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EARN AND LEARN
AT THE SAME TIME
Great Opportunities Offered
by the Internatioal Corres
pondence Schools.
HOW STUDENTS ARE
TRAINED BY NAIL
Practical Preparation for Life-Work.
Interesting Description of How the
Different Courses Arc Hnndled.
Languages Taught Through the
Medium of the Phonograph How
Students Arc Helped to Positions.
Some Astonishing Plguros of En
rollment Five Scholarships in In
ternational Correspondence Schools
Are Offered Through The Tribune's
Educational Contest Any Course
May Bo Selected Interesting De
tails of Yesterday's Results.
Spanish, Electro-Therapeutics for 'phy
sicians and nurses. The method of ln
structlon In foreign luiiRimgos Is cm
pcelnlly Interesting. Each student Is
provided with n practical Edison
phonograph on which the voice and for
eign accent of the language professor
may he reproduced at will. The stu-
inenl olllccn ate maintained In nearly
itvcry city III ho United States and
Unnaditi hild Ilia school ahd home of
fice In Herunton occupy wholly or In
part fifteen olllce buildings In addition
to the magnificent strttolUM Hhown In
our Illustration. A half million dollar
printing plant, In process of construe
Hon, will ho the largest print shop In
tlio country. When wo learn that nil
average or over 10,000 new students are
out oiled each mouth, we can under
stand the rapid growth of the Institu
tion, and congratulate our country on
the ambition of the American working
mall'. The school arc always open to visi
tors, r.nd courteous guides explain many
Interesting details of the work. A
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FEW PEOPLE know that the larg
est, educational Institution In the
world Is situated In the heart of
the anthracite coal legion In Scran
ton. Pa. Yet It Is a fact that
nearly half a mllllint men and
women liavo enrolled as students
of this unique training school. The
large cm oilmen t, exceeding by far the
number of students In all the colleges
of this country, Is still more remark
able In view of the fact that Its pupils
are sen tiered all over the globe, are al
ready at work, and never see the pro
fessors that tialn them for promotion
and better pay.
Over ten years ago, Thomas. J. Fos
ter, now president of the International
Correspondence Schools of Scranton,
Pa., was editing and publishing a
monthly journal devoted to the educa
tion of coal miners and mine ofllcials In
the technical principles of mine en
gineering'. The demand for more sys
tematic instruction, however, soon be
came apparent, and in 181)1 Mr. Foster
developed Ills plan of training coal
miners by mail to pass examinations
and to fill positions as mine foremen
and superintendents.
The growth of the Institution during
lie last ten years has been an illustra
lon of American enterprise. From the
jxperlmenlal "School of Mines" It has
developed into a colossal training
school for the masses. It now prepares
people for p.iylng positions in nearly
every trade or profession, and Is help
ing to maintain the commercial su
premacy of America. Although, as its
title suggests, it lias pupils In every
civilized country on earth, It is an
American institution, backed by Ameri
can brains and capital, and uevoted
first and foremost to the advancement
of the American workingman.
How It Trains by Moil.
Suppose a poor, but ambitious, youn?
man is working- as a dynamo tender In
a traction power-house. Ho would like
to be the electrical engineer or superin
tendent of that power-house, but is
confronted with the hard fact that the
men who fill such positions must know
a great deal about the science of elec
trical engineering that he can never
hope to learn through his work in car
ing for electrical machinery. He can't
stop work to go to school probably he
had to "stop school" to go to work. He
doesn't know which scientific books
would be the best to read, and even If
someone selected them for him, he
probably could not understand half
that the highly educated authors write
nbout. But the most discouraging fea
ture of all Is that no scheme of read
ing textbooks or attending night school
will provide a practical training for the
particular poltlon he wants, neither
will It give him Instruction that will
accord with his previous education, hl3
experience or lack of it, or the time at
hln disposal.
Here Is the key to the success of the
International Correspondence Schools.
The plan originated by Mr. Foster in
JS31, and systematically carried out In
the schools' work, Is the training of
those already at. work for advancement
to some particular position or class
of work. No attempt Is made to give
the I. C. S. student general educational
culture.
As soon as the International Corre
spondence Schools find out just what
position the student wishes to attain,
they send him by mail, as fast as they
are required, pumplilet textbooks spe
cially prepared by practical oxpoits to
teach the technical principles required
Jn that position.
