Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-18
OAK GROVE

Oak Grove opened formally on
Thursday morning for the second year
as a girls school with an increased
faculty and more girls in the dorini-
tory than at any time last year. Prac-
tically every old student enrolled in
June roturnedN this week and a group
of new girls from widely scattered
localities maize up a resident family
which fills the dormitory almost to
capacity.
The first chapel was held ~ SIS
Thursday morning in the mains as
sembly hall with Principal owen pre-
siding After the regular opening ex-
ercises, Mr. Owen welcomed the stu
dents to the school and briefly
sketched the history of Oak Grove.
emphasizing the standards and ideals
it had always upheld Mrs. Owen
spoke Informally to the girls. making
apt use of the opening scene in the
Merchant OF Venice, which happened
to be the lesson OF the day for the
freshmen. A delightful surprise came
when each girl who played all OF the
past year in the school orchestra was
presented with gold pin as a reward.
The pins are tiny Tyres in rose gold
with the school monogram across the
base and the numerals on the back.
The following girls won the pins
Kathleen sylvester OF Portland, Jo-
sephine Rand of Standish Esther
Rand Of Standish, Norma Fuller of
Waterville. Helen Wetherbee of Chest
nut Hill, Mass, Virginia Wilcox of
Augusta and Bertha Warren of Ed
munston, Canada.
Recitations began with full 50 min
ute periods and prepared lessons on
Thursday. after an intense program of
preliminary work on Wednesday when
each girl had conferences with Mr.,
and Mrs. owen as well as individual
interviews with each Instructor. The
registration was completed by lun-
cheon time and every class met for
organization in Commute periods in
the afternoon. The regular super
vised evening study began at P.NM.
Miss Crosslev. the new director of
physical education. had all the girls
out on the athletic field for Informal
games and the first hockey practice.
Some of the girls who came to school
from longer distances by motor and
had their trunks expressed were still
without gym suits and the first
class was informal. The hockey out
! fits were distributed and the girls were
delighted with the hrillian scarlet
and black worsted Jerseys provided by
the school for the hockey squad. After
the games. Mrs. owen and a party of
the girls hlked around the new bride
path which is being built for the ex-
elusive use Of Oak Grove girls II
starts east of the dormitorv along q
picturesque stone wall which has been
built and then winds down over the
hill on the back campus where ii
crosset small brook aud continues
through an old wood road until rus
tic bridge leads back across the brook
in a charming glen. From there the
path is all in the open fields and fol-
lows west until it nearly reaches the
Federal road where II runs parallel
a little distance from the road and
comes up the hill at the front Of the
campus without crossing any public
road The old girls had the ponies
out on Thursday and the riding les
sons Will begin next week for the in
experienced girls.
Tho girl who holds the record for
coming the longest distance to enter
Oak Grove is Angie Rouse. whose
home is in Benton Ha rbor. Michigan.
Evelyn Hinkson OF Niagara Falls,
y. Y. was delayed at WATERFOWL. \.
Y. where the big car her father was
driving skidded and was badly dam
aged. No one was seriously injured.
but they did not reach oak Grove un-
iii Thursday afternoon. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hinkson will return home on Friday.
The annual school picnic Will be
held on Saturday If the day is fair.
| Mr.. Roundy was at the school on
| Thursday 10 meet his piano pupils.
The new art department j. proving
most popular and there will he two ad-
| yanCed classes.