The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-08-13
Exhibition Work by Belfast Pupils.

Representative Clarence O. Poor while
in Augusta recently was presented with
two books of value for their local historical
interest by j, A. Mcdonald an employe at
the State House. The books were a part of
Names educational exhibit at the Centen-
NAL celebration in Philadelphia in 1876.
They are now in possession of the Belfast
School Board, at the Superintendent office
in Memorial building.
One book is devoted to geography and has
ten nicely drawn maps of the continents
and grand divisions of the globe, drawn by
Willie R. Clifford, aged 10, in the lntermedi-
ate school, A. d. McKeen, principal The
second section of the book is a geographical
review written from memory by the second
division of the intermediate school, Ada E.
Larrabee, teacher. The work is list of
the States of the Union, with their principal
rivers, mountains. capitals. largest cities
and products. The handwriting shows it
to have been the work of eleven different
pupils, but the names are not given.
The second book is work of the Primary
grade pupils. A. NJ. Limeburner, teacher
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papers showing the regular work of the
youngest pupils in writing, who had re-
ceived but nine weeks instruction. The
writing was from dictation and in no in
stance copied, ami consisted of lists of the
days and months, the New England States
and their capitals, page of arithmetic and
a spelling lesson. The pupils were Ida M.
Jones, Elmira Sholes, Oracle E. Burgess,
George Patterson, Robert II. Whiddon,
James Whalen, John Wilson, Harvey I'll.
Smalley, Flora Eta Dunbar, Eustace J.
Partridge, Agnes McMahan. Ella Fleming,
George E. Clarence, Erva d. Miller, Elnora
Sholes, George Howard, Sadie TwOmbly,
Walter E. Sylvester.
Miss Juliet A. Wiggin, teacher of the
first Division of the South Primary school,
wrote the following introduction to the
work by her pupils:
Previous to Nov 8, 1875, the pupils printed
their exercises, as but one child could write
any or read writing. After that time they
commenced learning to write spelling les
sons. The only work upon the papers,
, prepared with any reference to the Cen
tennial, is the naming and writing the
States, which was to have been learned
during the spring. The other exercises
were prepared by pupils for an ordinary
recitation. The spelling lesson had never
been learned or written by them before
This work occupied nearly three hours for
the class of twenty-six pupils. The most
rapid progress was made by Willie Pratt, q
years, who knew the. alphabet, but was I'M
able to read word in May, 1875, and now
ranks number two in the second class.
Joseph Pendleton read in the primer in
May, 1875, and gained rank of number one
in the first class. Each was promoted from
the fourth class.
The pupils of this school signed their
work as follows: Johnnie Dickerson, Willie
V. Pratt, Joseph Brooks Pendleton, Willie
Stevens, Oracle A. Wells, Dele Jackson,
Cora E. Rockwell, Mary Furnish, Grace A.
Lord, Joseph Williamson, Jr., George Poor,
Martin Patterson, Mamie L. Venner, Harry
G. Dodge, Edith Lydia Stone, Edith Knowl-
ton, Willie G. Sawtelle, Minnie E. Dickey,
Lizzie Carlton, Horatio L. Dyer, Rosette G.
Slower, Caddie E. Griffin, Lizzie F. Owens
Flora Mcfarland.