Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-05
ST. CATHARlNE'S FACULN
The Seven Teachers Selected ,or
the School.


is being made toward getting every
thing in readiness for the opening Of
the twenty-slxth year. on September
2lst. The buildings having been put in
thorough repair. and made fresh and
attractive with new paint and paper.
are now being fitted up with new
furniture and carpets. and in another
week the school will be ready for in
spection.
Mr.. Degen returned on Saturday
from Boston. where he secured the last
OF his teachers, and the Journal has
the pleasure Of announcing for the first
time the complete list OF the faculty.
Miss Elizabeth L. Clark Of Bangor.
will be the principal. She has had
many years of successful experience as
teacher. and is woman of strong
executive ability. fine presence and
| high social standing. Her speciality in
teaching is the English language and
literature.
Miss Clare Won Wettberg of Hart
| ford, Conn.,, will have the department
of German and History. She Is a
graduate of Wellesley College. and has
| also studied several years abroad. and
/ Is highly spoken Of as a teacher in
! those branches.
| Miss Jessie Degen. OF this city. will
take French, Latin and Mathematics.
Miss Degen is also Wellesley gradu-
| ate and has had the advantage of a
| years study abroad While without
| experience as a teacher, she has made
a speciality Of these studies and bears
the highest testimonials from DR.. John
r. Prince, State superintendent Of
Schools in Massachusetts, and Profess
sor OF Pedagogics in Wellesley College.
| Miss Mabel Ryland Keller Of Welles-
| ley, Mass, win be at the head OF the
Music Department. She also has de-
| gree from Wellesley. and has had sew
eral years experience as teacher Of
| VI uSlc, WnlCu she lisAS aSthACSCu -
| success quite above the average. She
| is a young woman of fine character
and strong personal magnetism.
Miss Fleeta A. Kendall Of Fitchburg.
Mass. will teach ElocutiOn and Gym
nastics. She is graduate of the Bos-
| ton School of Gymnastics and of the
Emerson School of Oratory. and is an
enthusiast in her work. Under her
personal direction, the latest and most
approved apparatus has beensfpur-
CHASED and the classes in Physical Cul-
| ture will doubtless form one Of the
most attractive features Of the school.
Miss Bertha Niles of Concord, N. H..
and daughter of the Bishop of New
Hampshire, will take the classes in
Drawing and Painting. Miss Niles is
member Of the New York Art
League, and is said to have exceptional
taste and skill as an artist and sue
cess in teaching.
The Kindergarten is a new feature
at st. Catharine'S and was introduced
at the request of a number of families
who felt the need of it for their chill
dren. The large and well-lighted
room formerly used as a studio has
been set apart for this purpose. and it
has the advantage of separate en-
trance from the rest Of the school. 1t
has been fitted up with everything de-
sirable in such a school. and has been
placed in charge of Miss Maude b..
Binet of Concord, N. H., trained Kin
dergartner Of considerable experience.
The number Of pupils in this depart
ment will be strictly limited. and there
have already been SO many applica-
tions that there are but three or four
vacancies. 1t will be conducted on
strict Froebel methods and will be in
all respects first class.
This completes list which will COM
pare favorable with any similar school
in the country, and under the new
HlsIudSctllcul Tic JoutItdi pChsSs<' eAAs@s
st. Catharine's will attain and hold the
prestige of its early days.
A new feature Of the Institution. and
one which will be regarded with inter-
est. will be the formation Of special
afternoon classes in Modern Lam
guages. Music. Fine Arts. and Physical
Culture, for the benefit of ladies of
this city. who have finished their
school days and yet may wish to take
up special work along any of these
lines. This is introduced as an expert
ment and such classes will be organ
ized only in response to an expressed
demand for them. Therefore ladies
who may wish to avail themselves of
this opportunity should register their
names as early as possible.
From now on, the Hall will be open
daily from two to five o'clock, and for
week prior TO the opening 1t will be
open all day. and some one will be in
attendance to register the names Of
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