Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-10
Maine Educational News.

/ The young people of Newry~ have or
I Sanzcd lyceum.
The Westbrook Magazine Club has en-
/ tered upon its tenth year of prosperity.
! Forty-liye books were added to the pub
/ ne library, Portland during December.
! The York Institute reading room at
/ Saco has been closed on account of lack
| Of support.
| Miss Henrietta f. Johnston Of Win
ihrop Center, is studying kindergarten
/ work in Portland.
Miss Edith Gray one of Brooksvilc's
successful teachers, has accepted a posi-
ton in a Boston school.
The kenncbunk school board has lust
voted to adopt the one session a day Sys-
TEN at the high school.
Miss Mercy Brann of Dexter Colby 81.
has been appointed assistant teacher in
the Bar HarDor high school.
Rev. u. II. Acterian is at work in Som
crset county. organizing classes in the
University Extension Association.
A private high school will he taught at
West Sullivan this winter as the free
school falls to the East Sullivan district
this year,
Fifty new seats have been placed in the
main HAN at the Pennington Normal
building. making seating capacity Of 2i2
at present.
hlSS annie D. l-oWtll, on account OF Ill
health. has resigned her position as
teacher in the Butler school, Portland
for the present.
Miss Della O'Donnell, for number of
years teacher in the Waterville schools
has been elected principal of the new
Myrtle street school in that city.
Miss Mary Il. Smith formerly a teacher
i'll the Pennington Normal school. has
been elected to the school committee in
BEVERLY Mass. ny m9iorifv in
ward
DR.. h. NJ. Smith, at the head of the
Methodist Seminary, Montpelier. VT and
formerly president of the school at Kents
Hill. has been elected president of the
Wesleyan university, bloomington. ILL.,
Or. Smith Is u native of Franklin county.
During the month Of December there
We're drawn from the Calais free library
1919 volumes, divided as follows. among
the different classes of literature: His
tory &c volumes; travel and descriptions
-; biography %: poetry IL: science. -:
juvenile, J96; fiction 1ll6: miscellaneous 4.
The reader who takes "A course of sub
siantial literature by means Of a public
library has one satisfaction aside from
the literature itself. and that is that
there is not half the danger of absorbing
noxious germs that there Is in Il course
of fiction. This. is speaking literally, not
figura lively, as might be supposed. | am
reading sRuskin.' says one clever Young
woman who is lover of good books.
and with every volume have to cut the
leaves. The librarian tells me the books
have never been taken out before
physical culture" is the watchword
The young ladies of the Lewiston high
school met. on Tuesday evening, at the
high school hall with Miss Farnham, the
new instructor, and there were made ac-
quainted with the purpose and scope of
the work Miss Farnham is making
of the school. The boys of the school met
on Tuesday with the principal and made
ARRANGEMENTS for the spring campaign in
athletics. The principal is thoroughly
interested in the athletic development Of
the boys and IA decided stand will be TAX
en- by the Lewiston high school the com
ing season.
Now that the long evenings have ar
rived the question is or should be with
our young people especially, How can
employ my time the most prohtably?
one way. and a good one it is to. is To
form q reading club to meet two or more
times each week. and read and discuss
some of the standard books. Form into
classes of such number as desirable. and
each one read aloud a certain portion of
the book ut hand 1t will prove profit
able and hcalthful exercise to both body
aud mind. Several towns have already
organized reading clubs and report is that
the interest increases with each meeting,
Machias Union.
Supt. Kiucannon Of the state educational
department of Mississippi has petitioned
the legislature for authority to have the
newspaper adopted as text in the public
schools of that state. In his report and
petition. this official says: My obserFa-
ton for many years leads me to the CON
clusion that the newspaper is potent
factor in the education of children. Dur
ing my superintendency of the graded
schools of Meridian | had the newspaper
adopted as a text in several grades of the
high school The results from this de-
parturc were highly gratifying. Pupils
readily acquired a taste for good liter
AZURE and became familiar with events
then current. which have since passed M
To the history of the world. The press
and the public school are universal Us
agencies.