Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-01
Maine Educational News.

Brewer, WITH Two hlnuerBartenS, Is to
be congratulated.
! Vertical writing has been introduced
into the Bucksport schools.
| Maine is one of the q states having
/ compulsory education laws.
! Mrs. Florence c. Porter has been re-
elected Superintendent of schools at Carl
bou.
Bangor architects have made plans for
a $40 900 schoolhouse to be built at Island
Falls.
J. S. Foster has been. elected for the
fourth tiro. superintendent of the Rock
port schools. 80
Eight young ladies were graduated
| from the Bangor Training school for
| teachers, recently.
Sixty-five pupils are in attendance at
the Bridgton high school, an unusually
large number, by the way.
w. M. Currier has offered the town
Af Abbot a lot of land for the building
site of the new schoolnouse at the
upper village.
Vinalhaven's public library enjoys a
big circulation total OF 1880 books
| having been taken out since March L. an
| average of 40 books per library day.
Auburn now has 20 regular teachers
| in the public schools besides a director
| of music, a supervisc. of drawing and
teacher of elocution and physical cul-
ture.
Miss Annie L. Beard of Madison, has
| resigned her position as teacher of the
| second primary school of that village
and has accepted a position in a Mas
sachusettS school.
Howard Pierce of Blaine. who has
| been engaged during the past year as
principal of the high school at Liver
more Falls, has been engaged for an
other year with an increase of salary.
| Prof. Wagg of Auburn, says that a
course in commercial study is one of
| the best things that could be brought
about for the Edward Little high
| school. He is enthusiastic over the
subject.
+. Fenno Heath, a former principal
Of the Camden high school, is now To-
Gated in Newport News. Virginia, where
he has an excellent position as
draughtsman with a steamship build :
ing company.
J. B. Winslow. one of the students at
the Philadelphia Dental College, and a
son of Samuel Winslow of Dexter. was
at the head of his class in the examin-
alton held recently in anatomy. There
are over $50 in the class.
Miss Mary s. Snow. superintendent
of the Bangor schools. will speak at the
New England Conference of Normal
Workers. Boston, May 1. The subject
will be. The Character of Preparation
fo,. p,,l,Iic Schools WprL
The class parts of the senior class of
the Old Town high school will be taken
as follows: Naledictory, Maurice Il. Mer-
rill: salutatory. Elise f. Fitzgerald; prop
het. Marion L.. Hellenbrand; historian.
Edwin Ward: class poet, Agnes Cousins.
The Addison Library Association has
been Incorporated. and will be known
in the future as the Mayhem Library
AssCcia ton" as n testimonial to the
generosity of Mr.. and Mrs. Mayhem of
Orange, n. j., who. by repeated gifts.
have shown 4 deep interest in it's pros
perity.
+. A. Perry, Jr., of North Warren.
has been chosen superintendent of the
Warren public schools to succeed S. A.
Badger, who has accepted the superin-
tendency of the Skowhegan schools.
+. f. Russell of Phillips. will succeed
Mr.. Badger as principal of the Warren
high school.
The Portland school committee have
made changes in the rules relating to
contagious diseases. The old rules
gave no one any power to enforce these
rules BY the old rules the teachers
We're judges of contagious diseases.
Now the doctors are the judges. Now
the board of health have the matter in
their charge. The State Board of Health
approves of the new rules.
The graduating exercises of the Cas-
tine State Normal school, will occur
June and 3, Rev. Joshua NJ. Frost of
Bangor. has been invited to preach the
cermon. The following have been as
signed class parts: Valedictory, Mary
3. Bills of Hope; salutatory, Herbert
Pool of Bremen; history, Carrie NJ
Poor of Sebago; essays, John F. Scan
nell of Natick, Mass; Cora B. Hough-
ton of Lunenburg, Mass, and Addie B.
Crockett of Stockton Springs.