Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-21
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teacher in that town. has accepted a
position to teach in the schools OF En-
field. Mass.
The annual convention of Washing
ton county school teachers will be
hold in Eastport on Thursday and Fri
day Oct. 3rd and 4th.
The alumnae of Bates are pushing
plans for the purchase Of some one
piece of art decoration for the new
Coram library. Money has been APP
propriated by the Alumnae Club and a
committee appointed to have the mat
ter in charge consisting of Mrs.
Blanche Howejenney 80. Miss Nellie
r. Jordan. IS. and Miss Caroline T..
Libby. 1901. The club now numbers
ninety four and new memberships
are being sought. Mrs Carl L. MILL
ken is secretary and Miss Mabel r.
Jordan treasurer Of the club.
Bangor always sends a large num-
Der of young people away each fall TO
college and to boarding or fitting
schools and this year the number is
as great as ever Among those who
will go away are Charles j. Webber
and Hayward Wilson to Harvard; /;
Harold r. Nutter and George W. Fos-
ter. Jr.. TO Bowdon: j. Harvey Nc
Clure John Finnegan and Horace Hill
ton and Robert Drummond to Univer-
sity OF Maine: JabeZ Lowell to Peek
skill academy: Waldo Pierce To Rox-
bury Latin; Arthur Thompson to
Colby and Miss Florence NJ. Bragg to
Smith.
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les by Miss Eliza II. Morton OF
Portland. report that they are hav-
ing a sale which is phenomenal. They
are being well received everywhere
and now in less than two months since
the complete series were from the
press. there are not less than JO.00U
OF the books in the schools all over the
country and orders are coming To the
publishers from East and from West
faster than the books can be turned
from the bindery.
Among the Bath young people who
will enter college or some higher
school this fall are: Rupert Much and
Chas Donnell and Benjamin Hagget
who will go to BoWdoin. Harold
Smith. Harvard University. Beatrice
Millett. Pennington Normal school;
Marion White the training school tor
teachers in Bath. and Rachel Shaw
and Grace Page. the High school f"r
l post graduate course. Annie +.
kimball will go to Miss Brides school
for girls at South Norwalk, Conn.
and from there will enter a dramatic
school. Anne Kimball will be a stud
ent at Wheaton Seminary.
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the plan Of introducing a commercial
course into the Saco public schools Will
prove to be more popular than at first
thought. When the ninth grade pupils
Went home Monday they carried With
them cards explaining the course and Ia
request that the parents signify which
course they wished the pupils
to take. The returns are now
all in The oards indicate the
parents Of "a scholars wish
cate the parents OF "a scholars wish
their children TO take the commercial.
The new course. Twenty-Five are to
sake the course by which the scholars
are To be fitted for the academy ana
eight parents wish their children to be
given partial course in each branch.
The teachers of Washington county,
Me. and Charlotte county New Bruins
WICK, will meet in joint convention at
the Mark Street school. Sa. Stephen,
Thursday and Friday. Sept. 26 and u,
The program includes papers and dis
cussionS on nature study. drawing and
other subjects of special interest to
teachers. with illustrative lessons on
word building and music; also an ad-
dress on the Personal Influence of the
Teacher, by j. F. Ryan of the Wash
ington County Teachers Association.
and a lecture on manual training by
+. Il. McCready. of the Mcdonald
Manual Training school, Fredericton.
Papers on home lessons and over
pressure. by Mrs Samuel johnson of
st. George. n. B., and Principal Suth-
erland of the Miltown High school will
be read at the Thursday afternoon
session. The question box will be a
feature of each session. and inspector
Carter will be ready to solve the
difficulties thus presented. DIR. Bailey
of the University of New Brunswick,
and DIR. Hay of the Educational Re
view will be present at the Friday ses-
sions.