Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-09

secretary. Gladys Button. traos,,rl.,.
| Iommy Chapman. President Natbapioi
butier of Colby. has been engaged +,
give the address, Thursday cvepino.
June IL, in connection with the orad,,
| dtlon of the class of 1900 HE c,,hiao,
VII De Some Aims and Ideals of Elm
cation The promotion exercises nf
| me Ninth grade will be held on the
afternoon of Friday, June Il. The ex-
trclses of Thursday evening. and of
FRIDAY afternoon will be held in tho
| iniversalist church.
| ne commercial course at I'M p,noo
lit /" Srhnnl was induGurated only Il wear
@i,, iast Sep'ember; but from the first i'll
| cEtSSeS nave been large until nnu thara
| IRE more than Ia pupils i'm me ,arin,,g
| 1iNlSlhnS. The Instructor is Fred q HuII
| lprlntriN OF the Eastern Maine Conference
| seminary and one of the most succ.serut
! agach"r$ in his departments in ma St.,t
| Iii popularity ~ the course il evidence.
| ilat ne opportunity. obtained by thr p,.r-
| slSient efforts Of School SUM h,r, :.
1 snow ana Prin. Henry X White II NM.
| practical business education in the mn
ne schools is appreciated At first thn
, course was largely experimental hilt
| ~lthIn month ar two it WAS found thar
| thtre would he no lack of pupils and
rom rom that time there has been j steady
| increase. Actual business methods ur,.
| taught from the first ana besides Hill
| special training, those pursuing lit
| courses have the advantage OF being able
| 10 take up other studies in the regular
! courses In" commercial course covers
| three years when Il certificate is given
showing the amount of work done pm
pills. however. are advised Ia comnl,t. a
IouilH Year In order to gain SuBDIpmen-
| tiry practice ana to become more. pruti-
tltnt ~ business methods ami also "a Oh
l;iih 2 hlsh school diploma in addition 70
IN" trrliiioAt". Two rooms in the high
school building in Abbot square. are occlI-
pied by the classes in the commercial de-
partment llIcSr having been fitted up cN-
preSsly tor that purpus-. In one arr, the
bdnklng flNturtS and ether arrangements
necessary for the teaching Of practical
business while in IN" others are tine halt
dozen typewritrrs ana individual desks
Tor use by those pupils VINO are studying
stenoSraphy and tNpewritin5. The course
OF study for pupils in tht business classes
l. as follows: First year: Commercial
arithmetic, bookkeeping. history Eng
fish. algebra and penn ln>hip Second
year: housekeeping ana commercial
ART hmetic. commercial Law. commercial
forms. penman4hip ana English Flee
tivtS: French. history. Stenography Ger
man, geometry and chemistry. Third
year: CiVicS. political economy. banking
ami securities. commercial geography ana
| Office work. Electives: French. physics
German, stenography. typewriting.
The examination ana graduation ut
,ba E,,et.r, c,,+ <rr,,l h,.I
ra.,in-' ,,o,.,,rrad Ur.dna.,tn,. f,,,.c
An,ono tbosa nrasant wara nm Insanb
W. Fairbanks of Pennington, Prof.
| Henry l.. Chapman of Brunswick, G..
a. Robertson of Augusta. Hon. Hiram
| Knowlton of Portland. Hon. George NJ.
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! OF graduates ilicl"'''S ''',, ~
/ me adNan'eu ''@S9' NE N"'e
hdlu"rI y '"Htli.V ~" w n'''
regular clasS' Whlrn ~ ,"','",
Ralph II. Ach"rn. he'iloht' btlt ~
/ Allen, columbia ais, NaIi i'd'"H'
/ Unity: Augusta +. hafl"W' fFee""lll
Ethel Il. cain. clinton; caro- L.
Cooper Richmond: carrie NJ. eros
grove. Castine; Susie r. Deane. Madl-
son: Gertrude +. Dennis Greenhush:
Walter ". Dickson. HARRINGTON; Grace
/ r. Dow. Brooks: Nrlli" f. Eaton
| StOnington: Blanche NJ. f'ddN, hatAh-
din Iron Works; LYDIA l.. farnhah'
| Orland: +. Lesile ferreh' i-eNant' -Nl'e
/ l.. Fisher. kenduskeaS' Nlhlireu VI
French. LincolnNiile: Grace ;. frlenn'
| Sedgwick: Wilma II. tooSlhs. Sulli-
van; Fausta NJ Grindle. Penopsc",
Susie r. Grover. Amherst; Mabel =.
Harrigan. orono: Ienle ID Hartshofh'
Swanville; Alice L. HATCH East i'"S-
ton. Mass: Leutner Hatch' lsleshor"'
Nettie NJ Heal. lsiesboro: Adela +.
Hills. Northport: Almon =. Hodgkins'
| Edith NJ HOlWaN MlcnlI%-