Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-29
MAINE SCHOOL CHAT.
Interesting Items Concerning Educa
tional Matters.

tional Matters.
| Fred u. Ward has resigned as prin-
cipal of FoXcroft Academy to take
graduate work at Harvard. Mr.. Ward
graduated at Bowdoin in 1909.
Miss Marion f. Mitchell, formerly of
Bangor and graduate of Bates Col
| lege, has been chosen as teacher in the
| Portland High school, and will begin
| her duties there in September
| The new schoolhouse i'll the Perkins
district, Bryant's Pond, is completed
and the first term OF school will conf
| mence August 10Th, with Elsie Cush-
man as teacher
| William Finch, a graduate of the
! Aroostook State Normal school, class
of 20, has resigned his position as
| teacher in the public schools at Per
ham, on account OF i'll health, ana will
| try outdoor work ut West Schools,
where he mas secured a position with a
Is. d A. surveying party.
George Bancroft Fernald of Bangor,
| has accepted Il position as master of
English at st. Marks school, South
boro, Mass, and will commence his
duties there in the fall. Mr.. Fernald
has been Instructor in English at Jacob
Tome Institute, Port Deposit, Md,
| since his graduation from Harvard.
Principal Elmer F. Newell Of
Bridgton Academy has resigned. A
successor has been secured, Principal
Henry &C. Clement of Freedom
| Academy, Bowdoin 1900, who resigned
| r1fo gri.l
| ton position. He will enter the new
| field in September.
Daniel II. Hodgdon graduate of
| Bates College, has resigned his position
| as PRINCIPAL OF FceepOrt Academy to
| accept 4 similar position at Union
| Academy, Comma. Leona f. Hodg-
! don has been elected assistant principal
of Union Aca denny. She has taught
1 With success in Gardiner, SabattuS and
in Strong where she assisted in the
High school nearly two years.
State Summer school at Windham
| has been most successful under the
| direction of Miss G.. l.. Mcdonald. who
has also taught United States history.
| Mrs ]. NJ. Sweetsir of Auburn, is
giving very helpful work to her class
cs along the lines Of mathematics and
geography: while Miss Catherine Muir
ply also of Auburn public schools
directs capably the English depart
| ment. Special teachers are Miss Lii
liam Lincoln. Pennington Normal
school who, gives valuable aid to
teachers along methods and manage
| mcnt, ana Miss Harriet Abbott of
| Norway Grammar school, instructor in
nature work. Miss Abbott has
studied with Mr.. George r. Howe, the
best authority in natural history i'll all
| New England, for several years.
Prof r. f. Clement who left Nor
way in September. 1882, has been prin-
cipal in Elizabeth. n. j., and vicinity
for % years. He has received num-
Der of promotions and he has just re-
ceivcd another as superintendent of
| schools for a term of seven years with
n good substantial increase in salary
| and expenses. Elizabeth has about
10000 people, nearly 10000 public school
| children; twelve large public schools
whit 200 teachers, and spends some
s200,O0n per year in running the public
schools. This does not include cost Of
| acquiring sites and erecting buildings
The following list of teachers have
| been chosen for the Madison village
schools for the coming year: High
school, principal, John A. Partridge
| assistant, Miss Mittie A. Dow; grades
s and 0, Miss Blanche Smith; grade g.
Miss Ethel Frost; grade ., Miss Mabel
Seward; grade a. Miss Annie Bracket;
| grade 3, Miss Lena Butter; grade 2,
| Miss Helen Thomas; grade /, Miss
Maud Dyer; sub-primary, Miss Alice
| Weston; supervisor of music, Mrs.
| Alice Weston. Mr.. Partridge, the new
principal is a graduate of Colby Col
/ lege and for the past year has been
assistant of the High school in Water
| vile.
At a recent meeting of the Gorham
! school board the following teachers
We're elected for the ensuing year:
| Charles c. Shaw, principal Gorham
| High school; Miss Mabel E. Mari of
Gorham, Miss Lois f. Mann, assistants
| Gorham High school; Katharine c.
| Aageson. Portland, village primary;
| Alice A. buchanan, PASSPORT, village
eighth and ninth; Herbert L. Berry,
Cumberland Mills Manual Training;
| Maud G. Parsons, Alma, Levi Hall
school; Mildred F.. Emery, Steep
Falls, Levi Hall school; Edith w.
Smith, Gorham. White Rock school;
Annie F.. Files. White Rock, White
Rock school; Ella F. Johnson, Cor
| ham, Principal Frederick Robbie
school; Bertha r. Freeman, South
Windham; Esther r. Libby, Cumber-
land Mills; Maria c. Hamblen. South
| Windham. assistants Frederick Robbie
! school: Grace De f. bradbury. Hollis
Center, Lopgfellow school; Eta NJ
| Stuart. Cumberland Mills, F,lmwood
school; Ethel Il. Caswell, Woodfords
Babb; Emma +. Allen, South Wind
ham. West Gorham; Mrs. u. l.. Libby,
Gorham, Fort Hill; Marion G.. Strout,