Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-19
LATE EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.

LATE EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.
| Miss Marion lockwood of Calais, has
accented a position as teacher at Nortl
| Bridgton.
| Prof. II. T.. Congdon, has resigned
his position as instructor in the COM
| nlercial department of the Edward Lit.
tie High school, Auburn, to accept one
at Warwick, X. l.
| Lee Normal school will commence the
| fall term on Sept 5, with the following
| teachers: Principal, Albert Towne;
first assistant, Miss Clara Martin;
model teacher, Miss Ardell Robinson.
Miss Marion B. Frank of Boston. a
graduate of Smith College, has been APP
pointed a teacher in the Edward Lit
tie High school, Auburn, to succeed
Miss Hazel Donham, who has resigned.
Miss Grace Nichols of Bucksport, OF
the East Maine Seminary, and also of
a Boston business college, has accepted
the position of teacher of stenography
at the Troy Conference seminary at
Poultney, VT.
Miss Helen Rollins of Ellsworth who
has been teaching in the Maryland col
| lege for women at Lutherville the past
wear will. during the coming year, teach
| in the Martha Washington school for
girls in Washington, d. c.
Miss Amy Young of Calais. has been
| Amounted to fill the vacancy in the
| teaching staff of the st. Stephens
school caused by the resignation
OF Miss Beatrice Smith, who intends to
/ ,rIy TN mn iy1gr
| al a Massachusetts hospital
| Nine Of the teachers in the Lubcc
| schools this year will be residents of
| that town, as the school board believes
in employing as many home teachers
possible. The High school will COM
mcnce about September s. with Mr.. j..
| A. Williams of Topsham as principal
and Miss Bennett as assistant.
Henry Clarence Giles, A. NJ, until re
Gently Principal of Browns Academy.
East Kingston. n. H., has resigned his
position there. he having been elected
principal of the Hartland High school.
Iir. Giles WAS born in CornVille. i'll this
Stat. and received his college training
at Battle Creek College. Mich, and has
had a wide and emincntly successful eX-
pereIcc as teacher.
Or. Allen Rogers. formerly Of Iiamp-
der, Il graduate of the University of
Maine in tho class of 1897, has been
chosen professor of applied chemistry
1t Pratt institute. brooklyn, \. Y. DR..
Rogers was tutor in chemistry at the
University of Maine for several years
after graduation and later attended the
7 "a, - pnnns,-ly-ltia yS-I,n n
received = fellowship and took his doc
tors degree. Following he was in
| Structor i'll chemistry at that institu-
| ton.
The next term of the Aroostook State
| Normal school at Pressure Isle has been
| deferred from Aug. 30 to Sept. %. This
| is made nece ssary in order that students
| and teachers may have the use Of the
now dormitory now i'll process of build
| ing and which cannot be completed and
| ready for occupancy before that time.
| The graduates of the first class are all
| engaged to teach in the county and
have received flrst-class positions. Prof.
Bragg says: 1.-THE outlook for the next
| entering class is most flattering. Stu
dents are booked from Milo, Monson.
| BroWnvllc. Millinockctt and other
| places outside the county. from Wood
stock and Pioneer and other places in
! New Brunswick" Miss Elsie G. Mer-
rill of Brownville. class of 1906, has ac-
cepted a position as teacher in a graded
school at Robinson for a short term
| this fall
The following teachers have been en-
| gagged to teach the schools for the en-
| suing year: High school principal
s. l.. Merryman; first assistant. Miss
Mary Hope Dow; second assistant,
Miss Mclvina NJ. Wentworth, a
graduate Of Mt. Holyoke college. First
Grammar. Miss Lou B. Marston; sec
ond Grammar, Miss Julia McGlau-
fin: first intermediate. Mrs. Maude
| Thompson; second intermediate. Miss
| Mini l.. Davee; first primary. Miss MIL
| dred NJ. Mason of Belfast; second pri-
| mary. Miss Hope NJ. Whidd"n: Could
| vile school. principal and teacher of
| second grammar grade Norman I. Gal
| lagh"r: Intermediates Miss NJ. G.
| March; second primary. Miss Clara
| Mudg"tt; first primary, Miss Margaret
| Grant; Stevens school Miss Bessie
Taylor Fredericton. The Stevens
| $, hnolhous" has been rcmpdeled, en-
larecd and painted and tic grounds
| neatly graded. Miss McGlaufiin and
| Mr.. Gallagher are graduates of the
| AruostoOk State Normal school.