Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-10-31
State House Notea.

Mr. Wadsworth Of the Superintendent Of
Schools department has just completed the
tabulations of the high school statistics for
the year ending June l, 1888. 1t is found
that the number of towns supporting free
high schools in the State is l13 against lel
last year.
The new schools are in Alfred. Brooks,
Deer Isle, Dresden, Deer Brook Pl., Eas-
ton, Greenbush, Harrington, Hermor, Jay,
Jefferson, JoEesboro, Liberty, Linneus, Mer-
Ger, Merrill Plantation. Morrill,, Mt. Yer
non, New Linneus North Haven Otisfeld
Passadumkeag, Patten, Presque Isle, Ran
dolph, Sanford, Sullivan, Sumner, fremont,
Thorndike, Wales Webster, Whitefeld,
Winthrop.
Schools have been discontinued at Buck
field, Burnham, Carmel, Casco, Corinth,
Edgecomb, Etna, two, Exeter, two, Green
field, Holden, Jonesport, Limestone, Machi-
as, Montyille, Newry, Palermo, two, Ray
mond, Searsport, South Berwick, Windham,
Windsor.
The different towns contain the following
number of schools Androscoggin, 10; Aroos-
took, 10; Cumberland, 10; Franklin, q;
Hancock, 10; Kennebec, Is; Knox, 8 Lin
coin, s; Oxford, 6 Penobscot, 81; Piscata-
quis, Sagadahoc, = Waldo, IL; Wash
ington, II; York, 10.
In Lisbon there were six terms of school,
IN 10. nh WaIAohnra five
each, and in Belfast, Corinth, PASSPORT,
Houlton, No. Berwick, Waterville and Wells
four. Most of the other schools have had
three terms. The school in Wells kept
during longer period than any other, 43
weeks, and that in Fayetts, ak weeks in
length, was the shortest. The average length
was twenty-five weeks. The Edward Little
High School at Auburn had the largest num-
Der of scholars, 499, and the Morrill, school
the smallest, u. The average number of
pupils was 7G and the average attendance 81.
Thirty-six per cent. were in grades lower
than the fourth reader, 81 per cent. stud
led arithmetic, As per cent. English gram
mar, 81 per cent. geography, - per cent.
in L. 5. history, u per cent. ancient Ian
guages, . per cent. modern languages, 81
per cent. natural sciences, SO per cent.
algebra and higher mathematics, 10 per cent.
book keeping and per cent. intend to
teach during the year. The full amount of
State aid, $3.50, was furnished to G7 schools.
Portland paid 50 800 for her school and Ban
gor Genes next with "a 263. The schools
in Auburn, Biddeford, Bath and Augusta
cost over SO 900 each. Deering, Brunswick,
Wateryille, Gardiner and Saco paid between
~, 900 and So 900 and the cost of twenty
four other schools was between 81, 900 and
1000. The total average cost per scholar
was 50 %, S22l of which was paid by the
State. The whole number OF pupils regis
tered was l3,246, gain of 2,S72 over last
year. The average attendance was l0,9l0,
$50 more than last year. There is cor
responding increase in the number of schol-
ars taking each study except in modern Ian
guages which have been forsaken by 220,
and book keeping which shows a gain of
only five.
The journal scribe dropped into the Coun-
Gil chamber yesterday where the committee
and clerks were busily engaged in canvassing
the returns hen one of the clerks remarked
that he noticed a statement in the Journal
that certified copies of the town clerks rec
ord were sent for in all cases of misspelled
names. He went on to say that this was an
error that it would require certainly an ad-
dtional clerk to look after the matter Now
look at this lot of returns. Mr.. Wright was
a candidate for the Senate and was elected.
On some returns his name is spelled
Wright" on on others Write" and still
others Right" and Rite" Nov
what right has the Council or any one else to
say his name is not spelled right, or where
would be the justice in counting him out for
the simple reason that his name was spelled
right.
Hon. w. II. Hunt, who has been at work
on the election returns, goes today to his
home in Liberty, and Hon. Seth NJ. Carter
of Auburn will take his place
The following are the sums which have
been given since the beginning of the late
war by the State to soldiers and their families
needing aid 1t will be observed that the
greatest amount was in 1868 and the least in
1870, Durlg the past three years the an
uual sum has been steadily increasing.