Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-26
EDUCATIONAL TOPICS.
Items Of Interest Concerning Maine
Teachers and Pupils.

An effort will be made to grade the
work of the Greene schools, this sum-
mer.
AT Rangeley twenty-three elm trees
have been set out on the school
grounds
Miss Bertha b. Page, assistant teach
er in English and German at the Old
Town High school. has rendered her
resignation to take place at the end of
the school year.
Arthur p. Haley, a graduate of the
Cuilford High school, has been elected
president of the college body OF Wes-
leyan University where he is a mem
Der of the junior class.
Clifford S. Bragdon, formerly of
Westbrook. has resigned his position as
principal of the Grafton (Mass) High
school, to accept one as assistant in the
Springfield (Mass.) High school.
Miss Fannie NJ. Robinson of Bangor.
a member of this years graduating
class Of Smith College. has been elect
ei a teacher in the Bangor High
school of which she is also a gradu-
ate
Miss Catherine Simonton Of Ellis
worth has resigned her position as
teacher i'm the Portland Comm High
school and will enter Columbia Uni
yersity. New York, in the fall for
special course of study.
Miss Addie f. f. Weymouth. for the
past nine wears teacher of German
and English in the Riddeford High
I..,. r..ci,r NJ inn
and will enter the Maine General Hos
pital to become a trained nurse.
The model teachers for next year al
Pennington Normal school have beer
selected. subject to the approval of the
trustees They are Ida NJ. Wooster OF
North Haven, first primary; H"rthl
NJ. ogden. Springvale. second primary;
Maud Il. Cole. Cambridge. intermediate.
Miss Gertrude Ilsley has resigned
her position as teacher in the Rock
land High school. and will be succeed
cd by Miss Malvina Wentworth OF
Rockland. Miss Wentworth is 4
graduate Of the Rcokland High school
and Mt. Holyoke College. and has been
teaching in Presque Isle.
The following officers of the York
High School Alumni Association hay.
been elected: President. Mabel Lucas
'O3; vice-presdent, Charles Perkins. 'O3
secretary, Flosse Martin, '02; treas
urer. Mary Armstrong, 'O2; executive
committee. Georgia Mozart, '02, VIII
lie Putnam, '05, Fred Martin. 'O4
reception and reunion will be held June
%.
The following Portland teachers have
rendered their designations: Mis-:
Marion H. Cummings from Portland
High school: Miss DOrothea kotZSch
mar. Portland High school; Miss Caro-
line NJ. Medders. Portland High school
Miss Elizabeth NJ. Smith. Portlan'
Hign school: Miss Margaret f. Merrill
Portland High school; Miss Leila II
Chandler. from Emerson school Mis-
Annie d. Mcclellan. from Jacks",
school; Miss Harriet s. Mitchell. from
training school; Miss Annie 3. La
ferriere. from training school; Mis-
Eta l.. Bartlett. from Oakdal" sch""l
Miss Edna Nj. Stack. from Riverside
school.
Roger F. Brunei of Portland receive'
the degree of Doctor of Philosophy am
Chemistry at Johns Hopkins CniVerSlt.
this wear. He has held the position
Of lecturers assistant for the pas
wear. and has been asked To remain 4
the university for another year unde
a Carnegie fellowship for special re
search work in chemistry. Mr.. Bruno
graduated from the Portland HiSI
school in 1899, receiving one OF IN
Brown medals. and graduated fr"i
Colby College in 1903 with high honor
winning membership in the Phi Bet
Eappa Soiety there for excellence i
scholarship. He completed the fou
wear course at Johns Hopkins in thre
years.
The annual meeting and banquet .
the Kicker Classical Institute Alumr
Association was held recently at Hou
ton. Over one hundred and fit
alumni were present and thorough
enjoyed themselves in the reminiscent
es Of the many happy days spent
the r. c. /. After the banquet u
guests were entertained by some II
teresting Informal talks. Presider
Bernard Archibald of the alumni a:
sociatiCn introducing the speaker
with remarks most appropriate to II
occasion. Among the promlnel
alumni who were present and spoil
were James Archibald. Esq. Rev.
t.. owen. Prof. Harmon, principal
the institute, Prof. Fetch and Fran
Peabody Of Houiton. Lawrence Luz
wig president of the class of 1905. r
spcnded to the remarks directed TO u
class, who were present in a body
CHESTS of the association, in MN
r,onnar