Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
MAINE SCHOOL CHAT.

Schools in Buciaeld Commence Sept. Z.
Merle sturtevant willsbe principal of the
High school.
| Miss Vella Barrett, who has been teach
/ ing in the Bridgewater schools, has been
secured for the fourth grade in the Fair
street school, Houlton. Miss Barrett has
been one year at Colby and has been
very successful in the teaching in her
native town.
William Wing, formerly principal of
Presque Isle High school, has accepted
position as assistant principal of Port
land High school.
Miss Edna Deering Gorham Normal
school 09 has accepted a position as
| teacher in the Bowery Beach school,
South Portland.
| Alb.or l.. Cotton, graduate of Colby
| i'll the class OF 1905 has accepted a posi-
ton as sub-principal of the Houlton High
| school,
| Miss Grace Diffin, pupil of the Cor
ham Normal school, has been secured to
| fill the vacancy in the Eastport fourth
grade school, made by the resignation of
Miss Jennie Fenwick, who has accepted
a position as teacher at Wrentham,
Mass.
All schools in Windham open Tuesday,
| September 9TH.
E. E. Goodll, who recently resigned the
position as head of the manual training
department of the public schools of Ban
gor, has gone to Springfield, Mass. where
he has been called to fill similar posi-
ton in the schools of that city.
Melvin E. Sherwin has been appointed
assistant professor of Ageonomy of the
University of Maine. He graduated from
the college of agriculture of the Universe
ty of Missouri and the past two years
has been instructor in ageonomy in the
University of California
| Teachers have been assigned for the
schools in Bryant's Pond as follows-Bil-
lings, Ethel Philbrook; Whitman, Nina
Greeley; Pinhook, Elva E. Abbott; Chase.
| Bessie l.. Cole; Perkins, Ida M. Field;
| Union, Mrs. Della Giles; Gore, Nellie l..
Tracy. The new principal of the High
school is Perley H. Ford with Edith L.
Cushman as assistant. The village pri-
mary will be in charge of Emma Leigh
1 ton. The schools began Monday, Sept6.
The fourth annual reunion of the class
of 1905, Bangor High school will be held
lot lAtNe Like Ou ueStdy
might, Sept. IA.
/ Miss Mary Bacon, who is a Maine girl
is principal of a grammar scnool in Mon
rovia, Cal, a position which she has held
for the past five years. Miss Bacon has
been on visit to friends in Westbrook
1t is her fourth trip across the continent
to visit relatives.
| Melvin A. Shaw of Springfield, Mass
has been secured as sub-master for the
Pennington High school Mr.. Shaw is a
graduate of Wesleyan academy '05, and
Wesleyan university '09.
Ralph Eden Sawyer, who has beer
chosen to succeed Mrs NJ. r. Chase in
the South Portland High school, will
make a speciality of Greek and French
Mr.. Sawyer is the son of DR.. and Mrs. A
S. Sawyer of Summer street, South Port.
land and fitted for college here gradual
ing from Portland High school in '01 go
ing to Harvard college where he took his
A. B. degree in '0S. He taught at Calais
for short time and was principal of the
Limerick academy in the winter anG
lspring of this year. Mr.. Sawyer is tc
have paper on the Advantages of AIge.
bra in the ninth grades at the school OF
methods to be held in the South Portland
High school building on the 18th, Sth, 9tl
and 10th of September.