Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-09
STATE HOUSE.
The Summer Schools Will
Open Last Of June,
Commissioner Ring Appoints
More Fire Wardens,
Capt. Wilson, Co. K, First Infantry,
Has Resignation Accepted.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Tuesday, May 26, at 10 A. M.

agriculture of a circular relative to the
summer schools for teachers which
will be held in the State during the
coming summer, which contains the
plans on which the schools will be con-
Quoted, together with the dates and
locations of the schools, the courses
of study, the teachers, and other in
formation in connection with the sub
ject.
The schools will aim solely to meet
the needs of the teachers in elemen-
tary schools, and their work and
courses will be planned with the OBJ
ject Of providing opportunity for care
full reviews in leading common school
subjects together with opportunity
for study of school methods and
management and certain special
branches of which. it is believed,
teachers desire to gain better knowl-
edge The method of instruction
followed will be that of regular assign
ments of lessons with class recitations
Little or no lecture work will be done
The schools will be held at the State
Normal schools and the facilities and
equipment of these schools will be
available for the use of the summer
school students The schools at Cor
ham, Pennington and Castine will
open Monday, June 20. and continue
three weeks. The school at Pressure
Isle will open Monday. July 10. and
continue two weeks. and the school at
Fort Kent will open Monday, July 81.
and continue two weeks. The daily
sessions of the schools will be held in
the forenoon. leaving the afternoons
and evenings free for study and
recreation.
The courses of study to be offered
in the schools will be as follows:
Course /, school methods; course 2
school management; course >, arithme-
tic; course 4, United States history:
course 5, English grammar; course 6,
geography: course Z. manual draw
ing: course 8, drawing: course 8.
natural science illustrating principles
of agriculture. The instructors in the
several schools will be as follows:
Gorham. June 2S-July 17-Director.
Prin. w. e. Russell Instructors
Courses IL, W. F.. Russell: course 3.
Gertrude L.. Stone; course 4,
Katherine Halliday: course 5, M.
Grace Pickett; course 6. Cora b.
Dillingham;; courses rs, l.. Eleanor
Cloudman; course 9. Herbert S. Poole.
Pennington, June 2S-July II
Director. Prin. George G. Purington.
Instructors, Courses IL, George &.
Purington; course 3, Louise w.
Richards course a. Hortense NJ
Merrill; courses So. Virginia Porter:
courses rs. Katherine f. Abbott.
courses .. f.. -. Waid
Castine. June 2S-JuIy 17-Director
Prin. A. +. Richardson. Instructors,
Courses IL, A. r. Richardson: courses
49, w. l.. Powers; courses s. DR.. Phil
brook; courses Z. Hattie Wiggin:
courses 3. Nellie II. Harvey; courses g.
j. f.. McCIintock
Pressure Isle July 3-24-Director
Prin. S. l.. Merriman. Instructors.
Courses -, Lillian I. Lincoln; courses
). 5. L. Merriman: courses As. Eliza
beth f. Thompson: courses 5. Matilda
Il. Doland, courses rs. Mary H. GuSS-
man: courses .. J. t.. McCIintock.
Fort Kent July 27-Aug. director.
Prin. Mary F. Nowland Instructors
Course |. Mary p. Nowland; course 9.
Lillian |. Lincoln; courses 3-5. Matilda
X. Doland: courses As. Elizabeth f..
Thompson; courses rs. Mary Fl.
-, - IL.
In connection with each of the sum
mcr schools there will be held a series
of conferences for school officers. I'M
der the personal direction of State
Supt Smith of the public schools, the
dates of which are as follows: Cor
ham, June $3.50, July /: FarE,ington
July 12-l4-l5: Castine. July 16-171S;
Pressure Isle. July 23-24-25; Fort Kent,
july 21-2S-29.
Hon. T.. +. Ring of Orono. State
commissioner of forestry has an
nounced the appointment of Silas f.
Peaslec OF Upton as chief fire warden
OF all the unincorporated townships in
the AndrOscoggin waters of Maine. in
Franklin and oxford counties. The
appointments of deputy wardens are
also announced as follows:
Rufus o. Dyer (CopIim. Lang
plantation: J. w. Buchanan (Wilsons
Mills). Lincoln plantations: Town
ships Nos s r. 3: 5 r. a; 5 r. 5: Free
land d. Abbott CHoightonD. Letter f:
Charles II. Adams (Rangeley), Dallas
plantation: Cyrus A. Campbell
Rangeley). East one half Dallas
plantation; Phineous Richardson
Kennebago Lake,. Township No, 3
X. 4, Henry w. Dunn (Andover).
North and West Andover surplus:
Stillrhan n. Littlehale BetheD, Riley
Township: Temple f. Spaulding
Oquossoc), r. 4 r. 3. oxford county;
T. II. I: +. 3. Franklin county;
George f. Allen middle Damp, Letter
{. oxford county; Percy Ripley (Wil-
sons Mills. Parmachene: Lynch and
Parkertowns: Walter S. Hodges West
Fhillips). No s. north of Weld: Benja-
min Dewitt (Skinner), Kibbie; I. /
r. g.
Notice has been given out at the
Office of the adjutant general of the
acceptance of the resignation of Capt
William J. Wilson of Co. K of Bruins
wick. LIST Infantry. N. G. S. NJ. and
OF the issuance of Special Orders No
s. the text of which is as follows:
Augusta, May 6, 1905.
Special Orders No. IS.
l. Captain William ]. Wilson. Com
pany h, First Infantry, having ten
dered his resignation which has been
approved, will at once transfer to
First Lieutenant Edward j. Hamm,