Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-28
School and College.

Two public spirited citizens have re-
Gently offered cash prizes to the student
OIL Houlton High school, who make the
pest Improvement in writing during the
next three months
Inc combined school district of East
port and Lubec is the largest in the
state in point of scholars, embracing ~
schools, with 81 teachers and approxi
mately 1890 pupils. There are districts
that have more teachers than this. but
none having a larger number of schools
and pupils This, coo, is in a section
where the schols are widely scattered.
The ladies of the Dexter w. c. IT. ~
rendered an informal reception to the
school officials and teachers of that
town Friday evening at Temperance
hall. The pastors of the various viii
lage churches were invited and the fam
lilies of the union ladies were present. A
social time was enjoyed both before and
after the rendering of the program num-
bers. The progaam was both musical and
literary, among the numbers being talk
by Superintendent Ross on the subject
THE Relation of Teachers to the Tenn
perapce Law Another topic was 1.-The
Time as Temperance Crisis" discussed
by Rev. ]. A. Wiggin. Among the must
cal numbers We're vocal solo by Mrs
Lillian Small and violin solo by Miss
Cowie, teacher of music in the schools
The Battle Hymn of the Republic was
sung in honor of the late Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe, the author of the hymn
Refreshments were served and the oc-
casion was very enjoyable one
The famous old Erudition schoolhouse
of Bath is once more doing duty. This
was brought about by the crowded con-
dition of Grade in the South Primary
School That class numbered So pupils,
which was altogether too many for one
teacher to care for AS it was too long
a distance for the pupils of the first
grade to walk to the Erudition some of
the older pupils were sent there and the
younger ones given the quarters in the
South street building Miss Marcia
Stinson Of Woolwch. daughter of repre-
sentative-eect G. NJ. Stinson, of that
town, is teaching the class at the Erudi-
ton Miss Stinson is an experienced
teacher and well qualified for the work,
over 1000 pupils are enrolled in the
night schools of Brockton. Mass.
which is quite a showing in that cit!
of $1,000 people Over 500 of thi.
number are in the evening High
school. while over 400 are in the in
dustrial branches. seeking to improve
themselves along lines that will bring
1uick results in additional income
Nearly 300 of these evening school
oupils cannot speak English, but they
will speedily overcome this trouble, as
bright children in the schools act as
interpreters, and give to the people
who know no English an idea, al
least of what is happening about
them. The popularity of the evening
schools of Brockton is a tribute to the
excellence of the schools in that city,
as well as the desire for self-im-
2rovement on the part of the people
who make use of the opportunities
these schools present.
Truman Hinton. II years of age
and a Freshman of the South Cleve
land High school, is the youngest
High school pupil in that city. and a
remarkable example of preliminary
education to be found in the rural
district of Ohio. The boy has been
eligible to enter High school since he
was nine years old. Hinton is the
son of farmer near South Newbury
and although eligible to enter a
,leveland High school at nine years
Of age, the little fellow was so small
that his parents were not willing to
trust him in the city. "Midge," as
he is known at the High school, is
progressing rapidly. He is studying
English. English history, Latin and
algebra. at an age when most city
boys are ploughing through reading,
writing and arithmetic
Dr. William H. Maxwell, New York
city superintendent. told the board of
estimates, at it's budget hearing
few days ago, that cooking and physi-
cal and manual training were of more
Importance in the schools thar
mathetics and languages. DR.. Max
well, whose ideas are somewhat in
advance of those of many educators,
recommended in his last report that
sewing and cooking should be taught
tC all girls in Grades VII and VIII,
and that all girls over II years of age
should be taught to cook. For 1911,
the board of education asked the ap-
pointment of rs teachers of cooking
Iowa " known as state of small
cities and towns, but it is a notice.
ale fact that these small communi-