The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-06-19
A. j. FERN AID,

crusade appear like horrible medieval
romance.
Miss Mildred Isabelle Darby's subject
was "Education." She opened with the
statement that few people understand how
important and far reaching are the changes
which have taken place in recent years in
educational methods. The public takes less
interest III education than in art inven-
tlonS. politics or other subjects. and only
those who are brought directly in cont .ct
with it fully understand these changes or
how they have been brought about She
reviewed the old-time ideas of education,
the memorlzIng of rules, the blind faith in
the statements OF the books or the words of
the teacher. The modern plan is to improve
the pupll> powers of observation and rea-
sonlng. The definition of Education given
by President Butler of Columbia College
was cited as expressing the modern idea:
first. the power to use the English language
correctly; second, good breeding and be-
havlor; third, the power and habit of re-
tectlon; fourth. the power of growth. Edu-
cation comprises broad and well-balanued
mental development. If our school lille has
trained us to apply the knowledge We re-
ceive to whatever we do, then the sch ,ol
has rendered its greatest possible SerT .ce
to us and 10 the world we enter
The class history by Miss Marguerite
Dorothy Pilsbury was brief but compre-
henslye review of the school life Of tae
class, % in number, which entered The II gh
School III the fall of 1925. In the Sophomore
! year Mr, Mcclellan, the principal, was suc-
cee'ted by Mr., Howard, who, together with
Miss Field and Miss Townsend made the
succeeding three years pleasant as well as
profitable. lu that year the class was or
ganlzed, with MI. Clement as president and
Miss Pilsbury secretary and treasurer At
the beginning of the Junior year d change
was made III the course OF study with a
year i'll Foundation studies in Literature -
In that year the design of the class pin and
the class color We're chosen, and the first
| class picture taken. At the beginning of
the Senior year the class was reduced to
ten of the original members. and two lew
ones JoRed. Mr.. Fernald became president
and Miss Pilsbury was continued a. Secre-
tary and treasurer. In that year the b. II .
s. Literary club was formed April 18th
the class with the assistance of others, pre-
sented in Memorial Hall, before a large
and apprecative audience, the farce ''The
| Elevator the net proceeds being 500. The
class adopted for its motto "By Virtue and
Toll Arbor Day was celebrated by plant
my an American elm on the upper common
with due ceremony and dedicating it to
"The Elevator The historian briefly re-
ferred to the class rides, visits, and other
incidental matters, and reminded each of
the pupils of some event in school life in
which he or she was specially interested.
Mrs. T. 5. Pitcher sang very effectively
ut is better to laugh than be sighng,' by
Donizetti, and responded to an encore with
a stanza of the same. Miss Faunce PLAYED
the accompaniment.
William Penn 1ussey' essay was on ''Re-
strIction of Immigration The terrible
tragedy at Buffalo last September and the
recent act of Congress concerning the
| Chinese have given the question of immigra-
tion new significance. In early days immi-
grafton was desirable for the development
Of our vast area of unoccupied territory.
! II lLt lduuS VI GOudS were OI dS SIeT-
ling worth as the Puritans, the French
Huguenots. the progressive Germans in the
West, or the Swedes of our own State, we
could not oppose immigration; but the great
majority are of a far different class. He
gave some statistics on the subject and a
| brief history of the legislative atten pts to
control immigration. The fact that many
| n their old Otrio off
more or less money here also renders inmi-
grafton undesirable. immigration is used
to further the ends of selfish men in control
ing the labor market. 1t has become a
menace to private interests and public
safety. The assassination of the President
Was the outcome of the spirit of anarchy
introduced by undesirable immigrants Ma
tlonal legislation is needed to put IA stop to
the importation of such creatures. We
should put upon immigration such restrc-
tions as will admit only those who will be-
come help rather than a hindrance and
menace to our American institutions.
Miss Alma Flora Colby dealt WITH college
Settlement work in Boston and New York -
The alumni of Smith College formulated
the plan of the college settlement and the
first one in America was opened in Riving-
ton street, New York, in 1889. Then one
was established in Boston near the Boston
Albany station In these settlements
many Christian men and women devote
| their lives to caring for homeless and friend
less children. The workers are not confined
to college men and women. The colleges
furnish the enthusiasm, but many of the
workers, and much of the funds, come from
other sources. Miss Colby described the
houses in which the settlements are located,
the methods of work, and some of the re-
suits accomplished. The settlement work
begins with the kindergartens, aud takes
the children through a course of instruc-
tion best fitted to make them useful mem