The Portland daily press., 1869-06-04
The Western Normal scheel Examina'
ZION and Exercises OF shc ~raeea'-
ing lasss

rhe xyesteru Normal school Exsmina-
,Sor 1md Rxercises Of thc Graduat.
ing lass.
,.sfspecially reported ION the Pressl
wednesday was the last and principal day
of the Examination and Gradualion, and in
the forenoon, as on Tuesday, the exercises were
general, and conducted in the popular way of
modem instruction. As usual in such cases
there was great amount of matter crowded
into brief space of time. The most of the
class studies had been disposed of the day be
fore, and I consequently saw just about the
same features of this school as did OF the one
at Castine 1 tind only few things in this in
struction that cannot cordially commend and
one of these, and the chief one. is the
great subtleness Of some Of the points that
are made in regard to analyses, There is
a possible stretch Of the "explaining" napi''
| The four simple rules o. arithmetic are LOO
much Explained it seems 10 me- so"e'imes'
| IN attemnts at simplicity. Some things are ar
| bitrarv and it is not an unreasonable com
:, o,,;ss "a admit the faetl WeJEfioso they is
voweIs . said the chairman OF the School Com
mittee out West, "but we want to know '0hy
II
We do net for Al moment undervalue the
4 great excellenceof modern teaching, but we do
most sincerely believe that hobbies may come
e-en of teaching But exuberance Of research
| and resource is a good fault, II il be one, and
we still caniindlittle but pralsesof the Normal
| system of teaching. 1t is better than we have
ever before known, and in our State is doing a
| magnificent work Mo9 YiFsqf1q Tse
cannot speak in detail of yesterday fore
Moons exercises, but must not forget the rare
ly beautiful recitation, 'The Bobolink," by
Miss Kimball TWAS most charmingly rem
dered s5f so6ss,ss,o iai4sser4saaa
The Board of instruction is excellent. at the
head of which is Mr.. Chas G. Rounds. Mr..
Roundsis an Oxford County boy, being ma
tive of Waterford. He 'paid his way"
through his school days by teaching and type
setting, learning his trade at Illusions. He
is adeserving and very accomplished gentle
man and is doing fine work on earth, and
when he leaves it he will go where all good
.lSprlnters go. The first assistant is Mr. Rolin-
ston Woodbury., another Oxford County boy,
and very successful teacher. Miss Susan D.
Melcher, and Miss Mary A. Davis are the fe-
Il male assistants This school is fourishing IN
a great nleassre and the number of students
this spring has been 12S., .-..,... ~ ~
Il THE AFTERNOON a5ssl
] Long before the doors.o of the Baptist church
j opened vast throng had gathered in the hot
sun, and when at last ingress was possible the
little meeting house was filled to suffocation in
\ less time than It takes to write this. The fact
= 'ha' ,nls was grea, essns . tne wnole pe0.
y pie and every available chance even to look
| 10, was early taksn and held throughout the
Il whole exercises. Il 1sgolo 0di a9dW .1af,
4 The graduating parts were very carefully
prepared, and with the, single flult OF theil
length, were very good-indeed, excellent.
i This fault of length we do not expect to see
| fully remedied, but caution, in this regard
should never be forgotten. ,,sso4sa .n0
IL Governor chamberlain was unavoldaDiy Itl;y abb
sent, but there were present, on the part o. OF
the State authorities, Mr.! johnson, the Super
iiptendent, and Messrs. Reed Pbilbrook and
= Prescott of the Council.a The following was
y the programme Of "GraduationsD 10 sdiH9i 81
saiutfts y,s1t oiai xss,a q. ,a Of oiiLG,m ,.m,
Essay.,i He ,Buildea Better than he Knew. .
! Hattie Stevens, North Fayette
IL Essay Ella % r. Downing. North Aubnrn
Z Essay Highways am Byways. : -.r,,,.-., ,.,tf
u,,.. cha,, ~, ne2Fieota men copD buxson
III 7T5Fq sl''t Edgar Leavitt, New Vineyard
T. r'ssay'9i y Tberesa er a;nsbman' West Leeds
n Essay. iSowias aeside All Waters
E,ssyiTNinu fIr,nee ,Ir,,nree n6y na'owen
*, bns s1nnsm louise d lMayhew, Mt. Vernon
hoSs ~ the; raasiisJ nj il
a. -. II aTTgslr Ssofee rg5iliings, HallowelI
H. Essay. The Real AM the Ideal; al;ssals IL lie ?
Tj Desnse not ~ m o. 81 se1
lblo s1s' s11'I1e . Cara 5. Stevens, Dixfell
80 ~. - .aa'-sT | = EYeIyn Tarbox, Phillips
iii Propheees ~, ,r,,a.or
.itE Essay. Training the, spsr.
Vailed toIylSa .,,. 8,nn Losll n.i ~ go, va,
isl2 ~ ~ naa -, =.
B ~ ~ ], "a. - ~,
I, r - .oao - ..e-,,Hs 80 NJ.
e. G,aa.,sS.ss.,., s.o.,, IL ~
:, IaI 8 - III
l. -oharna af se,,oo, ;a' ns'.sS nj ~,
/ ~, moor ..com ,osition ~ tlaSi s,,,,
q sor,a 80 e. The p s =. .i;s
=. - 1'..
Ne,esps. .sI..ns's's w.
,a;'one' ~nl'e MSS Da,nls sas saas was remafS
81 Z ;9,,t auis han ~ 'nou ~ anu issi inoeso'
= aahI ofo rnft A. &
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Most 81 The bovs hava;h.o,, ,,,,,,,.A.s -.
s,0lsboforo t,a o,oso oe 49, -, iea'
70I witch scconbnfsA bf ~ ~ III ~
IS s,gSsinTec s.s,TlfS.,, 1T e1G ~1J = =
~ ~, il., nes us.Y were vel
!, anu on"e,y e"tnuslas.lc, mus AMY ~
IN view ol ~ @osA -
so.,ahi, '1;.ted for tescb,rs.a - 49,
anl.'aseut'. "a tres agens-5 lshor:sa nav q
bean ant to have ssxed some Of x = 'ne'
Z lad formed ep~agements-ztee e - u. - s
: Y - r,ms,sS made n - " tHeascHoof,
3,a, a,n,s1.s z, OF life., He said Tit, ihai
o,os; .aswered all expectations. bu,
~ sa ,s.1d see shat its mission was YER, e.,
+ ssccessfala He poke in detail of the needs al
sf5o ba.ter bailing aad apparatus. wIna all q
fsn ,.,,11,ov roca;val ss;y,a,,ss a,,a ~
2 sseu N'" a'1 %. -
| tereda tupot tneif preiessioh.i he presented
: 1.-THE who'll matter Of the school and the system
A very earnestly and yery ably and CLOSED nv ad
~ - !. -
uresslIR Wy aa M Mp''siis Siass tlsa nessteA
1 and adectlng manner. sau5 afttfi sfft tneli
f.; II the absence of the Governor the diplo
ma ware wea42 awarded IN Mr. johnson the clas,
somin[ upon The piatform for tTbe nc purpose Fl 4
I was most interesting occasion. n ~. ~ f
4 In the evening, at d quarter to eight, there
was aineetIng Of the Alunni,' upon which oc-
feasion Mr. ~ Nv. knight Delivered an address