Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-09
IN THE SCHOOLROOM.
What Is Being Done in Maine for the Advance.
nlent Of Education

benches for manual training rave
ceen placed in the Weeks Street gram
mar school, Bath.
About $500 have been expended in
purchasing new apparatus for the
bath High school laboratory.
| The young ladies i'm Bluehill are talk
ing OF forming a physical culture class
and a literary society.
Miss Emily NJ. Merrill has presented
each of the three immediate schools in
i'reWer framed portrait of Mozart
At Phillips Exeter Academy one Of
the Phillips scholarship prizes of 500
was won by Nathan Dame. Jr., of
! l<ennebunk.
The High School at the village IN
StarkS opened Monday with twenty
scholars and more are expected. 1t is
under the instruction of T. A. Hasty
Mrs. Abbie Arnold a successful and
popular teacher in Albion, has passed
the examination in primary. inter
mediate and grammar grades and re-
ceived a life State certificate.
In the graduating class Of the Bar
Harbor High school Miss Geneva Le-
the presentation of Gifts" and Miss
Della Wilcomb the class history
Miss Ellie L. Hamilton for the past
two years teacher at Center Street
Primary school. Brunswick. has re-
signed her position and will enter
Bates College. Miss Bessie Reed has
been appointed to take Miss Hamil-
ton S place.
WATERFORD High School will debate
against Phillips Limerick Academy.
February I'D. The question will be.
Resolved That Capital Punishment
Should be Re-established in this
State" WATERFORD High School viii
| take the negative side.
Miss Clara Won Wettberg has beer
obliged to discontinue her duties as
teacher at Stockbridge Hall. in Var
mouth, on account of i'll health. Miss
Stockbridge has secured the services of
Miss Dorothea KotZSchmar for Germ
an. Miss Whitney for Latin and Miss
Titcomb for English.
! A school league is being formed sim
f, liar to the one of last years which
| was composed of Belfast. Camden
Rockland and Ninalhaven high schools.
and the league was a great success
both in the games and the good will
and pleasant feeling which was Gre
ated among the pupils which We're in
/ the teams.
| The annual catalogue of the Bangor
| Theological Seminary has been pub
| lished. Number of students enrolled.
! II. one resident liccntiate, one senior.
eight middlers and seven juniors.
! over 22.000 volumes are now in the
| library. The length of the next scnool
| wear will be increased one week, but
the year begins as usual, first Thurs
| day in September. The faculty re
mains unchanged. five members in all.
! The Fryeburg Academy Debating So
cety met in the Academy hall, Janu-
arv - The subject for debate was:
! Resolved, That woman suffrage would
be a good thing in the United states
| The affirmative side was represented
by Mr.. Walker and Miss Adams. The
| negative by MIR. Whitmore and MISS
King. The merits of the question was
| 10 to in favor of the negative. Ihe
merits Of the debate 10 to : in favol' of
| the affirmative.
The teachers at the Maine Street
! school. Lewiston, are proud of a new
| teachers room. already partially furn-
ished which they claim is the only
room of this nature in the city. Ever
since the schoolhouse was built there
| has been Il large room over the ball
| way. well lighted by three windows
| looking upon Maine street which was
| designed for the use of the teachers
blt had been utilized only for store
room. Now the floor has been vanished