Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-09-19
MAINE SCHOOLS
Start on Work Of the Year With Ex'
ceIlent Prospects.

Thus far this term there nave Deeii
1915 pupils registered in the Bath
public schools.
Miss Katharine Kneeland, teacher
in the Searsport schools, has gone 10
Chelsea, Mass, where she will teach IN
an eighth grade.
Miss Maude Furbush Of Lewiston.
who was graduated from Smith College
last Tune. has gone to New Jersey
where she will teach in girls school.
The school house at Harrington
which was burned by yne woods fire IN
JuEe. has been replaced by a new
building at the cost of 5000, and the
scholars in that neighbOrhccd are en-
loving its conveniences for the first
term.
Donald D. Garcelon of Auburn Will
teach the coming year in the Cnivers-
ity preparatory school, Baltimore, Md,
one of the leading private schools in
the South. His brother will be only
about forty miles away at the An
Eapolis Naval Academy.
G. i. Mckinney, Jr., supervisor OF
manual training in the Lewiston
schools has been offered a position at Il
cianical Drawing department of the
Newark, New Jersey, Manual Training
High School.
In accordance with Blaine's usual
custom each year Of sending a large
class of students to Flicker Institute
Misses Hope Lowell, Anna McCrea
Isouise Griffin, Stella Anderson and
Meesrs Stetson Hussey, Clinton Robin
son, Oscar Robinson and Charlie Ram
scy went to Houlton this week to at
tend the fall term, at the institute.
There is but one change in tn" West
Brock Seminary teaching force TINS
year. James IT, KendreRan, A. B.,%of
1,oclland, Mass, takes the position OF
physical director held last year by
Pro-. Pierce In addition to his other
work Prof Kcndregan will instruct a
clars in Spanish. numberSof stu
dents arc already planning toefake this
study as an elective.
IA new man has been procured to take
the place of Prof. A. l.. Clark, instruc-
tor in the physics department at Bates
College this year. Prof. Clark having
leave Of absence to study at Clark Uni
versity. for the season. The new pro-
fessor. is DR. Earl Schmidt. a graduate
Vi Marburg University in Germany.
Br Sch}nidt Wasat Harvard University
during last season, lecturnig.
All records for attendance were brok-
on this week, when teachers counted
noses in the several Bangor public
schools. From the High school down
TO the kindergartens. there were more
pupils registered than ever has, been
.,hr case before. The Grammar schools,
Palm street and Union square. come
way ahead of the other schools, having
close to / 500 pupils enrolled. There Is
room for everybody. though, and 4
great year is expected along all lines.
In high school there are 425 pupils, %
more than have ever been registered
before, oven at extreme high water
njark. The entering class numbers
close Ia 40.
Ali The schools in Iivermore Falls
are in session. The attendance N the
rural schools is larger than ever. The
High school opened with eighty pupils
rive years ago there were only sixteen
Miss Martin, Colby. 1898. succeeds Miss
I'urinti.n in the ninth grade. The lat
ter has been promoted to the High
school. Miss Matthew, Pennington
Normal, succeeds Miss Bessie Maxwell
in second grade. Mrs. Pike wife of the
principal retires from High school, af-
ter forty-fve terms without rest. Ad-
tlitional seating room is required in the
High. Several pupils out of town are
in attendance. The study of German
has been introduced into High school.
With the beginning of the school year
zoe, I,,rl -,
their duties with the idea that they
should always hold something in re-
serve so as to have favorite illustra-
tons and choice bits of elouuence to let
off in cases of emergency. Thus they
go on in Il commonplace way, retaining
their best and giving out tedious rou-
tine stuff. fearing lest they run short
of material. This is the worst habit 4
a teacher can acquire. He should give
!. Of the best there is in him every day
y and every hour in the day The man
kwho is fit to teach tat all will never lack
fpE siniies and Illustrations. We fire.
HiaGhtfy. hear admiring Christians re-
s5utfidAK that il was a wonder to them
liU the minister could find topics for
kliscussion every Sunday in the year.
M is also limited that editors of daily
a papers must run ashore for ideas very
5bOften. An of which is wholly untrue.
n Editors are frequently dull and tame
Msand Commonplace. while ministers are
SO N on ararc occa sions: but neither
y ministers nor editors are ever at = loss
h for topics to discuss. The world is full
8of subjects fit for the deepest thought
I and worthy of the most convincing
j eloquence. The trouble with editors
and ministers lies in the multiplicity
of topics, in the confusing mass of
subjects which demand immediate at
tention, so that ii is very hard to de-
eide which to take up first. 1t is the
same way with the scb>ol teacher. He
Is nerpleXed and astoniShed y, to
cistas of human knowledge which omen
up before him rs he goes along. He
has no need to study M subjects for
thought in advance If he will give of
tho very choicest ideas which his mind
holds every day and do 50 for score
Of years. he will still find new notions
to exploit and now ways of impartinr
knowledge Bangor News