Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-11
IN The sCHo0LR00M.
What is Being Done in Maine for the
Advancement Of Education.

Miss Mary Monohon Of Cherryfield
has gone to New York to study kinder
sar.en work.
The school teachers Of Dover ant
Eoxcroft will hold monthly meeting.
during the year.
Miss Phebe Hooper of Bucksport. ha.
secured a position as teacher in voca
music in the Monticello College a,
Godfrey. III.
Miss Hope Whidden has resigned hel
posjtion as teacher of the second prim-
,rv school, Pressure Isle, and will bt
succeeded by Miss Alice Rose.
Miss Carrie Blanchard of Cumber-
land Centre. has been engaged by
Superintendent Williams as instructor
of music in the Dover and Foxcrof,
schools. rt-t-
On account of illness, Edward Roys
bsz been obliged to resign his position
as principal of the Wayne High school
Mr., Dounaker Of Melrose, Mass, sue
ceeds Mr. Roys.
Miss Fannie Small, a graduate OF
Cherryfield Academy in the class of '9S,
has resigned her position as teacher in
the Addison schools, and will enter
Wellesley College.
The total amount now on deposit in
the school savings bank by the stu
dents of the Westbrook schools is
81. $50 80. The total number of bank
books held by the pupils is 221.
Miss Sara Davis of Foxcroft, stu
dent in Pennington Normal school.
has secured fine position as teacher
Of Greek. Latin, English and history
IN the Cleburne Academy, Cleburne,
Texas.
The Portland school board recently
passed an order changing the name of
the Ocean Avenue school to the Hesel-
fine school in honor of the late ID. w.
Heseltine. former school committeeman
from Ward 9, who died a short time
ago.
C.K. williams, who has been teacher
of the Garfield immediate school. North
Arson. has resigned. Miss Florence
Palmer of Fairfield, graduate of
Smith College will take the school. She
has been a teacher in the Maine Cen
fra, Institute at Pittsfield the past
year.
Miss Lillian Ridley, teacher of grade
Longfellnw school, Sanford, has re-
signed. and will attend school of
manual training in Boston. Miss Wells
leaves the Edison school to fill the va
cancv caused by Miss Ridleys
resignation. Miss Abbott of Water
vile has been elected teacher OF the
Edison school.
Miss Mary Allen has been engaged
as an extra teacher in the Portland
High school on account of the large
increase in the number of pupils. She
is a graduate of the University of CAL
iforna in the class of 1895. and for two
years after that she took post-grad-
uatc course She then taught for two
years in an-Francisco High school.
1t has already been stated that the
Portland schools are this fall showing
a large increase over last year in the
number Of pupils in attendance.
Superintendent Lord has during the
past week been engaged in compiling
the statistics of the different schools
and has found that there has been an
increase of 216. grammar schools A..
High schools IS and kindergartens l32.
making total increase of SOB.
A Rumford Falls correspondent
writes: in one school district in town
happily. but one of the districts has
this reputation-such a Discrimination
exists towards helpfulness to the pub
lie good that the public school teacher
can obtain no boarding place in the
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the necessity of paying s. each week
for transporting the teacher to the
village where she can obtain board.
The School Improvement League of
the Whittier school. West Leeds. held a
meeting recently and elected the fol-
lowing officers for this term: PreSi-
dent Mrs Emma Barker; vice-presi-
dent. clyde S. kcene: secretary, Mary
Sumner: treasurer, Lille Il. Rose
executive committee, Mrs. a. l..
Thomas. Miss Annie NJ. Rose and Mat
tie Swain. The league will endeavor
this fall to procure a new desk which
the school much needs.
At recent meeting Of the Lisbon
school board il was voted to ask Mrs.
Moulton to accept the principalship OF
the Lisbon grammar school. left vacant
by the resignation of Miss Flora Frost
who was obliged to leave the work
owing to the death of her mother. Mrs.
Moulton is the widow Of the late Lean
der Moulton who for so many years
was the principal of the Lisbon FAILS
High school. AS AIRS. Moulton was the
assistant in the school she is thorough
], acquainted with the work.
With the opening of the fall term at
the Westbrook High school Principal
Andrews. with the sanction of the
school board. has introduced what Is
called the ''point' system, thus insurine
even greater efficiency in the studies
Under the point" system, STUDY
pursued satisfactorily for five recita'
ton periods a week during the schoo
year will, in general. credit the pupi
with two points. Twenty-eight points
must be gained to entitle the pupil Il
diploma. A study is satisfactorily
completed when an average of 40 pei
cent is reached. A pupil who doe
MOI reach 20 per cent. in any glNei
STUDY must, if it is required study
take the same one for the next year
II an elective. he may substitute SOM
other in order to gain the requisite
number of points
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