Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-04-08
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To be raised by Village District, 1872 IS
OF the amount expended the past year over
$4,000 were paid for bonds, interest. notes,
&c, and for furnitare forthe new school house.
OF the above estimates for the ensuing school
year, nearly Sl3, 900 are for bonds interest,
notes and other purposes than direct school
expenses.
The pleasant occasion of the dedication of
the new high school building is referred to.
The scholars, teachers and directors have
found the new school house every way adapt
ed to its uses. There has been but one I'M
pleasant feature-the failure of the heating
apparatus during the cold weather to warm
all of the six rooms. 1t was found necessary
to increase the number of furnaces in the
building to four. The furnaces were fur
nished by Messrs. Williamson & Greenwood &
w. II. Woodbury. & Co. The district is great
ly indebted to Mr.. Alvan Fogg a member
of the building committee, for valuable ser
vices rendered, and it is recommended that he
be allowed 500 extra compensation.
Primary Schools For lack of room there
was no school on Orchard street the first term
of the year, increasing the attendance on
Crosby and Grove streets. The school taught
by Miss Phinney on Kendall street, is regard
ed as model. Miss Woodbury. is gradually
raising her school on Grove street. and she
never taught so well as during her second year
there. During the disability of Miss Wood
bury by the accident in September, her place
was filed by Miss Dunn. The school on
Crosby street was taught by Miss Kicker one
term and by Miss Blake three terms; the Or
chard street school by Miss Waltz. Misses
Blake and Waltz have labored faithfully and
with fair success.
Intermediate Schools. Gilman and
Wheeler have continued in the schools on
Grove and Crosby streets, governing and
teaching as well as ever. Miss Church taught
the Chapel street school the first term, and
then returned to her old place on Orchard
street, where she has succeeded well, Miss
Pillsbury has had the care of the school on
Chapel street for three terms and has proved
Humphrey, on Kendall street, has worked
hard with encouraging results. A course of
study has been arranged for these schools.
Repairs are needed on the buildings on Cros-
by, Grove and Chapel streets.
Grammar School.-At the beginning of the
second term the branches of the school occu-
pying rooms in the Orchard street building
and Waverly Hall, were united and took pos
session of the lower part of the new high
school house. Mr. Robertson remained Prin-
cipal, and Miss Phillips. his former assistant,
and Miss Keene, the Principal of the Girls
School, were made his assistants. Miss
Phillips, who had served the District many
years industriously. and faithfully, resigned
her position not many days after the begin
ming of the term. Miss Keene was elected
first assistant; and Miss Norton, for some
wears previous to that time Principal of the
Grammar School in Hallowell, was elected
second assistant. Miss Norton had won
high reputation before she entered this school,
and ranks among the experienced and sue
cessful teachers with whom she is especially
associated. The District now has a larger
number of Grammar School scholars than
ever beforehand the school, every way, is
admirably governed and instructed. There
are ten scholars in this school that have not
been absent since it has occupied the new
building, viz: Lizzie S. Higgins, Hattie Cliff
ford, Matte Ryon, Eliza A. Gilman, Emma
" Stimson, Winnie L. Turner, Harry Gill
man, Edwin +. Carlton, Willie G. Hardy,
Charles ii. Southland. Eight have been alb
sent but once, viz Mary F. Weber, Florence
f. Weber, Lutte A. Beals, Cora B. Ladd,
Charles S. Farnham, William F. Soule, Fred
Howard, Frank Lincoln. Six have been alb
sent but twice, viz: Edwin Herrin, Henry
Taught, Frank f. Smith, Eva M. Brown,
Belle f. Mosher, Nelly Lancey.
High Sehool.-This school took possession
of the new building the Goth of August. Mr..
Lambert, the faithful and efficient teacher,
continues to hold that position, with Miss
Lufkin as first assistant. Miss Hodges re-
signed her place as assistant in the school,
which she had filed SO faithfully for many