Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-09
MAINE EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.

ee.S graduated from WELLESLEY Col
lege, has accepted a position in the .col-
| lege as teacher.
| l. Z. Phillips has been elected for tho
tenth time superintedent of the Lewis.
Ton SCHOOLS. Mr.. Phillips Is recopn;,e1
as one or the States leading educator.
Ami L. Dennison. principal Of tho
| Nihth GRADE, Bath, has accepted an Of
Ter 10 go to Exeter, N. H., and take the
princIpalship of a grammar school in
| that city.
T. A. Roberts, Bates, '99, VINO haze
been superintendent of schools in Mad
ison, the last few years, has acccnte,
Il position as superintendent Of tha
public schools in Lebanon. n.
Augustus d. Hayes of Belfast u,bo
las been teaching for the past few
years in the East Belfast Grammar
school. has been elected to the position
of principal OF the upper Grammar
| school in Belfast at a salary of s5On
Miss Grace Lore has been Reelected n,
| assistant of the upper Grammar school
Miss Alice Todd ana Miss Clara Al
| den, assistant teachers at Calais High
school, have sailed from New Yor,. on
steamer Cretic of the White Star Lin,
Tor London. After Il short visit in Lon
| con they will cross the channel and
spend some little time at Paris, where
| they will take a special course in the
French language
At 4 meeting IF the trustees Of Stat.
/ Normal schools held in Portland. the
| following teachers were elected for the
Corham school for the ensuing year.
| Principal, William J. Corthell; asst
| principal, William f. Russell; assist
ants, Miss Viola NJ. White, Miss AZ.
Grace Pickett, Miss Gertrude Stone.
Miss Katharine Halliday, Miss Cora E.
Dillingham;, Miss Ella +. johnson.
Dr. c. II. Weston, who has recently
been engaged as assistant professor of
| mechanics ct the University of Maine
| will commence his duties at the OPEN
ing of the fall term. He has Just re-
ceived the degree of PHI. ID. from CO.
| lumbia University for work in me-
| chlnics. DR.. Weston is 4 Madison.
Me, boy, who fitted for college in the
schools of that town and graduated
from the University of Maine in 1896.
|
and instructor i'm civil engineering at
the university until he went to Column
bia three years ago. While at Co
lumbia he held a fellowship i'm mechar-
les and was assistant in that depart
| ment.
A Summer School of Philosophy will
be conducted near East Pond, Oakland.
| OR. +. ID. 3D from July Is to August Is,
| by Herbert l.. Wilbur. The location of
| this school is most attractive and it is
l an ideal place to pass q summer vaca-
ton. The school is designed for princi-
pal, superintendent. and all Interested
| in the work Of the public schools. Mr..
Wilbur who will have charge of the
| school, has had much experience in the
educational field. He graduated from
Amherst in 1872; received the degree of
A. NJ. at Columbia University in 1900.
| and had a fellowship in education at
| Chicago University. 19O1-19O2. He has
| been professor in Latin and Greek at
] Hamilton College. New York, and at
present is superintendent of schools at
Beaver, Pa.
Two new assistants have been elect
| ed to fill vacancies in the departments
| of chemistry and physics at Bates, next
year. In place of Harold II. 'Thayer,
'03, who was assistant in chemistry,
| Earl c. Lane of Livcrmore Falls, has
been elected; and II place of Geo. f.
| Stebbins, '03. who was assistant in
physics Joseph 9. Sweeney of Sabattus
| has been chosen. Messrs. Lane and
Sweeney are both Of TIE graduating
class at Bates, this year. They have
done excellent work in these depart
merits during their college course. Mr..
Stebbns is to do graduate work, next
year in physics at Clark University il
Worcester. Prof Karl Schmidt will
| leave at tic nead of the physics de-
| I artment, as Prof. A. l.. Clark will re-
turn, next fall. after a years leave of
| absence, during which time he took Il e
| 1egree of Pm. d. from Clark Univc--
| sitv. Prof Schmidt. who took his place
for but year. viii do philosophical
| work Mr.Thayar is planning to be-
| gin his medical studies the coming
| fall.
The course in natural history at the
Morse High school is limited to the
work that can be accomplished in two
| TERMS, anu ~ ColIClh'ltl punt
| when the interest of the pupils has
| just been thoroughly aroused. SO
keen was the interest the past year.
many of the pupils were persuaded by
| their teacher, Miss Hogan. to continue
| the work at least by close Observa-
| ton Of all the birds and insects that
they saw in their walks. The pupil
who met with the greatest success in
| this line was Earl LemOnt who was
able to recognize and name fifteen va
rieties of insects and twenty-One of
| birds. Many others noted nearly as
many. All pupils, whatever course
| they pursued, We're encouraged to iden-
| tify our native flowers and with the
| following gratifying results: Miss
| Ethel Drawn, forty-three; Miss Mar
cia Delaney. fifty-fve; Miss Lucinda
| Tabor. sixty-nine; Miss Clara 1ngra-
ham, seventy-two. Hiss Louise Mason
of the class of 1905, last year, identi-
fed 107 Wild flowers in this immediate
vicinity and will no doubt add to the
list this year.-Bath Times.