Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-20
Maine Educaiiona News.

The s. I. L. has purchased fine
clock for the "Tennyson school, at
sullivan Harbor.
A new course OF study has been add
ed to the curriculum of Hartland
Academy which includes typewriting,
shorthand in all branches. such as are
taught in business college.
w. W. Wood of Springvale, gradual
ed at the Buffalo College Of Pharm-
acy, April &c. with high honors, win
ming the Woodbury. prize Of $50 for
graduating at the head of his class.
A teachers association for the town
of Winterport was organized recently
with the following officers: President.
w. J. Henderson; vice president. T.. A.
Clark; secretary and treasurer, Miss
Blanche Shaw.
Arthur j. Leach. instructor of man
ual training in the Saco schools. will
take a party of his pupils on a visit to
Bath in the near future. An inspection
Of the Bath Iron Works and a fishing
excursion will be among the pleasures
of the trip.
The school census of Brunswick this
year shows that the old college town
has large quota of the peaceful and
industrious French settlers who are
called from Canada by the cotton mills
The total OF school children Is 2052, of
whom $40 are in the rural districts, $50
are American in the village. and $50
are French. Brunswick's share OF
school money from the State will be
about 5000 larger than last year.
ha Of h., k,l
registered. and there were formerly
five districts. Two OF the districts are
suspended and the scholars trans
ported elsewhere at n cost of s.. 90 per
week each. There are four schools
taught in town. as follows: Village
schools. Myrtle Mitchell and Grace Hall
of Belfast; Cross District. Rhoda wey-
mouth: Weymouth District. Minnie
Weymouth.
There is mistaken idea Of culture
prevalent. Culture does not mean
merely committing to memory a great
number of facts out of text books. but
1t does mean careful and thoughtful
assimilation of every''bit of knowledge
that comes, our way for The purpose of
making ourselves more intelligent.
more noble. more helpful human be-
inss. and where can be found a better
school for the development of these
attributes than in n wisely and prop
erly conducted home Ladies' Home
Journal
The Fairfield Journal would like to
see the women's clubs. or rather the
club women. take more interest in the
schools. and asks how many have
visited the schools during the present
term. The women o& an earlier day.
who never heard ON clubs. used TO
make point of dropping in to see how
their little folks were getting along.
once or twice every term. Ii is booe,l
the mothers of today won't let any
thing else tempt them to neglect this
important duty and privilege.
Self-government in the public schools
OF milwaukee, has been abandoned. The
children We're not equalsto the RESPONSE
bility. and the boys particularly were
troublesome. being especially FESTIVE
under the surveillance of girl police
men, The girls who served in this
capacity were scoffed at by the bows
out of school, and naturally they
watched closely in school for oppor-
tunities TO get even with their tormen-
tors. Parents complained that the sys-
tenn made spies Of the children. caused
them to be watchful of petty short
comings. revengeful when arrested.
and degraded when brought into the
school municipal court Another
complaint was that the time occupied
by members of the court in trying Of
lenders could be employed better in
studying. The climax came when the
TACT was disclosed that one boy, imi-
tating the practices of his elders in
pontics' mad been trying to buy votes
with pencils to compass his election as
an alderman in the school government.
Because of these disclosures the prin-
cipal OF the school where the experi-
ment was being tried was directed to
return to old methods Of discipline.
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