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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1901'.
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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 Advan
tages mid Attractions of Lafayette.
Its Many Beautiful Buildings.
Thoro Are Eight- "Students'
Homes" Fully Equipped Gymna
sium, 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 La
fayette College, which will be the re
ward 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 i, and if ho should pass it by
likewise, the next one will have an
opportunity. Kvery expense is in
cluded 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 sum
mer, compared to the years of ardu
ous 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 .subordinate
1 late In the business world, when, by
your own efforts, you might bo able
to lift yourself to n 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 supremacy'.'
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 Col
lege 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 Inhabi
tants. It was the home of many per
sons distinguished In puhllc lite, such
as tienrge Taylor, one of the signers
of thn Declaration of Independence:
George Wolf, Governor of Pennsyl
vania, Samuel Hltgreaves. commission
er 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 Phila
delphia. Tho (list organized movement to es
tablish 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 coun
try ho had ho nobly served. Ills prog
tess throughout the land was marked
by ono continuous ovation, and these
citizens of Pennsylvania, not unmind
ful 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 J
to the location at Knstrm, Seventy
years of change nnd growth Imvo
abundantly proved tho wisdom nf thin
choice, t.nfuyetle now tecelvcs stu
dents from nil over the Union, instead
of from n limited portion of Pennsyl
vania, 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, to
ward the northern terminus of tho
Cumberland Valley, In a region so fer
tile and beautiful, so rich and pro
ductive 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
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cipially easy: so that for ease of ac
cess 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 ap
pointed 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. at., 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 slen
der means, and for that purpose had
established a manual labor school at
Gormantown, and gathered about him
a number of pupils. The trustees in
vited him to come to Kaston and ex
amine the charter of the college, Its
location and prospects.
On the (ill) of February, 1S:!2, they ap
pointed him president. The trustees
then leased for two years n farm con
sisting of about sixty acres of land
and the ordinary frame buildings, situ
ated south of the Lehigh river, di
rectly opposite the borough. In ainrcli
President Junk-in came to ISaston and
began the work or nttlng up tho prem
ises, and tlie regular exercises of the
college began aiay nth, 18:;-.-.
The First College Session.
The session opened with forty-three
students, but the number soon In
creased, 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 bor
ough (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. Al
though llnlshed In a stylo of severe
plainness, ihe building was the prldo
or the town. At its completion It was
brilliantly Illuminated by the stu
dents, who Hindu the day one of great
festivity and rejoicing.
Lafnyette's First Graduates.
On aiay 1st, 1S:U, 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 Gov
ernor Ramsey, of Minnesota; Dr.
Grler, editor of the Presbyterian; the
Hon. James aionison Harris, of Uitl
tlmoro. nnd his distinguished towiis
man, John W, 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 refer
ence to the manual labor system. A
thorough trial was made of It, and
work, both agricultural and mechan
ical, was carried on for several years,
but tho authorities were obliged at lust
to admit Its failure as n 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 de
vote 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, .Ittnkln
encouraged the formation of students'
courts for the trial of misdemeanors,
but there was keen oversight, nnd the
strong arm or government.
Dr. .Itmkln twinned the presidency
in 1SI1 to accept the presidency of Mi
ami University, Ohio. He was, how
ever, 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, Vir
ginia. 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 at
tendance 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 endow
ment or $100,000 by the sale of scholar
ships, 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, how
ever, 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 col
lege 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 vi
tality was at once Infused, and new
vigor characterized the work of the
college. President Cattoll devoted him
self for twenty years to tlie task of
building up the college, and with grow
ing opportunities pushed on tlie Im
portant, 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 re
luctance. James IT. aiason Knox, 1"). r., LL.
D., 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 dig
nity and prudence.
lie resigned the presidency in June,
1S;i0. 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
j!lu0,000. Tho end of Dr. Knox's ad
ministration 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.-.
.dent 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 n steady advance In
most matters relating to the prosper
ity 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 gift
ed 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 attend
ance 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 '.M7 In 1SS7,
since which timo R bus again risen,
standing In tho catalogue of 1893 at
S06, and In that of 190 at 33, and In
that "f 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
instruct))!. Tn lSGVCfi the number
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nidi.onicAi. laboratory.
wa sixteen! nt the ptescnt tlmo It is
thirty.
Tho Grounds and Buildings.
The college grounds have been en
larged by successive purchases to In
clude about forty acres, The campus
has been greatly Improved within t,ho
last few yen is. and presents a picture
of rare beauty. The authorities re
gard 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 struct
ure (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 b"in added. Tho chapel Ins
lately been throughly renovated, Its
walls freshly tinted, an elect! " chand
elier 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 wor
ship 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
!'o-- 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 G i cen.
t Lafayette's Finest Building.
Ry far the finest structure on the
grounds is Pardee Hall. Tills magni
ficent 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 depart
ment by its munificent rounder. Air.
Pardee. On Wednesday, aiay lilst,
ISO!), 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 later
al and cross wings four stories In
height, the central part being five stor
ies. 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, collect
ions in mineralogy and natural his
tory, 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 dormi
tories up to not only a high standard
or beauty, hutiOf comfort and conveni
ence. 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 out
ward 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. Inter
ests 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 u 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 strong
est 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, con
sisting 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 valu
able 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 pho
tographs 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 manipula
tion, 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 philos
opher. All study Is accompanied by
exercises nf practice or research,
v Some note should also here be made
of the Influences that promote the cul
ture 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 senti
ment which prevails among the stu
dents, 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 represen
tation in the fields of literature and
science, and a goodly list of her alum
ni 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; edi
tors, SO; physicians, 366; in the techni
cal 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 encour
aged 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 asso
ciations in their work, while at tlie
same time it has taken care, by care
ful regulations and supervision, to pre
vent excess.
