Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-25
MAINE NEWS IN BRIEF
IN THE sCHooLRooM.
What e esins Done in Maine for che
Advancement Of Education.


The franklin County Teachers. A..
ISOLATION will hold its annual meetin.
at Wilton. Nov. : and s.
Inc Pressure Isle public library. to
wnich has just been added a LIST ~ tho
latest books. now contains about 2OO0
volumes of the most popular and de.
sirable books.
a professional penman has recently
been employed in the Eastport schools,
exblalning and illustrating the methods
OF teaching the vertical system Of pen
manship. The system was adapted by
the school board some two years ago.
but no special teacher had worked in
the schools until last week.
On November eth a meeting of the
AndroscOggin County Teachers As
ISOLATION. will be held at the Lisbon
Grange hah. fine program has been
arranged and most profitable meet
Ing is promised. The afternoon session
Will be devoted to addresses by State
Superintendent W.. W. Stetson and
Hon. George H. Martin of the Boston
school supervisors.
Fifty students graduated from the
Eastern State Normal school at Castine
last June. OF these Edwin s. Conner
is in Bates College, Amy Perkins is
taking the advanced course, and the
following are teaching in the places
named. Ruby I. Bickford. Franklin:
Matte E. Blake. Brooksville: Alice r.
Blake. Mercer: Larry A. Bridgham, Ly-
man school, Westboro, Mass: Fannie
q. Calderwood. Deer Isle: Sophia H.
conn. Grammar school. Pressure Isle:
Ina l. CoOmbs. Primary, Islesboro:
Lillian r. Dow. Primary. Milo: Esther
F. Farnham. franklin: Josie NJ. GRAY.
Bar Harbor: Laura X. Haskell.
PresQue Isle; Amelia D. Herrick. In
termediate. Brownville: Edna M.
HORSES. Lee Normal school: Edith NJ.
Hutchings. PenObscot: Ruth G. Kim
ball. Wellington: Susie E. Lewis.
Primary. Caribou; Edith B. Lufkin,
fremont: Chester A. Maddocks, Gram
mar school. Ellsworth: Lulu NJ. Mat
thews. Warren; Agnes NJ Mcfarland,
Bar HarbOr: Grace NJ. Payson, Ire
mont: Ethel NJ. Peabody, franklin
Edna Fl. POlleys, intermediate. DAN
forth: Sadie F. Poole, Bar Harbor
Mabel c. Shaw. Caribou: Clarence r.
Simmons. Tenants HarbOr: Elsie r.
Slower. Dorchester Academy. McIn-
tOsh. Georgia: Idella NJ. Stubs,
Hampden: Charles H. Swan. Prince
ion: Beulah H. Sylvester. Northeast
Harbor: Mary X. Wood, Bangor:
Georgia p. Wardwell. Orland: Bessie
NJ. Weymouth. Hancock: Mabel B.
Wilson. Orland: Lucien Lord. Burling-
ton.
The regular meetings of thes teach
ers Of the public schools of Orono. COM
menced for the present school year at
the beginning of the fall term in Sep
TENDER. have proved to be so interest
ing and withal 50 profitable to the
members in the papers read and dis
cussions had upon the subjects con-
sidered that during the present week.
in accordance with the recommends
lions of the special committee appoint
ed at previous meeting, a formal Or
ganization was made with officers as
follows: Superintendent of Schools
Samuel Libbey. president: Miss Nj. f.
Sullivan. teacher of primary school,
No. 5. secretary: and an executive
committee consisting of Mr.. N. r.
Smith. principal of the High school.
Miss n. A. Colburn. teacher of the
grammar school. Grade 5. and Miss NJ.
=
No. 6. with whom are associated the
president and the secretary as mem
bers ex-officio. The subjects heretofore
under consideration have been those
relating to the formation powers ana
duties of the several department of the
civil government of the State. those OF
the counties and the towns. making in
o;iry into matters concerning the
election of State, county and town
officers. as well as the laying and col
lecting of taxes for government pur-
nc ses. and the expenditure of the pub
lie moneys. Meetings are held semi
| monthly in the High school room az
the closing OF the session of the school
for the day Of the meeting. 1t IS I'M
derstoOd that the subject for the next
meeting TO be held Wednesday after
noon. Oct. %. will be Nature Studies'
in the schools. what they are, now IL Is
advisable to conduct them to make
them interesting. and the value OF then'