Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-04-09
SCHOOL NOTES.
A Record CT the Week in Maine Edu.
cational Circles.

The school committee at Wells has
elected Miss Abbie o. Mildram, super
. iHtehGent for the ensuing year.
! Mis- Isabel Mckenzie of JonespOrt.
/ who has been teaching in Calais, has
accepted Il position in Mansfield. Mass
4 Miss Mckenzie is a graduate of the
\ Western State Normal school.
\ Hon. l.. A. Emery. associate justic"
OF the Supreme court, is in Portland
whore he is delivering Il course Of lee
lures on Medical Jurisprudence" be-
4 fore the Maine Medical school. Upon
the completion Of the course he will 90
to New Haven to visit his son. Prof.
! Henry g Emery of Yale University.
! Glass parts at the Westbrook High
sChool have hccn announced as fol-
lows: Essay. Mary Ethel Morriii;
prophecy. Sarah Everett Larrabee; ora
/ ton, Benjamin Clifford cutter; essay,
Ruth Adams: history. Ellie kathrina
| Hawes: salutatory, Mabel Winnifred
Foster; valedictory. Harold Merton
/ Lord.
I Miss Eeulah Towlc is taking the place
made vacant by the resignation Of Miss
Georgia NJ. Hartford at the Cohurn
school i'm Lewiston. Miss Towle had
/ t....n teaching i'll the same building this
/ winter. substituting for Miss Kate Cal
] lahan. who has just returned to her
scl!oul work alter y leave of absence
for the last twenty weeks on account of
illness.
! J. W. Fstcr. Esq, has been elected
Superintendent of schools by the Nadi-
son school committee for the coming
year. AT the annual town meeting it
was voted rs the sentiment of the
meeting that principal ana superin-
tcndrnt should not be one and the same
person. 1t was in accordance to this
vote that the committee elected Mr..
Foster Ls superintendent and retained
+. y. Roberts, who has been superin-
to',lalit for the past thre" years. rs
rrimriirl for the remainder Of the
school year.
Tho 81 ring term of the Normal school
1t Presque Isle has commenced with Il
good increase of pupils, and one new
teacher. Miss Mae Gould of Sprague's
Mills. who will instruct in music.
drawing. arithmetic, calisthenics and
/ lrrumansl:ip. After graduating from
, Pennington Normal school. Miss
( Gould taught music and drawing in the
public schools in OldtOwn, one year
since. which time she has been en-
rloyed at Franklin Park. Mass, and in
I the meantime studied music at the New
. rnelaud Conservatory of Music.
: Prof. j. F. Moody. principal of the
Edward Little High school of Auburn.
has posted the names Of members oi
the graduating class whose ranks are
-
course. emitting them to class parts.
/ They are as follows: Mr.. Chandler.
I Miss Fnrnham. Miss bradford, Mr..
Larrabee, Miss Libby. Miss Lena Mer-
rill, Miss Noyes. Miss Packard. Miss
/ Parker. Miss Parsons. Mr.. Pingree. Mr.:
Roseland. Miss Flake. Miss Bonney.
Miss Burke, Mr. Carver. Miss Casey.
I MISS ,'hurchill. Mr. cobb, Miss Coburn,
Miss Ford. Miss Getchell. Miss Green
leaf. Miss Iiackett. Miss Hazen. Miss
Sampson. Miss Skilln. Miss Stevens.
lIr. SteN ems and Mr.. Whitman. Other
r:mcs may be added to this list later,
. when sorle students make up work.
Miss Harriet e. Paul has been ap
pointed valcdictorian. ana Miss Mar
garet Merrill. s;llutatOrian.
\ meeting Of the members of the
vile school board was held recently
ana WAS attended by the following
members: w. \. Burgess. Esq. Harry
carr and DR.. G. w. Ray of Sangerville
and DR.. w A. Bumps. +. O. Addition of
Dexter. The work of forming the dis
trict was the first business attended 70
by The two school committees, and the
conditions ana requirements Of the law
s..r1 iiE.,l -
officers elected for the ensuing year,
were as follows: Chairman, DR.. W. A.
Bumps of Dexter: secretary, DIR. c. w.
Elv of Sangcrville. The principal Of
the Guiford high school. Prof. Ernest
l.. Palmer. was chosen to become
srncrirt4ndent Of the district, and he
will make Dexter his future residence.
The new superintendent is a graduate
OF Bates college, class of '96. ana since
his graduation he has been principal
Of th,' Eowdoinham high school. and
has also been superintendent of the
Rovdoirllam schools. He began his
career as 4 school teacher when he was
. / Il Years of age, and has taught in all
the grades. consequently he is thor
oughly proficient in the work.
During the past week a movement
IIS been started 10 raise IuIlu 10 bc
used in Identifying the grounds of the
East Maine Conference Seminary. Up
: to the present time nothing has ever
been done except to plant n half dozen
trees and shrubs Immediately in front
l \ Of the dormtory. The few oak trees
ut tn. east side Of the campus We're
there a hundred years before the semi
nary was built The school property be-
ing situated as it is on an abrupt rise
of land is in full view for miles in near
Is every direction and anything done tc
improve the outside appearance will
certainly contribute to the attractive
;. ness of the village. In the year pas'
President Bender put out over $4,000
= in renovating the boarding house ano
> chapel and this new effort coming
spontaneously from the business mer
of the town is very encouraging. Felkel
/ l.. Temple, landscape gardener OF
Bucksport. is to have charge of th'
work. TIE general plan OF the planting
| will he TO make belt of evergreen