Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-03
IN THE SCH0OLR0OM.
VIVA, is Being Done in Maine Tor the Advance
ment Of Education.

Miss Myrtle French has resigned her
position as second assistant in thv
High school at Camden.
II is expected that the ALUMNI re-
union and the dedication OF the new
academy building at Corinth will occur
August -.
Edwin V. Spooner has resigned his
position as associate principal ~
Bridgton Academy and will tax" q
course AT Harvard this fall.
Miss Edith r. Weaver Of Wilma NJ
tic. Pennington Normal school ~.
who FOR the past year has been teach
ING in Guilford has been elected teach
er of the grammar school in Winthrop.
Miss Gertrude l.. Macdonald. who
fer the past five years has been assis-
tant teacher at the Richmond High
school. has resigned her position TO
accept one as teacher Of departmental
English ana Latin in the Hudson.
Mass. High school,
Guy l.. Healey Of Mt. Vernon haS
been engaged AS prime ral Of the Win
throp High school FOR the coming
year in place Of {. L. SaWtclIc. Mi.
firalcy is graduate of Bates College.
class of 1900 and has been connected
for the past year with the kimlail
Union Academy at Meridian. y. IL. a
fitting school for Dartmouth college.
The Winthrop schools will begin The
fan term on Monday. sept Is.
Miss Caroline +. Libby y rit,Siio'd.
who has accepted a position a. in-
F..fl.
has gone t. Quebec. wE":r she wil
remain for a number Of weeks I" o.
serve the methods Of teaching the
French language as instructed in The
Franciscan convent in that city. This
institution is considered by educators
t. he one uf the very hc:.t of its kind
on this continent.
The Eth annual reunion of the vii
ton Academy Alumni Association. Will
he held in Wilton. "Wednesday. August
18th There will be the usual picnic
dinner in Eartlett's grove. and in the
evening the gathering in the academy
hall The Grafton will be given by
Supt. Audubon L. Hardy Of Amherst.
Mass. the poem by Miss Edna +. Das-
combc Of Wilton. and music by Mrs.
Wyniffcd Staples Smith of Brooklyn
y. Y.
The fan term of schools in Faycttc
will commence Sept. ID excepting in
House No. I. which is set al later
date. School No = south read. will br
the special term. the expense Of
which will bc wholly betrayed ny thc
generous bcncfactor. Mr.. \. T. Wing If
Palmer. Mass. who WAS z native of
the district and whose early school
days were passed there. The affairs Of
this school will be under the same
mr. M cement as others in the town.
Mr.. Wing proposes that all scholars
within the original district avail them
selves Of the advantages OF this school.
He further authorizes the superin-
tcndcnt. Mr.. George Underwood. t. al
low all such in town outside these
limits to attend who ar. fitted to pur-
sue the higher branches Of study such
as are not expected to be taught in the
ordinary town schools. II the capacity
Of the house admits. after the ac-
commodation of the classes above
named. Mr.. Wing extends his invita-
ton into the town nf Wayne. where
under proper conditions. Il limited
number of pupils may be received into
the school Mr.. Wings interest in the
cause If education. writes cores
pondent. his generosity the appro-
pirate tribute to the memory of his ma
tiN" town ana to the little brick
schoolhouSe. should stimulate all to
whom this legacy falls so freely. to
active interest, and high appreciation
of privileges offered without money
and without price.