Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-09
IN THE SCHOOLROOM.
What is Being Done in Maine Tor the Advance
ment Of Education.

| iol. w. H. bTtSStT VI EllSNoI III, IL
conducting an evening school in thai
city.
Miss Jessie Knight, teacher Of Eng
| lish in the Rockland high school, has
resigned.
The Wellesley College catalogue
shows a total of % Maine girls now at
| that institution.
| The recent entertainment given by
the Edward Little high school, Lewis
| ton, netted sos.
Miss Hattie Dodge of Bucksport has
been engaged to teach at Birch Har-
Dor.
The Bath school board has estab-
lished training school for young lao :
les who desire to be teachers.
There are prospects of a large class
at Gorham normal school this term.
which begins Jan. 2, 1900.
The piano presented to the new
grammar school in Bucksport by John
Q. Wood was placed in position
Wednesday.
Miss Della Hiscock. Colby '01, has re-
turned to college. She has just closed
4 successful term of school at Friend
ship.
The pupils of the Emerson school.
Portland, are to give an entertainment
FOR the purpose Of raising funds for
piano.
The Sons and Daughters of Veterans
of Bluehill. have purchased a picture
OF the Battle of Gettysburg which will
be hung in the academy.
Miss Emma J. Haley, daughter Of
Principal j. F. Haley of the +. NJ. G.
s., Bucksport. and a graduate of '9S,
has been engaged to teach in the pub
lie schools of Eden.
Owing to the increase of pupils at
the North, South ana Center street
grammar schools, Bath. q new fifth
grade has been established and Miss
Susie Duley elected teacher.
Miss Sadie r. Blaisdell of Bangor.
who for the past two terms has been
teaching school in Kingman. has been
promoted to the intermediate village
grade. She is graduate Of Miss
SHOWS Bangor training class of 1899
The next class in mathematical
drawing al the University of Maine
Will use a textbook which is being
prepared by Prof. j. y. Hart. the head
of the mathematical department. il
collaboration with President Harris.
The winter session of the Eastern
Maine Conference Seminary. Bucks
port, opened Tuesday morning with a
large number of students present. The
outlook for very successful term il
most promising one. Among those who
have returned is Philip Haskell of Deer
the Defender and Columbia to victory.
The town library at Pittsfield is
about 10 be given a great forward
movement. Il. 5. Mathews. who has
charge of the library. has united his
efforts with those of the library assoc
clation and as result the library is to
have larger quarters. This will give
ample quarters for the books. New
books are to be added, and instead of
the library being open but one after
noon and evening per week, it Will now
be open three afternoons of the week.
There were added to the library of
the University of Maine, between the
opening Of the fall term and Nov 80,
create" portion of these are on history.
archaeology and literature. A large or
der has just been placed for books for
the departments of chemistry, phar-
macy and modern languages A COM
plete set of the Teubner Latin texts,
and the most important Greek texts
have been ordered for the classical de-
partment.
The winter terms of school are now
all in session in Bristol. The free high
at Pemaquid is being taught by G.
w. Singer, editor of the Damariscotta
Herald. The grammar school at Round
Pond is under the instruction of Mrs.
ID. 5. Kerr, wife of the Methodist pas
tor in that place. The Grant brothers
of Harrington, are both retained. one at
New Harbor and one at Round Pond
tSouth school) Mrs. Mary Fossett
Elliott goes to her old school at South
Bristol Mrs. Mary A. Roland, super
visor, finds her time largely occupied
to attend to some 20 schools in so large
a town.