Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-11
Maine Educational News.


The young people of Blaine have or
ganiZed a debating CLUB.
The annual reunion and banquet or
the Boston Colby Alumni Association
will be held at Boston February u.
The Young Peoples Debating Club
of Southwest Harbor have recently
donated S24 to the fremont public
library for juvenile books.
The graduating class of Arson Acad-
envy has assigned the salutatory to
Miss Hattie Spinney and the valedic-
tory to belmont Tozier The class
consists Of nine members
| Miss Winifred c. Hill of Boston. has
| bean elected assistant teacher in the
| Rockland high school to fill the va
cancy occasioned by the resignation of
j. F. Rhodes I'd.
i The endowment fund for tns Sanford
public library now amounts to $500
| and is increasing rapidly. The largest
| contribution thus far received is $500
from the Sanford Mills Company.
The Madawaska Training school,
Fort Kent has 102 scholars. So of whom
are in the boarding house connected
|
there are 23 boys and girls represent
ing the towns of Fort Kent NADIA
waska Grand Isle. Frenchv:iia, st.
Francis. Wallagrass, Allagash Planta-
ton and St. Hilaire, n. t.
Miss Margaret J. Worcestar Of Port
land. has been elected an assistant
teacher in the New York institution
for the Improved Education of Deaf
Mutes, on Lexington avenue in New
York city. Miss Worceste" has Cor the
past two years been teaching Il private
deaf pupil in Caribou.
The Sagadahoc County Teachers
Association met at Topsham recently
The attendance was unusually large
III the evening an abb address on
Moral Training in Schools" was given
by President r. Dewitt Hyde. Officers
for the ensuing year: President John
A. Cone. Topsham; vice president. j
F. Mcguire. Richmond; secretary. NJ
ID. White Bath: eXecntir" committee
VIM. H. Winslow. Bath. q. .. Minard
Bath: Clara p. Hussey. Tppshanl
Mrs A G. Tibbetts. Howdoinham
Clara +. Coombs. Rowdoia.
AT a recent meeting of the Lin"olr
|
!. Patterson of Wiscasset. read an inter
esting paper relating to the ea,iy set
Element at Pemaquid. in which it vas
shown that in 1857, taxes were imposed
on only land and live stock An an
cient document was quoted - show
that the Pemaquid settlers IN los had
among them go cows. i've bulls ]:
horses and quite IA numbe: ri sheep
| e 80 M.
satisfactory. else it woul 1; not nave
been changed.
The Coburn Clarion calls attention Il
| the record made by students o' iH'
Coburn Classical Institute of Water
VILE in contests for prizes offered by
Colby. In 1889 Colby first Offered ihe
Merrill prizes for excellence i'll scholar
ship as exhibited in thu result of en-
trance examinations. S'oCn then l.
first prizes have been given and of This
number Coburn students have won l.
OF the five that Coburn me1 failed t.
take four Were won by graduate, oi
schools in other states, and IN Only one
instance has the prize bean taken by
1.-the graduate of another Maine school
Superintendent Phillips of the Lewis
ton public schools recently gave IN
structions to all of the teachers t.
give lessons upon the use of tobacco In
| cigarettes. and of alcohol as Il bevef-
age. in their classes. in compliance
| with the law of the State of MainH.
He believes that the teaching OF te'n-
perance in the public schools will nay
| a great influence upon the young gen
| Grafton and that if they come up with
the knowledge that liquor is poison,
| and that death turks in the cigarette,
| they will learn to obser'f" The result of
| the use of them in others ari that
| the temperance sentiment VIII be
| greatly strengthened.