Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-02
IN THE SCHOOLROOM.
""at Is Being Done in Maine for the Adv.,.,
ment Of Education.

e"y mas opened with over % ,.,,aa~..
| present ~ S'uuehts
IN, ne Hish school of Troy commenced
roiiua!' Feb. 18th. with Supervisor T.
+. carter as teacher.
The seventh annual reur;or ~. =.
Bucksport Seminary Associa,ion .nu
D. oh friday. March Sth, at the
fafker House. Boston.
MISS Ethel Nickery. a student of
Dates college. is supplying M pittsfie,d
| institute for the remainder of the tarn,
III the position of Miss Files tho
| leacher of French and Greek. who IL
! i'll. ~ -
MISS Alice Nj. Sadler. who for the
past four years has taueht tho
f'lmary school at Ligonia. has been
transferred to the Primary school ar
NhlshtVllle. taking the place of Miss
George Weber who has been granted
leave of absence.
Among the articles in the Buxton
town warrant is one to see if the town
! VIII instruct the school board not TO
employ married women as teachers
ana to employ Buxton female teachers
when there are sufficient teachers in
town.
AZ the recent annual meeting of the
Sherryfield Academy Athletic Assoc
citation. the following officers were
chosen for 1901: Arthur J. Guptll, 'O1
president: IL. F. Lewis. 90. secretary
and treasurer: Prin. 7. +. Tooker.
manager baseball: Haycock. '0i. cap
tain baseball.
The following class parts for the
graduating class of 1901. Bridgton High
school, were assigned Monday: Val
edictory. Nellie Murch: salutatory.
Dora Corliss: prophecy. Nellie Charles:
historian. Eta Penley: Grafton. Ed
ward brigham; poem. Izora Shurey
the last two being elected by the class.
At the session of the York County
Feb. Il. the following officers for the
ensuing year We're elected. President.
prin. K. Fairfield, old Orchard: vice.
president. r. in. +. &. Thompson.
Springvale; /; .cretary, Lillian a. Kid
ley. sanford: executive committee.
Cora Il. Bic!i.a.l. Hiddeford: Theo. r.
Young. Saco; Mr.. Marston. Kenne-
bunkpOrt.
Miss Mary 8. Snow. formerly super
ntendcnt Of the Bangor schools. has
been passing lie winter in brooklyn
and has been giving II series of lectures
ON educational topics at the Pratt In
stitutc. one of The. foremost educational
institutions in the country. Miss Snow
has been at work compiling a new text
book on arithmeti,. which will soon BE-
published.
The class parts hc--c been assigned
to members of the Il IS of 1901 of the
Newport High school as follows: Sal
utatory, Lewman Sope.: class history
Miss Florence Webster; prophecy
Alva J. Rowe: valedictory. Charlotte u
Goodwin: essays. Miss Lena Marsh
Arthur Holbrook. Miss Alice Tibbetts
The graduation exercises will be held
June :. Just one-half of the members
of the class upon entering the High
school are to graduate.
At the graduation exercises Of Bristol
Grammar school held in the Congre-
gational church at Bristol Mills. sat
urday evening. George w. Singer of
Damariscotta. who has been one of
Bristors teachers in the past vas
called upon to present the class
diplomas which he did in well chosen
and fitting words. Then a most pleas
ant surprise was given Principal +. +.
Smith. as Bristors superintendent Of
schools. Miss Abbie Burce. with brief
but eloquent presentation speech
handed the principal beautiful class
present for which Mr.. Smith rendered
his thanks.
Don't talk over all the horrid things
you can think of before IMPRESSION
able children. The school board OF a
Massa chuSetts city instructed the
teachers that they should devote
fifteen minutes each day 10 the current
news of the day IS told in the news
papers. one teacher devoted the en-
tire time to murders. court trials. ron
berries and similar sensational topics.
Mothers told how children passed
sleepless nights. had vague fears ana
remembered to the smallest detail me
most horrid events of some item q
news The matter of newspaper Cd
ucation has been omitted from that
city's list of studies.
The regular annual banquet OF the
Harvard Club in Maine was held AZ the
Cumberland Club. Portland, ffldaH
evening Routine business was tld!lN-
acted and the following list OF oiicerS
e-elected: President, George " alkei'
vice. presdents. Gen. Bird. Rev Asa
Dalton. DID: secretary, WllIam L.
Bradley: treasurer. l.. l.. Hight IhoSe
present were Judge Nathan +. Neop'
Sidney Thaxter, DR.. Charles .. flieS'
George Walker. DR.. II. T. Merrill, II
Addison S. Thayer. DR.. J. L. O Neil
Harry Butler. Thomas l.. IalpoI'
Nathan Clifford. Mr.. Loker, DR.. iach-
ard D. Small, Edward p. Chase. H. L.
Wengren. John Alden. W. {. tAtoH'
DR.. Kelley, George d. Rand II
Spaulding.