Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-06-02
IN THE SCHOOLROOM.
What is Being Done for the Advancement o'
Education in Maine.

| Education in Maine.
In order to provide room Tor the IN
| crcasing attendance at 81 Joseph
convent school, old Town. m addition
| "dx40 feet is being erected.
The graduating class at Yarmouth
grammar school. this year. numbers
81. making one of the largest \ classes
in the history Of the school
| Prof. q. H. Drake. principal of Maine
Central Institute. Pittsfield. has been
offered the professorship of Greek AT
! Bates College.
| rpupils of he Oakdale sch 81. Port
land. have bought fine urn and hhd
| II filled with choice flowers. II mas
been placed in front Of their building
on Pitt street.
! The teachers Of Mars Hin and Biain"
have united in an Improvement Assn
| citation. They are t. hnld weekly
meetings. discuss methods ANA an mat
! tcrs uf Importance a. teachers ANA
school officers
The graduating exercises "f the
Machias high school will tax" place
! Tuesday evening, June -. tn" class
| parts have been assigned rs follows:
/ Naledict0ry. Miss Helen curtis. saul
! tatory. Miss Addie HolWay; prophecy,
| Miss Florence Pierce; history. King
man Taylor.
| The interest of the people Of NeW-
/ port in the public library. IS growing
| All tht time. ana each week Sees more
I books gr out than nn the previous
! ,y,.l, III. ladies' bay,. raised 4 good
| sup, If money for uev bnoks ANA with
what has b.an given bv fh. town and
/ state they have about $500. which will
ba put int new books at once. Their
arc NOW about i50 volumes in tn"
| library.
/ AT u recent town meeting In Strong
/ called tn resrind. N. yntr uass.1 at a
| town meeting bald AnriI 18th Iast To-
| raise s. nn0 mon. foi. constructing rho
/ new school building. the vote of ArriI
I 6th WAS sustained hv Il good majority.
I THE committee nov have 81 oOo IN cnr-
! struct the building ana Strong Min
| soon have y schoolhousr second ta
| none in Franklin county So far as
ventilation. heating. light. convenience.
/ ana beauty ~ design are concerned.
| A school Improy.meut League has
/ been organized lit Nurth Leeds with
! Mrs. GrorginL French. Cthr trnchcrl
president. The league numbers about
! twenty-five" at present. I'm entertain
| lh'nt was h"id at IN" S'hn"Ih"uSt,
| FRIDAY evening. consisting "f d"cIama-
| lions. readings ana songs hN ~" Sch'I-
| afS alsn fc'ltanon hN INC t'arh"r-
! The school AT North Leeds has been
named tn" Washington School. y large
| picture of Gen. Washington will soon
be hung in the sch"olroom.
The Bar Harhor public Uhrlry il
| having An pxrpptipnlly busy se,enn
| fnr this prrind nf thn vanr tbn d,iI,
uutput bpinc same ~ hnnl,s ~ ~,
average. The library untu this voor,
! has never on.ned daily in Nav Ahnut
| 40 new books have been added this
spring. ana more viii soon ~ nI1ccl
| On the shelves. The library II ,, ux-
| cnuent nnr of SOM. & ooo ynIu,o.s ,,hi,I,
hav,. been selected with great caro- l.
is under the charge of the visitors ANA
the executive committee consists vi
Mrs. F. II. johnson of Andover. Mrs.
;. \. lAlzer Of Boston. and Mrs. Mont
SnmelE Sears OF Boston. Rev. +. III.
Johnson Of AndOVer, is the treasurer.
The third annual banuuet nf Ells-
worth high school alunni will ,ol,o
place on Thursday. July :
The nav Finch fire. r,,do,. ,,,,.,,z,,
~ Miss A " Ein.h ~ I,;.
an II i j naot hnal. ,,.h;aI,
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ubiob ~ a,,,I,o, ,,',,',;e,' '''on III ',ii'r'