Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-01-04
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become the President. Then after .,
prayer, II one of the committee hAp-|
pened to be a minister. the children.I
feeling very smart and good. arose in|
their seats and remained standing un-
til the gentlemen had taken their de-
parture. School dismissed. one can I'm
agine the feeling Of relief ana happi-
ness in the heart OF the little school,
marin as she made her way homeward.
This committee was usually made up
from the ministers of the different
churches-doctors, judges and others.
representing the best In the village,
men, who, by the light they had, work.
ed for the very best interests of the
schools under their care, and not for
their own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
But this was all long ago, and very
few are living today who remember
that phase of the old schools history.
In the year 1852 this community ceas-
ed to be part of the city Of Hallowell
and under new conditions the school
met with varying fortunes but there
We're always found those who had a
deep interest in the education of the
children and in maintaining the school
at the highest possible level. In those
days the school was run for the bene-
fit of the people living in the school
district. Now the people are very little
considered and many thfngs are inn
posed upon them. with which they have
little to say or do except to pay the
bills.
There are many, many things that
might be written, many stories told
about the old school days that would
be OF interest but / am afraid space
, would not be afforded me, so I'll re-
frain.
/ think there is no better way to
show what this school has been in the
far past, and in more recent years,
than this list which l have made OF
the pupils of the Burns school, who
became teachers, most of whom have
taught the home school at some time.
In this list can be found heads of nor
NAL schools and academies, principals
of high and grammar schools, college
graduates and professors, preceptresses
Of college and seminary, principals and
instructresses of boarding schools, and
among the 60 names many teachers Of
the common schools Of city and coun-
try. Among those who did not become
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still are those. who hold high positions
of responsibility and trust in the bus
mess world. the world of politics, writ
ers and editors and in the professions,
and many making good in all the vari-
Gus walks of life.
| There have always been in the COM
munity quite number of old teach
ers, who never lost their interest in the
/ education Of the children and whose in
| f1uence was always for the best things
| The pioneer of that part of the town
where the schoolhouse stands, James
\ Burns. Sr. was a schoolmaster from
New Hampshire. Thomas B. Seavey,
Esq. who had been village and coun-
/ try teacher for many years, having
been known to teach every school in a.
| town in the course Of a year. one after
| the other, man whose scholastic at
tainments were we'll known to the gen.
GRAFTON to which he belonged IT'S told,
OF HIM that he learned and became pro-
fclent in the French language after
he had passed his S5th year. He was
always a great advocate for good
\ schools and ready to give a helping
hand to anyone striving to obtain an
education.
Benjamin F. Sanford was another
old and excellent teacher, who early
gave ND teaching for other work. but
who to the end Of his long life was
greatly interested in educational mat
tiers and especially in our home school.
Reuben Seavery, Isaiah Stevens and
Joseph Clement were all active in ed
ucational matters.
Elizabeth Bates Cannon. Susan
Gage Rice, Mary and Eunice Robinson
1!tcomb. who were all good examples
of old-time lady school teachers. lived
III this vicinity for many years. All of
these have passed beyond, but we still
have with us Mr.. z. S. Parker, who has
always been active in school matters.
Thus in brief summary / have en-
deavored to show what the Burns
school mas meant in the past, to this
community and what the community
mas neen to the Burns school. The
name may be retained for a time. but
the OLD Burns school and the pride and
aHeccon IN which it has always been
held by this people are gone forever.
Following are names Of teach
ers who have gone out from the Burns
school:
James Burns. Jr., Jane Burns Par
fridge, Thurston S. Burns, Hell
en- Burns Haskell, Mary Col
cord Halves. Gideon c. McCausland.
Hannah McCausland Metcalf. Mary
Colcord, Lizzie Colcord Paul. Emily
Colccrd Billings, Moses B. Leayitt.
Daniel F. Hodges, Emily S. Hodges.
Timothy B. Titcomb. Deborah Tit
comb Burns. Matilda B. Titcomb. LOU
Isa Rider. Eliza Lowell Andrews. Bet
sey Rice Butman, Samuel r. Cannon.
William H. Seavey, Sarah Seavey Neal.
Thomas Judson Neal, Sarah Neal
Sampson, Elizabeth Cannon Neal. Eliza
Seavey Morrill,. Fannie Seavey Morse.
Elisha P. Seavey. Mary Hinkley Hte-
gins. Martha Hinkley futile, Owen c.
Hinkley, Louise Higgins Adams, Anne
Higgins Burgess, Mary Higgins Adams,
Kathleen j. Higgins. Thomas N. Hink-
ley. Eugene Hinkley, Hester Ann Hink-
ley. Triphena Hinkley. Caroline Hink-
ley. Josephine Hinlsley. Hannah Hink-
ley. Lydia Stevens Davis. Augusta Da-
Wis Pope. Charlotte Davis Wilde, Han
nah Davis Burdick, Charles C. Carter,
BrainaTd F. Robinson. Maria Macosm.