The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-17

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deeply gratified to those ladies who nave
interested themselves in this matter, anl
nope they will continue the good Wotk
until every school room in the Guy -
adorned by some of these beautiful WoIhs
VI art: think it was a happy thougeao,
ILLS loea OF school room decoration, iol
surely there can be no better educabloh
lor me young than fine painting or en- n
graVing. And they must cause them W
love the schoolroom more and enjoy the
hours spent therein. And as / picture ~
my mind the school room of today with
al lts modern improvements in heating
ana vent1latlon, the comfortable seats
ana an desks and these beautiful pictures on
the walls, am reminded of the school
room OF the past, and heartily rejoice that
SO great improvement has been made
since was boy. No department of the
city should receive more liberal appro-
prlatlons or greater care than the public
schools And assure you that will as
slst you every way in my power to in
crease their efficiency and bring them up
to the highest standard of modern ideas.
Accept again, ladies, the thanks of the
| COMMITTEES, the government, and of all
your fellow citizens.
At the suggestion of Mrs. Geo. G. Frye,
Mrs. Winnie Ream -Hoxie, the well known
sculptress, who was in the audience, was
called upon by Chairman Lord, and made
a few remarks and the exercises were
closed.
Following is complete list of the pict-
ures and the different schools in which
they are to be placed:
| North School-Room No. = Miss Day.
State of Maine; room 2, Miss Robinson,
Geography, London; room 8, Miss East
man, Foreign Cities, Venice; room 49,
Miss Whitley, Home Cities, Washington;
room 13, Miss Parks, American History,
| Colonization Period.
| Butler School-Hall, cast of David with
pedestal; room 4, American History
Discovery Portrait of Columbus; room
j3, American History, Modern, Battern
Fl; Room II, Arch II, Arch of Septimius
Seyerus.
| Jackson School-Room 9, Frigate Con-
stitution; Signing the Declaration of In
dependence; room 10, Battle of Lake Erie
Colonial Days.
West School-4th year grammar, Fam
Gus pictures by famous artists, Ploughing,
Rosa Bonheur, Sistine Madonna, Raphael;
Rubens, by himself. Primary, lowest,
Alice in Wonderland.
Centre Street School-Grammar, Gen
eral American History: Three Generals,
Three Admirals, Sherman's March, Au-
gust Morning with Farragut, Return
of the Mayfower, DeSoto Discovering the
Mississippi, Columbus before Ferdinand
and isabella. Primary 3D. year. The
Charioteers: Miss Plummer's room,
Shepherdess; Miss Barstow's room, Christ
and the Children; Miss Barstows room,
Bust of Donatello's Laughing Child.
Park Street School-3d year. Language:
Berry Pickers, Dairy Maid, An Imperial
Corlrtier. First year, Madonna Granduca.
| Brackett Street School-Miss Stack
poles room. General American History,
Old Mill at Newport, Columbus before
the Council at Salamonica, Puritans
Going to Church, Battle of Bunker Hill.
Kindergarten-Miss Worcester. Country
scene.
Casco Street-Sd year. May Day Festi-
val, Transit of Venus, Pied Piper of
Hamelin; Miss Clark S room, Madonna,
Bodenhausen; Miss Gould's room, Portrait
| of Washington 1st year, Madonna della
Sedia; Miss Gravins room, Departure of
| the Mayfower.
Vaughan Street-Highest grade, En-
trance to Grand Canal, Venice; Lowest
grade, Lord Fauntleroy.
Mellen School-4th year, Miss Short
Geography; Forms of Land and Water,
The Lake Superior; the mountain, White
Mountain view; the river, Millstream;
the waterfall, Glen Ellis Falls. Miss
Thurston's room, Member of the HUI
name Society, by Landseer.
Smaller School-The Notch, by H. W.
Shaylor.
High School-Winter Scene at Cape
Elizabeth, by Mr.. George T. Morse. Trial
of Lord Stanford, by Prentiss Loring.
Monument Street School-Miss Wilson's
room, Columbus room; Bust of Column
bus, given by Wednesday club; Departure
Of Columbus, Landing of Col umbus.
First year, Jersey; second year, St. An
thony and Child, (Murillo); third year,
Feeding Her Birds, (Millet).
Chestnut Street School Music: Eve
ming Song, Vesper Hour, St. Cecilia,
Singing Boys, Forms of land and water;
White Mountain View, Niagara.
School for Deaf-Portrait of Miss Bar
ton, given by Mrs. Warren; Madonna dell
Sidia, given by Mrs. Payson.
Manual Training School-Hist9fic Ar
chitecture: Rome, The Forum, The Coli
scum, The Pantheon. Athens, The
Acropolis, the Parthenon, Porch of the
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