The Portland daily press., 1899-07-31
AT MARTHA's GROVE.
The school Of Methods by the
crawling SacO.
How Studies are Pnrsuea In wooded
Nooks-A Pictuse oil the Daily Life %
the students.
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Martha's Grow, Eryeburg. July es.--
With an enrolment OF sixty and an at
tendance Of nearly seventy-tiys. at many
Of the classes, the School of Methods IL n
success. Normal Hall, the wcrk-room Of
the school. wears varied aspect. In the
early morning this long tables are covered
with drawing pagers and pencils, models
and casts, fruit and flowers Next, the
vertical writing books occupy the space
and later cubes and oblongs and number
cards passed around serve to illustrate
modern arithmetic work. The next
period, grasses and leaves. turnips and
onions, underground stems and aerial
roots are on exhibition. while Nature
study is discussed. And the last hour Of
the morning geographical charts, and
pictures OF glaciers and geysers are used,
while the study OF various countries and
land forms, is carried on.
In Chocorua Cottage. the reading hold
absolute sway. And intensely interesting
it is to watch the little tots gain the
power of recognizing words. or to listen
while theory Is being discussed.
Even the Grove House parlor is in use
during one hour Of the morning. for the
plano here makes 1t the best place for hold
ing the music lessons Here, again, ia
found GLASS OF children eager and inter
ested in this vacation school.
at the conference this afternoon, the
subject OF Child Study brought forth an
interesting diversity OF opinions. Many
1fuQr of Ill. A..
broaden the teachers life, were also dis
cussed, the general subject be..g. "The
Teacher as Student. I"
After the conference came the studio
hour. And, again, the tables were filled
with those eager to learn something OF
the practical drawing OF natural objects.
But, In spite of hard work, plenty Of
recreation is taken. Although the roads
are tolerably sandy some enterprising
bicyciists are out evsry day, and the
woodroad to the VII gs offers most de-
lightful surface for spin. OF course,
the rider must not mind trifles, such as
large pine tree roots, across the road, be-
ing slapped by branch and fern, as he
glides along, turning a s-arp curve, and
finding himself face to face with pool CT
water or team, the road being too mar
row for turning out, In either instance.
But. these minor points aside, the ride
is delightful, with the smell OF the pines
loading the atmosphere with fragrance.
with the flne view Of the mountains from
Chocorua at one end. to Baldfacs on tn g
other, keeping one company.
Holmes Cottage Il now open, Rev. ID.
b. Holt and family having arrival.
Ferndale Cottage is also occupied by hir.
Chas Evsns. Mrs. Evans and Miss star
ley, Of Fryeburg.
The weather continues to be perfect
just cool enough for comfort, and warm
enough to enable Gee to dispense with
wraps. Tine three mosquitoes who wer .
here when the Summer School opened
have left for parts unknown. and th g
grasshoppers remain sole guardians of the
public welfare.
The latest arrivals at the grove include
>. A. Skillings, Mrs. SkillIngs. Portland !;
George n. GatohelI, ". Brownfield; Chas.
Eyans, Mrs. Charles Evans. Frye
burg; Jennie A. Huston. Portland;
Mrs. Lyman Abbott, Cornwall on H nd
son. N. Y; Edith d. Burdin; Celia
II. Sanborn, W. Baldwin,: Annie ID.
Irish. Cornish; Mrs. q. Howe Davis,
Boston; Mrs S. ]. Emerson, Boston |;
Isabel b. Stickney, Cambridge, Mass. !;
Edward w. Ryan, Boston. Mass.