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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.

 

Note: ICS, now Penn Foster Career School, is still in business today

International Coorespndence Schools, 1908

 

Name

County

Address

Year

No. of Subjects and/or Drawing Plates completed

Course of Study

Diploma or Certificate
Garrison, R.C. Fayette Oelwein, Box 462, 123 7th Ave.

1900

5 S, 10 P

Complete Architectural .
Gartz, H.J. Fayette Oelwein

1902

6 S

Building Contractors' .
Chandler, E.W. Fayette West Union

1903

3 S

Complete Stenographic .
Fitch, L. Fayette Waucoma, Box N

1905

3 S

Complete Stenographic .
Nefgger, G. Fayette Hawkeye

1903

2 S

Bookkeeping & Business Forms .
Gray, L.D. Fayette West Union

1904

6 S

Bookkeeping & Business Forms .
Sanford, V.L. Fayette Oelwein, Box 205

1902

6 S, 38 P

Mechanical Drawing .
Myers, W.I. Fayette Oelwein, 17 4th Ave. E.

1906

3 S, 26 P

Draftsmen's Course .
Sanford, V.L. Fayette Oelwein, Box 205

1906

2 S, 13 P

Draftsmen's Course .
Hartley, A.V. Fayette Oelwein

1902

4 S, 13 P

Electrical Engineering .
Hurnance, C.R. Fayette West Union

1906

6 S

Telephone Engineering .
Smith, E. Fayette West Union, Box 66

1906

7 S, 1 P

Electric Lighting & Railways .
Ott, F.E. Fayette Clermont, Box 36

1903

11 S

Electric Railways .
Baldwin, C.W. Fayette West Union

1900

25 S, 17 P

Architectural Drawing .
Horton, Lizzie Fayette Arlington, Box 97

1904

2 S, 11 P

Carpet Design .
Hanson, N. Fayette Oelwein, Box 344

1906

7 s, 15 P

Surveying & Mapping .
Welch, J.A. Fayette Oelwein

1904

34 S

Complete Steam Engineering .
Duwall, H. Fayette Oelwein, 314 1st Ave. S.

1906

15 S

Engine Running .
Babcock, A. Fayette Waucoma, R.F.D. 1

1904

14 S

Engine Running .
Johnson, Grace Fayette Alpha, Box 65

1905

3 S

Civil Service .
Baldwin, I.J. Fayette Oelwein

1904

4 S

Civil Service .
Brownson, Minnie Fayette Fayette

1902

17 parts

French Language .
Albro, F.R. Fayette Oelwein, 112 2d Ave. W.

1899

15 S

Locomotive Running, Complete .
Gochenour, W. Fayette Oelwein, 411 1st Ave. E.

1896

15 S, 26 P

Electrical Engineering .
Parrott, S. Fayette Oelwein

1900

20 S, 25 P

Electrical Engineering .
Neville, J.D. Fayette Oelwein

1902

6 S

Shop Practice, Machine-Shop Division .
Hiler, C.O. Fayette Oelwein, 29 N. 3d St.

1904

16 S

Shop Practice, Foundry-Work Division Diploma
Morgan, D.R. Fayette Oelwein, General Delivery

1901

3 S

Roundhouse .
McCulloch, T. Fayette Oelwein, Box 455

1907

1 S

Complete Air Brake .
Mohler, I.V. Fayette Oelwein, 121 2d Ave. N.

1904

6 S

Complete Trainmen & Carmen's .
Kennedy, J. Fayette Oelwein

1900

3 S

Complete Trainmen & Carmen's .

~source The International Correspondence Schools, Education by Mail; publication date 1908
~photo is of the cover of the publication listing the students and graduates
~names extracted and contributed by S. Ferrall for Fayette co. IAGenWeb

 
     

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