The Republican journal., 1899-09-28
Educational Notes.

SCHOoiS lo4 many Atolo ~ ooiie' nv
foundation was well built, the ventilation
carefully studied and everything done to
secure good. reliable work. The rooms
must be heated by stoves at the present
time, but the plan was for furnace as
soon as there was money appropriated to
buy one That is about the situation
with regard to the south primary building
in Belfast 1t needs, and should have a
furnace, and then with a few minor i'm
provements we should have we'll heated
well ventilated building, with modern i'm
provements good for many years and ade-
quate to all requirements
The superintendent of schools, Mrs.
Florence G. Porter, was called upon, and
her remarks are of more than local inter
est. They slow what Caribou has done,
and what other towns should do, in pro-
viding for the education of the young.
Mrs, Porter said:
Caribou could not be excelled by any
town IN the State in the work accomplished
since the old district system was abolished.
Perhaps some towns have expended more
money but none have done a greater work.
Eleven pew school houses have been
built and two lemodeled in the last
st[,.s,,,'as %, oota5 NV no na7lc ,1innee D
with then cIpmbling walls, worn out
floors and clumsy, back breaking seats,
lag @ulln7 'AlS peIi9o oeqn fel'i"Geu .!
aHd4 Ta,,Gvnud tinoTs Slate hTarkh oardS
and modern school seats.
IfIee fine school houses will be built
% l+ie ol5G rG~ e"iiS bt
in Ieaitv Of exterior and the convenience
ol 1le interior arrangements, and one
attef tie same Plan is - be built
s ~ nv "'l'e' '''S''i'' ''i'i' - L.
The voters Of the town have been
generous in questions relating 10 the
ecoea.l'l Of me c4lldIen' ana they are
la.- .oI.l I,,I,Ia+ior az ,",, t fr,, 'lp
AIuostool County and this county stands
second tAe STATE, Cumberland being
l-t l.S - "57e A''liloeI 81 syh. i:Is
s.i4 -.-at school }aon. and now T6at His
work las been accomplished tie policy Of
Jle culture should 9e to raise the standard
~ --S'l -''''H ''i''' l''i ili9ii ''''ei "Pl'li-
IA ve1l peculiar thing has happeDed
i'm connection with the State examina-
tiors remarked Superintendent stet-
.., T-as5av p,.rnino az no sa- ~ it,
desk. THE first examination of teach
etS. Which was taken in 1891. resulted in
te vic-o!y of a Bovdoin student getting
,he highest rank. Last wear Normal
ar1daae secured the highest. but this
4eag1i isa Colby graduate who has made
record hat viii be hard TO beat. Out
of possible 1900 points this student
scole0 lIel. The papers would make an
almost perfect text book to be reproduced
as they are. 1t is a grand piece Of work. -
OF cuulse. veIy few college graduates take
the examinations, as these who teach are
nearly all il higher grades.
"Bv the way. the results of those
examinations have never been mentioned .,
remarked the Keunebec Jonrnal Ranor+ar
~ su.pose there was laroe axa,,i,o-
+ior5'-
..Yes if was Iaroe one hava mot
ME +.o.5fee AT Hand n ten inst how. ,,.o,,,,
teachers a,a renros4ntad Inf ooa
s+ata ,r.o,,,b that nna-4f+b of Aha, +o,.,,,
f,s .f +r,,. STATE have taken +ha evan;
,.,,,..-.. BOW.
.i -,++i,,,r TO Ia o...-:.5...-,
sUy but have left it entirely OPTIONAL
with the teachers and the school sinner
inteudents Of the different towns and cities
Tie result is that many towns have GROWN
H. make this ono nf tho ra,,,,i,.a,,,o,,+s ho
fore -bA.- will hire =, +aaober In o+hou
town, AS Won know thew have nado i
an object for the teachers 70 take tba
examination bv GIVING honus in the
way O: extra nav TO fine teacher boldino
the certificates showing that she has
passed the State teachers examination