The athletic association is compara
tively modern, and intercollegiate ath
letics, 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 n large score In
u 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 con
test 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 coun
try, In baseball Lafayette's success
has been equally remarkable. Including
victories over Harvard, Yale, Prince
ton, and Pennsylvania,
The Lafayette College Athletic Asso
elation is now managed by a gradu
ate 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 knowl
edge; 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 re
sult 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 duti
ful 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 con
troversial or sectarian teaching. It
asks, and docs not need to demand,
loyalty to tho truth, reverent scholar
ship, 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. H
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 com
munal life. The dormitory life la very
free. The restraints of home nnd gen
eral 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 col
lege opinion Is therefore strong, nnd
It grows stronger each year. The great
HALL.
concern of college teachers U 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 ("Washington" and
"Franklin"), 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 de
serve 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 or
atory and debate give tlie public an
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opportunity of showing their appre
ciation 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 elo
cution, 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 m NVI.sler ave-tun-,
cm ril WJ jiolnu, ripijl lo '0
kiilui I llii-rs (or I'lie iar cull, mill re-irht-U
.in order ior n tour jji' hcholar.
lii in U'unim Si'iuiiuiy, aluct at
S.omi.
Airriirit Ki:uti:iti:it, of rartoinii-,
inn! .W7 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 '-i.-i,
PAVIP V. lllirailY, of I'rovlJoiict, kciiit-iI
4IU iolnlk, rqttat In i7 sulMrlUra (or
ono ,M',ir mill, unit irnl(U a piano
)jll'il :it its',.
MISS MAItV VCAUCII, ot llosiw, secured
J!i iiilnt, iiii.il to T iilliM'iilirM (or
one jiar i.uh, .unl riiiitfl u rnuiko In
iiJiu) IuttiuUiou at the Sc-unloii Con
nwlory ot .MihIc, aliinl at ffi. (Mki
YrJfiT 1II1I not ruler tlie conlfet until
it j uuliln uliout tiara waks o
i Mm: )
i;i(SKXi; IIW.AXI), o( llunmori-. mciium 273
point, t'ljiul to LM hiilwnbi'is for one
.w.if 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 :SM piinli, equal to 20 snbxrilit ri
for one ,w-.ir raili, unit ircrUt'd a iliolar.
chip in llio ftUJiitoii DiuliK'.-s I'ollfiv,
valued ut SOU.
MISS JKXJCIr: JIKYKNS, c( l.aW Aiirl,
lUU'd 2'.!j point, equal lo l'J ilbtiiutr.
for one .HJr 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 llloonubnn;,
I'uieil 1S.I point), equal to 1U nibtnberj
for ono )er eaili, and inelved a Coluie
bl.i bin tic, wine at t'o.
HISS (ilt.U'i: SI'IHKI.I., o( I'jlbou.Ue, f.
tuitil li'i point, equal to It tub.i tlbers
(or one .Mar each, and rccebtU u Hold
njUIi valued at f;o.
KAIIHV lli:i:si:, o( llwlo rark. secured 113
points equal to 10 ml'senben. (or one
,cir 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 de
manded, 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 north
eastern Pennsylvania. Divided Into
the various classes, they are;
Senior class, 1901 Charles W. Beers,
Wllkes-Bnrre; Wlllnrd J. BtelaalU
Honesdnle; Olin P. Harvey. Jr.,
Wllkea-Burre; Kit ward R. HUghes.
Scrnntoni and Harold S. Keller,
Rlootnsburg.
Junior class, t002 Charles L Bry
den, Plttston; William P. FlUgwmlrt,
Wllkes-Burre: Bruco B. Loomts,.
Wilkes - Barre; Thomas Morgan,
Wllkes-Barre; Robert ar. Salmon,
Honesdale; nnd William J. Williams,
Kingston.
Sophomore- class. 1003 Thnma."
Burns, aiooslc; David D. Cure,
.Termynf Robert B. Hitchcock, Scran-
ton; Harry K. aicNeal, Stroudsburjr;
Joshua L. aRiier, Wllkes-Barrc; Al
rted A. Walter. Wllkes-Barre: and
Wllllant J. Welsh, Jr., 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 t
PoteU
1. Meyer Lewis, Scran
ton ...... ...... 216
2. Henry Sen weaker,
South Scranton... 172
3. William Miles, Hyd
Park 11B
4. J. Garfield Ander
son, Carbondale. . . 102
6. August Brunner, Jr.,
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 ...... ..... S
14. E. J. Sheridan, Haiv-
icy i . t
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.
.Scbwenker leads Miles by 67, nnd An
derson 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 morning".
Those who nre thinking- of Jnlnlna
the contest should read the advertise
ment 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 scholar
ships .or would like to obtain a book
ot 6Ulpccrlptlon blanks, nddresa "Edi
tor Educational Con leaf, (Scranton
Tribunei Scranton fa." ,SJU
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, T, 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. A.,
will preach lit the rresbyteclan church
on Sunday nvenlng.
Mr. K. I1". 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, O, 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. H, W, llevan of Scranton, called
on lllmhui-rit friends last evening,
Mr, Dana Kdily, who has been visit
ing at the home of Mr, A, B, Wil
liams, 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 visit
ing at Uunovu, X. V.
Mr. Scuddef-of Prumptnn has return
ed to his homo after a few days visit
nt the homo of Mr. H. J, 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 morn
ing ut 11 o'clock. In the evening- Rev.
Mr, Kvans of Taylor wjl) occupy the
pulpit.