho usual powers of a college, and authorized them to nil vacancies in their board by election. A committee was appointed to prepare and publish an exposition of the plan nnd purposes of the institution, and take measures to secure a president and faculty for tho new college. It was not until January, IS.IL', that the name of tho Rev. George A Junkln, A. came before tho committee "as a gentleman eminently nuiiltMed to take charge of the institution." air.

Junkln was deeply interested in the education of pious young men of slender means, and for that purpose had established a manual labor school at Gormantown, and gathered about him a number of pupils. The trustees invited him to come to Kaston and examine the charter of the college, Its location and prospects. On the (ill) of February, they appointed him president. The trustees then leased for two years farm consisting of about sixty acres of land and the ordinary frame buildings, situated south of the Lehigh river, directly opposite the borough. In ainrcli President Junk-in came to ISaston and began the work or nttlng up tho premises, and tlie regular exercises of the college began aiay nth, The First College Session.

The session opened with forty-three students, but the number soon Increased, and there were In all sixty-seven in attendance during tlie first collego year at Lafayette. The efforts of tho trustees weie next directed toward securing a permanent site. After a careful examination of all the locations suggested, they made a pun-huso of nine acres of land on tho brow of the bill north of the borough (a part of tlie present site) for $1,100. All the varied and picures(Ut scenery which has made the "Forks of the Delaware" celebrated far and wide lies before this little mount, and can 'he taken hi with a single sweep of the eye. Preparations were at once made for the erection of a suitable building on the new site.

It was so far com-pleled as to be ready Tor occupancy In May of the following year. The structure was V1 feet by It, with a recess of 17 by 19 feet. There were six recitation rooms, a chapel, refectory hull, steward's rooms, apartments for the president and other olllceis of the college, unit about forty minus for the students. The building had an old-fashioned "hip roof," covered with slate anil surmounted by a single open dome, fourteen feet 111 diameter. Although llnlshed In a stylo of severe plainness, ihe building was the prldo or the town.

At its completion It was brilliantly Illuminated by the students, who Hindu the day one of great festivity and rejoicing. Lafnyette's First Graduates. On aiay 1st, the president and faculty were formally Inaugurated. The lion. N.

It. Smlthors, of Delaware, was among the (list graduates, and of his fellow-students thoro wore Governor Ramsey, of Minnesota; Dr. Grler, editor of the Presbyterian; the Hon. James aionison Harris, of Uitl-tlmoro. nnd his distinguished towiis-man, John Garrett, president of the Ualtimore anil Ohio Railroad, besides a goodly number who becuino eminent in the ministry, Tho trustees entered heartily Into President Junkln's views with reference to the manual labor system.

A thorough trial was made of It, and work, both agricultural and mechanical, was carried on for several years, but tho authorities were obliged at lust to admit Its failure as part of the collego Bclieme, und It was abandoned in 1630. Some Early Features. Another feature of tho original plan, containing tho germ of our present system of Stato Normal schools, was tho preparation of teachers. It was found upon trial that the number of young men who looked forward to teaching ns a profession und could devote themselves uninterruptedly to the necessary training was not largo ennURh to warrant the continuance of tills department, A law school waa also contemplated, and as early as 131 and for seveial yearn thereafter, the name of the Hon. James at.

Porter appears In the rata logites as "Professor of Jurisprudence." in the enumeration of student nlo, several are set down from year to year as "law students." The government of the college wan administered on the principle of strict and systematic, vigilance. Dr, encouraged the formation of students' courts for the trial of misdemeanors, but there was keen oversight, nnd the strong arm or government. Dr. twinned the presidency in 1SI1 to accept the presidency of Miami University, Ohio. He was, however, recalled In tSI-l, nnd rentrilned at the head of the college until 1818, when he again resigned and assumed the presidency of Washington College, Virginia.

Struggles of the Middle Period. Dr. John W. Yeoinnns was president while Dr. Junkln was at Miami Unl-vetslty.

The year of 1S1D was one of special depression, and the number In attendance In the four college classscs fell from eighty-two In ISIS to twenty-Jive In 1SS0. Dr. MoLean, In 1851, nn-'derlook to raise a permanent endowment or $100,000 by the sale of scholarships, and the result brought about a new upward movement. In lS5(i the coi.i.iior number of students enrolled reached one hundred and six. The financial embarrassment, however, was only temporarily relieved by the now "endowment." and in lcil came the Civil war with its added difficulties.

