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THE SCRAjNTON TUIBUNE-MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, .1905.
Close of The Tribune's Educational Contest.
The Tribune's third Educational Contest is over.
Augustus J. Kellerman, of Scrnnton, wins tho first places with a
total of 1200 points.
Maxwell Shepherd, of Carbondale, is a very close second, with 1178
points, only 22 points behind.
Oscar H. Kipp, of Elmhurst, is third, with 034 points.
Charles Burns, of Vandling, fourth, with S6D points.
tor of rotirse. The contestants began I by Homer Kresge, at 9.20. Miss Yea-1 slide that same malt returns might I money paid a contostnnt bits not
to come In early, and averaged two or ger, who made live separate icturns materially alter tho icstilt. It had reached those entitled to It, tlioy
three returns an hour, from S o'clock during the day, made her second ono been provided that any letter with a should notify the circulation depart
In tho morning until S In tho evening, at 10.27, and A. J. Kellerman put In the postnutik of 8 p. m. or eaillcr would incut of Tho Tribune, and no effort
The first return was made by Arthur first big bunch of coupons received at bo tecelved and any points that might will be spaied to correct all errors.
Johnston and Eddie Morris for twenty
ninth place. As Mr. Johnston's polnln
were scored twenty-four hours ahead
of Mr. Morris', ho has a choice of
scholarships before the latter does.
Every ptecatttlon was tuken lo guard
against a dispute, In case there should
be 11 tie, an acciirato recotd being kept
or the hour and minute each contestanf
scored.
TEN LEADERS IN THE TRIBUNE'S CONTEST
FOll NEAIUA" six months more
tliun twoscore of earnest young
men and women have been
striving to secure subscriptions
to The Tribune, 'In order that
they might lie credited with points In
The Tribune's Educational Contest,
each hoping to secure someone of
tho thirty-three valuable scholarships
offered as special rewards to those
scoring the largest number.
It was not until 11 o'clock yesterday
morning that the icstilt In full was
known, as the two leading contestants
were so close together. Each slip had
to be gone over thoroughly to make
sure that the contestant had conformed
to all the rule's of the contest. How
ever, there was not tho slightest Irregu
larity In any of tho leaders' returns and
only three old subset Ibers were fouiitl
among the large number brought in.
These points had to be deducted.
The victory of Mr. Kellerman gives
him the first choice of the entire thirty
three scholarships. He will In all likeli
hood select Keystone Academy, In Fac
toryvllle, as best suited to him, al
' though there are a number of higher
priced scholarships.
The friends of the vailous contestants
all seemed to be content to wait until
Monday morning for information as to
the outcome, and, quite unlike the
previous two years, the employes In the
business olllce had but few questions to
answer. It was necessary to ask every
one who did Inquire to wait until Mon
day morning, as several of the contest
ants, who reside out of the city, had
possibly not made their returns In full,
and these might later change results.
POINTS SCORED
ON LAST DAY.
Thiity-three contestants In all bi ought
In the grand total of 3,303 points on Sat
uidny, divided as follows:
Maxwell Shepherd, Carbondale
Oscar- II. Kipp, Klinhurst
HerboU Thompson, Carbondale ,
A. J. Kellerman, Scrunlon
Charles Burns, Vandiing ,
Albert Freedman, Bellevue ,
A. L. Clark, Green Giove ,
William II. Sherwood, Harford ,
Miss Mary Yeager, Green nidge
William T. S. Rodriguez, Scranton..,
Leroi E. Stanton, Scrauton
John Mackle, Providence
Henry E. Collins, Klzers
Miss Jane Mathewson, Factory vllle..
J. A. Havenstrlte, Moscow
Hendrick Adams, Chinchilla
Homer Kresge, Hyde Park
Fred K. Gunster, Gieen Ridge
Eddie Mori Is, South Scianton
Fred Kibler, South Scranton
Miss Edna Coleman, Scianton
F.lmer Williams, Elmhurst
Lewis Bates, Scranton
Louis Gere, Brooklyn
Walter Hallstead, Scianton
Harry Madden, Scranton
William Cooper, Pilccbiug
Churles W. Doisey, Scranton
Frank O. McCreary, Hallstead
Miss Beatrice Harpur, Thompson....
Lee Culver, Springville
Don C. Capwell, Scranton
Arthur J. Thayer, South Scrauton...
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Two of the contestants who weie In
the list of thirty-three leaders up to the
closing day were unfortunate enough to
fall below thirty-third place in the dual
unmd-up. They aie Leo Culver, of
Springville, who finishes in thirty
fourth place, and Grant M. Decker, of
Hallstead, who is now thirty-fifth.