After the student has, through spare
time study, mastered Hit- contents of
the first pamphlet, lie mulls to the
schools his written answers tu text
questions, and then goes to.work on the
second pamphlet At the schools the
answers are carefully examined and re
turned with a personal letter of in.
structlon or a special exeiclse. If either
or both are requhed, to point out rrrois
or correct defects. This Interchange of
instruction and answers and the cor
rection and special exercises continues
throughout the entire course until the
student Is graduated and receives u
diploma,
Provision s made to give him special
Instructions and assistance if he meets
with any difficulty In mastering his
subjects. In addition to the pamphlet
textbooks sent to the student through
out his course, a complete duplicate set
bound In half leather, Is furnished to
hlni for reference purposes. These
"Itefereiice Libraries," as they aie
called, are of great Importance to the
general scheme, With one of these pets
of books In his possession, u student
who has mastered the fundamental por
tlon of his training can solvo technical
problems und successfully handle ad
vnncfd work by referring to the por
tion of his reference library treating on
that subject.
Are Your Boys
Ready for School
Ready in the way
of clothes and fixings?
This store is ready and
prepared for your com
ing. Mothers who know our
various methods of producing the
best styles, will be here to select
the boy's wardrobe. The healthy
boy not only demands stylish
clothes, but that such clothes
shall embody wear-resistance,
both in cloth and construction.
These points are continually
watched by us, The test and
success of thirty-two years proves
that our Boys' Clothes give the
satisfaction we claim for them.
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dent IN nl.o required to make records
of his exercises, by reciting into the
machine. These records arc then
mailed to the schools and the student's
enors In pronunciation and Inflection
are found and corrected. The results
obtained by this system arc really mar
velous, doubtless due to the general
scheme ot the course and to the system
of recitation on phonograph records.
Thus Edison's invention, hitherto re
garded as an Interesting scientific toy,
makes it perfectly practicable to teach
a foreign language by mall.
Six Hallway Instruction Cars.
One of the oddest and most Interest
ing departments of the schools' work is
the instruction of railway employes In
the management of locomotives and
air brake and train apparatus. In ad
dition to the regular training by mail,
stereoptlcon lectures and air brake dem
onstrations are conducted In six pii
vate air brake Instruction cars. Each
of these cais Is fitted with a steam
boiler, nn air pump and a full air brake
equipment for a six-coach passenger
tinin. The leading railroad companies
of the countrv haul these cars around
at thMr own expense in order to encour
age their employes to increase their
real efliclency through the schools' in
struction. The institution Is now con
ducting railway instruction on over
sixty leading roads, among them being
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe,
the Canadl'in Pacific, the Chicago and
Northwestern, the Rock island, the
Delaware and Hudson, the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western, the Erie
and the Union Pacific.
glance at the register of visitors shows
that well-known people from nil over
the world have come to visit this far
reaching American enterprise.
The possibilities of correspondence in
stiuctlon are unlimited. Of course, the
lack of a personal Instructor must be
offset bv great clearness m the spe
cial textbooks used, and by careful cor
rection of the students' work. Hut as
the International Correspondence
Schools assume that each student
knows nothing of the subject he la
studying when he starts on his course,
they make sure that lie has the proper
foundation for the advanced work.
With a competent instructor an ambi
tious student can easily master almost
any lino of technical training. This
does not except even lines of work re
quiring laboratory practice. When
ever lequired, the schools ai range to
provide students with experimental out
fits and apparatus. Tills is the case in
the Drawing, Designing, Electrical,
Metallurgical and Chemical courses.
In the last the student Is required to
make blowpipe or chemical analyses
of unlabeled substances sent to hlni
from Scran ton, and the accuiacy with
which these determinations are made
would surprise many a college student.
Alter all, it Is the man and not the
opportunity that makes success.
The International Correspondence
Schools has been a leading factor In the
dewlopinent of instruction by mall.
Although the Scrnnton Institution Is a
business concern operated by a stock
company with a capital of $3,000,000,
and makes no claim to philanthropy, it
Boys' Norfolk Suit rU oW51
and as compared with last season, the cut of - . r ca
the coat is a decided improvement $3 10 $6.50
Sailor Norfolk Suit
This style is decidedly new
this Fall. To the Norfolk
Coat has been added a broad sailor collar, with worked silk
trimming it's a decided novelty.
