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The International Correspndence Schools, Scranton, PA.

International Correspondence Schools
Scranton, PA

Founded in 1891, ICS offered courses on the installment plan. Ten Courses could be paid for in advance or on a "sixty-days-same-as-cash" basis, but most students opted for paying in three, five, or ten-dollar monthly installments. The installment plan was extremely important because some of the ICS courses were expensive. For example, in 1906, the "Complete Architecture" course cost $110 if paid in advance. The price rose to $122 on the ten-dollar plan, $130 on the five-dollar plan, and $135 on the three-dollar plan. The payment plans allowed people who did not earn much to take advantage of an incredible educational opportunity on a budget.

Name	County	Address	Year	No. of Subjects and/or Drawing Plates completed	Course of Study	Diploma or Certificate
Decker, F.H.	Delaware	Masonville, R.F.D. 1	1907	4 S	Bookkeeping & Business Forms
Williams, C.B.	Delaware	Manchester, Box 10	1902	4 S, 25 P	Mechanical Drawing
Bailey, S.C.	Delaware	Hopkinton	1903	6 S	Electric Lighting
Hines, T.C.J.	Delaware	Manchester, main St.	1905	14 S	Electric Lighting & Railways
Richardson, D.A.	Delaware	Earlville	1903	11 parts	German Language
Hoyt, B.F.	Delaware	Manchester	1898	6 S	Metal Prospectors'
McNeill, A.J.D.	Delaware	Hopkinton, R.F.D. 3	1903	5 S	Farm Machinery	Diploma
McCusker, G.	Delaware	Ryan, R.F.D. 1	1905	2 S	Roundhouse, Division 1