.Miss Mary Yeager, of Green Ridge,
furnished the surprise of the day. In
the moinlng she was in thirty-sixth
plate, but by haul work and fiequent
retains on Saturday, she was able to
finish eighteenth, and leads the list of
joupg ladles, and will be entitled to
tlm first choice of scholarships for
girls.
There were ten contestants who fin
ished In precisely the same positions
that they occupied on Satin day morn
ing, these being A. .1. Kelleinmn,
Charles Burns, Albert Froednian, J.
A. Havenstrlte, Hendrick Adams, Miss
Jnno Mathewson, Louis Geie, Eddie
Mollis, Miss Edna Coleman and Wal
ter Hallstead. There were twenty-four
otheis who weie shifted around, up in
down, according to their own or their
neighbors' rise and fall.
SOWE OF THE MORE
IMPORTANT CHANGES.
Tho great rise of Maxwell .Shepherd,
of Carbondale, was a surprising feat
uio of tho day. .Mr, Shepherd's re
turns canto in two batches, the first
being brought to Hid ollicc at 7 p. ni
containing Ct2 points, and the other ar
riving In u letter bearing tho Carbon
dale postmark of ii p, ni with is
points. Twenty-three more points
would have given Mr. Hheplioid first
place,
Oscar II. Kipp, of Elmhurst, also
did remarkably well. Ho did not enter
the contest until It was uioio than
month old, and had a big lead tuSivcr
conic. Ho was In second place on Sul
tirduy morning, and diopped to tlilul
jilaco at tho close, but ho Is assured of
n good scholarship, no matter what
the two others may select.
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C'hrales Uurns, of Vandltng, finishes
In the same place In which he has
been for tho past week fourth. Ho
holds this place by a margin of CO
points over Herbert Thompson.
Herbert Thompson, of Cuibondale,
was seventh on Saturday morning, but
despite the good returns brought In
by William Uodrlguez, William Sher
wood and Fred Gunster, he succeeded
In passing them and going to fifth
place. Thus tho two nmbltlous young
men from the Pioneer City will flgiue
well up among the first of the con
testants, after a most stubborn and
long drawn-out struggle.
William T. S. Rodriguez, of Scran
ton, dropped fiom thlrdt to sixth place,
although he has made a very good
fight. He adds one more to u chain of
victories In various contests held by
The Tribune during the past tlnee
yeuis, Ills brother Charles Is ot pres
ent a student at AVyoitilng Seminary,
Kingston, I'a., as a result of winning
the first place In The Tribune's Edu
cational Contest two years ago.
Wllllum Sherwood, of Harford,
Fhould be proud of himself this morn
ing. It Is not often a young man, han
dicapped as he has been by his long
distance from Scranton and In tho
center of a small farming community,
can show such splendid staying quali
ties. He only dropped clown one place
In the rush of the Inst hour, and Is
seventh, being !2 points behind Mr.
Thompson.
Albert Freedman, of Bellevue, who
retains eighth place. Is an example of
hustle and activity. He Is only 10
points behind Mr. Sherwood.
Fred K. Gunster, of Gieen Ridge. In
ninth place now, dropped from fifth,
the furthest of any of the ten leadeis
Mr. Gunster has been employed to a
cre.itei- nr lessi-r extent In work nut- I
side Scranton and, consequently, has
not been able to do his best.
Joseph A. Havenstrlte. of Moscow,
who retains tenth place, completes the
list of the flr-t ten leaders, air. Haven
strlte was tho first one to enter the
contest, and also the first one to scoie
a point, air. Havenstrlte has been
close to I tenth plnOe all through the
contest.
Below tenth pi. ice there Were also
many changes. Those who made a
gain in their position over the ones
they occupied on Saturday inotnlng
ate:
Lerol E. Stanton, of Scranton, went
fiom twelfth to eleventh place.
Henry 10. Collins, of Kissers, went
from sixteenth to fourteenth.
aiiss Mary Yeager, of Green Ridge,
went, from tiilrty-slxlh to eighteenth.
A. L. Claik, of Green Grove, went
fiom twenty-fourth to liftcenth.
John aiackle, of Providence, went
from twenty-eighth to nineteenth.
RUSH OF THE
CLOSING HOURS.
The day was devoid of the ru--h, ex
citement and bustle expected as a iu.it-
THE THIRTY-THREE WINNING
CONTESTANTS.
