Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-12
IN THE scHooL.ROOM.
What is Being Done in Maine tor INC
Advancement Of Education.

r. A. Webster OF Orono, has acceptea
the principaIship Of the Canton Hisii
school for the spring term.
Mrs. C. w. Cerow has been re-elected
| for TIE third year. principal OF lie
school in district No. 2. at Falmouth.
Miss Maud Powers has resigned her
position as teacher of the Weston ave
| nue. school. Madison On account OF ~
health, and Miss Daisy Carl will teacn
in her place.
| Hampden academy closed F:ih7-'
! March 4, after a very successful te'-
of il weeks. The spring term VIII p
gin Tuesday, March Is. The Vacatio''
will he short, owing to the long van
! ton in the fail on account OF the 5!iiii'-
| p0E.
| Owing to the burning Of the orono
! town hall, the senior class Of me tiis-'
| school are unable TO holl their cA.'lpl
! ton for the purpose - raising u'iH'
10 ply the expenses ct the gi"4a@l'o'
ana have asked permission Of Inc sIruol
/ board to substitute 4 lecture" RS 'nl
board has granted With The u:.''c:St;'il III
ling that it shall be Ic: this year Only
The Bath scacol board approves OF
! the suggestion recently made 10 lae
citv council by Chairman Hofat.o a.
I lnnc:.n. t,.at the Tuttle lot on lehle.
/ treet b.. purchased for the erection ol
. large sized rlo,icrn grammar schoo'
ana that the present Center stt'e'
schon, be converted into central lire
station. rs it vas originally.
| The following part, for the thornton
academy graduating class n 1904
Sacc, have been assigned: Salutatory
sylvia :. Wak"field: essay, Harold f.
| Blake: essay, Linnie =. Bradbury: es-
! say. Mabel w. Guntili; essay. Sewall
| Ail,iken; vaieiicJory, Lcnora b. Rob-
crts. The above are assigned by rank
Whereas the historian, prophet and odist
are elected by the class, and viii be an
| noUnCc ed later.
| The following members of the So7io.
class of Gould Academy, Bethel %iH
! deliver the various class PARTS: Saiu-
ttatory, Willie a. Brooks: valedictory
Margaret Whidden; Grafton. Harry
Purington history. Ada Richardsoa;
prophecy. Helen Eisbce; presentation
of class gifts, Nina Rean: presentation
of cess gifts, Edith Hastings; address
to undergraduates, Agnes Barton; class
ode. May Carte.
The graGuatinc class ot the Farming
ton Normal sc!.ooi hay" selected thelI
Arbor day speakers, rs follows: Mis-
Eva ". GAVIN Of Springvalo, orator;
Misses Eva Huppcr of Martinsvi!ln
martha Wilson of ChCrryfield, and Edna
| Brown OF Norway. cGs:iyists: ana Mis-
Kate Lawl.ss Of Huulton, Odist. They
have also selected Miss Nina Hussey
of NOrridgaw0ck, for essayest at gradu-
alton, ana Miss rcrrieo DunninG OF
Topsi;ar1. olist, the class motto is
TO Heights beyond"
The school work of Haucock the past
year has been III charge Of Orlando w
Foss. as superintendent, y feature
much apGreci2t ed this winter. has been
Il high school Al At. Desert Ferry. the
necessary funds for which being sub
scribel by Public sniritcl citizens OF
the locality. The school under tie in
struction % walter p. Clarke. was very
well attended. ami the pupils did excel
lcut WG".; End the movement in the
cause Of education is especially com
nnn'i"f. Stunt. I-ors IS particularly in
terested ii The youth OF the place at
tending school after reaching TIE 2ge
Of Is years, and notices with much APP
prohcnSion that he boys and girls
many of them look forward to the age
when they ar" Sc. from school duties
But by having winter schools with COM
, peUent instructors. many returned for
the cold months. arI it is hoped that
the example will ~ followed by others
In his report to the superintendent Of
the Brewer schools, Principal Bisi q
says in part: "One hundred and TWEEN
ty-one have been registered the present
year Tie full seating c1nacity of thc
High school is 125. Ninetecn vii
! graduate in June ana 4 class of 10 vii
probably enter in September. All Tho
space available for se7tS is taken
These facts unquestjonably snow thai
i viii be absolutely necessary to bull
a now high school building or to enlarg.
lthc present one before September. In,
work. even during the present year. HI,
been painfully Cranp"i, although tht
present strurturo could easily lie re-
Emodelnd to satisfy the require ments OF
the grammar school. It Vii! he tntal!l
unfit for high school work If tbs
|school has doubled IN the past foul
years it surely ought to double in the
lne>t ton ~ fifteen years. To erect
building designed especially to suit tht
reeds "f lie high school not only II,
the present. TIT also for Is or q
years to come would he real economy