Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-14
SCHOOL TOPICS.
The Educational News Of Maine IN
Brief.

lSeVcn years, has resigned.
Miss Myra Sawyer has resigned her
position In III. Joncsp5rt schools and
will pass the winter In New York.
There are four hundred students at
bates College, the freshman class num-
Ibcring one hundred and twenty stu
ldcnts.
Miss Maud Thurston Of Bethel. Bates
I'05, has been elected assistant IN me
High school at Mechanic Falls, for the
coming year.
Miss Mary Reddlng Of Westbrook,
has gone 10 Harvard 10 take a gymna-
stun cour;. under Dr. Sargent who IS
director Of tlIr Harvard gymnasium.
Harry Wheeler Of South Paris has
lbecn engaged rs the principal Of the
Norway High school. Mr.. Wheeler -
a graduate Of Bates College ana 4 stu
ldent in Harvard college.
Lawrence Chamberlain, 4 Massachu-
sets man. has been engaged by The
superintendent Of the JoneSport schools,
Mrs. 3. f. Mansfield, 70 teach the High
school School Will begin Oct. lG.
Richmond boys who are nov attend
ling college are Harry Taylor Tallman
lat Colby. Maurice LinWo0d Blair, Roy
clifford Harlow, Willie Harris, Bowdoin,
I'09; William Whitney uffrclough and
leicester Henry Yeaton, BoWdOin. '0S:
LANES Austin Bartlett. Bowdoin. '06.
| Miss Emma Cobb Of Rockland Is
lattendng Mrs. WheelOckS school in
Boston where She is taking a course
lin kind, rgartcn instruction. Miss
| ity IL
Boston whcr> Sic will take the domeS-
tic art course in the Domestic Science
land Art School.
The town school system 0f Frankfort
has been thoroughly revised, a new
lcoursc ~ study for public schools
adopted ANA put in service and a high
school established. Two courses Of
study are offered in the high school
Ian English course anh Il college pre-
paratery. Tho high school register
SLOWS sixteen namor.
OF the LOG students now NJ Fryrburg
iAcadclny 81 Of them come from out Of
ltown. Many Of these are day students
THAT come III on the trains and leave ~
might. There are about 50 who are
living at the doimitCricS. Conway, y.
H., has the largest representation Of
lany town except Frycburg. Thirty
live students are taking Manual
TRAINING. ana nearly as many are TAX
ling the commercial studies
There was an attendance Of 1T least
l50 AT the annual meeting Of tn" Port
Hand Teachers Association held, re-
lccntly at Assembly Han, High school
building The following officers We're
l u ~,
lvice president. ". II. Morton: secre-
ltary, Florence Dole; treasurer. Ruth NJ.
Elder: executive committee. Charles O..
iCaswcll, Ralph Z. Rowe, Alice l.. Gus
tbs, Augusta Schumacher, Helen NJ.
King Reports Of the different COM
mitttes were read.
The following is the list OF graduates
from Wilton academy. who have en-
tered college this fall: Thomas j.
ISeaton. Wilton, Wilton J. Buker. Weld.
lColby college; Preston L. Corson. VIII
ton, University of Maine: Edwin Hall.
wilton. Law school at Cornell univcr-
lsity; Jesse Ellis. Weld. Wallace Hol-
Imam, Dixfleld, Verne Ranger. Var
Im0uth. Thomas Dixon. Lewiston, Ar
thur Foster, Weld. Carl Ranger. Jay,
FIRED Lovejoy, North Chestervilie. Bates
college.
| Miss Anna Barrows. Joint author Of
1.-THE Home Science cook Book. and 4
former student Of I'ryriurg academy.
ispokc to the school. October 9th upon
the necessity OF making study and
practice Of the prec"pts Of domestic
science in order to get the most out OF
life Miss Burrows said that poor llv-
ling. arising from improper diet, I'M
Iperfcct ventilation, etc, gives but 2
lmeagrc support to brain development,
land one who allows himself to be igno-
Irant Of what this science can teach
Unjust suffer the consequences Of his
Town ignorance.
The teachers Of Cumberland. Fal-
lmouth and Yarmouth met in joint con-
ventiun by invitation Of Sunt. Pierce At
the Central grammar school building,
yarmouth, oct. I. at o'clock and or
lganized the Foresie Teachers associa-
Ition. The following program was rem
Idrred: Busy Work f"r the Little
Zones" Laura p. Hail, principal Of first
URINARY, YarmouthNillr. preparation
OF Pupils for the High School" princi-
pal H. NJ. Ioorc Of Yarmouth; Teach
ling Exercise in Geography" Miss Bell
Brown. Yarmouth Intermediate; teach
ing exercise. Miss Campbell, Central
grammar. Yarmouth. question box;
discussions. The association voted to
hold three meetings 4 year.
The Alumni and friends Of Gorham
Normal school will be Interested in an
attractive little volume recently pub
liished by u. c. Heath and 60. The
lauthors. Miss Gertrude j.. Stone and
, Miss NJ. Grace Pickett Of the Normal
school faculty are to b. congratulated
iupon this their second volume Of school
literature. "Evcryday Life in the Col
lonIes' is the it'll. Of the book in which
1.-THE authors have brought us face to
face with the struggles OF our ances-
itors II almost seems rs if Miss Stone
land Miss Pickett must have worked,
lp!ayed. and journeyed with the children
LOT the early colonists, 50 skilfully have
1tEev Cooked backward and told us
Iof the time. when the Indians Fell or
tSaco." Of THE First New England
s.rr1.