Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-07
Maine Educational News.

| W6lu0 eOuC0UOUou VGWS.
The school savings bank system will be
| inaugurated soon in Westbrook
| The class of 90 Berwick Academy. have
| presented the school with $50 to be eN +
/ pended in the purchase Of books Of ref
erence.
The high school at Guilford has opened
| with over sixty pupils and more are com >
ing Everything seems to indicate ii pros
| porous term OF school
Miss Maud NJ Hartwell of Lewiston,
has accepted a position as teacher az AiSs
| Wheeler's school at Providence. X l., ana
has gone there to commence her duties.
The pupils OF the second primary
school. Caribou. held "A candy sale recent I
ly, from the proceeds OF which hahd
| some clock was purchased Tor the schoo! I
| room.
Superintendent of Schools Francis $
| Brick. and many of the Belfast school
| teachers are making an effort 10 get
summer school for Waldo county next
| summer.
Ry A beauest Of the late James Strout
| the Thomaston public library has been
| increased 100 bound volumes and quite
the same number If pamphlets and pub.
lie documents.
The Il members OF the graduating class
| Of 80 Brunswick high school received
| each S2l0 after all bills We're paid, from
the entertainment fund.
The Cadet. the University of Maine
College monthly. has been changed %
bi-weekly newspaper.
1t is reported that the scholars of the
| Ashland High school are planning to
start school paper.
The South Aroostuuk teachers con-
vention will meet in Patten, the 23l
and oath of october.
Miss Charlotte Scannon Of Lincoln, who
is teaching in North Guilford. has organ
lied a School Improvement League N
Maine in the place ana the scholars are
much interested in IL.
Miss Judith f. Dugan. a graduate Of
the Bangor high school in the class ot
1899. has passed successfully the cXamind
tiuns for entrance 10 the Boston normal
school ana has already begun her studies
in that institution.
one hundred and thirty three pupils are
registered at the Yarmouth grammar
school this term. The \ class numbers
81 There are forty members in the -
class. making it the largest entering
class in the history of the school.
Winfield ;. Webb has been chosen su
perintendent Of the Caribou schools T. sue
ceed Mrs. Florence 4. Porter who has re
signed.
some a pupils Who attended high
| school at Levant previous to 1860 held =
reunion at that place Sept. -. They have
celebrated this anniversary every i've
| years, but This was an occasion ~ par
ticular interest az they assembled from
different states of the Union
y society Tor the study Of English III
erature has been organized in Richmond
| with Principal Mcgquier nf the high
| school as president
Prof. Robinson Gibbs. formerly Of
| Wiscasset. is to occupy the chair Of
English Literature. Union College.
Ohio.
r. :. WadSWorth Of Gardiner and q
graduate Of Bates 80, has been elected
| principal of the Columbia Falls Higl
| school.
At the +. NJ. &. seminary. Bucksport,
| this term, a department Of physical cult
| ure and elocution under Miss Agnes
Person has been added to the regular
| course which is proving of great benefit.
| Ralph Greenlaw of the graduating class
| of Bowdoin College last June. has re
| cetved an appointment in the census O.
partment He was recommended by Sen
| ator Frye.
| Miss Christie McCaulder of Bucks
port, has entered the Rust kindergar-
ten Training School, Worcester. Mass.
for full course of study.
William A. Murray of Pittsfield ha-
| been rendered the position of assistant in
structor IN civil engineering at the IN
versity Of Maine his alma mater, for n
of NJ. G. l. and of L. Of NJ, '99.
The normal music course has recently
been introduced into the Hampden
schools. under the supervision of Miss
Grace S. Angley. graduate of the Ban
gor training school.
Miss Mary Sayward of Springvale.
who has been teaching in the public
| schools in Worcester. Mass, recently
returned from a vacation trip to Ger
many. Switzerland and France.
| Miss Ada l.. Davis of the Butler school
| Portland. has been chosen principal of
the Oakdale school. Miss Davis is Il
al n tr.ltD hoo t.,..l
| taught two years in Park street school
and three years in the Butler school.
| change is 70 be made in the spelling
| are to be two lessons week and the |
| words will be taken from the newspapers |
as it is thought that by this method the
| students will keep better III touch with |
| words in general use.
| Miss Eda Chapman. well known in !
Thomaston, has resigned her position in |
the public schools of Hartford Conn.
and as soon as a successor shall be APP |
pointed, will open catering establish
ment at Northampton. principally for
| the Smith College students.
| Ernest II. Mailing, who graduated at
| Colby last commencement has recent /
ly passed his examination and en-
tered the medical department of Col !
umba College. Washington. D. c. Rev.
| ident of Columbia. Mr.. Mailing has
also received an appointment in the
| census department. He is the son of
| H. NJ. Mailing, Esq. of Portland.
Few towns in the State send out
such long list of students as Cherry
| field is contributing to the New Eng
| land colleges. The roll is as follows:
| Horace Newenham, Linwood Work
man. Allana Small, Vera Nash, Bessie
| Nickels, of Colby: Fred Ward, Stanle,
| Wiley of Bowdoin: Frank McGould-
| rick of Yale; Hattie Silsby of Welles-
| ley.
| The WATERFORD High school. Arad f
! Linscott. Colby. 90. principal. through
| the teachers efforts and heartily aided
| by Supt. polan and committee made
many improvements last year on the
building by paint, paper, desks, charts.