1. A. J. Kellerman. Scranton ;2II0
-. Maxwell Shepherd, Carbondale. 1 ITS
',',. Oscar 11, Kipp. Jilmhur.st ji:,
-I. Charles P.tirus, Yandlinpr si!l
.". Herbert Thompson, Carbondale SIM!
(!. William T. S. Rodriguez, Scranton 7.-,:t
7. William Sherwood. 1 larford 70s
S. Albert Freedman, Mellevne 701''
!). Fred K. Gunster, Green Ridge li."li
10. J. A. ilavcns-tiite, Moscow .(Ill)
11 . L. E. Stanton, Scrauton '. :isii
1:2. Charles V. Dorsey, Scranton :)
i:i. 1 lendricl: Adams, Chinchilla i!)
14. Henry li. Collins, Iwers :..-,.-,
lo. A. L. Clark, Green Grove 'j: l
1 Ii. Lewis J Sates, Scranton i:
17. 1 Tarry Madden, Scranton -j)
15. Miss Mary Yeager, Green Ridge 17.",
10. John MacUie, Providence 171
:.(). J lomer Kresge, Hyde Park hju
-I. Miss Jane Mathewson, Pactoryvillc 101
UJ. Rimer Williams, Elmhurst ..." 1:27
l':!, Miss Ueatricc Harpur, Thompson 1:2 1
1 . 1'Ved Kibler, South Scranton m
:..". 1'Vank I !. McCreary, J lallstead 117
-li, William Cooper, Priccburg 101;
-7. Louis Gere, lirooklyn . . '. .);:
l!S. Hon C. Capwell, Scranton S7
). Hush Johnston. Forest City si!
MO. Eddie Morris, South Scrauton sii
:l. Miss lulna Coleman, Scrauton 7s
:'2. Wither I lallstead, Scrauton 00
!':!. Arthur J. Thayer, South Scrauton ,-l
Note It Is possible that one or two changes may hu made in tlu lower
p.irt of tho lift, lis two contestants who weie In tho table uu Fi'ijiday
moinlng have not been lieoid fiom. If a legistuied letter bad been mailed 011
hatuulil)' afternoon It would have leached Sciunton yc.istcrduv, and would
ciiino within Ihe rules of the contesl, although The Tilbune would not b-j
able, to get such a letter until Monday morning.
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J. Thayer at S.2.", and lie wan followed
by .Miss Mary Yeager at Si.lS a. in.
Fred Kibler was the third to reach the
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11.2.".. And so it continued until the
(.luring hour. Tho-o who scored points
after 7 o'clock p. in. were Maxwell
Shepherd, 7 p. 111.; Fi cil (tuuster. 7.0J:
Miss Yeager. 7.11: Don ('. Capwell,
7.12; J. A. Havenstrlte, 7.1:!; A. .1. Kil
l'"lMl' 7 '); Chli'le W. Doisey. 7.22;
Fied K. (lunster, 7.30; Mi"s Yeager,
7.11; Allien I'reednian, 7,11: Lewis
Hates, 7.4.r., and Willi 1111 T. S. Kodil-
gile, 7.1U.
Tlieie weie eight (ontertauts who
mailed their returns, all bearing post
marks of S p. m. or eaillcr at tilth'
respective postolilcc-. Tu"-o weie:
Elmer William, s p. 111.. llcrbe.-t
ThonipMin, 1; p. in.; Louis Here, .", p. 111.;
J. A. llaonstrile, S p. in.; Ileilieit
Thompson. 0 p. in.; Fiank M. M(
l're.ir, f p, in.; Maxwell .Shepherd, 0
V. in., .Mis-. Jane Mathewson, 7 p, m.
The onlv contestant In the lUt of
thirty-three loadei.s who did not mite
a point was Hugh .lohnrton, ot Finest
'ity, of whom nothing was heaid
either In pre.son or by letter.
Xellher of the two Carbondale win
ners cvmo hi Tile Tiibuue olllce. Max
well Sheplieid was jopresented by his
bi other, Itussell, e:-seleet (ounellman
and piesldent of the board of health
of Carljomule, who came down on tho
ii o'clock train, while Maxwell ie
inalncd at hemic to IiiimIo lor a few
more points, Herbert Thompson
mailed all his, depositing them In the
Carbondale postolllce In two paekagaes',
at i p. 111.
Tlnee of the contestants-, E, Stan
on. IliDr.v Madden and John Mncklo,
were on duty with the Thirteenth iegl
ment at Olyphant. and not one of the
trio could get away, So they had to
depend upon fi lends and lelntlve.s to
gum (I their liitm est.".
