Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-25
Maine Educational News.

| Canton is organizing a local teachers
| union.
| The Biddeford evening school has al
| attendance of 200.
The freshman class at the Westbrool
high school is the largest for years.
| Miss Addie E. F. Weymouth has beer
| elected an assistant in the Biddeford high
| school.
% Dick Collins, Colby sc. has been award.
ed a $500 prize scholarship at Harvard
Medical school.
The study of. German is growing very
popular in Ellsworth and several classes
have been organized.
During the month of September 80 vol
umes were added to the Belfast free Ii
hrary-42 of which were gifts.
Prof. Charles s. Haskell formerly of
Auburn, has been appointed principal of
public school No. in Brooklyn.
Mr.. H. w. Bryant of Portland. has pre-
scented the library at the University of
Maine with 20 valuable volumes.
w. II. Richards of Belfast. has organ
lied q peoples circulating library with
branches at Islesboro and Lincolnville.
Miss Ida Page of Guilford has accepted
position in Columbia University. Column
bia, Missouri, as teacher of elocution and
physical culture.
MI w. "A f1eTSeN Oh 1OTtldIlu, HAS Deen
elected on the board of editors for the
'99 Prism published by the juniors of the
University of Maine.
A new schoolhouse will be built very
soon in the Hubbard district. Union, and a
new foundation is being placed under the
Union Common schoolhouse,
The Oxford County Teachers Associa-
ton will hold their annual convention at
Rumford Falls and Mexico Oct. 1880. A
e. III has
The Biddeford school board has elected
three young ladies as regular substitute
teachers. They will receive the same pay
as the teachers whose places they fill.
John Gibbons. 1900. of Colby, who left
this fall for Dartmouth, has returned to
Colby and will finish his course there and
figure upon the base ball team another
season.
Miss Emily f. Small of Stetson, is
teaching drawing in several classes of the
Lawrence grammar school, South Boston.
She graduated this year from the Normal
Art school.
Vertical writing has been introduced
this term into the Damariscotta and
Readfield schools Last term a successful
experiment was made with it in the New
castle schools.
A center for university extension work,
under the auspices of the University As
ISOLATION of Chicago has been organized
at Westbrook. f. w. Freeman is the
president and leader.
The new lady assistant in the Lewiston
high school is Miss Elizabeth G. Kimball.
graduate of Nashua high school and
Wheaton Seminary. She took a special
course in history and English at Rad
cliffe.
Mr.. Frank Arvllo, young man of
twenty-four years and a resident of the
island of Cuba, is a recent addition to the
ranks of the students at Westbrook Sem
mary. Mr.. Arvillo is receiving special in
struction in the English language.
The lyceums at the Gale schoolhouse.
Palmyra, have been reorganized with the
following officers: Frank Farnham.
president; John Emery. vice president
Addie Davis. secretary; Eva Emery, Kate
Farnham. Frank Raymond. ex-commit-
tee.
The scholars of the Kingsbury district
school. Brewer not to be behind the 9TH
er schools in patriotism, held an enter
tainment and supper at the schoolhouse
recently, and the affair netted sufficient
sum to purchase new flag for the build
ing.
There will be debate at Colby the last