The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-27
HEBRON HAPPENINGS.
Academy I'm FIourishing Conditions
New Free High sehool--Dr. DOMAINS
Senatorial neutrality-suspicious. Sugar
Making.
Correspondence of the PRE5S.)
Hahron. March "a. 1900

1hts week brings to olose the wiptR
term at Hebron Academy. while it has
been tsrm CT usual success in school
work, there has been much TO make IL
harder than common for Prof. Sargent
and bis assistants.
Before the loss Of the Trustee House
the number of tcholars that could be pro
vided for was about to the limit. For
several years there has been steady In
crease In scholars entering the school for
q four years course. While the manage
msnt have been able to provide for all,
they b ave not been Obliged to keep longer
than they cared to suoh as were not here
to make the best uss Of their time and
opportunities.
During the weeks Of thu last vacation.
oupied part Of the Gymnasium Building
into rooms for girls and a dining hall
with q capacity for seating 20 or 100
students, and It was hoped that provision
had been made for present needs until
the sturtevant Home Was ready for occu-
pAnoy.
Toe term now closing had hardly got
underway when the Bellevue House was
burned down. This fire threw large
number CT young lady students out Of
rooms and board and the young men
who had table board there out CT n board
ing place. This catastrophe occurring
In the very coolest weather aided to the
perplexities of the situation. ID looked as
though the school would have TO be re-
duced In mum bers for time, but Pref
Sargent again proved equal to the ocoss-
lon. He said the scholars were willing
to get along vita great inconveniepoes
rather than break mp their regular
course, and he could provide some way
easier than he could choose from among
them who were to go away. They have
accustomed themselves to the presen t
conditions, and no complaint, not even
murmur Of hardship has been heard from
them.
The boys had kept up a good interest
in their athlstio work. Basket ball has
been the game OF excitement. The Y
III. G. A. Of Portland kindly met them
In contest at 10th Hebron and Portland
OF course they did our boys up, as
taught them many new things. Our
Toys are good students, quick to learn,
ana We shall expect to see them demon
strate this to the Portland Y. n. q. A.
boys by "doing them up" In the near
future. a team from Bates, mostly sem
and won a game of basket ball played IN
an athletic entertain msnt given by our
clubs. The Hebrons played them at
Bats Thursday Of this week.
Common report says that MIR. Puisifer,
the Instructor In athletics has done good
work with the school this term. He has
worked hard, to my knowledge, and
kept up . good degree Of enthusiasm In
the work.
A fres High school precinct 10 main.
tanned IN this part OF the town TO about
one mile surrounding the academy. The
precipct admits scholars from the rest Of
the town on equal termE This plan Ia
encouraging boys and girls to get an
education who would not have uniertak-
en- ID but for this help. With tae money
we raise Within the precinct We buy
lhooling for the scholars at the Academy
and secure to them all the advantages OF
this fret GLASS institution of learning,
also the use Of the gymnasium. But
few towns are situated so as to get as
much from the High s,hool law as does
Hebron,
II lie hoped that arrangements will be
made so that by vote Of the town enough
m onsy will be raised next year TO give
free tuition to every boy and girl In He
bron who has ambition to gst an educa-
ton. This was the original wish and
intention Of Dea. William Barrows and
other oitizens when they founded the
school. 1t was found impossible In the
| intervening years 10 grant 90 broad re-
Quest, but now through the wisdom OF
our free High school system, this hopes
of those grand old patriarchs eeem likely
| to be realized.
Hebron Is the home Of Dr. Josiah Q.
Donhem. whose announcement as candi-
date for Senator from the Eastern Sena-
| torial district appears In this weeks
| issue Of the Oxford Democrat. While we
| have heard his name frequently spoken CT
| in onnection with this honor during til
past year, It Is bus recsntly that he has
| fully decided to be a candidate. his
| friends In this section are enthusiastic
over his prospects,. He WAS knem Der
| of the last Legislature as Representative
| for the Glass embracing Hebron. Green
wood, Oxford and Norway. He takes .
great interest In tie prospective work OF
| revision of the State tax system.
Farmers are tapping trees this week.
| Tie maple syrup season varies but o
| day OF two from the goth OF March in Its
| opening each year. Indications are favor
! able to = good season. The late DR.. N.
II, True claimed that the soil Of hebron
was adapted to not only growing apple
trees, hut to producing fruit Of strong,
rich flavor. 1t Is claimed by observers
that the same applies to maple trees,
| Certain IL 10 that the rock maple trees OF
| Hebron are not surpassed in size. SYM
metry and beauty In any other locality,
and their pIodu oct, whether In form Of
| sy rup or sugar has won demand IN the
oities OF our own and other states.