Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-20

AT a meeting of the Freshman class
of the Bangor high school Tuesday
| the following officers were elected
| President. Charles Libbey; vice-presi-
dent. William Crowley: secretary. Miss
| Evelyn Chase: treasurer, George
Evans; executive committee, Miss
| Claire Adams, Miss Kathleen Hennes
| sy. Miss Lillian Fellows. Miss Louise
| Wood and Miss Marion Nelson
The Biddeford school board has re-
| fused the request of the teachers Of
that city that the forenoon recess Of
| twenty minutes be abolished The
board thought the regular recess
necessary to the best health of the
pupils. and declined to coincide in the
view held by the teachers. as expressed
by Superintendent Gould, that the re-
cess is a sort of a superfluous luxury.
and rather injurious to the best con-
duct of a school
The editors of the Rockland high
school 'Whims'' for the fall term have
been appointed as follows: Editor in
chief. Malvina Wentworth. 1901 liter
airy editors. Edna F.. Lampson. 1901
Nellie Pettee. 1902. and Ella Sawtelle,
1909: local editors. Grace Hicks. 1901
Raphael Sherman. 1902. Marion F.
Knight. 1903. and Florence Haley. 1904;
exchange editors. Lizzie Plummer, 1901
Mary f. Hall, 1902. and Fanny Butler
1904 alumni editors, Lucien Thomas
1901. and Marion n. Cobb, 1903.
A Portland school teacher suggests
that it would be wise to teach children
to write with either hand. Why" he
continued. its the greatest convent
ence in the world. The average man.
if his right hand becomes disabled. is
helpless. | can use either hand with
equal freedom When one gets tired
when I am writing I just shift my pen
to the other hand. When 1 was a
young man I went to a country school
where whipping was allowed, and as
was inclined naturally to use my left
hand. every time the teacher caught
me at il | was punished. The right
hand was awkward to me but ! soon
mastered it. ! believe one who is am
bidextrous has great accomplishment
at his or her command"
The annual meeting of the Piscata-
quis Teachers Association will be held
at Greenville. Nov. s and 9. The pro
gram will be as follows:
Thursday forenoon.--Opening exer-
cses school Government" Prin.
Ernest f. Morse. Milo. Books Which
Our Boys and Girls Are Reading"
Miss Emma Haley. Parkman. APP
pointment of committees.
Thursday afternoon. Methods of
Teaching Physics in High Schools"
Prin. 3. NJ. Clough. Brownville Art
in the Public Schools" Miss Orpha
Lowell Guilford. Address, Hon. W
". Stetson. State superintendent.
Vocal solo. Miss Anna Stevens. Sehec.
Methods Of Teaching Reading" Miss
f. NJ Bird. training school. Springfield.
Mass. Query box. Hon. w. w Stet-
son. Business.
Thursday evening-Music: prayer
address Of welcome: response by the
president. Prin. W. ]. Rideout. Dover:
music: address. Hon. W. w. Stetson;
social.
Friday demonstrating exercise.
Miss Jane Jones. Milo. What is Ex-
pected of the Teacher" Prin. l.. X.
Lee, Foxcroft Academy. What the
Teacher Expects Miss A. NJ. Bigney
superintendent Of schools. Greenville.
"Expedients for Keeping the Pupil UP
to Grade" Miss Lucy NJ. Elliott.
Dover Teaching exercise. Elementary
Natural Science Miss Marie Maddox.
Greenvile. Language. including
literature and dictionary work. Miss +.
NJ Reed. Springfield training school.
Friday decentralization eXamfn-
atoms. Miss Mary Averin. Foxcroft
Discussion, Prin. Forest Glidden San
gerville Discussion. The Union of
Towns for Superintendent" members
of association. Query box, Hon. w.
w. Stetson. Each address and paper
will be followed by discussion The
officers Of the association for this
year are President, Prin. W. J. Ride
out. Dover: vice presidents. Prin. +. r.
Morse. Milo. and Sanger Knowlton
Sangerville secretary. Miss Ethel
knowlton Monson; treasurer, Mrs.
Ada Waugh. Parkman; executive COM
mittee. Prin. G. ". Snow, Guilford;
Miss Elmie j. Briggs. Prin. G. f. Nc
Laughlin.