Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-07-14
MAINE SCHOOL AND TEACHERS
News and Gossip Of the Week j
Educational Circles.

The w. r. c., auxiliary of Eli Went
worth Post. q. a. r., Milton, has pre-
scnted the Lebanon village school with
a beautiful flag, 6x4, and also a large
picture.
Miss Alma Pollster. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George A. Pollister. Portland.
has accepted a position at the Halstead
school, Yonkers, n. Y, as teacher of
physiology and physical culture.
William Whitney of Milltown, for
merly in charge of the manual train
ing schools in ST. stephen and Mill
town. has accepted position to take
charge of a manual training school at
Fairhaven, Mass.
The Calais Grammar school pupils
who won the prizes offered by the w.
C. T. U. for the best essay on temper
ance work We're won by Arthur Muir
dock. Clara Bartlett and Winifred
| Clark.
Miss Jessie A. Chapman of Lowell
| was one Of the delegates from the
FarmingtorA Normal school to the
meetings Of the Student Missionary
Movement at Silver Fay. N. Y,s.
Prof. Gunnar J. I.4ifgren of Spring
| vale has accepted a position as princi-
| pal of the High school in Mendon,
| Mass. -. p -:F ..
Norman w. Beal! son of Mr. and
| Mrs. w. NJ Beal of Guilford, who has
Just graduated fronlsthe Law school OF
the University of Minnesota with the
| degree Of L. l.. r.. has been admitted
to the bar in that state.
At-the recent aiFtiay meeting Of the
Smyrna Mills. EtIucationaA Association
the following officers were elected:
President, Rev. Jas. f. Alvey; vice
president. Jas. Elliott; secretary and
treasurer, Miss Nellie Ted. The next
meeting of the Assembly will be held
in September.
Miss Lillian I. Lincoln of Farming
ton has been engaged to teach IN the
| University of Maine, summer school.
| Isaac A. Smith. principal of the
Webster Grammar school, Auburn, Is
TO teach English and mathematics in
tho SIMMER school to be held in St
| Agatha.
| The summer school at the Eastern
! Maine Conference. Bucksport, mas
opened with n large attendance. J'hi
l.. Carver. a graduate Of Swarthmore
College. Philadelphia, class Of 1S9S, haf
been appointed superintendent OF the
state summer school,
The contract for the construction OF
the new Grammar schooihouse a'
| South Brewer has been awarded &c
| John McEwen of Bangor. MI. Mc-
Ewen's bid was S9,S62.
Miss Edith Nuttcr of Corinna, VINO
has been teaching the past season al
Sandy Point. has been reelected 'fol
another ye;tr.'
Miss Eleanor Dunlap. for six years
teacher in the public schools at Bruins
wick. has gone to Philadelphia Wherc
she win make her home for the future
II. L. Walker of Ellsworth, wht
for several wears has been the success
FIJI and popular principal of the Hlgf
school at Fort Fairfield, has accepted
a position as principal of the HlSf
school at Exeter, \. II. Another Ellis
worth boy. Louis D. Cook. has beer
elected principal of the Exeter Gram
mar school.
| Miss Grace HAYNES. teacher IN tht
Rar Harbor Primary school, is attend
ing the summer school at Bucksport.
There will be two changes in the
faculty. Of Westbrook Seminary thl:
fall Miss Mabel Wilson, graduate
of Radcliffe College, '04 will have
charge of the department of English u
succeed Miss Todd, who has resigned
.ft.r ,bree wears of service. jaime:
Garvin Of Sanbornville, n. H.. sradu