In 1Si2, arter the battle of Antietam, tho students enlisted In considerable numbers. In ISiW. when Lee invaded Pennsylvania, tlie rush to arms was so general that tho college was almost without students; there were not seniors enough left for a commencement. Kose to Commanding Eminence. At Dr.

f'attell's Inauguration as president, July 2fith. 1S4, Lafayette felt a thrill of returning hope. A new vitality was at once Infused, and new-vigor characterized the work of the college. President Cattoll devoted himself for twenty years to tlie task of building up the college, and with growing opportunities pushed on tlie Important, work that lay 'before him. Under his administration Lafayette rose to commanding eminence among the colleges of the land, enlarging her work in every direction.

In 1SSS, In broken health, he was obliged to seek needed rest and the trustees accepted his resignation, though with great reluctance. James IT. aiason Knox, LL. had been for nearly twenty yea is a member of the board of trustees. To him the trustees turned with tlie offer of tho presidency, and Dr.

Knox accepted it. President Knox tcok his place and did Ills work with unite dignity and prudence. lie resigned the presidency in June, At the commencement, when Dr. Knox's resignation was received, the board of trustees and the alumni united in a movement to raise among themselves, an endowment fund of Tho end of Dr. Knox's administration was further marked by a beipiest of $100,000 from the Fayer-weatber estate.

President Wnrfield. After an interval of one year, which Dr. Traill Green was durlng acting piesldent, the board chose as the sin cessor of Dr. Knox, Kthelbort D. War-Held, a young man, at that time presl- DOK.MirOKlh.-.

of the ailaml I'uiverMly In Ohio, Dr. Wartleld accepted the call, ami was received at Lafayette with tint utmost enthusiasm, jo was liiaugur-uted In October, isai, since which time thorn has been steady advance In most matters relating to the prosperity of the Institution, Tho number of students is now rapidly increasing; tho alumni and friends are rallying; and thero are signs of prosperity on every side, Dr. AVarlleld Is a yountj man of lino attainments, especially In history and political science, Is a gifted lecturer, and la makug new friends for the collego wherever he appears, Lafayette's Growth. Wo may now turn to nolo briefly a few particulars in Lafayette's growth during the last thirty years. Tho number of students In attendance In 18(13 was 39.

For a number of years after tho war tho Incroaso was rapid, until tho hlg.iest point, 335, wiis reached in J87; than with tome lluctu-atlan tho number fell to In 1SS7, since which timo bus again risen, standing In tho catalogue of 1893 at S06, and In that of 190 at 33, and In that 1901 at 372 In 186.1.61 tho faculty consisted of nine members. The addition of new departmchtn of study nnd the largo Iherensi of students soon made It tiecosrar.v to icctir a lars-or corps of Tn lSGVCfi the number T1-. nidi.onicAi. laboratory. wa sixteen! nt the ptescnt tlmo It is thirty.

Tho Grounds and Buildings. The college grounds have been enlarged by successive purchases to Include about forty acres, The campus has been greatly Improved within last few yen is. and presents a picture of rare beauty. The authorities regard It as a matter of Importnnco that the surroundings of young men, wlille In the process of education, should be such as to engage tho mind not only with the most pleasing aspects of nature, but also with the liner forms of beauty Into which natit'c may be brought by tho skilful touch of man. The most noticeable featuie of the growth of the college, however.

Is seen In the buildings. Tho original structure (now South College) has been so completely transformed as to appear scatccly the same building. The old hip roof has' been replaced by a neat atnnmiid, and east and west wlnirs have added. Tho chapel Ins lately been throughly renovated, Its walls freshly tinted, an elect! chandelier put In by the clnss of MOO, and a handsome pipe organ Installed, a quarter-century gift of the class of 1R7-), a most important aid In the collego worship The model school building lias alsi li'-ea milt toil, the (list limn- as the ufllciK of the treasurer and registrar, and tlie second lloor as a lecture room Professor March. Houthui-t of South College stands Jenics Hall, built In l.fir and lltted up AWth laboratories niid lecture moms.

The astronomical observatory, north of Jenlw Hall, was the gift of Dr. Traill i cen. Lafayette's Finest Building. Ry far the finest structure on the grounds is Pardee Hall. Tills magnificent building stands on the central plateau or the campus, and is a familiar sight tn the thousands oil passengers who cross the Delaware at.

