Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-02
IN THE sGHooLRooM.
What is Being Done in Maine for the
Advancement of Education.

4 port High school.
Miss Edna Sawyer of Yarmouth, has
: accepted the position lis principal u
a the Grammar School at Isleboro.
Rev. George F. Milward has resigned
as superintendent of schools at kenne.
bunk, having accepted pastorate il
Portland. Charles H. Cole was elected
=. 70 his place,
About 1400 invitations have been or
dered for graduation at the Farming
ton Normal school, an unusually large
number. The class Is very large and
hopes to make this years graduation
: the best in every way in the history
5 of the school.
The Lisbon school committee has Of
, fered a prize to be competed for by the
scholars of the High school and the
school has been put into divisions. One
division spoke Friday and the other
will speak next Friday and the final
contestants will be selected from these
divisions. The contest will come near
the close of the term.
b. w. Brown, recently elected super
visor of schools at Milbridge, has made
some changes in the High school
course. Heretofore three years has
constituted the course in this school
and diplomas have been awarded to
classes. completing the course. Under
his supervision several new studies
are added to the course and also
another year. By this change a class
of seven which was to graduate in June
will hold over till 1904.
| The children of Miss Ross division
of the Primary school at Guilford, have
| secured through their solicitation of
| funds very fine library for the school,
| The books furnish excellent supple
| mentary reading for the little folks,
| who are allowed to take out a new
| book very Friday night to return the
same the first of the week. Thew are
very proud of their library and it is
certainly very helpful addition to the
| school. as it will prove of great bene-
fit to the children who are just begin
| ming TO take an interest in reading
books.
The senior class of the Pressure Isle
High school has been assigned the fol-
lowing class parts: SalutatOry, Lou
Preble prophecy, Alice Stevens; his
tory, George Estes; grafton, Fred
Dionne; poet, Merle Smith; Marshal,
Clinton Park; presentation, Otis Stew
ems; valedictory, Lila Crawford. Otis
Stevens has been elected by the senior
class to attend the speaking contest
held by the u. of NJ. at Orono in the
latter part of May. Clifford Ryan has
been chosen captain of the p. l. H. S.
baseball team with Fred Dionne as
manager.
Let every school teacher remember
that he or she who lays a hand on
boy save in the way of kindness will be
delivered over to judgment. Times
have changed and we are changing
with them. The boy who escaped with
a shaking" twenty-five years ago
thanked his lucky stars; now shak
ing is little less abhorrent to the cult |
waited sense than melted lead and burn
irg oil, and the boy, returning from
school. shows gaping wounds and
frightful scars caused by the teacher
who "shook me- In the terrible days of
old that boy would not have
exhibited his wounds at home, knowing
full well that he would be likely to ac-
quire other honorable scars for good
measure: but we have progressed be-
You'd all that, and please. Johnny be
good" is the recipe for developing
heroes and a higher order of Anglo
Saxon manhood. Who would not be a
boy again under these delightful con-
ditions? Who would not feel that there
is no place like school?-Roswell Field,
in Chicago Post.
The School Improvement League is
doing good work in Rumford Falls and
vicinity. In fact, it is doubtful if there
is another town in Maine that has done
d greater work along these lines Supt.
Payson Smith is the president of the
State league and has been an indie
fatigable worker to make it a success.
His work in Rumford is an object les
son for all Maine. Over $500 in cash
has been raised and expended in the
schools of Rumford and Mexico, and
this has frightened every schOolroom
in these towns. These improvements
take the form of pictures, statuary,
flowers, tinted ceilings and walls, and
a score of other things that are graft
flying to the eye of taste. The children
are more contented, more StudiouS ana
more obedient.' They are thoroughly IN
love with the work and each one is
more than anxious to do his part in the
identifying of the schools surround
ings. Professor Smith has just been
re- elected school superintendent by the
| joint committee of Rumford and
Mexico. This is his fourth term. SO
pleased were the committee with his
| work that they have increased his sal
airy 500 per year, and this was de-
served tribute. His salary now is
| $1400 per year. The work of the super
| intendcnt is arduous. He has forty
two teachers under his charge, and
these in turn have $500 scholars to edu-
cate. Last year there were but 2o0o
and the gain of 500 shows how these
towns are gaining in popula ton. Ten
years ago the school system was repre-
scented by very few ungraded schools;
| today that system is one of the fnest
in all Maine. We have splendid
High school, and system of evening
schools as well as those by day.
MAINE INDUSTRIES
Sinclair Bros. are running full crew
at their East Sullivan mill, saving all
binds of short lumber with plenty OF