Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-16

We tread the path lie trod. And ev-
This path. shall be--till Bowdoins fame
The scholars fair and fragrant path Of
peace.
John Clair Minot, SO, in Bowdoin Quill.
Peace League Prizes.
Maine YVES the first State to organize
State branch of the American School
Peace League arc! it is hoped that one
of the following prizes may be gained by
Maine pupil.
Two sets Of prizes, to be known as
the Seabury Prizes, are offered for the
subjects: y
:, The, Opportunity and Duty Of the
sehools in oo the Internat 9; Peace
md Schools Of the United States.
The Significance of the Two Hague
PEACE Conferences Open to Seniors III
the Secondary schools of the Cnited
States.
Three prizes Of SIS, $50. $25. Will be
given tor the three best essays in both
SeiS.
The judges arc: David Starr Jordan.
President Leland Stanford. jj:,. Univer-
sity, Palo Alto Cul.; Wilbur +. Gordy,
Supt Of schools. Springfield, Mass; J.;
School. salem en-, Miss; San LIT r. Dution,
Teachers College. Columbia University.
n. Y; +. Z. ClaXton, University of Ten
nessee, Knoxville. Tenn; Miss Edith {.
school. Washington. d. G.: James II.
Van Sickle, Supt. of schools, Baltimore,
Md,
The contest will close March !. Es-
SAYS must not exceed 5000 words (3..
900 words is dcSirabe). and must be
written, preferably in typewriting,, on
orc. side only of paper, sXlO inches
Manuscripts not easily legible will not
be considered. The name of the writer
must not appear on the essay, "hich
ing the writer's name, school, and home
address, and sent to Mrs. Fannie Fern
Andrews, secretary American School
Peace League, 4o5 Marlborough street,
Boston. Mass, not later than March !:
1911. Essays should be mailed nat
(not rolled)- The award of the. prize:
will be made at the annual meeting OF
the league N July. 1911 intormaii;lont
may be obtained from the secretary.
In the contest for last year, ScEenty
two essays were sent IN from - Slaie9'
Prof. J. VIM. Black considered The
High Cost of Living at the Colby
club session, Dec. 6. followed pE
round-table talk. Officers were elect
ed as follows: President. Kew. CEruS
Flint Stlm9un; vice presidents. Ifol.
.JuIian d. Taylor, Roscoe Z. Emery
Caleb A. Lewis; secretary. Charles w.
Atchlny. treasurer, ii. Il. Dunham;
executive committee, the president ana
secretary. ex-otticio, George r. Far
mcnter. Carroll \. Perkins and George
Stevenson.
The FriarS, the junior society OF
Bowdoin College, has just announced
the, election Of the following moin-
hers: Eugene Bradford of bangor,
George G. Kern of Woodfords. Joseph
II. Newell of Richmond, George f.
Cresset of Portland. Arthur II. WEIGH
of Portland. Geo. G. Brooks 81 Read
ing, Maas,, Herman n. White OF BAN
gor.
Interest in orchestra work by nigh
school students is spreading like wild
fire. Several Maine cities are starting
such musical organizations. The Fort
land High school orchestra Is COM
pose[i of II pieces. with but TOUR OF
last wears members. Beside the reg
ular assemblies of the school chorus
the orchestra furnishes music Tor tho
class play and the graduation exer-
cises. Julius Rosenberg. ~. Herbert
GRAY. Gertrude Clark and Doris r..
Folsom are first violins; Anna {. car
oy. John w. Craig. Reginald 5. KIM
ball Earle G. Billings and Floyd M.
Iorrah. second: violins; Phyh5 CrMs'
cello; Irving G. Courier, cornet; Man
ming G.. Moulton. clarinet; Ida VIM
stein. pianist.
Mars Hill View-Miss Shaw. who has
heen teaching the upper school at
Parkhurst, has resigned her Fosltloli
and thc scholars will be hauled TO the
lower schoolhousc, and If they Don
behave they will DC skinned anu their
hides tackled up on the WoodSheu.
The operetta. "Hiawatha,' was pre-
scented Dec +, by the students OF New
MORT High school Odd Fellows hall
was crowded The leading parts were
taken as follows: Hiawatha. Marion
Bensou. Minnehaha. Hattie fushor;
Nokomis. Hazel Soper: ancient arms
maker. Maurice Libbcy; Chibrapls,
walter Libbey; Paupukkeewis, Periey
Nelson.
4 meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Maine Teachers Associa-
ton will be held at the Augusta House,
Dec. %, when it will be decided where
tine next annual meeting of the asso-
citation will be held. The meeting
comes in October. 1911, and an effort
will be made to have it in Augusta.
The membership of the association is
about 2c00 The members of the ex-
ac,1tiye committee are: DeForest II.
perkins of Skowhegan, Farnsworth G.
Marshall and Harold ~. Allan of Au-
opsta. L. E. Moulton of Auburn, Miss
Dorothy Elliott of Skowhegan and
George D. Chase of Orono.
oNing TO the fact that the income
from the Lucinda Bailey fund given
for school purposes jim Bath has
amounted to $S6l,54 for thee past year.
the school board IS considering the
adv;sability of engaging an Instructor
IN domestic science and the committee
on manual training is making investl-
cations - e'aTa