Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-06
Maine Educational News.


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The pupils Of the Old Town high
school will organize foot ball team
this fall
There will probably be about IS pu-
pills in the Maine School for the Deaf
at Portland. this fall.
The Lewiston school board has voted
to abolish the Wednesday half holiday
and make Saturday whole holiday.
w. p Damon of West Auburn. has
made another donation of minerals to
Hebron Academy, some of which are
very rare.
The Waterville free library was
opened Aug. "a, 1896, with 433. 1t now
has 1450, an increase of over 1000 during
the first year.
About 3700 feet of new wire will feed
100 electric lights at the East Maine
Conference Seminary in Bucksport,
which opened Monday.
Prof Horace f. Wilson, a native of
Cherryfield, is superintendent of the
Indian schools at the Kickapoo reser-
walton in Netawaka Kan.
graduate of Bates College. has been
engaged as principal of Machias high
school for the coming year.
Miss Matte Tracy of Norway, who
recently graduated at Colby Univer-
sity, has secured a position in the
Lawrence. Mass, schools at $500 year.
The Dexter town library will soon be
improved by the addition of a number
of volumes. The trustees have $3.50 to
expend at this time. Twice each year
new books are purchased.
The school committee have voted TO
Introduce a strictly English course in
the Winthrop high school, thereby Civ
ing the pupils a choice between Latin
and an English branch of study.
Miss Julia Boltenhouse, teacher at
the South Portland primary school,
who has served in an efficient manner
as a teacher in the South Portland
schools for 2S years, has resigned
Clarence Hodgdon, graduate of the
Hallowell Classical Academy, has been
elected teacher of Greek and Latin in
the Brookline, Mass, high school, one
of the finest schools in the country.
Miss Evelyn f. Davis of Gardiner.
and Miss Grace l.. Dolly of Gorham,
have been elected assistant teachers in
the Freeport high school. Both young
ladies are recent graduate of Mount
Holyoke College.
A room is being finished in the Carl
bou high school building to accommo-
date the department of the grammar
school which has been created by the
changing of the course of study from
three years to four.
Miss Lucy Boothby, who for some
time has been one of Saco's school
teachers, has been given leave of alb
sence by the school board for a year
and will go to Auburndale, Mass, to
teach and at the same time fit herself
In special studies.
The fall term at the Maine Wesleyan
Seminary opened Tuesday with a large
number in attendance. The teachers
have all returned with the exception of
Prof. Sprague, who was recently elected
to fill the vacancy in the department OF
mathematics at Kents Hill, caused by
the death of Prof Allen Chase.
At the opening of the fall term OF
President Hutchinson spoke to the pu-
pills in regard to athletics, a feature
which has been sadly neglected in the
school. and stated that he would like
to organize base and foot ball teams
and steps will be taken this term with
out doubt.
Miss Alice Todd of Calais, who has
been teaching at Cherryfield for some
time past. has been selected to fill the
vacancy in the Calais high school statl
caused by the resignation of Miss
Eaton. Mr.. Philbrook. a graduate Of
Colby will be sub-master of the high
school, having charge of the scienc.
department in the new annex recently
completed.
The Pennington schools will open
Monday, Sept. 20. with the exceptio
of the West Pennington school, whicf
will open one week later. The villag,
schools will have three terms of l.
weeks each. with vacation of tw.
weeks between terms. as follows
First term opens Sept 20 and closes
Dec 10; second term opens Dec. q am
closes March IS; third term opens
April and closes June "a The corp,
III INSTRUCTORS Is as 1ollDWS. ltlS'
school, principal, Chas. M. Pennell, A
B.. first assistant. Jane NJ. Cuts; sec
ond assistant, Helen NJ. King: gram
mar grade, Katharine T.. Russell: in
termediate grade, Alice NJ. Lilly; frs
primary. Rose p. Grounder; secont
primary, f. Mae Gay; teacher of music
Mrs. Mittie T. Wade. The vertca
system of writing will be introduced il
all the town schools this year
An excellent idea to copy for town.
and villages which lack the essentials
of good circulating library is the plai
which has been in successful operation
in Yonkers for nearly "a years. an &C
count of which is given in the Saturday
book number of the New York Times
This is the Yonkers Book Club which
is really circulating travelling library
limited, however, to the members o
the club and their families In 1874
number of ladies met to devise some
system of acquiring the benefits of z
circulating library, sadly lacking il
Yonkers at that time. The result was
the book club, composed of "A mem
bers. One Of these is the librarian. an(
at the first of the year she gives t.
each member two books, recently pub