Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-08
Maine Educational News.

Maine Educational News.
The Piscataquis Teachers Associa-
ton will meet at Brownville April Is
and %
Rev. Robert Sutcliffe has been re-
| appointed superintendent Of the
! schools of Machias.
! Twenty-six school teachers took the
| town examination at the South Paris
| high school recently.
! the alumni Of Arson Academy. North
| Arson. have issued a large number Of
| invitations to their annual ball in Car
| rabasset hall. April Is.
The senior class OF the Ellsworth
| high school will hold prize declama-
| tons in Hancock hall soon for the
| benefit Of the Onasouson club.
Ralph r. Rowe Of Portland. has ac-
cepted an invitation 10 teach vertical
writing at the School OF Methods FRYE
burg, for this summer
New Gloucester has one Of the finest
equipped libraries and reading-rooms
in the State. The library contains
about 5000 books ana Is growing from
year TO year. The reading-room has all
the leading periodicals OF The day
Miss Maud Brigham OF Buckfeld.
has been chosen to fill the vacancy IN
the New Auburn school caused ~ the
resignation of Miss Roak. Miss Bridg-
nam was formerly Superintendent
Stetson's clerk and substitute
teacher.
The study Of geography in the Lewis
ton schools is 10 BE- encouraged more
than in the past. one plan for awak-
ening a new interest is by the use Of
pictures. The same plan * to be fol-
lowed i'll the study Of history. super
intcndent Phillips believes that much
can be accomplished by illustration.
The net proceeds If the fair at the
Emerson school. Portland. recently.
amount to the handsome sum Of S2So.22
Part of this money Will be devoted to
the purchase Of a piano ana the rest
will he applied for the purpose Of COM
pieting the decora ton of the school
house corridors.
The portraits Of the late President a.
f. Chase and Miss A. NJ. Wilson of
Bangor. who was for l. years precep-
tress Of Bucksport Seminary. We're
presented 10 the seminary. this week
in behalf Of former students AMI
teachers.
Freedom Academy has % students.
Prof. w. w Rich is principal and his
teachers are Miss Addie +. HOdgkins
graduate Of CaStine Normal schooi
Miss Margaret Williams. a graduate Of
Colby Classical Institute and sophie
more in Colby. Miss Belle NJ. Rice a
graduate of Deering high school and
sophomore at Wellesley. Mrs Annah
Stevenson. a graduate of the NJ. {. l..
Pittsfied.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Curtis. supervisor Of the
schools of Brewer, hopes to be able to
have instruction in music introduced in
the schools the present year. Her plan
is to introduce this branch in a grad
uaI manner She would first start with
the pupils Of the primary grades, and
work up TO the higher grades. The
teachers would be instructed, as well
as the pupils. and there would be
special lessons for their benefit.
The Coburn public library. Skowhe-
gan. has issued the past week a cata
logue of a collection of Books for
younger readers" which has been
placed on the shelves in the reading
room. There are $50 books in the list
about half of which are new ones. pre-
sented by a friend Of the library. The
collection does not consist entirely of
Juvenile books. but of such works Of
adventure travel. history. biography.
nature-study and the Imagination as
will be of interest to the younger
visitors of the library.
The graduation exercises of Farm
ington high school will occur in Music
hall. Friday. June 18th. for which class
parts have been assigned as follows:
| Saluta tory. "Cicero's Defense of the
Poet Archias." John Greene: essay.
| Musical Forms" Miss Florence c.
Wade: essay, The Congressional
| Library Miss Mary NJ. Milliken:
essay. The Brush and the Chisel."
Miss Florence Robinson: essay. The
Making of Books" Miss Irene p. Ladd:
| valedictOry. Step by Step" Miss
Mabel +. Hunter. Browns orchestra
will furnish music for the exercises, as
well as for the reception following,
which will be given by the graduating
class of 1900. This class will number IA
| The graduating class at Pennington
| Normal school, this spring. numbers So
and it is the largest in the history Of
| the school The class officers have
been chosen as follows: Presid ent.
Moses r. Corliss. Midtown: vice ,,resi-
dent. George c. Erskine, Jefferson:
secretary Miss Alena l.. Young, Rock
! land: treasurer. Miss Una f. Brann.
Augusta. Those elected to write. class
parts are: Valedictorian, Miss ViIah
NJ. Kitchen. Maysville Center: saluta-
| torian, Roy +. Cannon. West Farm
| ington: historian. Miss Ethel May
| Tucker. Kennebunk: graduation day
ode. Miss Hortense b. Bradford, Me
| chanic Falls: class poem. Miss Sarah
a. Collier. Nealey's Corner; Arbor day
essay. John knowlen. Presque Isle:
Arbor day ode. Miss Annie f. Hall,
North Bridgton: class will. Misses Lii
liam r. Peaslee of Richmond and Maud
f. Monroe of Abbot. The class colors
are cerise and white. and the class
motto is Courage. Loyalty and
Liberty.