Kaston. It was erected nnd equipped for the uses or the scientific department by its munificent rounder. Air. Pardee. On Wednesday, aiay lilst, the structure was dedicated in the presence or i large assemblage, including many distinguished guests.

The building has a total length of 250 fret and a depth of SI feet, with lateral and cross wings four stories In height, the central part being five stories. It contains a. great auditorium, a spacious hall for tho AVashlngton and Franklin Literary Societies, with rni.ms for their libraries, tlie A Yard Llbiary, geological museum, collections in mineralogy and natural history, besides laboratories and class rooms. Eight "Students' Homes." Provisions have been made In part for the accommodation or students by the erection of "students' homes." Six of these occupy tlie north campus, five of them bearing tho names of those by whose liberality the college was et abled to provide them. They are IJInlr Hall.

Newkirk Ttall, aicKeen Hall, aiartlen Hull. Powell Hall, nnd Knst Hall. Kxtonslve additions and improvements have been made within the past year, bringing these dormitories up to not only a high standard or beauty, hutiOf comfort and convenience. Two new halls have been added, one connecting lilair and Newkirk (Knox Hall), the other aiartlen and Powell (Kayerweather Hall), giving this row, Including aieKepn Hall, tlie outward effect of three instead ot' seven buildings. The Interiors have also been thoroughly leinodeled and papered, and are now heated with steam and llgbtt-d with electricity.

They are also well supplied with toilet and bath rooms furnished Willi hot and cold water, Physical Culture. In 1SSI a gymnasium was built mlo- I'unte to every need. Within the last few vears an ample athletic Held of seven acres, Just west of the gym- liusluin, bus beep secured, graded, fenced and furnished with stands. This acquisition Ium already resulted In a notable advance In the athletic. Interests of tho college, not only for Its better training for und better attend-unco at Intercollegiate games, but In producing superior work In general athletics, Physical culture Is a regular part of tho collego curriculum, it Is confidently expected Unit a sound mud In vigorous body will lm the result-ant of iv collego course nt Lafayette.

Tho Librniy. Tho library was founded in 1S32. Tho departments in which It Is strongest ar Anglo-Saxon, early French, early and dialectic l-lngllsh, Christian, Greek and Latin, American History, Natural History, Chemistry and ailn-ing. Tho Van Wlcklo aiemorlal LI-brary stunds east of tho gymnasium, a modest gem of architecture, consisting of a central structure of two stories flanked by wings of a single story. Tho Washington and Franklin Literary Societies Imvo In uddltlon well-selected libraries, aggregating about 6,000 volumes, making In all a collection of 30.000 volumes.

Tho college has valuable collections in botuuy, geology and paleontology, mineralogy and natural history, nnd nn ample apparatus In tho different department of Instruction. Especially notable In that In physics nnd applied mechanics, In chemistry, metallurgy, and engineering, There are also valuable models in machine drawing, slone cutting, crystallography, and architecture. A valuable addition to the Department of Latin has recently heen made In a full collection of photographs of Roman remains. They nrc mounted, framed and displayed In the Latin room. Methods of Instruction.

In the work of the class room there Is constant illustration and manipulation, The coal fields, ore beds, and lron furnaces are near nt hand, and every resource or civil engineering In Its practical applications Is displayed almost within sight of the campus. There aro open Holds for the botanist nnd tho surveyor; laboratories for the physicist, the mechanic, tho chemist, the electrician, tho nesnyer; book tahles and working libraries for the linguist, the critic, the historian nnd the philosopher. All study Is accompanied by exercises nf practice or research, Some note should also here be made of the Influences that promote the culture of Individual character. Whether It Is the comparative freedom from temptations to Idleness, extravagance, and dissipation, or the spirit or the place and tho wholerome moral sentiment which prevails among the students, there seems to be In the very PARDE1: nil- of Lafayette a tonic, stimulating not only to scholarly effort, but to manliness and the temper that gives men a. serious purpose In study.

Lafayette has a creditable representation in the fields of literature and science, and a goodly list of her alumni have become eminent In professional life. Of her 700 lawyers, 98 are or have been judges, members or congress, and of the legislature; of professors and teachers thero are more than 300; editors, SO; physicians, 366; in the technical processions, over 900. Of her MY! ministers, 10 have gone to tlie foreign Held. Athletic Training. The best educators In our American colleges have for many years encouraged among their pupils an intetest In physical development.

