Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-27
maine educational News.

branch of the CalalS Tree library is
about to be opened in Red Beach.
The vertical system of writing has
been adopted in the Orono schools.
Rev. C. d. Boothby has resigned as a
member of the Thomaston school board.
Rev. H. A. Markley has presented the
Bridgton public library with a complete
encyclopedia.
There are 10 students registered at the
South Portland high school, 81 of whom
are the entering class.
o. r. Cook of Bridgton, has secured an
excellent position as Latin teacher in
Worcester high school.
Miss Matte T.. Hopkins of Fort Fair.
field, has been engaged as principal of
the Greenville high school.
The attendance at the Ellsworth high
school this term will be the largest in
the history of the institution.
Miss Ethel Vickery. M. c. I. 81 and
Miss Mittie Dow. M. c. I. SO, Pittsfield,
have entered Bates college.
Miss Josephine H. Hodsdon of Pown-
al, has accepted the position of teacher
of elocution at Hebron academy.
The fall term of Waldoboro high
school is unusually large. some fifty
three pupils being in attendance.
Miss Gertrude Carlisle of Boothbay,
has gone to Monhegan to teach the is
land school for a ten weeks term.
The study of physical geography which
was dropped several years ago in the BID
deford high school, has been resumed.
The grammar school at West Sullivan
will give an entertainment in the near fu-
ture to swell the school library funds.
The members of the senior class, Gar
diner high school. have concluded that
they will have reception next June.
Edgar Kaharl, formerly teacher in the
public schools of Conway, N H.. has been
engaged as assistant in Fryeburg Acad-
envy.
Miss Hortense Wales of Bridgton,
who recently graduated from Wellesley
college, is assistant at Potter academy,
Sebago.
BY a new rule of the Lewiston school
board. pupils now enter the sub-prim-
airy grade but twice year. September
and April.
The Bangor city kindergartens are well
attended, there being more than 40 in the
State street school and over % in the
school on First street.
After a vacation of three years. there
is a school in North Norway this fall
NTH six scholars, taught by Miss Grace
8icknell Of Norway village.
Miss Annie W. Doughty of the Jackson
5chool Portland, has gone to Ithaca. N.
Y. where she is to take a special course
of study this year at Cornell University.
The Boynton high school, PASSPORT,
npens this year with about sixty schol-
ars. half of which belong to the enter
ing class, its members numbering 81.
Mrs. George w. Field of Bangor has
TO ba paIfaSt library the
ntire set of ScribnerS Monthly from 1870
% 1881 in twenty-five handsomely bound
lolumes.
Miss Dora Rounds, daughter of Hon.
=. B. Rounds of Calais has accepted
position as teacher in the Livingstone
Park Seminary, for young ladies at Roch
ster. N. Y.
Miss Mabel Hewett of Thomaston has
zone to Strong where she will have
rharge of the high school. Miss Hewett
vas graduated from Pennington Normal
school in June.
Rockport is showing the RICH spirit. A
team has been engaged to convey the
school pupils from the west part of the
town. each way, during the term Of
school in that village.
The attendance at the Dover high
school is so large that it is thought
another addition will have to be made
next year, making the second enlarge
nent within two years.
Danfdrth's high school has changed
rom three to a four years college pre-
Daratory course. More modern methods
md instruction have been introduced
throughout all the schools.
Miss Alice C. Dodge of Knightvile, has
accepted position as assistant teacher
in the South Portland kindergarten. Miss
Dodge was member of the graduating
class of 81, Westbrook Seminary.
Howard Pierce of Blaine has re-
turned to his duties as principal of the
academy at Livermore Falls. At the ex-
piraton of his engagement for one year
he will engage in the study of law.
Students are coming from far and near
to old Hebron academy. This fall one
comes from Bulgaria and another from
the Azores. both to prepare for work
among their own people for the Master.
Frank Rollins, who was principal of
FoXcroft Academy some ten or eleven
years ago has recently been elected prin-
cipal of the finest boys high school in
New York city at a salary exceeding
$4,000
The money earned by the spring enter.
tainments of the three lower school pupils
at West Bethel has been spent for a
school library. Over fifty volumes will
be put in these schools, including a die
tionary for each.
Principal Charles f. D. Lord of the
Birch street grammar school. Biddeford
has been given a leave of absence to en-
able him to go to Hanover, N. H.. and
complete his, examinations and work a.
the Dartmouth Medical college.
Miss Lena +. Pratt of Camden. ha.
gone to Brooklyn. N. Y. where she will
take q. years course in drawing in tn.
Pratt Institute. Miss Cleveland was on,
of the successful ten out of 600 teacher.
who won a years tuition and 800 in cash
At recent meeting of the Lewiston
carpenters union the new grammar
school carpenter shop was discussed, AM
the men agreed that the better carpen
tiers the city schools turned out. the bet
ter citizens, and more carpentering will
be done.
Mr.. Freeland Jones of Bangor, ha
sold to the town of Caribou a lot upol
which a new schoolhouse will be erect
ed. The price paid for the lot was $50
and the contract for the erection of tn
building has already been made. E.
The teachers Of Palmyra have or
ganized with the following officers
President, f. l.. Cook: secretary. Clar
Adams; executive committee, Thena
Lowe, Mrs. Edith Cook, Mrs. Sara
Brackett. Meetings are held regularly
At recent meeting of the Skowhega