Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-07
IN TINE scnOOLR0OM.
What is Being Done Tor the Advancement oil
Education in Maine.

There will be no graduating class at
the Bowdoinham high school the COM
ing season, as none of the pupils are
far enough advanced.
Miss Eva Merrett, of Gorham. re-
cent graduate of the Gorham Normal
school, has accepted a position to
teach in Royalston, Mass.
Heretofore pupils from the town Of
Cape Elizabeth have ATTENDED the south III
ment has now been discontinued and no
more outside pupils will be admitted to
the South Portland schools
The committee who VIII nave the mat
ter of the building of the new school
house at Newport in charge. will begin
nj once and in a short time the contract
for doing this work will be let out. The
be d modern building in all ways and one
OF the best country schoOlhouses that
money can build.
The teachers have all been selected for
the summer schools in Athens and near
ly all of the schools have been assigned.
They are Miss Nira X. Barker, Village
district; Miss Ina Emery, Eaton district;
Miss Annie Emery. town farm district;
Lydia Fox. Ladd district. Cara Loche,
Madge Fox. Vesta Bunker and Flora Cor
son have not been assigned.
The high school at Mercer village;
taught by MISS carrie ,. Alien, closed
Friday. March 30. The term has been I'M
usually profitable and pleasant. In the
evening company of about one hun
drcd met at the schoolhouse where the
time was spent socially. a paper, pre-
pared for the occasion, was read by Har-
nv w Rowe. after which Fl. T CrosWell,
a member of the school board, gave a
short and interesting talk to the scholars.
The senior class parts in the Machias
high school have been assigned as fol-
lows: Valedictory, Helen Curtis: Sal
utatory, Addie Holway; history, King
man Taylor; prophecy, Florence Pierce.
The first two are assigned from rank.
the last two by vote of the class. The
class of 1900 numbers ten.
A reading room and library have been
opened in the Bracket block, New Har-
Dor. Bristol, and a lyCeum has been in
stituted in connection with it. At re-
cent meeting the following question was
debated in an able manner: Resolved.
That Expansion is Contrary to the Con
stitution of the United States and the
Genius of the American Nation. Mr.. q.
w. Young of Bristol Mills. ably main
tanned the affirmative and Mr.. Nathaniel
Hanna Of New Harbor the negative.
w. F. Miner, a graduate of Brown
University, who has been for the past
year principal of Corinna Academy,
has accepted the principalship Of the
Mexico high school. Mrs. Miner, who
is a graduate of the Rhode Island
Normal school and has had an extend
ed experience will have charge of the
work of the grammar grades. Miss
Iva Russell has been engaged for the
primary grades.
The Topsham high school, class Of
1900 numbers 81, and is the largest in
the entire history of the school. The
class parts have been assigned as fol-
lows: Salutatory, Alice Patten; his
tory, John Frost; prophecy, Maud
Stilphen; valedictory, Nellie c. Hall:
class will, Howard Small; poet, Ethel
NJ. Fisher. Quite a significant fact is
that 10 of the high school graduating
class live from two to five miles from
the school building.
The matter of ventilation of Lewis
ton school buildings has recently been
receiving attention at the hands of
Supt. Phillips. Mr.. Phillips finds. upon
examination, that the amount of car
bonic acid gas in some of the rooms
is undesirably large. The Oak street
school is the best school building in
Lewiston in that respect, as it is
scientifically ventilated. NOtWith-
standing, the health in the schools for
the past year has been excellent. The
first part of the winter was warm and
dry. and at no time during the winter
has there been any pronounced run of
contagious diseases.
The members Of the Foxcroft kinder
garten association met at the home Of
Mrs. Elmer r. Blethen a few days ago
al no IF 1izitl Low
ing plans for the future. The ola officers
We're reelected. Mrs. G. w. Hayes being
president, and Mrs. f. r. Blethen, seCrc-
tary. The members are making a can
Vass for scholars and hone to open the
kindergdrten in a short time. Many Of
tcrs If generous help have been received
blow ut the hands Of the voters town
meeting day, yet their friends are rally
ing and they will yet have the valuable
privileges Of the kindergarten. The assoc
citation was formed about five years agl
ana the school carried on rs private
kindcrEarten until last year when the
town voted a sum q money for the pur-
pose. The association then loaned their
property to the town ana nave in many
ways helped in the education Of the lit
tie ones. Many regret the action Of the
voters in this matter.
The movement to increase the salaries
NJ the teachers in the public schools. who
are paid but $500 or less. ought to sue
coed. All these teachers are women, and
NtilE 81 l!itHl blt 'tlIS II NOIk as dFEu-
ous and responsible as that for which
male teachers are paid twice a. much.
on the ground desert their pay should ~
Increased and also in order to promote
the best interests of the public schools,
for our best teachers are constantly be-
ing drawn away by tenders Of larger sal
aries. The mayors suggestion that more
money BE spent on school teachers and
less on SchoolhouseS is in the right dircc-
ton, and it is to be hoped the city cOun-
Gil will act upon it. All the injustice in
this business. however, is nut confined to
teachers who are paid $500 Or less. TO
give a female teacher in the high school
FOR instance. who has had years of ex-
pcrience. several hundred dollars less pay
than man teaching alongside Of her
who is perhaps a beginner in the bust
ness receives. is also unjust.-Portland
Press.
The Ellsworth board Of education has
spring term in the Ellsworth schools:
No. l. Miss LiVinia NJ. richardson; No. 2.
Miss Hattie r. McGown: No. ;. Miss An
ME f. Mullan. Miss Laura l.. Mccarthy,
Miss Frances Hurley Miss Mary J. Dun
bar, Miss Mary II. Black Miss Margaret
+. Latin ana Miss LeOnOrl G.. Higgins;
No. !. Miss Ethelyn Il. Jordan: No. ).
Miss Grace NJ Grindell; No G. Miss Mary
\. Grndell: No. !, Miss Matte Riley; No.
:, Miss A. Louise Allen; NO. =, Miss Lola
A. Murch; No. ~. Miss Minnie II. Moore;
No. II. Charles W. Campbell No. Y. Miss
Margie Patten: No. -. Miss Lucy II.
NO Is. Misses Mary \. Glynor. Annie r.
Stockbridee ana Agnes Brady; No. II,
Mrs. Charles Moore; No is. Harry +.
Walker. Misses Anne NJ. Davis and Kate