Thp VpqJpp lllif" We have secured from the boys'
I I1C IC3LCC lJUH tailors some novel effects for this
season in Vestee Suits. Some are trimmed . .
with silk soutache and pearl buttons $1.70 10 pb
has done and is dolncr vast ninnnnt nf
Students Helped to Get Positions. ' good. It bridges the gap between our
One ullllenlty always met with by am- I'ufllc idiool system and the collegiate
' Trades and Professions Treated.
The International Correspondence
Schools train by mall for almost every
position or clus of work In Mechanical,
Electrical, Civil und Mining Engineer
ing, Archttectuie, Navigation, Chemis
try, Textile Manufacture and business.
1'hcy 4o teaci subjects of a more cul
tuiur character, such ua Drawing, Qr
imcntnl Design, French, Uennun and
bitious workers is that of finding posl
tlons in which they can use their ex
peiionce and knowledge. This diffi
culty Is overcome by the Interwttumal
Correspondence Schools. "When a stu
dent masters the fundamental prin
ciples of the trade or piofession In
w hlch he proposes to succeed, ho Is
placed on the "eligible list" of the stu
dents' nld department. This depart;
meat airauges with huge employers o'f
skilled labor to supply them with the
nunies of students desiring positions.
Progressive employeis are glad of this
opportunity to obtain the services of
men ambitious enough to devote their
spare time to the acquirement of
money-earning knowledge. Although
thoie is always a plentiful supply of
oidlnnry cheap labor, there Is hardly a
business house or manufacturing con
cetti in the country Unit Is not handi
capped by tile lack of men capable of
lining tesjioiislble positions. As the
schools' training Is Intended to fit men
for just such positions, employers nil
oer Hie country are heartily co-operat-Ine
with the Scrantou people In In
creasing the efliclency nf Hie American
worklitgman. Thus any student of av
erage ability Is declared to be practi
cally certain of advancement to a good
position long before ho completes his
com tie. Students Willi no previous
practical experience In the class of
work for which they are being trained
are preferred by employers, for posi
tions of minor responsibility, over thos-o
having experience alone without tech
nical training. Of coVrse, If it were
not for tills fact the average college
gtaduate would have great dllllculty
in getting a position. l.xperlenco is
cheap und within the reach of all.
Trained brains are scarce, and come
high.
Among the prominent concerns that
avail themselves of the services of the
schools In securing employes are the
General Electric Company, the AVest
inghouse Eleclric and Manufacturing
Company, the Westlnghouse Machine
Company, tho Elgin, National Watch
Company, the Pond Machine Tool Com
pany, IJemoiU Miles & Co., the Amerl
can Ttoml Machine Company, the
Pennsylvania Ilallroad, the New York
Cential Uallroad, AVIlllam Cramp &
Sons Ship and Engltio Hulldlng Com
pany, and the lluldwin Locomotive
Works.
A Few Astonishing Figures,
In ten years over 400,000 men and
women have enrolled In the Interna
tional Correspondence Schools. To
carry on tho work of wrlthib' and Illus
trating and printing tho special text-
books, to cxuiiilno und correct tho stu
dents1 work and to operate tho various
uubluess departments requires u force
of over :',500 men und women. Enroll-
Instruction open only to the favored
few. No really ambitious man need
pass ids days in poverty and obscurity
for lack of technical education for his
chosen profession. Uncle Sam's postal
service brings to his own home the
rebooting that he cannot stop work to
obtain. The training received by mall
can be tried and utilized In his work,
and the best combination of theoty
and practice is thus brought about.
The need or American manufacturers
Is toi young blood In their great indus
trial enterprises. Hardly can they af
ford lo wait for men to spend four to
eight years in collegiate training for
wotk that they cannot understand
practically for several years after
giaduation. They are glad to hlio
oung men, IS to 23 years of age, who
are willing to learn and earn at the
seme time keeping puce with their In
creasing responsibilities by adding to
their fund of practical technical knowl
edge. Tho International Schools make
no claim to supplanting technical col
leges, but they cover a Held distinctive
ly their own, and in actual benefits
couferi d on the public by Increasing
the general efficiency of American me
chanics and artisans, stand second to
no educational Institution in the world.
The Tribune's Offer.
Tho Seruiuon Tilbune offers five
scholarships In the International Cor
respondence Schools to the live young
men or women who tiro entitled to the
choice of them by reason of their
htandlng in the Educational Contest.
The winners aie entitled 4o a selection
of any study of the more than 100 sub
jects taught and also Include all Instru
ments mid books necessary to tho suc
cessful completion of tho studies be-lected.