MIhs heal) lee Harpur, MIhs J.ino
Malhewson, LoulH Ucre, Frank II. Mc
Creary and Elinor Williams all de
pended upon lTnelo Hani to keep nnfc
and deliver piomptly their packugea of
slipH and money, and hi each case the
titiHtee piovcd faithful.
POSSIBILITY OF
FURTHER CHANGES.
In accordance with tho rules printed
In Tho Tribune, no report of the stand
ing of tho varioua contests was given
out on .Satuiday night, as It was pos-
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ho contained therein would be counted
for the contestant who s-ent It. Thcio
weie seveial letteis lccelved at the
postolllce that came under tills rule,
and some ot them did make a material
dlffnence in tli final result affecting
the positions ot those below fourth
place. Fortunately, no letter was
postmarked alter .S p. in., and thus all
clianee of eontioveioy Is avoided.
The- only possible clmmo of a change
In the lesult, as announced above, is
the receipt of a legh'leicd letter this
morning. Such a letter may have
cached Scianton yestciclay morning,
but The Tilbiiuu would not get It until
today.
The best feattno of the grand wind
up of the contest is the entire absenio
of anything that would engender hit
ler feelings. There was no padding of
the leturns by ten or twenty year
subscriptions, as many thought thcie
might be. The ::,;!0."i points scored
rf.iturday lepreiviit new subscribe!!',
who were not on the clic illation bonks
of The Tilbune prior to the contest.
In all, there weie nearly 1:!,U09' points
scored dining thr contest, and as each
point means at least a mouth's sub
scription lo begin Willi, and a possible
lenewal every month hpreafler, the
magnitude of The Tribune's Educa
tional Contott and Its splendid success
can be Imagined.
TO OUR NEW
SUBSCRIBERS.
We trust that our new sub.-c rlbcrs
will bear with us if a few mistakes tiro
made In tho dolhcry of their papers at
the start. It Is haul for any one not In
touch with the work to leallxo tho
magnitude of the task of the circula
tion nianagor, llo was compelled to
work all ot Saturday night and a good
piuliou of yestexlay, allotting tho
names to the various carriers In tho
city and mihuths tluougliout North
eastern lVnnsylvunln, It Is hoped ill
a few days to have everything runnlrg
smoothly, and that ihoeafter thero
will be no cause for complaint, Ue
celpts will be sent to each subscriber
u.sfust us they can be made out, und
should bo iccelved within two or thiro
days. If by tho first of next week The
Tilbune Is not received egularly and
lu good older, or If a receipt for tho
J. A. IIAVEXSTIUTE.
WM. T. H. RODltlGl'EZ.
THE OUT-OF-TOWN
CONTESTANTS.
The Tribune, dm Ing the early days
of the contest, repeatedly called at
tention to 'the fact that out-of-town
contestants had an ectunl chance with
those lesldlng In the city of Scranton.
There weie several reasons to
strengthen this argument. First, In
the smaller towns tlieie is 11 local pride
In any young person who Is earnestly
slilvlng to better his piospeets 111 the
battle of life. In the city, this local
pride must necessarily be divided
among several, and does not center on
any one individual. Secondly, tlieie Is
UMialiy not the competition that is ex
perienced lu the city, where. In many
Instances the same merchant or
householder lias been called upon by
six or eight different contestants. The
lesult of the contest demonstrates
thet The Tilbune's reasoning was real
ly founded upon s'ound argument. The
records of Maxwell Shepherd, of Car
bondale; Oscar Kipp, of Elmhurst;
Charles limns, of Vnndllng; Herbert
Thompson, of Carbondale; William
Sherwood, of Harford; J. A. Haven
strlte, of .Moscow; Hendrick Adams, of
Chinchilla: John Mackle, of Piovi
dence; Miss Harpur, of Thompson;
Miss Mathewson, of Faetoryvllle; A. L.
Clark, of Green drove, and many
others, are examples of what was
within the reach of many others In
neat by towns who feared to enter into
competition with Scranton young peo
ple. WHAT WAS DONE
WITH TIES.
As will be noticed by the tnblo of
winning contestants, there aie two ties.
Jn tho llrst ease, Miss Heatrlce Harpur
and Fied Kibler are apparently tied
for twenty-third place, but the place Is
given to the Thompson young lady,
under the right of pilorlty, tho rule
covering this saying: "hi case ot ties,
the ono who succeeds lu llrst scoring
tho number of points will havo tho first
choice of a special reward. The hour
of making tho leturu at The Tribune
alike or tho postmark will decide. Miss
llarpur's letter born a postmark of 7
p. in. on Friday evening.
