Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-11
malas Educational News.


The Andover library has 1900 volumes.
The young men of Milbridge will open
a reading room during the winter
months.
1t is rumored in Wells that early in
the spring the foundations will be laid
for a $4,000 library for that town.
Miss Mabel Owen. principal Of the Park
Hill school In Auburn. has resigned and
Miss Ella Bonney of South Auburn, has
been elected her successor ss.f
A movement is on foot in Dexter To
have the schools hold but one session
daily, the session lasting from $50 a.
NJ. to l p. M. or Whereabouts.
F. Fl. Jordan has presented the
superintendent of schools at Thomas
ton, with flag STATS enough to equip
the school buildings not supplied.
The Jonesport Library Association
was happily surprised, last week. by
the gift Of $25. from w. Lyman Under
wood Of Belmont. Mass, to be ex-
pended in books.
Miss Lottie Turner, who has been
studying at the f.. s. normal school is
teaching the school in Palermo Center.
Mr.. Preston Boynton is teaching al
Greeley's Corner
Some time during the winter the
young ladies of the Lewiston Normal
Training School are to give an enter
tainment for the purpose of raising
money for art in the Oak Street school.
Owing to the increase of patronage OF
the Rockland public library 1t has he
come necessary to engage another room
in the rear Of the rooms now used. This
room has been fitted up with book eases
and tables and is to be used for quiet
study.
Miss Kathlyne T.. Emery has re-
signed as teacher at Timber Hill in
South Thomaston. and Harold W.
Haynes of Oldtown, q student at Colby
University, has been engaged to teach
the winter term
A new departure is to he made in the
Saco schools in some of the lower
grades and by the time the winter term
Is opened designing will be taught in
grades where the children are about
nine or ten years of age.
A University Extension Center has been
organized at Bath with Is members. The
officers are: Pres, DIR. A. b. Hervey:
Vice Pres, n. q. Jackson: Sec. Miss
Fannie NJ. Moulton: Executive com. w.
II. Winslow. Misses Bertha r. Soule and
Mary ID. White. The president acts as
Instructor. The executive committee as
sist the president In the work OF instruc-
ton.
The winter term Of Foxcroft Acad-
envy commenced. Monday. with an at
tendance of nearly 50. In a few days
more the attendance will be brought
up to about SIS. The senior class num-
beers II and during the present term
they will stage a drama to help defray
graduation expenses.
Bath Times: Mrs. Wade has made Il
present to the South Street grammar
school of three pictures prettily
framed. One is the Sistine Madonna
another the Pantheon. the third the
Parthenon. The above are especially
appreciated on account of the barren
look of the schoolhouse.
The pupils in Miss Cornfor,hs third
grade school in Saco have RAISED
enough money to purchase 80 volumes
for the school library. There is now ]
library of entertaining and instructive
books in every school room in Saco
and in some cases quite a good sized
collection of books has been gathered
The winter lecture course at the East
Maine Conference Seminary at Bucks
port is as follows: Gov. Powers. 1.-The
Duties of the Chief Executive OF
Maine:" DIR. Perrin of Boston Univer-
sity and Dr. Harris of University of
Maine. on college Life" and judge
Wiswell Of Ellsworth on "Maine's
judiciary System"
An effort is being made by the teach
ers of the Sangerville high school t
establish a reading room in connection
with the school. Current events have
been taught for some time but Priv
cipal Williams believes if the scholars
should read daily papers and sift tht
important from the unimportant news
it would discipline their minds more
than to read condensed news in month
ly and weekly papers.
Anyone who is in doubt as to tn
success of the York Institute reading
room should go in there one of these
afternoons or evenings" said Sac
citizen recently. He will see from Il
dozen to 20 men and boys absorbed in
magazines and papers, and probably
three out of four of class who could
not afford to read periodicals if they
had to pay for them. In cold weather
the reading room frequently entertains
such a number of visitors that it is
hard to find a magazine which is not
in use. People generally don't appra-
ciate what the reading room is doing.
how large a number it benefits. and
how deserving it is, of support and
assistance" -,
The pupils of the seventh grade in the
ThOmaStOn grammar school building had
curio hour Wednesday afternoon. They
brought from their homes many interest
ing and curious articles which had been
gathered in many lands. As each article
was shown the pupil. who had brought
it, gave a brief statement of it. Many
stories relating to Gen. Knox were re-
lated. Among the articles exhibited were
sharks backbone. the sword of a sword
fish. a KNITTING needle dug out of the
ground in CallaO. sample of the shoes
worn by the men of Howe, one of the
first postage stamps issued by the L. S.
government. Egyptian clam. shells, a nap
kin made of seeds. sword and sheath.
star fish, fans made of grass from the
west and south coasts of Africa. Japan
csc fans of sandal wood, sea fan. sea
from glass. dolls dressed in the cos
tunes of the Roman peasantry, gourds
sea beans. cedar bud from Tennessee. a