Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-12

Frank Smith. and the class essay by
| Harriet Rollins. The parts We're de-
| cided by vote of the class.
| Principal Russell of East Corinth
Academy has an ingenious device for
heating the schoolroom by enclosing
the stoves in a case of galvanized iron
| and by system of ventilation
diffusing the heated air in d way to
give a very pleasant and even temper
allure.
| At the preliminary speaking for APP
| pointmentS for the prize speaking to
occur at the end of the present term of
Goulds Academy. Bethel, the following
selections We're made: Misses Edith
Hastings, Grace Chapman, Edith Far
well, Helen Bisbee and Mamie Stevens.
| Also Chester Bean, Jerome Holmes.
Guy Barker, Everett Brown, Arthur
Watson and Walter Holmes.
The class of 1901, Bristol Grammar
| school, have elected the following class;
officers: Bula o. Holden. president;
Edna A. Herbert, vice-president;
Louise Robbins, secretary; John Ran
! dali Poole treasurer. The class motto
chosen was, "Out of School Life is
Life's School" The class numbers
eleven members. The graduation
exercises will be held at the close of the
present term.
| The former successful master of the
Lewiston High school always gave the
high school boys and girls to under
stand that he should grant them all the
liberties possible, that he deemed them
old enough to be thrown somewhat
upon their own responsibilities, that he
placed confidence in them and expected
| theirs in return, that he expected them
| to be faithful and loyal to them. He
realized that it did not pay to place too
many restrictions on his boys and girls
| but that it was better to teach school
on common sense principles. Herein lay
his success" This was the tribute
paid by a pupil at reception recently
! rendered Mr.. Libby in Lewiston.
During the course of conversation
with grammar school teacher one
day recently, she referred TO the value
| Of school libraries. Growing inter
ested in the subject, she said that
there was a good chance for some lib
eral minded citizen to invest some
money toward charging these libra
ries At this teachers school a library
of some twenty volumes was insti-
tuted about twenty years ago, and
since then there have been several
additions. among the recent being a
history of the United States in eight
volumes. Nearly all of the works are
of a historical nature, although some
fiction is allowed on the shelves. The
scholars find the works very useful
and are trained to look things up for
themselves.-BathE Enterprise.
Mrs. c. F. Bragg. Mrs. F. w. Cram
Mrs. C. B. Wyman, Mrs. w. p. Hub
bard and Mrs. Treat, daughters of the
late Hon. William p. Wingate of Ban
gor, have presented the University OF
Maine. with a portrait of their father
| Mr. Wingate was a member of the
board of trustees of the University fol
many years, retiring on account of the
statutory limitation as to age. and was
it's president for a considerable period
He was among the most earnest friends
of the institution and was largely in
strumental in securing the adoption OF
the OrOno site. He superintendent the
erection of the early buildings. Win
gate hall was named in honor of Mr.
| Wingate, and it is upon the walls OF
this building that the portrait will
hang.
Miss Nellie l.. Cloudman of Gorham,
teacher in the Gorham Normal
school. has been elected principal of
the Bangor Training school. The
choice of Miss Cloudman means the
immediate re-opening of the training
school. which has been closed since the
resignation of School Supt. Mary S.
| SNOW who conducted the class Their,
in connection with her other duties.
The school will be held in one of the
buildings at Abbott square and will be
equipped with all the neceSSarieS for
conducting the work of the classes. The
course will occupy two years. Only high
school graduates who have followed
the prescribed course of study will be
| admitted and these only after they
have passed the examinations which all
candidates will undergo. There will be
sessions on five days in the week. Half
the day will be spent under Miss
| Cloudman, while the other half will be
| spent in actual teaching, under the di-
rection of the regular teachers, in
various schools about town. 1t is eX-
pected that many persons from out of
town will take advantage of the eStab-
liShment of the school and it is prob
able that several neighboring places
which maintain school systems will
oblige their teachers to have the train
ing of the Bangor institution. 1t will
not be known, of course. until after
the examinations. how many students
the school will have at the start, but
it is expected that there will be . or
so in the two classes.