Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-05

IT. Marston of North Arson, a g ra,,duasSs
Of Rowdoln. The exercises were loiiomd
nv a bali. which was also largely att ,,ith
ed. The following is the program ,y, mion
music intersperse.da; s4 Inraism of the
Boss HTtehfins Esea Grace norton
P lntinapne of Bodkg.' Emma Frances
Jackson: history, Emily Pierce . GIarn
prophecy, Susan Almira Emery r, Merle
tations of the Young. Aura W.
chase: 1.-The Science of Astronomy c ~
el Flora Trippe; will" faullne ~. aruiS
Churchill; The Love of our CouiiSfs eI-
Nillicent Spear Walker; valedlctory' o'1
la Vivian Trippe.
Rumford's first School lmproEeliiSTrii'
League has been organized by grades =
VII and VIII. A constitution WAS i nod
ed and the following officers Were eie vice-
President, Miss Sue A. Thompson serre-
president Robley II. Morrison. Terna
tary. Alice NJ. Nadeau; treasurer; tntio n
4. Brown; committee on ,iUnrnnn NJ.
adopted as its name The Sh astinga
school Improvement League fershin
will be held once a month. MelnpelSniip ~
fec is four cents a month payable ~ ~
money or services performed 10 peiic NJ
the school. The leagues opleeo11 %rornds
improve schoolrooms ana scf no it = mem
hars Tho Chisholm League mas auopt-
cd for its definite aim for TINS TERN ahao ~
raise funds to tint the walls OF It's scioo'-
room ,,,
The spring meeting of the Waldo G9un p,
~ Taachnrs, Association will be held III
f'ihertv- Friday, May 18th, with the lo,-
loving program: Morning session: ~ -.
NJ, music; address OF welcome nhoIe - In III
arty! resnonse. S. c. Thompson, Winter
nnrt, nature study, w. r. Howard. prli-
cipai of high school, Belfast; sGh9 ond aist
eiplins John Re # discussion business
oa Afternoon session. > p. NJ. inu !
Sic; teaching exercise in geography' Nj Ms -
Mary Brown, Liberty; drawiH H orI MI.
Lena ousic: essentials in conducting a
Tecitation, Principal \. F. Richardson
Castine normal school,; reading IN I Caa-
tine Normal school: question box con
ducted by Hon. W. W. Stetson. STATE SUI
nerintendent; business. Evening session:
$50 p. NJ, lecture; hon; s " Tho o nt,icors
oftha association are as follows: Presi-
dent S c. Thompson, Wlnterport; seer
tary Grace =: Lo arrie b NJ AVER Liberty,
Miss Bertha /. Bird, Belfast.
Deer Isle, Stonington and NinalhaVen
are among the towns which have tried
the plan Of employing jointly a super
intendent of schools for the three
towns. as provided by the school law
amendments by the last Legislature.
II worked SO SATISFACTORILY
wear that the experimenting school
committees of the three towns at
Joint meeting this year decided 10
continue the plan. The superintendent
so employed is Tyler Coombs. me
salary which the three towns can al
ford to pay, insures the services OF a
good man, and it has been found by
experience Of last year, that not only
does each town thus get man special
w fitted for the work, but the service
which each town gets from man VINO
can give all his time to the schools
| is much more than where town de-
ponds upon a citizen whose other busl-
ness demands the greater part OF ms
attention. Few towns are able to en-
ploy alone n superintendent to give all
| his time to the schools, and many are
not so fortunate as to have among It's
citizens man fitted by education for
the position who is public-spirited
| enough to give his services. The YER
| dict in StoningtOn, Deer Isle and
| Vinalhaven is that the provision for
| towns to combine is a wise one
Twenty superintendents of schools in
the vicinity of Ellsworth GHthered n
| Manning hall On Wednesday forenoon al
| d meeting called by State Superintendent
| Of Public schools w w. St,tson. TIL,
| ing school work more effective ana th'
| subjects assigned for discussion wrr,
such that all would br benefited. ANON
| those present were Mr.. and Mrs; X. y.
| Whitm0re Miss Alice Webster. Verona;
Mrs NJ NJ. Curtis Brewer: Dr. ana Mrs.
| r. =. Grindle Blurhill: Mr.. I.ideout. SUI
| Lam0ine: Mr.. H. b. Alley. Trenton: Mr..
| A. II. Lyman. Bar H1rbor: Miss J. A.
| Leighton. Stcuhen: j. II. Means, De.lham
| The list Of subjects which was sent out
consider and present views on We're a
| follows: Should we use course "l sludH
| in our rural schools? WHAT power
| should be delegated to the Superintend-
cnt? What | do when | visit schools
Teachers examinations and how III c'n-
| duet them. Benefit OF schools niltcI
| organizing. How shall repairs be made.
| shall be inaugurated? Why should tedch-
ers attend summer schools! Nhcn ana
| how Shall children be transported? Clues-
lions and answers on school laws. OH
| er TOPICS were introduced such as the
length Of a term of school. the power N
discontinue a school etc. At the close q
| the session, which was an interesting ana
instructive one an organization was per
| fected to be known az the iiancnck
| County School Association, with Hon.
Parker Spofford Of Bucksport, president,
Mr. RideOut. Sullivan, vice president
and Mrs Whitmore. Verona, secretary.
| It's object is to work IN connection Will
| the teachers institute to be held az
| Bucksport this fall.
The plan which Prof. H. de Forest
| Smith of Bowdoin College has made
| for the course in Greek drama instl-
tuted by him this term may make
some of the old school professors Of
| Greek hold up their hands in horror.
The sight of an enthusiastic professor
| of Greek conducting with English
| trapslations a course in the study OF
the dramas in vogue at Athens some
| 500 years before the Christian era,
must seem heretical if not iconoclastic
to those who regard translations as
| things to let alone. A man does
not need to know a single word of
| Greek in order to take the new course.
| Four hours a week during the spring
term will be given up to lectures and
| to the reading and Interpretation Of
| six or seven plays by Aeschylus, Soph-
ocles, Euripides and Aristophanes.
The selection will include comedies and
tragedies, all Of which will be in Eng
| lish, the TRANSACTIONS being the best
| Obtainable. Professor Smith Will re
| quire from the students three original
papers on select topics as a part of
| the work of the term. The opening