The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-02-26

noon ~ the usual hour.
The W. C. 7. U. win meet with Miss Eda
Woodbury., 9 High street. tomorrow. Friday. at
the regular hour.
The next meeting Of Seaside Chautauqua
Circle will be held with Mrs. Frank Il. Mayo,
No. 80 Northport avenue, Monday afternoon,
March End. The lesson will be from the Chau-
tauquan Magazine Of February 7th. "Where
Civilizations Meet" roll-call, Current Events;
discussion, "What Constitutes Intrigue and
Diplomacy; reading, "Why Diplomatic
Service" address, Diplomacy in the Bal
kans." All members are requested to be
present.
The South Bend. Indiana. High school has
undertaken crusade against the use Of slang
and profanity that should be emulated else
where. This school dedicated q beautiful new
building last October and has membership Of
Go or more girls and nearly as many boys.
Miss Alice Millhouse, granddaughter of Mrs.
Alice l. Thombs of Belfast, is pupil in the
South Bend school,
Supt. Of Schools VIM. B. Woodbury. is trying
to solve the problem Of caring for the 70 pu-
pills in Grade Five, the room Of tn, division
under Miss Florence Cross having seating ca
pacity for only "a pupils. The Grades have
A. and B. divisions. or LIST and End classes. and
little is gained in space by uniting the larger
division of Grade Five with the smaller Of
Grade Four. and through the courtesy of Miss
Florence Kimball of Grade Four this has been
made pr ssible. These changes are a matter
of convenience and will not affect the grade
rank of the pupils. Another change will be to
send Of the pupils of Grade Four of the Gen.
trail school to the South school in the same
division. to allow the pupils that have been
promoted to the Fifth Grade to enter the class
of Miss Cross.
STEAMER NoTEs. The annual meeting of
the Eastern Steamship corporation was held in
Portland Feb. 18th. Roderick A. Pepper of Bos-
ton, secretary of the corporation, was elected
to the board of directors, filling the vacancy
caused by the death of William H. Hill. Other
business was of routine nature, it was an
nounced.. The seventh steamer of the Amer
ican- Hawaiian line, the Iowan, was launched
at Sparrows Point, Md, Feb. 9Th. She is a
duplicate of the previous six steamers launch
ed for the line by the same builders. :. The
steamer Carolyn, wrecked on her way from
Stockton Springs to New York with cargo of
potatoes and paper, and floated after she had
been on the rocks for some tlme is now in the
Southern lumber trade and arrived at New
York last week from Brunswick, Ca, with a
cargo of ties and lumber. The steamer
Stockton was frozen in at Bucksport last week
and is unable to resume her route. Steamer
Belfast arrived Sunday morning and proceed
ed as far as Searsport, but was unable to go up
river account of the ice. She returned to
Belfast and anchored in the harbor. Sunday
the river was frozen completely across from
Fort Point to the Castine shore. For week
more, the Boston steamer has been assisted
by tugs breaking channel from Odom's ledge
to Bucksport, but Sunday the tugs could make
no impression the ice. The Belfast made
another attempt to get up river Monday morn
ing, but was obliged to give it up and after
making landing at Searsport returned to
her wharf here. She left for Boston Monday
afternoon at the usual hour. The steamer
Corinna has arrived at Castine from Rockland,
where she has been thoroughly rebuilt, and is
to make two round trips per day, except on
Sunday, the year around between West Brooks
vile and Bucksport. making landings at West
Penobscot and Verona. - The steamer Belfast
did not arrive at Boston until Tuesday night,
and was not to leave there before Friday.
Meanwhile it is hoped to get the revenue cut
ter to break up the ice in the river, so that the
steamer can make the Bucksport and Winter
port landings
DEBATE WORK IN THE HIGH SCHOOL. Prev-
GUS to this year very little debate work had
been done in the public schools, and that only
with the seniors of the High school. Feeling
the great need of that kind of training in the
High school, Miss Leona J. Achorn, of the
assistant teachers. undertook the first of the
winter term to give all four classes in Eng
lish some work along that line, and it has been
continued, every one receiving the same
amount of training, with results that warrant
its continuance. 1t is felt that at least start
has been made. spirit aroused, and some of
the pupils can now stand their feet and
say something. Each class chooses its de-
DatlnS team, ana thursday ana frlday, req.
18th and 18th, came the two inter-class de-
bates of which mention was made in The Jour
nal last week. Thursday the question was,
"Resolved, That the suffrage should be re-
stricted by an educational qualification" The
Seniors had the negative and the Juniors the
affirmative. On the Senior team were Ida
Carleton, Evelyn Richards, Malcolm Vaughan,
Louise lines. and Alton johnson. Misses
Carleton, Richards and Innes received the
honors. On the Junior team were Hazel
Sheldon, Ruth Redman, Leola Patterson. Wal
ter Bowen and Annette Holt. Misses Sheldon
and Redman received the honors. The Juniors
won-almost a tie. Time about IL hours.
Judges: Rev. A. A. Blair. Rev. w. F. Sturte-
want and Rev. C. B. Ames. Friday. Sopho-
mores on the affirmative vs.. Freshmen on the
negative.on the question: Resolved, That suf-
frage should be given to women. "On the Sopho-
more team were Byron Salter, Marian Water
man, Wesley Wood, and Lewis Cannon. Salter
and Cannon received the honors. On the
Freshman team were Howard Wilson. Charles
Getchell, Ola Redman and Vaughan Hayes.
Miss Redman and Getchell received the hon.
ors. The Sophomores w0n-almost a tie.
Spoke almost 1-2 hours. Judges: Mrs. John
R. Dunton, Miss Grace A. Lord. Supt. W. B.