The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-22
OLD ORCHARD.
Prospects for the Coming Season,

few weeks ago Old Orchard looked as if
everybody had left it and never expected to
come back. Now there is busting activity
prophetic of the return of Everybody with all
their relatives The prospects for the coming
season are most encouraging. Great improve
ments are being made on the sites Of thesix no.
tells burned last November. Three of the parties
whose houses were destroyed are rebuilding.
The proprietor of the Fiske house took the
burning of his hotel as but a hint that he
should build another house bigger and better
than the one destroyed. The new house which
is now about half completed, will be known as
1.-THE Hotel Fiske." 1t is located on the
grounds occupied by the old Fiske House and
the St. Cloud Hotel 1t will be finished and
ready for guests on the twentieth of June, and
will be under the same management as the old
house, Mr.. G. Fl. 'Fiske, proprietor, and Mr..
e. g. Spofford, clerk, 1t will be the largest
house on the beach. The main building is 40
K 206 feet, fronting on the ocean. The wing
40 liz feet with three stories and basement.
The roof is Swiss with three towers. The YER
anda is 10 feet wide and 400 feet in length. 1t
willS be fitted and furnished with all modern
improvements, lighted by gas, heated by steam
and will have electric bells The office is in
the centre tower and Is 80 40 feet. The din
ing hall measures 70 40 and the music room
40 30 feet There will be a bathing house
with seventy-fve rooms for surf bathing, also
bath rooms for hot and cold salt water
baths. There will be extensive grounds about
the hotel which will be laid ont with taste.
There are other indications which show the
growing prosperity of Old Orchard. 1t is I'M
derstood that companies have been formed to
bring spring water to Old Orchard, and also to
introduce the electric light.
Portland Schools
IseThe kind of work they are doing,' illustrated
by an essay in the Advertiser of April l8thl
Well here we have man who has studied
"English" (by which suppose he means the
English language) for twenty years or more.
select a few sentences which illustrate the
advantage of "persistently teaching the desiro-
bic qualities Of correct expression and careful
writing" What are undesirable qualities of
correct expression and careful writing?
What is meant by preparation for practical
life?" Is it practical duties of life, or praeti-
cal experiences in life that he means, or some
other thing!
Again, Tin course preparing for complete
living" What does this mean? How is the
course to live completely, even after it is pre-
pared.
Does he really mean that Sin science, the
names are deceptive" or does he mean that
the names of the different sciences are decept-
iye2
He says nothing of geometry, mineralogy,
etc.. in the primary schools, but we must re-
member that Gin science the names are decept-
iye.'
Again, sit exercises the same activities that
the individual experiences in life" Sweet
experience of activities in exercise by the liv-
ing individual? Looking back through ten
lines we find that Zoology does all this"
Here is sentence worthy of Rufus Choate-
in length. Truly, Sin science, the names are
deceptive"
"First, as a scholar" he says, 81 went
through the whole course, entering the low
est grade, continuing through them ALL and
completing with four years at the high schools
experimenting this with nearly ten years ex-
perience as teacher" slightly mixed and
Pathological perhaps, but "this is the result
we must contemplate in measuring the results
of our school work" @. Il. d.