Tho other tie was between Hugh
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SOMETHING ABOUT
THE CONTESTANTS.
It will probably Interest our readers
to know something about these ambi
tious young men nnd women, so a
biography of some of the contestants
Is herewith given:
AVOrST.US J. KELLHKMAN.
Mr. Kellerman was born at G4S Ey
nou street, this city. lie attended the
public schools of Scranton for about
six years. His (list situation was with.
Everllt Hros., grocers, on Adums ave
nue, where he was employed for about
three "years. One of the members ot
the firm secured a position for Mr.
Kelleiinau with' the Pierce company,
formerly W. II. Pierce's market, on
Peiiu avenue. He entered upon his
new employment on May 20, ISflfi, as q.
driver, and Is still In the same position.
Mr. Kellermnn's ambition for the fu
ture Is perhaps best told in his own
ivords:
"Xow, lu regard to my ambition for
the futuie, allow me to tell you where
It was born Into my life. On Oct. 2'.t,
1U0O, by an invitation from a young
nun, T went to the Young Men's Chris
tian association rooms, 316 Washing
ton avenue, where they hold a prayer
meeting every -Monday evening. At
that meeting .Mr. 1L.C. Shafer, cashier
of the Scranton Savings bunk, wus the
speaker.
"Theie weie about thirty-two young
men piesent, nnd Mr. Shafer spoke
earnestly and strongly to the young
men about living Christian lives, after
which about twenty of these young
men told of their experience In their
Christian lives thnt week In their
dully work. Then Mr. G. G. Mnhy, sec
retary, gave nu invitation, saying:
'Aim there any men here tonight who
would like to give their hearts to God.
and live like these other young-men
aie living'."
"I arose lo my feet with, tears In my
"yes and a bleeding heart, and said:
'Yes sir, I do want to live n better
life,' and I gave my heart to God In
that meeting. From that very hour I
was born Into a changed heart and
life. My ambition from then until now
has been to give my whole life to pub
lic Christian work, and I am glad to
say today that this ambition Is grow
ing stronger every day.
"I want to thank the people ot Scran
ton for their kindness and earnestness
in helping me. 1 want to give thanks
also to The Scranton Tribune for their
great offer. Only those who do not
have money and have been struggling
tor an education know how to fully ap
preciate this offer. I appreciate it with
all my heart."
Mr. Kellerman is a married man and
has one child. He is confident of his
ability to support them while he la pur
suing his studies.
Maxwell Shepherd.
Maxwell Shepherd was born In the
city of Carbondale, where he still re
sides. He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Shepherd, of C3 Salem avenue,
and is 20 years of age.
He attended the public schools of
the Pioneer City until three years ago,
when he accepted a. situation with tho
Ontario and "Western Railroad com
pany and entered Its employment as a
clerk in their coal department nt the
Maylleid yard. He Is now In the mas
ter mechanics' olllce of the road.
Mr. Shepherd is a member of the
First Presbyterian church of Carbon
dale. lie is a brother of ex-Councilman
Kussell Shepherd, of Carbondale, the
genial passenger agent of the Erie rail
road in that city.
Mr. Shepherd's future ambition Is to
be an engineer, as he had a fondness
for machinery ot all kinds.
Oscar H. Kipp.
Oscar II. Kipp was born at Green
town. Pa., in May, 1SS4. His father, H.
Ii. Kipp, was a lumberman and merch
ant there. Four years ago he and his
family lemoved to Elmhurst, Pa.,
where Mr. Kipp engaged in tho mer
cantile business, employing Oscar ns
his clerk.
Oscar Klpp's future ambition Is to
become nn electrical engineer and In
furtherance of that object he entered
the Educutlonnl Contest.
Charles Burns.
Cliuiies Hums was born at Treorkoy,
filainorgaushlre, South Wales. Ills
family removed to Manchester, Eng
land, at an early age and there young
Charles attended the Hank Meadow
hoard school and nfterward the Blrley
street high school, Owing to poor
licnlth Charley's father camo to the
United States in ISM and In 1890 lie was
joined by his family.
Charles lecamo n bleaker boy after
being In this country but two weeks,
and after growing strong enough ho
went Into tho Clinton mines, where ho
woi keel for three years, Itepeated at
tacks of sickness compelled him to quit
work here,
ltesolved to secure an education
Charles attended the Forest City high
school and completed the course 'of
study prescribed by tho hoard of
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