Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-18
MAINE SCHOOLS.
superintendent Stetson's Interesting
Report for 1900.
sn Abstract o. Some OF Its Facts and Condi
lions Thereirom.

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'""'.' N'h""lS !" matters 2! i"ta! ms
t"!E. geography ana nduStri"s-ratlc'
than spending too much time upon. A.
though not eN'inding other general
S'"oitS- tie outlines Il *'hem" Tor local
S' SiHPlE Tor th' town. III" names q!
'"'d i"'HuS ana iod"S' E".h"lhih& oil thr
iialufat history oil IN" pI ace.
the products, manufactures. birds. in
s"ttS ana ANIMALS similarly for
f. '"'.l h'S'"iH 81 ne town ah'
TIL 'he Wy ~ "h''n the '"N r. 'itN
III" '''A,t ''e ii,tu' t'''' ihS'"ao
'i''''"'.l7 I" 'hu' y t.lil' upon tl'
i'hNElt&I features 81 South America.
Aill'a ANA Asia, remarks Prof. ~tet-
son. and giving 50 much time to the
study Of the history and people of
these distant countries. give the chill
dlen chanr" 10 learn something
about the land and water surface by
when they are surrounded. the school
room ana yard in which they spend
~ much Of their time, the homes III
NnICh they live. the Industries in
which their parents ana friends lro
engaged TIE settlers and settlements
III II . town in which they reside thp
history out Of which their lives, have
come and tho Incidents anardo+as
traditions. legends and stories which
give tone and almosphefe to th.. com
nunit'es of which they are q part
While approving this scheme of local
studies We cannot endorse Prof. sstet-
sons idea that THE local school be the
iotdl museum loi storing old- time i'm
PIGMENTS ana utensils. also the rapos-
't"'N Of N" pamphlets. boks documents
ana objects of interest which the
teacher ana pupils collect 1t is all
we'll to have teacher and pupils inter
90 ted in this work. but the local school
building is no suitable receptacle for
such relies and valuable material for
local history because they would lack
the necessary care in such place. ANA
because the local SchoolhOustS are
closed for Il considerable part Of the
velr. The place for such a local nu-
scum is the town library. which. in
time. win exist in every town in the
STATE and become an auxiliary OF the
public schools.
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