Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-18

I hall The principal schoolroom is large.
/ light and well ventilated, forming a very
| pleasant place TO study, for the greater
/ part of the studying will be done in this
| part of the house.
! Back of this room are recitation rooms,
/ ma above these is the kindergarten so
Situated that the pupils in this depart
ment will not be obliged to come in con-
tact with the older students. This de-
partment will be one of the new feat
! ures Of the school.
On the front part Of the house upstairs
is the hospital. 1t is a singular fact that
during the % years that the school was
conducted there was never Il case of seri-
Gus Illness. In order that the school may
be well provided in case there should he
such cases, this room has been provided.
/ Arrangements have been made with a
regular physician of standing who will
care for the patients. Should a student
SO wish she may have any physician she
plcases.
over the principals parlor is her cham
Der. This is in a wing of the house and
is 50 arranged that from this room 4
view of any part of the play ground may
be had.
Beyond the hospital is a large CUES;
room, fitted up in the pleaslntest manner
Imaginable and with everything that will
make it homeiikc and attractive.
Back of the principals room is the mu-
sic room and this like the other rooms is
unusually pleasant Here is a new piano
of unusually sweet tone, this being one
of the half dozen pianos in the house.
over this department an instructor of I'M
usual ability will have charge. This in
structor is not a person who is making
an experiment but one who is recognized
as leader in his profession.
Farther on are the rooms that comprise
the dormtories. These are fitted up in
the daintiest and prettest manner mag
Unable. each one having a very homelike
air At the head of each corridor is the
room of an instructor, so placed that at
any time a student needs assistance il
may be given.
Adjoining the rooms of the dormitory
are the bath rooms. These are fitted
with the most modern style of plumbing
ana have every convenience.
In the rear of the nall is the gymna-
stun. During a part of the time this will
be used as recitation room. All the
athletic apparatus is so arranged that 1t
may be placed against the walls without
unusual disturbance, leaving the room
free as a gymnasium. This room is shut
off from the remainder of the house 50
that it is as separate as though in an
other building.
The laundry is located in the basement.
Arrangements have been made 50 that ii
a pupil 50 wishes she may reduce her eX-
penses at the school by caring for her
own clothing or assisting in the domestic
work. The Laundry is modern in every
particular and is arranged for the great
est convenience
| The house throughout has the air of
another century. In almost every room
the two windows extend to the floor.
The massive inside shutters carry one
hack to the days when the house was
first built and the idea is further carried
Iout by the large open fire places that are
in every principal room. While the rooms
are in one way of an old design yet they
are fitted with modern conveniences. The
house throughout is heated by fine
steam plant and lighted by gas.
The grounds are as attractive as can be
imagined. South of the house is a large
tennis court in perfect condition. Earth
; or south is Il small grove in which is
.ybat is called the picnic rock. This part
of the ground forms one of the pleasant
est places for stroll. The picnic rock
is a spot dear to every former student OF
the school Here in former days the
. Students were accustomed to have