Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-09-22
The SCHOOLROOM.
What Is Being Done In Maine Tor the Ad-
vancement Of Education.

y new organ has recently been placed
in the Centre Schoulhpuse. Byron
The town of Palmyra raised SOD with
which 10 repair school buildings.
Two-ihirds ~ the scholars in Thu DvN-
ter high school this term are girls
Miss Grace cotton has been selected 3S
teacher in the new room AT the South
grammar school. Bath
Lincoln Academy Newcastle. has an
overflow of students this year. there bel
ing about ~ new scholars.
The next meeting of AudroScoggin
Teachers Association Will be held Fri
day, oct. 3, at Leeds Grdnee hall.
Fred Kneeland OF Bridston, Bowdoin -
has been elected to q position in tho
Friends School at Providence
Prof. y, r. Gerrish Bates. a6, ha~ rc-
signed mis- position az principal ri South
Paris high school ana VIII enter Harvard.
on account Of i'm health :. r. Hunt ha~
resigned his position as superintendent
of schools at RObhinStOn. and has beer
succeeded by VIII Hall
AT Great Works a kindergarten depart
mcut mas been formed. with Miss Louise
Chase. class 1000 Of Ola Town high school
as teacher.
George l.. Lewis of South Berwick. a
member of the class OF 1891 of Bowdoin
college has been engaged 4s assistant iu
the Brunswick high school,
Miss Elizabeth kimball, A former tcacu-
tall accepted AN excellent position As as
sistant in the Nashua. y. H., nigh school.
Miss Amy Il. Whittier, for q number %,
years teacher OF drawing in the Bangor
public schools. has resigned tn accept "A
similar position in new Massachusetts
Normal school.
Miss Annie NJ. IRVINE vino for 4 num-
her Of years has been teacher i'm the EN-
ceIsior grammar school in Brewer, has ac-
cepted a position in the public schools Of
Bangor.
4. r. Lcadbcttcr who has been priuci-
PAL Of the high school at York. the past
two years, has been elected principal OF
the high school at Dennis. Mass. and will
enter upon his work there October Nth-
Paul Despret who has been conducting
classes in French in Bangor for the past
Xix years or more. mn gone IL Montreal
to take a position us teacher IN the
Ingres-Coutellier School Of Modern Ian
guageS.
Miss Della n. Mulligan of Damaris-
Gotta. who has been assistant in the Wal
doboro high school for tbs past six years
Price Of North WaIdoboro. takes Mis-
Mulligdn's place as assistant.
A brand new American flag, size 9x15
floats proudly from the MCLain building,
ROCkland 1t was presented to the school
BY T. H. McLain. for whom the building
was named. Mr.. McLain also presented
the school with its first flag in the spring
of 1925.
Miss Ida Sweetsir of Yarmouth left
for Austin, Texas. to take a position as
teacher of the intermediate grades i'm
TillOtsOn College. She is sent hY the
American Missionary Association. ana
will be accompanied by three other lI-
dics from New England. The college ~
for the education of negroes, ana its
president is Mr. Marshall Gaines. a graz.
uate of Yale
Mrs Ella Carsley. teacher Of the inter
mediate school in Blaine, has introduced
the study Of local history. The names
Of the first settlers ana their history. the
location OF their early homes, ana that
of the old log SChOOlhOuSeS. the history
of prominent families. sketches of their
homes, plans of the town ana village to-
gether with the history of the town and
its organization is being dug up, and
studied in a surprising manner.
The number OF Bucksport young men
and young women who go to the higher
grade fitting, finishing or technical
schools and colleges increases yearly
which fact reflects greatly to the credit
Of the town and its people. About thi@
time the young people are about leaving
and many have already gone. BuCkspOrt
will have three students in the University
of Maine, Henry y. Buck who will con
tinue his course. Conner Perkins aUG
Leslie Little who enter this year; Theu-
dore Woodman Cunningham enters Bow
doin and Bert Iagerthy continues his
course in the Medical school. Hal II.
Crane will continue his course in Ieffer-
son Medical college. Philadelphia and
John II. Montgomery will enter the Phil
adelphia College of Pharmacy i'm the same
city: jay Lee continues his course at
Phillips-Andover; Miss Sarah Blodgett
continues at Smith College; Miss Alice
Forsyth at Mt. HolyOke: Miss Florence
Buck at Syracuse University; Miss Chris
tina McCaulder at the Rust kindergarten
Training school. Worcester, and Mis-
Mary Lee at Miss Burnham's. Northamp-