Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-04-21
IN THE sCHOOlR0Om.
What is Being Done ior the Advancement. o.
Education in Maine.

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| The Madison high school has en-
! ron Il at present the largest number
of pupils in its history.
| South Portland school board has
| voted to furnish the music for the
graduation exercises Of the class of
| 1900.
The town of Unity has just pur-
chased a new series Of school books
through the supervisor, Miss Violet
| Sylvester.
The pupils of the Windham high
school have formed a rhetorical soci-
ETY.. which will hold public meetings
unce in two weeks.
The school census report for Machias.
| his year, gives $40 scholars between
the ages of and y years. 45 less than
given by the census of 1899.
The Dexter school board has had
under consideration arrangements for
two kindergartens in town, one at the
room under the town hall and one at
| the schoolhOuse on Free street.
North Yarmouth Academy has
adopted maroon as the representative
the first time since the opening Of the
| school in 1914 that it has had d dis
| tinctive school color.
Prof. Joshua Kendall of Cambridge
one of the ex-teachers of Harvard Col
lcge, has written to inquire if the
school at Sutton will accept six large
oak-framed pictures of the leading
poets as Il gift from him. Mr.. Kendall
has Il summer cottage at Sutton.
The parts for graduation Of the class
of 1900, Livermore Falls high school.
have been assigned as follows: Vale
dictory, Elsie Reynolds: salutatory,
Nirabel Morrison; Grafton, Charles
Whittemore; history, Ralph Riley;
prophecy, Julia Tracy.
The Union high school will close
April p. Ten pupils will graduate.
namely: Agnes Green. Grace Burns,
Leila Thurston. Della Hemenway,
John Williams, Charles Pullen, George
Mansfield, Leonard Young, George
Williams, Pearl Lermond.
The parts have been assigned to the
following members Of the graduating
class Of Greely Institute, Cumberland:
Salutatory. Florence Hamilton:
prophecy. May Sawyer; history, Sybil
Loring: Grafton. Hugh Dean Nc
Quillan; valedictory. Carrie L.
Blanchard.
The Knox County Teachers Conven-
tion will be- held at Thomaston. May
%. Miss Adelaide Il. Finch. principal
Of the training school, Lewiston. will
speak in the afternoon on the subject
III English" State superintendent
Of schools W. ". Stctson, will deliver
m address in the evening.
The sixth semi-annual meeting of
The Maine Amateur Press Association
viii be held ut Portland. April 2S. The
delegates will attend the senior class
play given by the Portland high school
students on the evening If the 21th
ana IN the following morning the
meeting win be held in the high school
binding at 10 o'clock.
By the unanimous recommendation
of the committee, the trustees Of
Obvrlin College Oh Saturday elected
Dr.. Alice II. Luce Of Auburn. an in
structor in English literature At Well
eSlry. to the i. eition of college dean
Aif' 'l!It1H lleit tlllfllt ~ 'J'A - -
Coll ~. tU succeed Mrs. \. \. #.
Johnston. for 80 years the honored
head If that department.
The schools in Searsport opened for
their spring term April 9th. with the
same teachers as last term. The parts
for graduation at the Searsport high
school have been awarded by rank rs
follows: Nalcdictory Sadie Marks;
salutatory. Lincoln Colcord: history
Ethel Rice; prophecy. Harriette Frs
kline; poem, Francis Webster; essays
Helen Pike, Julia Browne, Eva TuWle
The honor of the valedictory address
| in the Ellsworth high school has been
awarded Miss Helen Louise Campbell;
and the salutatory, the second honor
| for rank. Miss Mary L. Doyle. Honors
voted by the class are: Prophecy
| Arthur NJ Alley; history, Helena Berr
nice Lufkin to write and deliver the
| essay on class motto, Rose Maudc
Goggins. The graduation exercises
will take place June 20.
The Bingham village schools which
| commence April %, will have the fol
| lowing teachers: Mrs. Juno Curtis
high school; Flora A. Sterling OF
Vanccboro, grammar school; Evclina
| Cunant Of Strong. intermediate; and
Florence Milliken the primary. The
| teachers are all graduates of the
| normal schools, also Miss Jessie L
Lawrence Of Kingsbury, who will
| teach in district No. 9.
| The schools in SearsmOnt commence
their spring term on Monday. April
| 30. with the following teachers: Viii
lage, Mabel a. Bacon of Unity, Annie
| Wellman. assistant; North, Il. L.
| knowles of South Montvile; East
| Clara A. Gilman of Patten; Ridge
Edith L. Strout of Belfast; Wilson
Hattie Burgess; South Montville
| Addie McLain of West Appleton;
| Ghent Mrs. Fred Miller; Magog. Mil
| dred NJ Bacon Of Belfast: Mountain
| Caroline G. Glosson of Searsport.
| The prizes recently offered for com
| position in Monmouth Academy have
| been awarded to Guy Percy Bennel
| and Miss Blanche Getchell. The sub
| iect. 'Object of an Education" was
remarkably we'll handled in botl
| essays. The judges were Mrs. f. p
Marston, Mr.. A. Sawyer, H. H. Coch
/ rane. AS will be remembered by those
Interested in the school, the alumni o
| Boston Mt their reunion a month ago
| voted money for a prize in compost