Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-22

awarded Leavitt Institute. Mechanic
Falls. as follows according to rank:
Naledictory. katheryn L. Wording:
salutatory, Frank d. Walker; grafton,
Frank w. Phllbrook: motto, John NJ.
Kalrar; prophecy, Mildred s. Timber
lake; presentation of gifts, Arthur NJ.
Packard; essay, Blaisden; class his
tory, Eben II. Shaw; essay, Jones; adj
dress to undergraduates, Fred c. Nc
kenney. The class poem and ode
have not yet been awarded. g..
The Phillips schools have begun with
the following teachers: High school.
principal, f. NJ. Hammond; first as
sistant, Lura II. Dennison; second as
sistant, Rachel NJ. Jarrold; Grammar,
Anna Eemick, Isabel Woodbury.; Inter-
mediate. Edith Randall; Primary.
Edythe Hatch; sub-Primary, Fannie
Harlow. The number attending the
schools this term and last winter are
as follows: High. winter, 81; spring,
As. Grammar, winter, so; spring, so.
Intermediate. winter. 81; spring, 81
Primary. winter, %; spring. 49,
The town of Mexico has appro-
priated $4,000 for new high school
building, and the contract for erecting
same has been awarded to Isaac II.
Dunn. The plans call for building
S5X75 feet with n wing 30X75 feet.
There will be ten rooms which will in
clude a laboratory and two recitation
rooms. The building will be finished
in hard pine and will be up-to-date
throughout. There will be two large
play rooms in the basement. 1t is ex-
M cd no vii
| commodatc 400 pupils when completed
| and will contain new furnishings.
The class parts at Deering High
school have been given out For the
past two years the salutatory and
| valedictory parts have been omitted
| and three literary parts submitted
| The parts are as follows: Literary cs-
says, Maragret Cheney, Margaret
| French and Edna Frohock; scientific
| essay, Carroll Johnson; Rotations.
| Dorothy Foss and Edward Kern. The
| postmaster at the banquet has not
| been appointed. The parts for the ban
| quot are: Pre- sensations, Marion Wheel
en- Warren McDonald; class history,
Margaret Skinner; prophecies, Amy
| Mitchell, Ralph Hayes; toasts, Ruby
| Bracket. Irene Chandler and j. Henry
| Card.
| Dexter and Guiford have formed a
| school SUPPLEMENTARY district for 4
| term OF three years. At Il recent
| meeting of the experimenting school
| committees of the two towns, Rev. j.
| ". HOulihan of Dexter was chosen
| chairman and Frank B. Pease Of Gull
| ford, secretary of the district board.
| Mr. +. L. Palmer, who has served the
| two towns in the capacity of superin-
| tendcnt of schools for the past two
| years, was reelected, this time for Il
| period of three years. Mr.. Palmer is
| a graduate of Bates College and at
| practically the beginning Of his career
| as teacher, was principal of the
| High school at Bowdoinham and
superintendent Of the public schools in
| that town.
| William Symes, who recently died
| suddenly Of apQpieXy in Somersworth,
Y. H., was the, son of Timothy and
Sally Child Symes. and was born at
West Newfeld. Ne. June 10. 1920. In
early life he taught school in New
field, Lebanon. Lyman and Shanleigh.
In 1850 he went to SomersWorth.
i
! ,us mills of the Great Falls Manu-
featuring Company until 1877. He then
| entered the grocery business, from
| which he retired three years ago. He
was a member Of the State Legislature
from 1873 to 1880. He was for years
superintendent of the Sunday school of
the Congregational church and had
been deacon in the church since 1859.
The pewter communion service brought
by the first deacon of the church,
! William SymeS. in saddle bags from
Boston, was presented to Mr.. SymeS by
| the church at its centennial in 1900.
! An affair out Of the ordinary and
which attracted goodsiZed audience.
who became a deeply interested one,
| was the joint debate by Bridgton vs..
| F'ryCburg Academies at Gibbs Opera
House. Friday evening. April II. The
question discussed was, Resolved,
/ That the United States government
should own and operate the railroads. "
| The affirmative was taken by Bridgton
Academy, the speakers being Leslie
Francis Jordan, Arthur Lowell Deer
ing and Ralph Gordon Charles.
Fryeburg, in the negative. was repre-
scented by Ernest Gibson F'ifield.
! Charles Pcrham Rowe and Abraham
jeremiah Somes. j. Bennett Pike.
Esq, presided. The judges were Rev.
! Stephen T. Livingstone. Principal 7.
C. To0ker of the High school. and
! Row VIM. Wood, all Of Bridgton.
| After 4 full consideration of the merits
| of the debate. a decision was rendered
| in the negative.