-They have recognized not only that a thoroughly equipped manhood includes a sound body, but that the Influence or athletic training is wholesome. In sympathy with this view, Lafayette College has always encouraged Its athletic associations in their work, while at tlie same time it has taken care, by careful regulations and supervision, to prevent excess. The athletic association is comparatively modern, and intercollegiate athletics, as now known, is In all of our colleges a growth of tlie last iiuarter or a century. Tile first recorded baseball game against another college was one against Lehigh in 1S71'. which i exulted in an t'Uhy victory for Larayette.

Football was for a long time played only between classes. In ISS2 occurred the first contest with nnother college. Lafayette winning by large score In game with Rutgers. In 1SS0 the llrst track meet was held, and In a short time Lafayette bad won several Intercollegiate prizes in this dopnrtniont. At present the track event of the year is the annual contest with Lehigh I'lilverslty.

Lafayette's Many Victories. The great growth in the equipment of the college and the number of stu-dentc, since 1.S90, has been accompanied by an eriuul growth In the equipment and growth or (he athletic associations, and the success of the representatives or Lafayette upon diamond, gridiron and track has been so notable as to aitrai-t. to Lafayette the attention of the whole cullege world. In football she lias lost but one game of the last twelve to her near rival, I'hlgli I'niverslty; but one game of the last five ti Cornell: and has won two games of the last live played with the I'nlverslty of Pennsylvania, which has been during that time generally considered to be one of tlie two or three very best teams In the country, In baseball Lafayette's success has been equally remarkable. Including victories over Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Pennsylvania, The Lafayette College Athletic Asso-elation is now managed by a graduate athletic committee, which controls li.s policy.

The Alumni Committee has, since Its organization, procured cfllcl-ilent coaches for the athletic teams, established training quarters, anil gen erally systematized the work of the association and placed It upon an equality with that of our hugest and richest American colleges, In tho gymnasium, exhibitions aro given during tho winter, and In 1899, for tho first time, basket ball contests wero held against tho teams repre senting some or our leudlng colleges, The Ideals of Lafayette. Lafayotto believes in work; work on tho part of the toucher In full con-hclousness of the duty to Impart knowledge; work on the part of the student to master In regular order what Is taught him. Tho responsibility for failures Is pretty equally divided bu-tween teacher and taught, nnd the result Is thut the air on her beautiful hill Is not too rare to be breathed by a teacher, and thut noble word Is not esteemed a symbol of reproach. Throughout all the teaching, in dutiful and willing recognition or tho Christian character of the college, thero Is reverent regurd for truth as nil allko divine. There Is no room for controversial or sectarian teaching.

It asks, and docs not need to demand, loyalty to tho truth, reverent scholarship, and Christian fellowship from the teachers. Itseeks to Inculcate the same Ideals In the students. In order to secure the highest re- NOTICE. It took but 909 points, or subscriptions to the value of $378.75, to secure a $1,000 scholarship last year. it took bttt 537 points, or subscriptions to trie value of $223.75, to secure a $675 scholarship last year.

suits from the methods thus employed In making educated men, tho students nrc brought together upon the campus In a number of dormitory buildings. The college life Is upon the coinpus. Itn Idenls are therofore those nf the college Itself nnd not of tho town, And It Is held to be one of the great-rst duties of the teachers nnd othcers of the college to keep these Ideals sound. One of tho strongest forces In human development Is found in communal life. The dormitory life la very free.

The restraints of home nnd general society are largely withdrawn. It is through college public opinion that the boys learn to be men; to do things because they are right, reasonable, and of good report, and not because they are enforced by hourly oversight nnd precept. As college boys are not nver-nge boys, but a picked body, the best socially, Intellectually, nnd morally of their home communities, the standard Is naturally high. The force of college opinion Is therefore strong, nnd It grows stronger each year. The great HALL.

concern of college teachers to see that in growing stionger, it also grows nobler, purer, and better. Some Elevating- Influences. Among the influences that tell upon this public opinion from the student side are those of the Young aien's Christian association, always vigorous and fruitful of much good; the llter-ni-y societies and strong, well-equipped, and doing a great work; and the Greek-letter fraternities. Tlie two ancient and beloved literary societies have occupied a groat place in the annals of the college and deserve nn evep larger place in her life. They have hnutifully furnished halls and well chosen libraries.

