The Portland daily press., 1899-03-31
SOUTH PORTLAND.
MEETING OF TEACHERS IN THE
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.

Today at . pm. In the rooms Of the
Knishtvilie school building, the several
TEACHERS Of the different grammar schools
OF the city will meet at conference
which has been called by the superintend-
ent of schools. MIR. J. Otis Kalsr The
purpose Is to get the views Of the
teachers as to the best means TO be adopt
ell for raising the grade OF the grammar
schools and to formulate some feasible
plan which may be submitted TO the fun
committee board ut its next meeting.
THE EASTER CAT.
Setting great store by the admonitions
received from the agent of the society for
the prevention of cruelty to animals the
owner of the Raster cat, reference to
which was made In the PRESS Of Thurs.
day, has decided to punch no more holes
in the oats ears, but will provide it with
q handsome velvet coat with easter"
embroidered on either side.
THE HISTORY CLUB.
As lifting finale for very pleasant
series of meetings which have been held
by the history club during the past win
|
home of Mrs. Skinner on Front street. 1t
icing the last meeting until the first
Thursday in October next, the hostess
stamped it with social rather than liter
airy features, aud five tables of whist were
formed and many hotly contested "rub-
bers" were played with good scores in
many instances Interspersing the gaines
| . Of ho1 40
present passed q most delightful evening.
Refreshments were served and besides the
hostess and her immediate family those
present were: Mrs Dr. BuzzelI. Mrs
tennerty, Mir. and Mrs. Fred Cole, Mr..
and Mrs. Ira NJ. Davis. MIR and Mrs. W.
5. Small, MIR. and Mrs, Fred Spear, Miss
Ada g. Cole. Miss Susie Starting, Miss
Nellie Lookhead. Miss Hattie Spear,
Harry Wood, j. II. and A. Ii. Cole, W.
II. Smith, X. A. Zimmerman, u. W.
Mooney.
THE SAWYER STREET TEN.
nected with the Sawyer Street Ten"
will meet with Mrs. W. L. Studley at her
home on Sawyer street Friday afternoon
at 2. SO.
SOUTH PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL
| The awarding Of paris to the twelve
members Of the graduating class receiving
the highest rank through their courss In
| auRurates n dssirabls change which il
| made upper Nive this year on account of
an unusually large class
The rank of each scholar is carefully
recorded In q book kept for that purpose
4, . u. oh
sent to the parents at the end of each
| term throughout the oourss.
1t was Announced at the beginning Of
| the year that only those receiving an
| average of ~ on the basis of 100 would BIO
entitled to honors and that no more than
twelve parts could be delivered at com
mencemenG
Thus il awarding parts each scholars
rank was averaged and parts accordingly
assigned.
The valedictory was given to the scholar
| obtaining the highest average rank in the
class, the salutatory to the scholar obtain.
ing next highest.
Since there are thrse courses Ct stsGts
| namely: College preparatory, Latir,
| scientific and English and since each
course represents different work, it was
considered a just arrangement TO award
a nrs5 and second part to the scholars TO.
ceiving highest average in sain courses.
Then after the above honors were rs
signed, the class history, prophecy add
other honors were also assigned according
to rank.
However, this arrangement will not
lessen the advantages of other members of
the class for all will write parts and r-fer
them to the teachers for correction.
Moreover, the names of all will appear on
the programme at commencement under
the several courses to which they belong
a SMALLISIZED FLOOD.
Certain sections of the South Portl and
districts from Broadway down to High
street have recently undergone "a small
szsd flood. About ten acres or mora were
Overlooked and in some instances horses
had to he taken from stables 10 avoid
their standing in water, which in places
was foot and mora deep. There is some
trout bic with the outlets to the sewers ard
the matter no doubt will soon receive the
attention of the proper authorities.
Mr. Charles NJ. Hartford of the law de-
partment Of Harvard university Is pass
ing IA weeks vacation at his home in
south PORTLAND.
1t is the intention of the CITY authorities
to have new valuation of the city taken
at an early date.
The following well known young
people ara to take part in tho "caSe
walk given iy the Jolly Six at the
Union Opera hous, thursday evening,
April o.: Master of ceremonies, Nm.
Smart; couples, harriet Davis ami Linn
Brown, Virginia Dyer and Edward
Fiavin, Georgia Burr and William Sea-
ford, Lulu Gooid aud HarrT Goss, Leo
Eliot and Harry Harmon, Carroll Eliot
and Elmer Perry.
CONCERT BY THE UNIvERSALISIS
FRIDAY EVENING NEXT.
The concert to be given nnder the aus.
picea OF the Universalist Society, next
Friday evening, promises to be very en-
ioyahle affair he programme Will tie