Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-05
Maine News Told in P Paragraphs
EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.
A Chat About Maine Schools, Teachers
and Pupils.

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| and Pupils.
School in district No =, at Shirley.
| Howard Of Monsoon as teacher.
| The midsummer meeting of the Hig-
gins Classical Institution Alumni, will be
held at Charleston, August 9Th.
Thomas +. Taylor. suh-master at the
Union Square Grammar school. Bangor.
has rendered his resignation to accept II
position as principal Of the oroho High
| school.
Miss E. R,becca Ellis oe Guilford: a
| teacher at Wellesley GLASS College. has
| resigned her position and Will go TO Vir-
ginia in September. where she mas Sc
| cured {; position in a college in that state
The sixth annual reunion of teachers
| and pupils of Science Hill school OF East
riyfeld viii be held ir the grove near ,; ths
| cordially invited to DE present.
Frof y. T. Harthorn has been elected
principal Of Wilton Academy, in place OF
| Pref X. w. Dodge, Wro has recently re"
| HarthOrn was for Ii years the successful
principal of the academy and resigned ms
Position two years ago to ACCEPT the PIln-
| cipaiship of the Rumford Falls High
| school, where he has since taught
| The vacancy in teaching force at tie
WeSthrOok High school caused by the
| resign" ton of Submaster B. q. Jones.
| has Eeen filled by the election of Chas. O;
Turner of Skow hogan. by the school
board. Mr.. Turner is a graduate of Bates
| College AMI has served three years
| experience in teaching three years of
which we're with the high school at Oak
| land
Rcdlon Brothers have been awarded
the contract to install Il steam heating
plant and plumbing in the South Gram
| mar school, Hath. The work is to be COM
plcted September Is. When the improve
| morts are finished the school will be up
] to date in heating and sanitary arrange
1 ments. The contract calls for drinking
| that the cost will be about $1,000.
| The WomaE's College was chartered in
| 1850 and las steadily maintained college
| courses fully equal to any college in
| Maine admitting, women, with the added
| opportunities for the study of art and
| music. Its graduates have Won success
| in the various fields they have entered
A much larger college class than usual is
! expected to enter this fall, and new DOR
! mitorieS fer college students will be erect
| ell as soon as demanded. Such institu-
| tions are The pride of our State and their
| work has had large place in developing
Names best product, men.
Louis Is. Farnham of Orland has been
| elected principal OF Foxcroft Academy
Mr.. Farnham is a native OF Belfast. lie
graduated from Kucksport grammar
me,cial course, 1899: Bucksport Seminary,
Latin scientific course. 1882 and from
| Bates College 1907. Mr.. Farnhanl has had
considerable experience in teaching dur
ing his school work. He was principal of
| Addison Hlgl! school four terms SupcTin-
| tendent of schools at Orldnd, 1881, and
was assistant ir. physics at Bates Col
| the honors in mathematics and physics
| at Bates.
The teac hers for the coming school year
| In Houlton will be as follows. Grammar
school, Miss Sarah Mllherrin, Ella Cas-
| sidy, Kate Lawlis. Fair street, Jennie
| Donovan, Alice Porter, Eva CosscboOm
and Hannah Stanley: Pleasant street,
Josephine Mulhcrrin lisa Taner, Isabella
street school. Carrie Hogan: Lucy Do
hertv. Elsie Merrill and Miss Sinclair.
White Settlement school, Miss lisa Woods.
Foxcroft. Edith Mcintosh. Carys Mills.
| Susie Tl1viss. Callahan district Miss
Reed ,ilcs school. Miss ltffie Gartlcy.
Deasy school. Miss Crawford.
At 4 recen. meeting of the Belfast
were elected for tho ensuing year: W. s.
Adams, Trin. High; Caroline W. Field,
, Asst. High: Meivina V: Parker: Asst.
High lorence I'unton. Asst. Hi Gh; A. d.
| Grade s: Bertha T. Eird. Grade I, Mil
dred NJ Mason, Grade {: NJ. Ella Folsom,
Grade ). Isahelic Towle Grade a; J. A.
Wi%gin. South School Grade i: Alberta
WaIsworth. So School Cir 5; Mrs. Sarl-
uel Adams, 50, School Or. :; Maude Fol
Iett. SO; School Cir J.; GraGe f. Walton Walton
INOllH SCHppi VI Lllilttf opIlliitH'
School CIR l: Mrs. Emma r. Pitcaer. Mu-
sic. Irene Sihley, Head of Tide. Gram. ;
Colby I.acklffe. Brick, Gram: Florence
<iInbal. Brick Prim.: Mary Woodbury.,
White. Charlotte Stanlc*. Union: Louise
Hall. Poor's Mills; City Point to be filed
bv Surt. Bculah PhlbrOok, Iayford;
Grace y. Curtis, Pitcher.
Among the acts of Names first lccis
latures was the establishment Of what
has since become the Maine Wesleyan
Seminary and Wonan's College. This
school opened its .loors to students in 1874
and more than cO.000 young men and wo-
men, inspired in its atmosphere, have
gone ont to found homes and make their
influence felt in school, church. AM
state and in business and professional
life Old in influence, the school is more
than ever alive for work and progress.
Returning Alumni at the recent Com,
mcncemcnt wera loud in exclamation of
surprise and satisfaction at the thrifty
and prosperous appearance of buildings.
farm. boarding hall and campus. judge.
returning after an absence of "a years.
could find no building he recognized OK
cert tie church. Equal satisfaction WAS
expressed with Classroom work and Tho
Commencement exercises. Its graduates
have long been notei in college for
thC1 ouGh preparation and school spirit.
AT the reunion of the 32d Maine Rcci-
mental Association. held last year the
time and place Of holding the reunion in
1901 WIS referred t. the executive com
mittee with power. At n meeting of tho
committee it was decided to meet at I'm
,ier,yOOt Park FalmOlItn FOreSiuc