Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-09-23
Notes from the Schools.


All schools in Paris opened Monday
Sept Is. A few changes in the list OF
teachers as previously announced were
made necessary by circumstances, all OF
which are noted below.
The high school has an attendance OF
about 95. Wallace A. Clifford, who was
principal last year, has entered Harvard
Dental College. The new principal is
John S. Carver of Auburn, graduate OF
Bates in the class of 1905, since occu-
pied in teaching in Old Orchard, Could
Academy, Bethel, Mars Hill and
Limestone. He will teach sciences and
mathematics. The assistants are Miss
Jeanne NJ. Towle of Woolwich, Mrs.
Alta Rankin of South Paris, and Miss
Louise Cushman of Bernardstown, Mass.
Miss Cushman has charge of the COM
mercial department, in which there have
been added courses in commercial geog-
raphy, commercial arithmetic and book
keeping.
Miss Helen Morton, principal of the
South Paris Grammar school last year,
resigned to accept position in Bangor.
Her place is taken by Miss Florence
Goodwin of Fairfield, graduate of Far
mington Normal School and of four or
five years experience in teaching,
Miss l.. Alice Wetherell of South Paris
continues in the seventh grade. Mrs.
Fl. c. Fletcher of South Paris, former
teacher in Norway, has the fifth and
sixth grades, and also has supervision of
drawing and penmanship in the gram
mar school. Miss Lena FraDck of Round
Pond, a graduate of Gorham Normal
School, has the fourth grade.
Miss Helen NJ. Barnes continues in the
Shurtleff intermediate, and the Shurt-
left Primary is in charge of Miss Evan
geline Woodman of Waterville, gradu-
ate of Pennington Normal School in this
years class.
The Porter Street Primary continues
in charge of Miss Hattie Leach. Owing
to considerable increase in this school,
the advance division of the third grade
have been transferred to the Shurtleff
School.
The Pleasant Street Primary is taught
by Miss Sylvia Weare of York Beach, a
graduate of Gorham Normal School in
the class of 1918.
The Paris Hill Grammar School is
taught by Miss Geneva Young of South
Paris, in place of Miss Eva F. SWEET who
was originally assigned there. For the
past week Miss SWEET has been substitu-
ting in the West Paris Grammar, owing
to the illness of Miss Lillian Robinson of
Palmyra, the regular teacher.
Miss Lila Young of West Paris, origi-
nally assigned to Tuell Town, has the
school at North Paris instead. Miss
Nora Durham of South Paris has the
Tuell Town school.
Owing to the small number of schol-
airs in attendance, the Biscoe School has
been discontinued, and the pupils are
transferred to the village for the present.
Miss Margie Jordan, who was assigned
to the Biscoe School, has the Weber
school instead.
Teachers In the other rural schools are
as follows:
Forbes-Austin Stearns. Paris.
King-Ida Sturtevant, South Paris.
Partridge-Raymond Atwood, Paris.
Porter-Agnes Gray, West Paris.
Mountain-Eva Richardson, Norway.
Shows Falls-Emma Hayford, Old Orchard.
Tubbs-Aura Cook, Norway.
whittemore-Rose Clark, South Paris.
Miss Florence A. Gordon of Brewer
continues for another year as supervisor
of music.
During the summer vacation the high
school building at South Paris has been
painted on the outside, and a tasteful
job of decorating done on the inside.
The West Paris school house has also
been painted and the walls tinted.
A new piano has been placed in the
South Paris Grammar School, earned by
the scholars with their operetta last
term