Boys' Two-Piece Suit
This favorite double
breasted suit is shown
here in many new cloth patterns, among which -, .
are some Bannockburn Tweeds v 10 tp5
The Peter Thompson Suit
turned out by this famous maker,
latest ideas for the Fall season.
Most mothers of boys
know the fashions
We are showing his
Boys' Furnishings
Here you find an assortment that is complete in every
detal Shirts, Neckwear, Hats, Caps, Etc., Etc.
Boys' Shoes
This season we open with the
largest and most complete stock of
Boys' Shoes in this city, and we've
kept a sharp lookout for the best
wearing leathers. We're determined
to give the best satisfaction in Boys
Shoes for money received.
The Little Gent Shoe
This make of Shoes proved very
satisfactory last season, both in
wear and style. We're showing the
now Fall lasts
$1.00 to $2.50
The "Walton"
y Here's a Boys' Shoe we've had
made with solid oak tan soles, inner
sole and counter. It's a wear-re-sister
for the healthy boys. All
sizes
$1.25 and $1.50
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Complete Outfitters to Men and Boys.
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morning. Today he Is nine
Ills advance crowds John
Standing: of Contestants
D. C. CAPWELL PASSES
SIXTEEN LEADERS
He Made the Largest Gain-Yet Re
corded in the Contest.
That the month of September will
heo great activity In Tho Tribune's
Educational Contest Is Indicated by
yesterday's returns, when eight pf the
contestants scored a total of 118 points,
divided In this way: Don C. Capwell,
Scrantou, 50; Maxwell Shepherd. Car
bondalo, IS; Oscar II, Klpp, Klmliurst,
15; Wllllain Ilodrlguex, Scrantou, 12;
J. A. Ilavenstrlte, Moscow, 12; Arthur
J. Thayer, South Scrantou, 6; Charles
V. Dorsey, Scrantou, -J, and U K. Stan
ton, Scrauton, l,
Don C. Capwell made one of the
longest gains that has yet been record
ed. He wjb In thlrty.iifth pluco yea-
1. A. J. Kellerman, Scranton.671
2. Charles Burns, Vandling. .528
3. Wm. T. S. Bodriguez,
Scrnnton 381
4. Oscar H. Kipp, Elmhurst. .379
5. Albert Frcedrnan, Belle-
vue 344
6. Herbert Thompson, Car-
bondale 310
7. Wm. Sherwood, Harford . . 307
8. Fred K. Gunster, Green
Ridge 303
0. Maxwell Shepherd, Car-
bondalo 247
10. Chns. W. Dorsey, Scranton.178
11. L. E. Stanton, Scrnnton. .130
12. Hendrick Adams, Chin
chilla 112
13. J. A. Havenstrlte, Mos
cow 108
14. Harry Mndden, Scranton. 00
15. Homer Kresge, Hyde Park 70
10. Frank B. McOreary, Hall
stead 77
17, Miss Beatrice Harpur,
Thompson 74
18. Miss Jane Mathewson,
Fnctoryville 74
10. Bon 0. Capwell, Scranton. 02
20. William Cooper, Friceburg 50
21. Louis Gere, Brooklyn , , . , 40
22. Lee Culver, Springville. . . 30
23. Grant M. Becker, Hall-
stead ,' 38
24. Walter Hallstead, Scran
ton , , . 34
25. Elmer Williams, Elmhurst, 32
20. Miss Edna Coleman,
Scranton 30
27. Hugh Johnston, Forest
City 30
28. Fred Klbler, South Scran
ton ...... 30
20. Eddie Morris, South Scran-
ton ....... ,.,...,. ti
30. Miss Mary Yeager, Green
IMdge ,.,.., ....... 28
31. Harry Banvers, Provi
dence 20
32. Mollis McOusker, Park
Place ,...,..., 23
33. C. J. Clark, FcckviUo . . . , 18
Mackle, of Providence, out of the main
table.
Arthur J. Thayer, of South Scranton,
who enrolled on Aug, 25, made his flrst
return yesterday, making a total of 50
contestants who have scored points.
Mr. Thayer Is now In forty-nrst place,
but there Is lots of room for htm in
the main table and he will probably
make his appearance there before long.
William Rodriguez still holds third
place, but has only two points to spare,
Oscar Kipp having gained thieo on him
yesterduy.
J. A. Havenstilte passed his flrst
century mark and is now but four
points behind Hendrick Adams, In
twelfth place.
Tho contest for the September prizes
has started off tit a lively puce. Mr.