Excellent work is done in speaking, debating. and essay-wilting, and the student Is trained in a practical knowledge of the rules of parliamentary procedure. Tlie annual contests between the representatives of the societies In oratory and debate give tlie public an VAN WICKI.P LIBRARY. opportunity of showing their appreciation of the work that Is done, and the intercollegiate contests rally the boys to a recognition of the heroes of brains as well as of brawn. In the broad field of collego Ideals these societies occupy a large place, Together with the department of elocution, always highly honored und very generally required, they help to lay stress upon the side of collego training too often neglected: the side of expression.

If the value ot oratory has declined, tlie Importaneo of elf expression has Increased. The demand for plain, but direct, clear, und cogent WHAT THE CONTESTANTS DID LAST YEAR. CIIAIII.KS IinillllCfKZ. tf NVI.sler ave-tun-, cm ril WJ jiolnu, ripijl lo '0 kiilui I llii-rs (or I'lie iar cull, mill re-irht-U order ior tour jji' hcholar. lii in U'unim Si'iuiiuiy, aluct at S.omi.

Airriirit of rartoinii-, inn! paint, iquil tn l'i subscrili(l'4 fur out' yi.ir tilth, ami rrcrivi'il un oulcr for a throe iai' t.cliri.in.ilp in lllooim. lmiK state Noriii.il School, vjhinl at PAVIP V. lllirailY, of I'rovlJoiict, kciiit-iI 4IU iolnlk, rqttat In i7 sulMrlUra (or ono mill, unit irnl(U a piano )jll'il MISS MAItV VCAUCII, ot llosiw, secured iiilnt, iiii.il to iilliM'iilirM (or one jiar i.uh, riiiitfl rnuiko In iiJiu) IuttiuUiou at the Sc-unloii Con-nwlory ot aliinl at ffi. (Mki YrJfiT 1II1I not ruler tlie conlfet until it uuliln uliout tiara waks i Mm: IIW.AXI), o( llunmori-. mciium 273 point, t'ljiul to LM hiilwnbi'is for one cull, ami mciu-il a uliolaulilp in tin- Suanton llu.liu'ij CoIIrro, iiliinl r.t 4Hi.

OI.IVIIH C.M.I, MIAN, ot 413 Vim) btioft. re-rimil piinli, equal to 20 snbxrilit ri for one raili, unit ircrUt'd a iliolar. chip in llio ftUJiitoii I'ollfiv, valued ut SOU. MISS JKXJCIr: JIKYKNS, c( l.aW Aiirl, lUU'd point, equal lo l'J ilbtiiutr. for one raili, and lecln-d a mliolur-tlilp in Ilia Sirjiiloii lliuincM Collect (Mitt Me.H-id entered tlie (Oiiti'it Jut ono month before It Ucued.) DAVID C.

SI-HUTU, of I'uieil 1S.I point), equal to 1U nibtnberj for ono )er eaili, and inelved a bin tic, wine at t'o. HISS (ilt.U'i: o( f. tuitil li'i point, equal to It tub.i tlbers (or one each, and rccebtU Hold njUIi valued at KAIIHV o( llwlo rark. secured 113 points equal to 10 ml'senben. (or one each, and teiurcd a laincra valued at $19.

speech has greatly grown. Logic has taken tho place of rhetoric, Indeed: but speech, written statement, plans and specifications are everywhere demanded, So these societies, with their practical, earnest methods, are among the great Influences of Lafayette life, Its Students from This Section. Among tho Btudents at present at Lafayette are a number from northeastern Pennsylvania. Divided Into the various classes, they are; Senior class, 1901 Charles W. Beers, Wllkes-Bnrre; Wlllnrd J.

BtelaalU Honesdnle; Olin P. Harvey. Wllkea-Burre; Kit ward R. HUghes. Scrnntoni and Harold S.

Keller, Rlootnsburg. Junior class, t002 Charles Bry-den, Plttston; William P. FlUgwmlrt, Wllkes-Burre: Bruco B. Wilkes Barre; Thomas Morgan, Wllkes-Barre; Robert ar. Salmon, Honesdale; nnd William J.

Williams, Kingston. Sophomore- class. 1003 Thnma." Burns, aiooslc; David D. Cure, Robert B. Hitchcock, Scran- ton; Harry K.

aicNeal, Stroudsburjr; Joshua L. aRiier, Wllkes-Barrc; Al-rted A. Walter. Wllkes-Barre: and Wllllant J. Welsh, Benin tan.

