Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-08-22
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.
What the Teachers and the School Au-
thorities of Maine are Doing.


at Kingston Academy, Kingston, N
III.
Miss Edith Bicknell of Roclland and
of Colby '03, has been appointed one OF
the teachers in the Eastport High
school, to begin with the fall term.
Miss Grace Dolley who was elected
assistant teacher in the Gorham High
school, has resigned to accept Il similar
position in the Westbrook High school
building.
The graduates of the second class of
the Gorham Normal school (June) have
all passed successful examinations be-
fore the State board of examiners and
are qualified as teachers. The class
numbered about so.
Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln,
will commence its fall term, Monday.
Sept IA, and will continue for II
weeks. w. +. Miner, A. B., and Mrs. w.
f. Miner have been engaged as in
structors for another year.
The Board of Education of Parsons
field Seminary have recently elected
the following teachers: Principal, Ma
than r. Smith, formerly of Orono High
school: ce-principal, Norris S. Lord,
Bates 1903; assistant, Ethel X. G.
Cederstrom, Boston University, 1903.
The Oldtown schools will open Sept.
Is. The principal of the High school
will be Farnsworth G. Marshall, Bow
doin '03, to succeed Mr.. Watkins who
goes to Massachusetts. The assistants
will be D. Lyman Wormwood, Eva B.
Roby and Evangeline Haynes.
The Fort Fairfield High school will
begin it's year on Monday, September
2S, in Elm Hall, where it will keep it's
| first term of two months until the new
| building is completed. The teachers
will be: Harry E. Walker of Ellsworth,
| Bowdoin '01, principals; Miss Grace
| Anne Balentine of Waterville, Miss
| Minnie Avar Bubar of Danforth, and
| Miss Louise Chase of Kents Hill, as
| Sistants.
| Miss Cora Belle Bckford of Bidde-
ford, who is we'll known through the
State not only through her affiliations
with the Daughters of Rebeccah in
| which she has held the highest Office
| in the State but as an educator has
| been promoted to Il position i'll the
| RlGdcford High school where She will
| have the English literature and physi-
| cal culture. She is at present one of
| the students at the summer school.
The fall term of Arson Academy will
! open Tuesday. August %, under the
| instruction of Prof. George Thomas
| Sweet. IL graduate of Colby College,
class 'h3. Professor Sweet is a resident
| of Atkinson. where he was for one year
| superintendent of schools. In 90 he
was graduated from the Higgins
Classical Institute and from Bangor
| Business College in 81. Professor
| Sweets assistant in the academy will
be Miss Helen Frances Simmons. Mrs
| Maud Emery will teach music.
| The fall term of Foxcroft Academy
| will begin Tuesday, Sept s, with the
! following teachers: Fred t.. Ward.
! a. B., principal, ancient languages and
| history; Miss Elizabeth ID. Gray. A. T.,
| preceptrcss. sciences and mathematics;
| Miss Elizabeth *. Paine, assistant,
| English and French; Miss Anna Buck
| French. Mr.. Ward, the principal, was
| recently elected by the trustees of the
| institution and comes highly recon-
| mended. He is a graduate of the East
| Maine conference Seminary and Bow
| doin College. He has been teacher OF
| Greek and political science for two
years at the East Maine Conference
! Seminary.
The committee on the erection of the
| South Grammar school building in
| Waterville met this week and opened
| the bids. The Proctor & Bowie Com
pany were found to be the lowest bid
| ders and their bid of $17 ,977 was ac-
| cepted. This does not include the
painting, plumbing or heating. The
| lot is almost an acre and "a half in area
being 800 feet deep and nearly 200 feet
wide. The city has paid $2S00 for it.
Work will begin within Il week and
by the. conditions of the contract the
building must, be rooted in within
three months. or by the first of Decem-
Der, and he completed inside of seven
months or by the first day Of April,
1904 So when school opens in the
fall of 1904 there will be in use the
new building so long needed.
The dedication of the new Normal
school took place, Tuesday afternoon at
Presquc Isle. That the importance of
this event to this town and county was
realized was shown by the large num-
her of citizens and also those from
neiShboring towns who We're present
at the exercises. State Superintendent
Stetson presided over the meeting, and
first called upon Rev. G. M. Park, who
has been an important factor in max
ing the event possible, to offer prayer
Hon. G. F. Daggett gave the address
of welcome which was responded to
by the following gentlemen: EX-Gov-
ernor Powers. Hon. S. J. Walton of the
Governors Council, and chairman of
the educational committee, Hon. G. H.
Warren of the board of trustees and
DIR. Chase, president of Bates College
Mr. Stetson then introduced Irving O.
Bragg, who has been elected principal
of the Normal school, who in a few
well chosen remarks created a very fa-
vOrable impression. Hon. Edward Wig
gin was next called upon and re-
sponded in his usual happy manner
and presented to Principal Bragg nu-
merouS documents, petitions and rec
ords relating to the establishment of
the school and the pen with which the
Governor signed the bill, also a photo
graph of the members of the educa-