The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-03-28

larger than usual. Very many old students
are among the number at chapel.
Portland primary school teacher asked
her class to mention some of the prominent
people living in Portland and among the
answers she got the names of Columbus,
Grover Cleveland and Washington.
Co-education has been tried at Cornell
for more than twenty years, and the num-
Der OF young women students has stead lily
increased. Their dormitory will be en-
larged, this summer, at an expense of
$4,000.
Fifty or seventy-fve citizens of Den
mark gathered at the high school building,
the other day, to welcome n new piano
for the school. The students, assisted by
the citizens, are paying for the Instrument
by entertainments.
The citizens OF Gorham showed their
qualification at the result OF an approx ria-
ton for the Normal School dormitory,
Thursday night, by the ringing OF the
bells of all the churches and schooihouses
and the firing OF cannon.
Representative Burns of Westbrook who
did valiant service for the Gorham Normal
School appropriation bill in the State leg
isature would BE- the next Governor OF
Maine if the students and alumni of that
school had their say on the question.
The assignments of the senior parts of
the Watervile High School were given out
Friday afternoon and are as follows: Salu-
tatory, George Conforth, valedictory, Miss
Edith Corson; class prophecy, Miss Josie
! Clement; address TO undergraduates, T. gar
Brown.
The senior class OF the Oldtown high
school is said to have given up the plan OF
graduating reception and ball, to which
the principal and part of the class are OPP
posed, and instead have an excursion down
the river, which all agree would be 'just
fun"
Some one recently asked young Freeman
Clason where he went to school. 81 go to
school out in the entry on Lincoln street."
promptly answered the young hopeful.
This literally true as the school Is SO
crowded even the entry has to be utilized.
-Gdrdiner Reporter.
Mr. f. c. Townsend, for a long time su-
pervisor OF schools at Freeport, has re-
signed and the school committee has been
reorganized with Mr.. Sumner Brewer as
supervisor and w. c. Fogg with DIR. j. T..
Harvey as committee. At the recent town
meeting t he town raised but $4,000 for the
High and common schools, $500 less than
last year.
The Waterville school board has decided
to engage the services of Miss Kate
Hagerty of Winthrop to instruct both
teachers and pupils Of the public schools
in the art OF gymnastics. Miss Eagerly
teaches the Swedish system and Will COM
mence her duties at the opening of the
next term next Monday.
The following class parts have been as
signed for the graduation exercises of the
class of '05, Rockland High School; vale
dictory, Miss Eta st. Clair; salutatory
Miss Aena i. Young; third part, Miss
Nellie w. Crie; fourth part, Nj ISIS Alice l.
Glover. 1t has been decided to have a
public speaker at graduation this year.
The graduation exercises at the Kicker
Classical Institute will be held in the First
Baptist church, Houlton, June 9th. The
class consists OF twenty members, thir-
teen girls and seven boys Considerable
interest is being displayed in base ball mat
tiers. Prof. Felch has been appointed to OBJ
tain n coach, rates on the railroads and
games with other schools.
At the meeting of the Olltown Teach
ers Association, next Saturday, Miss Vim
nette Cannon will read a paper on 1.-THE
kindergarten and Its Relation to the Pub
lie SCHOOL," Mr. II. b. Smith one on ssThe
Greatest Need of Our Public Schools" Mrs.
Georgia Pulsifcr Porter one on the "Beau-
ties and Duties Of the Teac hers profession"
and Mrs. b. +. Small one on .'Self Control
in Discipline"
Technical schools are being mutt iplied
in England. Special attention is given TO
domestic economy. In many OF the sch ools
there classes in laundry work, house
keeping, cooking, dressmakins and hygiene.
training school of domestic economy has
been started at Battersea Polytechnic and
IS scholarships per annum are given to
women who ARE to become teachers.
The children of the Lincoln school OF
Oakland, Cal, preparing to commence
rate the thirtieth anniversary of Lincoln's
assassination, on April 10, by planting
tree, symbolical OF liberty, and tor the
nouris hment OF the tree, soil from every
state and territory in the union and from
the tombs of Washington and Lincoln is
now being gathered, and on the 18th OF
April will be sfted around the roots with
elaborate exercises.
Thomaston has settled for herself one OF
the school problems which some folks
want to see legislative action, by voting
that the town furnish each lupil with a
new text book in each study, the pupil to
carry the same along with him through
the grades and to take 1t when he com
pletes the course of study or leaves school.
The town to furnish only one book in any
one study to any one scholar Why isn't
that good arrangement?
The attendance upon the spring term OF
the Pennington Normal School which
opened this week is as usual very large and
when all have arrived will probably exceed
istaction ID felt in Farmingt on and through