Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-07

were assisted In 4nading- the classes
in which their children would recite
and were guided to the door Of the
class room at the proper time. where
they were presented to the teacher.
This part Of the program Of the day
was greatly appreciated by the par
ents al they were able to find their
way to the rooms which they de-
sired to visit very easily.
The usual classes were held and
no effort was made to make the
work better than usual, unless some
Of the students, knowing that their
parents would be there. had perhaps
studied . little harder than usual.
The classes in which socialized reci-
tations were used attracted much
comment from the visitors who had
the pleasure Of seeing the manner
in which the students themselves
conducted the classes. The various
displays OF class work were also very
interesting to the guests of the
school.
After the sessions had closed, the
visitors assembled at assembly hall.
where tea and sandwiches were
served by the members Of the do
nestle arts classes under the super
vision Of their teacher, Miss Blanche
Webster. Tea was poured by Miss
Martha Tucker, who was assisted by
the following students, Mabel Ben
nett. Melissa Farnham, Alice Hun
newell, Gertrude Parker. Hortense
Rand. Grace F1emming. Phyllis Rip
ley, Dorothy Philips, Eleanore Ka-
hill. The visitors were much de-
lighted with the manner in which
the refreshments had been prepared
and the manner in which they were
served, this being a visible measure
Of the value Of the training which
they were receiving in these classes.
During the social half hour which
followed, Principal Quimby and Su-
perintendent of Schools F.. w. Bur-
rill gave short talks to the parents.
Mr. Quimby explained some of the
things in connection with the man
agement of the school, such as the
two kinds of warnings which are
given out on Fridays, the method of
sending out the rank cards and other
things of a like nature.
He said that they would soon send
to the parents the excuses which had
been sent by them to the school, in
order that their child might be ex-
cused from school for day or long
er. This he said was not that they
fol h. hit thA
parents might see the number of ex-
cuses that they were giving, in many
cases this probably being more than
they would think. He said that only
in unavoidable cases was the stu
dents work made up. He then in
troduced Mr.. Burrill.
Mr.. Burrill made a strong plea for
cooperation between the parents and
the teachers. He asked that the
parents should help in the moral up
bringing of the child and see that he
studied on his school lessons, because
in six hours the teachers cannot
counteract the other IS. He said
work, just the measure that they
put in, that the more studying they
did the more the school course would
be worth to them.
He also asked that when some diff
ference occurred between teacher
and student that the parents would
look into the matter themselves, as
many times these differences are
easily settled. In this regard he
asked that the parents should not
pass this along to their neighbor
without investigation, as the neigh
Dor would pass it along in turn and
thus would hurt the schools, the city
and the teacher
The visiting day was a great sue
cess, there being present beside the
parents. some of the members Of the
school board and some of the pastors
of the city. Everything was done for
their comfort and convenience and
all went along fine.