Cnpwell Is In the lead! with Mr. Klpp
not far behind and Louis Gere, who
was tlrst yesterday, In third place this
morning,
Mr. Capwell's sudden rise demon
strates wnut Is likely to take place uny
day and the contestants whom he
passed yesterday may prepare for fur
ther descents unless they profit by his
example and start to work earnestly.
enworth once, when a youth npproached
him and said, familiarly: "What a great
hoi o these things must be to you, gener
al!" "What's that?" asked General Sher
man, quickly. "I say," repeated the
other, "it must bo such a boro to you,
meeting a lot of people you don't know,
mid making them feel that you do re
member them." "Yes, yes," replied tho
general; "now, for instance, I don't know
who tho devil you are."
SEPTEMBER LEADERS.
First Prize
A Mandolin, valued at S10,
Second Prize
No. 2 Brownie Camera.
Third Prize- $
No. 1 Brownie Camera. ' '
Fouith Piizo
No. 1 Brownie Camera.
Don C. Capwell ,,
Oscar II. Kipp ,,,
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Wm. T, S. Itodrlguez ...
Maxwell Shepherd
Herbert Thompson
A, J, Kellerman .,
Joseph A. Havenstrlte
Arthur J. Thayer ,..,.,,
Charles W, Dorsey
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A Beserved Rebuko.
Oeneral Sherman could buy tho most
pleasing mid tactful things, und yet no
one could bu moro sui castle, He was
attending u lurgo icccption ut 1'oit I.C4V-
HANGED, BUT STILL LIVES.
Kansas Man Suspended for an Hour,
but Failed to Die.
From tho Kansas City Journal.
The action of the supreme court In
sending the case of Murderer Jumes
Hamilton back to Butler county for a
new trial has a peculiar Interest from
the fact that Hamilton wns hanged by
the neck through a space of more than
one hour nnd yet lived to describe the
frightful sensation which ho underwent
while swinging at the end of a rope.
In the spring of 1900 Hamilton killed
0 corse J, "Webb, his boss, while work
ing on a rallioad not far from Kuieku,
The men had quarreled and Hamilton
seized an nxe und split Webb's head,
causing lustunt dea'th. He was cap-
lured by tho other laborers and strung
up to a tree. The men wero not expert
In tying tho hangman's knot, however,
and the rope did not compress Hamil
ton's neck tight enough to entirely shut
off his bieath.
After he had hung for more than nn
hour n farmer who chunced to be puss
lug cut him down, but the men who
hml been watching from a little dis
tance at once closed In and prepared
to hang him again. And then followed
a strange yet Inspiring thing. Tho
fanner stood over tho body of tho un
conscious man and pleaded with tho
mob to let the law take Its course.
I.lttlo by little he won them over, until
at last they consented to take Hamil
ton to El Dorado and turn him over to
the authorities, He was tried, convict
ed and sentenced to twenty-one ycais
In the penitentiary, Hi's attorney ap
pealed the case to the supreme court on
a technicality. In the trial ho had
asked certain of the witnesses If they
had not taken part In the hanging.
Th.i county attorney objected to this
(liiaatlon and tho court ruled ft out.
Tho supreme court decided that the
SUMMER RESORT
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Monday wub 69.
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as follows: 9 a. m 1,10 p. m.. P. m, and
CIO p. m. Launches meet hotel hacks for
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question was proper and sent, the cage
back for u new trial.
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His Answer Was Beassuring.i 1
Mgr. Callno, the simple hearted' and
Ingenuous Frenchman, linppeued,,to..b
tiding n a train In te. samo: ,comp.u;ti
mi'iit with a lady whp was In constant
fear of a sniushup, '
At every sudden stop, every jar.i every"
bound of tho bell or wliKUr, ihiio-i qrlotl
out: , ,, 1
"Oh! Oh! Have wo run off the track?
Is It a collision? A10 wo going to' ha
killed?" t
Callno paid no attention, but letnalnd
wiappcd In bolenm bllcinc, Proscutly the
lady said to hlni;
"And you, sir. aren't you afiald of rail
load pceldcutH?" .
, "Not I, nudamc," aiuwcrcd ,Culnr re
nssiuingly. "It has been foretold that (
am to die 011 the Guillotine)"
Tho ncrvoiiH woman went Into hysterics
and hml to ho rcmoml from tlnj.trnhi a(
the uYt,HI4jiynY9ut'0l.V9W'lVVfU-ic
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