Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-12

VI 'iiii'Hcie SiNSH by the young people
OF the place last winter. The room has
been painted. good blackboard surfac,
prepared. and a new desk and chat,
purchased. The room with it's pateni
seats and desks now looks more like
the modern schoolhouse.
The Massachusetts state board OF
education will make an effort. this
winter, to secure legislation that NJ
! primary or grammar school teacher
shall be appointed after a certain time
who has not had the equivalent of /;
four years high school course, and g
| two years normal school course. and
tnat no high school teacher shall be
appointed after a certain time. who
has not had the equivalent of a college
course and of at least one wear OF
professional teaching; and that pro.
feSsional superintendent shall nomi-
nate all teachers, such nominations te
be acted upon by local boards.
The catalogue of Cobb Divinity
school in connection with Bates col
lege, organized in 1910, but receiving
it's name in 1883, in honor of Hon. r T,
ii. Cobb of Lewiston, in appreciation
students in the three classes incl,,dine
SIX specials. Six students are from
this state. while seven states, New
Brunswick. Nova Scotia, British Co
iumbia and Africa are also repre-
scented. Seven students are given as
attending the Bible training school
The little pamphlet also embraces 3
biographical sketch of the late Prof
John Fullonton, professor in the
school and college for the long period
of A years.
From a comparison of the statistics
Of all the chief English Libraries it is
evident that there is a very general
agreement that the best novels in the
various departments of fiction are as
follows: Sensational novel, The
Woman in White;" historical novel.
"lvanhoe;" dramatic novel, Monte
Christo;" domestic novel, The Vicar
of Wakefield" sea novel "Mdshipman
Easy novel of rural life, Adam
Hede:' political novel, "Lothair:" novel
written with a purpose, Uncle Toms
Cabin imaginative novel. Pick
wick Irish novel, Charles OMal-
ley" Scotch novel, Heart of Midlo-
THAN" English novel. Vanity Fair
American novel. THE Scarlet Letter."
the most popular novel of all, Vanity
Fair"
superintendent Of school of Belfast.
f. S. Brick. proposes if he can get
enough scholars TO start school en-
bracing the four principal studies
reading, writing, arithmetic and geog-
nh ,T,I11 1
teach these studies, one teacher max
ing a speciality of a study and having
a separate room from the rest. 4
scholar will be expected to attend three
nights in week and devote a half
hour to each study, which will not
make it monotonous but interesting
and at the same time the whole school
Will be gradually improving and MAX
ing good progress He intends to can
Vass the entire city and see if there is
need of night school and if he can
secure so signers he will commence
work very Soon., .-4..ae ..
Very material advance in drawing
has been made by the pupils of the
Lewiston public schools. According
to the report of the instructor of draw
instruction in freehand dra wing pre-.
Vious to this last year, bus through
their nature study and the drawing OF
leaves, plants, flowers and twigs tney
have gained great deal of freedom in
drawing, and have laid n good foun-
dation for the study of botany. The
mechanical drawing gained a great inn
petus after the manual training was
adopted, and the boys and girls die
very creditable work in their manual
training. Much time mas been spent
in teaching the underlying principles
OF drawing, and the work has been
mainly ~ outline, although a feeling
of light and shade has been shown by
accentinG lines, and shading by lines
in the higher grades The pupils did
excellent work in design and color
with the aid of colored paper In the
high school the work has embraced
drawing, which included
the study Of projection. patterns and
simple pieces of machinery: free hand
drawing of cast and still life objects in
pencil, charcoal and pen and ink, and
the study of different styles of historic
ornament in pencil and pen and ink.