Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-16
IN THE SCHOOL-ROCM.
What is Being Done in Maine for the
Advancement of Education.

The pupils of Old Town high school
are contemplating the establishment of
a school paper.
Mrs. Dayton W. Smith has been
detected superintendent of schools at
| Marshfe,d
The York County Teachers associa-
| ton will hold it's semi-annual conven-
ton az Saco, May q.
S. a. Rurleigh has been elected
superintendent of the union school
/ district comprising Rumford and
Mexico.
Il Miss Margaret Cram of Mt Vernon
4 has been elected assistant teacher in
the, Pennington High school for the
spring term.
The parts assigned to the graduating
class of the Livermore Falls High
.-chooI, are as follows: Margie Wilbur,
! va!edictory: Elford Morrison, saluta
tory; Ethel Harrington, history; and
Vena Bamford, prophecy.
Mr. Egbert y. Case, of Bates college
has been engaged to assume the
Irincipalship of Guilford high school in
the place of Prof. f. l.. Palmer
resigned Mr.. Case is a member of the
senior class at Bates college. He has
taught year at New Hampton
Literary Institute.
In an interesting letter to the
Jamaica Plain News, George c. Mann.
principal of the high school, says. Il
am almost ready to stand with those
who urge that children should not be
taught to read but should be allowed to
come to it naturally, as most children
brought up intelligently and in culti-
waited homes would do"
The senior class in the Jonesport
High school is making preparations for
graduation. Glass parts have been as
signed as follows: SalutatOry, Lee
Corth"ll: Valedictory, Evangeine Nor
ton; History, Ira Norton; Prophecy,
Lena Cheney. Fred Drsko, Vivian
Woodward. Orrie Lamson and Herman
Norton will each have an essay.
Clubs all over the State may well
Amulate the recent work of the Bath
i'ortnishtly. Plaster casts of three
slabs of the Parthenon frieZe have been
PRESENTED to the Morse High school by
the educational department of the
F'ortnightly club. They have been put
Up in the rear of the stage in the large
assembly room and occupy space
fifteen feet by four feet.
The following students of North
Il Arson Academy have been elected to
have charge of the annual publication
1 of the academy, which will appear al
4 commencement time: Ed. in chief, Geo
Merrill, 'O4; asst. editor, Rachel Mar
n shall, '0i. literary editor, Fred Barron
0a; local editors Bessie Ellis 'O4. Edna
III VII nI
Tor societies, Wallace Parsons. '05:
/ business mana ger, Sherman Hapgood
| '04: asst. manager, Maurice Foss.
| Principal H. Z. Cole of the Bath
l Morse High school has given out the
] class parts to the graduating class
| Those awarded according to rank are
As follows: Valedictory, Kittie Il
l I.arrabee; salutatory, Verona II
| Clancy: English essay. Isabel II. Car
| ter: English essay. Stella NJ. Tabor;
/ part on writing, Margaret G. Hyde
| Eeniamin w. Morse; part on speaking
/ Mary NJ. Olys, Carl X. Crosby. The
. following were elected by the class
lass historian, Mae l.. Malay: class
orator, Ole Hanson; odist. Margaret c
Hyde. The graduation this year WI
rrobably be held in the large assembly
| room.
I The order of exercises for commence
,lcnt week at Wilton Academy VIII D'
rs follows: Baccalaurcate sermon
sunday evening. May 1st. Commence
ment concert Monday evening. by thu
Schubert quartette of Boston, assisted
by Curtis Morse. impersonator junior
I lexhibition-First division, Tuesda!
D Iafternoon; Second Division. TUESDAY
; evening. Graduating exercises Nedhes
day morning. On account of tbs
large number of Juniors. that class ha'
been divided into two divisions, one
which will speak in the afternoon ant
the other in the evening. The gradu
atin- exercises, Wednesday mornns
instead of Wednesday evening, Will b'
a change from previous years.
Why not provide schools on the prln
ciple that those who want instruction
max have it? The boy who would Tx
to he able to read the fine stories IN
other boys can read, give him all tn
help he wants. Consider how man
.hincs the Younger children learn from
the older children and from thei
parents. They learn games OF con
siderable intricacy by watching ana D.
participating. initiating. They iear'
easily because IL Is SOftlttlliiiS tii's lin
Why not open the schools to all I
come and be instructed iii the subject
they think it would be nice to KNOW
Almost all the work of the school ma
be named learning to read and WRITE
4 learning to read ordinary books an
Il papers. in our own language ana |
4 other uages-learning to rea
= numbers and mathematical formulate
q learning to write letters and statement
in ordinary words ana in mathematic;
terms. Learning to read and WRIT
>, Not less important is learning TO Oh
serve. Most interesting is learning
do things. to make things go. to cor
etruct. Give them opportunit.
NamoriZirg lessons in history. gees
: raphy, grammar and natural science
X not the road to learning of wisdom
n When such memoriZing is distastef'
II; and compulsory. it is unjust to fr'
IS; mind and as education is absur
IL Lewiston sun.