Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25
Maine Educational News.

Clifton Gray of Belfast. has won the
500 prize which was offered for the bes1
| scholarship at Meadville Theological
| School in Pennsylvania.
The young people of Sawyers Island
| GaVc Christmas entertainment for the
! purpose of raising funds for new bel
for the schoolhouse.
Cherryfield Academy closed last week
| after a term of l. weeks In the prize
| contest, held on the closing day. the first
| prize was awarded to Miss Lila Watts
and the second to Percy Wakefield.
| An earnest effort is being made by the
citizens of Newport for public library.
Az association has been formed in Orc
no to raise funds 70 continue the paper of
| the high school.
| a new literary society has been formed
at the Rockland Y. NJ {. A.. called the
| Daniel Webster Literary society.
| The primary and intermediate schools
| in Norway have purchased flags for their
| roorsS.
circle of the University Extension
Course was organized recently at
Rockland.
| A literary society has been organized
at Steuben with the following officers:
President, Mrs. VIM. Wass vice pres
ident. Ellis Baker: secretary. Campbell
II.
committee of arrangements. Ella Lew
is. Wilson r. Young. DR.. S. e. Phelps.
The Bangor schools closed Dec. H. for
the Christmas vacation. after a term of Il
weeks. When the term began there was
registered attendance of BOO pupils. but
on account of an epidemic of measles
colds and other forms of sickness. the at
: Hndance was cut down to about 2630
Sout two weeks ago. AT the beginning
A.. of
early in January it is expected that the
schools will all be we'll flied. Education
in Bangor is progressing finely. Eotwith-
standing considerable increase in house
room. and great Improvement in most
of the old houses, there is still decided
lack of room. and another new building
must soon be erected, this time on the
west side. The new Palm street school
has now $50 pupils, about all it can ac-
eommodate The high school has the
largest number of students in it's his
tory-360. the attendance having doubled
in eight years. Among, the students are
many from out of the city-from Brewer
Orono. Bar Harbor. South Hancock. and
even one from Chicago. 1t is the proud
boast of the Bangor high school that sew
eral of its students who are taking the
course in physics and chemistry. under
Prof. Damon, will be admitted to the So
phomore class of the University of Maine
doing the freshman year work of the
college while in this school. All students
of this school who have taken three
years course are eligible to the freshman
class of the University of Maine OBJ
jective elementary science is now being
taught with success in the ninth grade.
grammar school, in Bangor. The scien-
tific studies are pursued under the tutor
ship of Z. of Damon. formerly of the Uni
versity of Maine, who has now been con-
nected with the Bangor school depart
ment for two years. Great interest is
manifested by teachers from the country
towns in Bangor methods. as is shown by
the fact that los of them visited the
schools here during the term just closed.
In no other department of the public
service. perhaps, has such rapid advances
ment been made in the past decade as in
the schools. and yet. with all the inn
provement, the cost of education is COM
paratively low. Returns made in June,
1895. show a registered attendance of 346l
pupils in the Bangor schools, with a to-
tai expense of $60,759. or about SIS 30 per
capita, while in most other cities Of equal
size in the United States the cost is wei
over $40 per capita.