A Novel 
Educational 
Competition 
Combines pleasure with infor- 
mation and mental training 
The Century Co. announces an edu- 
cational competition which it is hoped 
will arouse very general interest. Three 
€xamination papers, each sto fifty 
questions have been prepared; the 
competitors have a month to answer each 
set. The prizes are as follows: $500 
to the person sending in the best set of 
answers, $100 for the second best, $50 
for the third, two of $25 each for the 
fourth and fifth, and thirty of $10 each 
for the next thirty in order of merit. 
pale is also another and special offer 
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spol cation a each Set ion. Anyone, 
wea who devotes to them three al 
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better seth and stand an ex- Pleasure 
cellent chance of winning a ond 
— Education 
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Do ease eee education when 
you leave school or college ; keep on 
learning. Horace Garces said of Lin- 
coln that his success lay largely in the 
fact that every day he lived he acquired 
new knowledge and Pe efor 
broadened. Get the akin . . 
tion that is in these questions. Univer. sity 
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