The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-03
PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL
An Important change has been made In
the corrss Of stcdiss In this school By the
strsngthenins Of English and History In
the general course and ~ the introiuo-
tiou Of an eisotivs study In each class.
THIS enables the pupils who desire to
substitute language or science for ths
advanced courses In mathematics TO do
80. Certain courses OF mathematics are
required OF all and applicants for the
training class are required to elect
geometry. By the new arrangement there
70 no necessity for The pupil uron enter
ing the school to oheoss the preciss course
Of study which he 10 10 pursue through
the four years. but By selecting ths gen
dom both In the ehoies Of rtudies and OF
the time when he may elect them. For
instance, Latin may be begun In each OF
the four Glasses and continued one. Two
or three PEARS. Those pupils who intend
TO enter college without offering Greek
their elective with that end In view.
The classical course continues to be the
regular lifting course for college.
There have been several changes In the
teaching force In the high school, includ-
ing the edition OF . sre,isl slocution
teacher, who divides her time between
this sob o d and the Deering high school,
The new Instructors are doing satisfac-
tory work and the school 10 IN prosper
Gus condition.
DEERING HIGH SCHOOL.
This school moved Into Its new build
ing shortly before the annexation OF the
two cities and Immediately entered upon
new era OF prosperity. Daring the past
year IL has increased In numbers and
Efficiency. The staff OF Instructors has
been added to. an exoslIept chemistry
laboratory has been fitted MP, and several
o, the courses Of instruction have been
strengthened. Music has been fntroiused
with successful results.
While the methods OF instruction In this
school necessarily differ from thoSe OF the
Portland high school, 10 has tten deter
mined from o careful oomparffoD OF tins
two schools that pupils transferred from
one 10 the other at any time during the
courss would MT mset with serious DIM
Guilty In arranging their courses OF study.
An experiments has recently teen made
In the system of marking which seems to
be working we'll. The idea 10 to do away
with the exact ranking which prevails In
the other sol OPS, the teachers retaining
only such recJd Of thu pupils work as Is
esoh department.. In acoordauo. with this
rsform, it has been decided to omit the
Ta'edlctory and salutatory at graduation,
which have heretofore been awarded on
basis Of RINK.
The school has been we'll supplied With
new text books during the year, ana
through the efforts OF SIR. Marvin, the
principal, the nucleus OF references
library has been formed. The collection
Of tn 8 library Ia a matter OF extreme I'm
portanoe on account OF the distance OF
most OF the scholars from the Public
librsry.
The most serious need OF the school at
present is = physios iaborary In order to
nlsce the Instruction in the science on
footing with that In the Portland high
school.
TRAINING SCHOOL.
With the annexation of Deering 1t was
thought advisable to increase the number
OF pupil teachers In the Training school
The number was accordingly raised 10
fifteen. As there are not rooms enough
at the Chestnut street primary for all the
pupil teachers, few are allowed to teach
in the other primary and grammar
schools IN the city, continuing under the
instr uction aud direction of Miss Taylor,
the prip cipAl OF the Training school. by
this experiment an opportunity for prsc-
t,cs in the grammar grades is given to
those fitted for that WORK instead OF con-
rning the whole of the training ciass 20
s sne pr,y snho, '"sA' ~ '"'
M .,s 80, ~ Nj T'av,or,s asm,,nh,a
~ - oon,,nnaII, anpara.t Each wear
~ .,ra,ss - tha p,,re,nins school
,ho o souinrsd for tn air PROCESSION
are distributed among our schools to
III I.ax w.a.N MI Nd
piles Of pedagogy. but also spirit OF gen
srous enthusiasm as the fruit OF their
study and pra,tioe under Miss Taylor.
EVENING SCao0I,
The principal OF the Evening school,
MIR. ] A, Milliksn, reports a most sue
-. ,,.,.a ~,
cessiul term anu large inoioAse VI
pupils. Owing to the limited appropria'
ton for til is valuable supplement to our