Freshman class, 1004 Arthur J. Blcwltt, Scrnnton: Joseph P. Cake. Plttston: John K. Coolidgc, Scranton: George J.

Kilmunds. Jcrmyn: Krank A. Fiear. lako Wlnola; John A. llornn, Duiimoro; Joseph P.

Jennings, Forest City; Olln O. Kyte. Plttston: Lewis ai. Larned. Wllkes-Marre; Theron Lee Cnrbondale: Henry M.

Lewis, Tunkhannock: Charles T. atc-Kenna. Honesdale; Claude P. Stocker, Jerinyn; Leroy D. Swingle.

Dunmorc' and Charles J. Walker, aiayfleld. LEWIS GAINS AGAIN. He Passed the 200 Mark Yesterday. No Changes in Position.

Standing of (he Leading Contestants PoteU 1. Meyer Lewis, Scran ton 216 2. Henry Sen weaker, South 172 3. William Miles, Hyd Park 11B 4. J.

Garfield Ander son, Carbondale. 102 6. August Brunner, Cnrbondale 64 6. Miss Norma Mere dith, Hyde Park. 48 7.

Frank Kemmerer, Factoryville 39 8. Miss Vlda Pedrick, Clark's Summit 38 9. Miss Wilhelmina Griffin, Providence. 36 10. Ray Buckingham, Elmhurst 82 11.

W. H. Harris, Hyde arark. 23 12. 3avid O.

Emery, Wimmers, Pa. 15 13. A. C. Griffis, Mont rose 14.

E. J. Sheridan, Haiv- icy i 15. Mlsa Jennie Ward, Olyphant 6 10. Robert Campbell, Green Bidgs 3 There is no change in the positions of the sixteen contestants tills morn-Injr.

Meyer Lewis is the only onn who shows any decided gain. Ho lion passed the 'M0 mark and holds first place by a margin ot 41 points. leads Miles by 67, nnd Anderson is 13 points behind the- third man. OC the four- ladles who havit won a place in the list, Mils Meredith occupies the highest position. Thf second month of the contesd Eegtna this Those who nre thinking- of Jnlnlna the contest should read the advertisement lr this morning's Tribune.

It contains much additional information about tha contest. If you -would liko to secure a liandsomoly Illustrated booklet, descriptive of the scholarships would like to obtain a book ot 6Ulpccrlptlon blanks, nddresa "Editor Educational Con leaf, (Scranton Tribunei Scranton fa." ELMHURST. 'Air. and Mis. X.

K. AYilllarrm. Jti, art In Uostou. Mrs. Collins and daughter lAmettu of Green ltldgo are spending tho week with Sirs, X.

Thompson. Miss Ituth Ilandley of Sar.antn spent Tuesday with Miss HWert (W1I-inms. Mr. and Mrs. Kuhrlt and children of Scranton aro visiting at tire bom of Mr.

X. A. Xngley. Mr. V.

AN'. Adair of the V. M. C. will preach lit the rresbyteclan church on Sunday nvenlng.

Mr. K. Chnmberlln of Gren nidir was the guest of Mr, A. J3, William on Tuesday. Mr.

l.oroti Kisser of Mnplewnnrl -wes tho guest of Miss Williams Sunday evening. Mr, K. Klzer of Wimmers spent Sunday night with Klmhurst frltnds. Miss Kva Wheerer will leave for Cape May, July 1, where bIir wljl spend the Hummer with her parents. Mr.

llevan of Scranton, called on lllmhui-rit friends last evening, Mr, Dana Kdily, who has been visiting at the home of Mr, Williams, left for Xew York on Tuesday last. Mr, and Mrs. C. n. Smith and Mis I.ucy Fuller are spendlmr somo time ut the l'an-Atnurlcau exposition at Uulfalo.

Mr. and Mrs. Dudley l)ox, are visiting at Uunovu, X. V. Mr.

Scuddef-of Prumptnn has returned to his homo after a few days visit nt the homo of Mr. H. Stanton. Mr. Norton Wagner Is mo vine In his new home on the West Side, the Buckingham House, vacated by htm will bo occupied by Mr.

Wagner's mother and tho family of Mr Israel Rlttenhender of Scranton. Children's Pay exert-Ues will be hld nt the Baptist church, Sunday morning ut 11 o'clock. In the evening- Rev. Mr, Kvans of Taylor wjl) occupy the pulpit..