The Republican journal., 1890-01-09
Nichols Latin School, lewiston.

To THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL: Perhaps
the readers of the journal would be pleased tc
learn something about one of the best fitting
schools in Maine. This school is the classical de
partment of the Maine State Seminary, founded in
| 1855 with Rev. DR.. Cheney, principal. In 1868
when Bates College organized, this depart
ment continued as part of the college, In
1859 it was reorgan!zed and called Nichols Latin
School in honor Of Mr.. Lyman Nichols, of Boston,
one of the founders of Lewiston and placed in its
present location, Nichols Hall while the other de
partments of the Seminary were removed to Pitts
| field and called the Maine Central Institute to
which classical department has since been added.
1t would he difficult to find better location for
school of this kind. 1t is situated on the south
eastern section of Bates College Campus, which
contains little more than 50 acres, and is about
one mile from the business portion of Lewistc0
and Auburn Thus it has all the advantages of a
thriving city and the pure air of a country hill top.
! Lewiston and Auburn, considered as one rank
! first In education OF the cities of Maine
| Nearly all lecturers Of note who make tour of
our state give their addresses in one or the other
of the Twin Cities" The Y. NJ, C. AS of both
| Lewiston and Auburn annually arrange course
OF entertainments which place the country's best
speakers before the public. Religious conventions
and other large gatherings are often held which
call hither the best orators of the various orqaniza
tlons, and in important TRIALS before the Supreme
Court at Auburn, the student may have the oppor
tunty of observing of the best legal PR cite
OF the state. The course of lectures delivered he
fore the colIegans is free to Latin school stu ents
Inc privilege Of attending the debates and other
public exercises OF the college and the continual
fi,
ments, is of far more benefit to preparatory stu
dent than one without careful thought and investi-
CATION might suppose
The present principal, |. f. Friebet, \. NJ, has
had charge of the school for the past ten years
During that time he has prepared $50 students for
college, gain of about third above the preyi
Gus corresponding period. Unlike other schools
there IS but one course, college preparatory, al
though students are received for partial courspff
they do not wish to be educated in the fan college
preparatory branches Many students thus fit for
the School of Technology, Boston, and the Maine
State College at Orono
"a tree j. known by the irutt thereof" ana as a
proof Of the efficiency Of this school the readers
attention is called to the Sophomore prize debates
at the college during the term Just closed The
class was divided into four divisions and prize
ticipated in this discussion, five Of whom were
Latin School graduates. These prizes were award
ed to W b. sketon, \. W. Howart ana scot viii
son, graduates Of this school, and the fourth to j.
r. Little of the Lewiston High school still fur
ther, in the class of twenty sin graduating from
Bates in l3s7, live We're Latin school Gitn.,ti and
i Is pleasure 70 state that eachiof those had a
graduating part Again in lsss, in IA class Of
twenty-eight, thirteen were from this school and
nine of the fifteen parts were delivered by Latin
school graduates
Ihs record shows that her graduates are the
best trained students il! the college cIas4es and 50
general has this opinion become among the col.
lege students amt graduates that more and more
eath year they are sending their friends to finish
their preparatory course at this school The pres
ent senior class numbers about thirty, which IS
probably the greatest number of prepardto51 stu.
dentS IN graduating class in the state The nun
Der OF Latin school graduates now pursuing the
course at Bates is torty-one, and the most of the
present senior class will 90 to Bates vet the
graduates of the Latin School are admitted to
most Of the New England Colleges without ex
anlnations. After graduating from the High
schools, students frequently take the senior wear
work here. Quite often students coming here To
enter college tnd it necessary To take the whole or
part Of one years study in this school before en-
sering upon their college work. Certainly then It
must pay Young man Or woman contemplating a,
college course to come to school where they can
be thoroughly fitted for college in three years. in
stead of wasting two OF three years at some school
of lower grade. We need not specify the method,
Of instruction used in this school. The result of
the work mentioned above testihe- to its efficiency
BIN TRoNAIO.