Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-27
Prominent Men 10 Speak on
Subjects Of Great Interest.
Congressman Peters Visits Stale
Rouse..Pros ecutions.-Jottings
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Regular Meeting of Governor and
Council, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1918, 10
A. M.

Teachers Convention" is the com
mon topic in the conversation of
Maine teachers now days. A large
proportion of them are planning TO
attend the State meeting at Bangor.
next Thursday and Friday.
Reports from Bangor indicate that
everything is in readiness for the big
Erecting. The eomnittee on entertain
ment has had a huge task on its hands
to provide accommodations for the
visitors but present indications are
that all can be comfortably taken care
of. The association has grown since
last it met in Bangor, three years ago.
From a registration of about l80D il
increased to nearly 1900 in Portland
last year. 1T is thought that the at
tendance Of last year was a high water
mark, however. as the presence of
President Taft as speaker pfo5d hlY
drew many additional.
The High school building Al Bangor
dedicated, this week, viii be the place
where most of the department meet
inss are held. although it is necessary
To use also four churches and the city
hall. The High school is admirably
splendid assembly hall, the gymnasi-
IN and class rooms and the Wild. cor
.idors viii make il possible for Il large
rowd To be handled. Many school men
anticipate looking over this building
which is one of the finest examples
of school home in New England.
A new feature, this year. is the com
1jned High school Concert Orchestra
ehicf will furnish music at the gener-
a sessions, ON Thursday afternoon and
'VeninS. This orchestra, composed of
bout 40 members has been selected
rom the High school orcheStras Of
Anhurn. Augusta. Bangor. Bath. Brew
T. Gardiner. Portland, Rockland and
sikowhegan. A careful Instrumentation
mas been made and While little oppor-
unity for IA practice of the full or
hestra will be afforded, the results
xill no doubt he satisfactory since all
he members are good musicians. The
association furnishes entertainments
md provides for the travelling eX
lenses of the members.
The program arrangement calls for
three general sessions. group meetings
ieyoted To elementary school, second
ary school and college interests and
ld department sessions covering the
following special interests Rural
schools, primary schools and kinder
sartenS, grammar schools. English.
aistery, science and mathematics.
classics modern langues. commercial
branches, public schools. music, libra
ries. manual training and dra wing.
school committee members, home ec-
ohemes and secondary school agricnl-
ture.
The principal speakers from out of
the State include Jacob Riis, the we'll
known autho. and lecturer. Calvin n.
Kendall. commissioner Of education of
New Jersey; Nathan e. Shaeffer. state
superintendent Of public instruction
for Pennsylvania; John Kendricls
Rangs. Prof. George h. Strayer and
Prof. Edward l.. Thorndike of Column
bia, Supt. F. G. Spaulding Of New
ton. Mass; Principal w. d. Lewis Of
Philadelphia, President Alexander
Meiklejohn of Amherst and President
+. r. Fairehild of New Hampshire
State College. recent president of
the National Education Association: /:
Miss Mary McSkimmon of Brookline,
Mass: Miss Mary Weston of Miss
Wheelock's kindergarten School. Bas
tom Prof. l. l.. White Of Harvard,
Prof. w. $. G. Russell of Springfield.
Mass, Or. Carl Johannes, a Prussian
exchange professor at Exeter Acad-
emy, Miss Annie carroll Moore of the
New York Public Library.
Governor Haines, Slate Snperintend-
ent Smith and Commissioner Of Ae
rieulture Roberts will also speak.