Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-28

Miss Ethel Vickery of PlttSie' ~,
gone to Calais. where she VIII ~ -.
position of teacher of Greek ana Ian !
| IN the Calais High 5cnoo ,h
Vickcry was graduated rom
Maine central Institute IN ~ -
from Bates in 1901
Miss Bertha Pitts Of llarii''' ,,'a
| entered Mt. Holyoke Coi'1be'
| Blanche cole. who has Psi"
wears at Mt. Holyokc. does h"'
this year. having received an "pp
nent to teach in Boston. MI '
Wentworth of Harrison mas
| 10 cornell University Chai n -
Lang has gone to Orono to emu
University of Maine. Harfi5.h
sends four new students 10 u. 'uh ,"''
| Academy. Guy Davis, Edgar .p"o
inc. Perlcy Freeman and may i'''s'
Alfred l.. L.afcrrierc of NorWaj' VINO
,,oduated from Rowdoin this sumner
and is wen known as having
| during his course. one Of IN" Sil'Ay
guards on the Varsity football 'eSth''
viii teach At Hebron Academy "uli'S
tho coming school year. MI. h1Ic!lir'
w,s one OF the college students ""
.orved most creditabiy in the I'M
!
war. having been Il sergeant III
companv from Norway, and serving a
recruiting sergeant at AueaS'" io'
scynr,I weeks while the regiment was
| in the South.
Chattanooga News. 1t has u'up'i'"9
! occurred to the thoughtful DDS N""'
pafcnt shat his children WI" TIN ~
| tending the public schools d"No''
tircIv too much of their tilho l" SUI
issues: that. in fact. too many SIN
isuses are being logged I'M" y ''Ih'ii""
| school education. The lnEltal SUIT y Y
lum of the public schools Is ttd"'''N'
| writing photography III ''''i'O'''
| geography history and EhEIisn gram
mar. Proficiency in these stuhi'A "i.'
prepare Il man or woman ~ ~
ordinary battle Of life, and thhl anu
no more is what a public Sch""l Is
| supposed TO 90.
An interesting ana profitable teach
ers' meeting was held at StahtlSh
town hall Saturday afternoon. Her
bert n. Guptiil. principal OF the fi'Eh
school. presiding. \ short buSlh'-
session Of the association was h'ih'
and Mi Scott L. Shaw was reelected
president. while Miss Mona NJ. fhlh-
rev was chosen to serve as secretary
ana treasurer. The following program
.yas then carried out: Music. Miss
Marion Swasey; Prayer. Rev. {. L.
Parker. Attention.. EdwIn y
Moore. The Teacher and thc News
naner." Superintendent Parker,
Music. Miss NJ. ]. Phinney cans
themes" Miss Sadie Chase; Remarks
, Rev. James Bounds; Question Fox
J The superintendent ~ schools II NIL
{ wauler comes out in open advocacy n
p plan to have the school day Tor IN"
Younger children cut down To nan
| dav session. He was forced I" try th'
experiment while needed enlargement.
ii school buildings was going on, "Hu
. M. was so much pleased with the ne"
/ Crparturc that he was lodth I" I''u' Il
{ 10 tn. ola practice after room ehouE"
/ Mad been secured. HIS view q thr
5 matter is approved by many SENIOR
| s,lperintendentS in the Fast II -
. urged that the very small ChllhI"h E'1
, more benefit from the three hours lil
? thc schoolroom than they 90 IN SIN
I and that their minds develop more
4 RAPIDLY under the smaller amount "l
! school work The people generally
! particularly those who have children
| If their own. are apt to prefer me
! whole day for the children. as a con-
, venient means OF caring for thelh
/ during the larger portion Of the dAN.
But II il Il true that mental ana n"hhN
health are both improved hy the
shorter hours then surely none Will
y be found to insist upon the old system.
Schoolroom decoration. herctofor"
2 regarded as d mere matter of oTnA-
= mentation. is fast getting t. b" r"cC z
1 uiZed as a factor in educational anairS.
{ Pictures and objects Of art wisely 81
2 Iectrd and Systematically arranGoi.
{ may be effective in teaching lessons
that will be remembered long after
e printed facts and figures are forgotten.
p This truth is apparently recognized ny
4 the Ammoncongin Literary 'Iub -
Y ! West bronk whose SChoulroOm drCurd-
ton committee is pursuing its W"'"
I along lines that bid fair To- insure
: definite results. For instance. the plan
{ nov Il Ia make Napolconir room N;
= the High school. To this end a bust al
, the First Emperor has been rGr-
! | chased, together With steel plat" en-
craving Of The Retreat from Mos
, COW" ana carbon prints Of "toSseau $
| Forest of Fontainehlcu' and PIud-
hons portrait of the Empress jose
phne. These are pictures that stand
for something. They form the nucleus
| Of 4 collection whose completion Will
| furnish an index to an interesting his
: tCrical romance whose truths are
stranger than fiction. In presenting
| them to the school the club has begun
a work which cannot be to" highly
| commended