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12-1904

The Farmington Normal, vol.4 : no.1 : December 1904

Farmington State Normal School

University of Maine at Farmington

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FARMINGTONSrfATE NORMAL SCHOO L.

TEACHERS.

I>vincipal. GEORGE C. PURINGTON, A. M. Psychology, Didactics, Civics, School Laws, School Management, Music.

Hssistants. WILBERT G. MALLETT, A. B. Chemistry, Physics, Zoology, Geology, Astronomy, Moral Philosophy, Ethics.

HORTENSE M. MERRILL. Reading, English Literature, General History, History United States.

KATE H. PATTANGALL, A. B. Physiology, Botany, English Composition, English Grammar, Algebra.

KATHARINE E. ABBOTT. Algebra, Geometry, Drawing, Book- keeping.

HELEN M. MARCH. Arithmetic, Calisthenics, Elementary Vocal Music, Geography.

LOUISE W. RICHARDS, Penmanship, Arithmetic. 'i

I>vincipal of the 'Cvaining School. LILLIAN I. LINCOLN. Psychology and Methods. t

Hssistants in the 'Cvaining Schools. LOUISE W. RICHARDS,-GRAMMAR GRADE. CELIA B. LELAND,-INTERMEDIATE GRADE. ETHEL M. EDWARDS,-SECOND PRIMARY. MYRTIE R . GARVIN,-FIRST PRIMARY. The FarmingtonNorma l.

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Printed by T he Knowlton & Mc L eary Co,, F armin g ton, school year, 1874-5, when she was married to Mr. Daniel Beedy, a prominent and highly EDITORIAL. respected citizen of Farmington. COBURN CLASSICAL INSTITUTE. In January, 1881, she again became a THE sketch of this worthy and prosp erous mern ber of the Faculty of this school to fill a school is from the pen of the present princi­ vacancy caused by resignation. She did pal, Frank W. Johnson, A. M., which accounts more or less teaching in the school until the HELEN COFFIN BEEDY. for some omissions that it is our privile ge to spring of 1883, when she became a regular supply. We are confident that it was never . teacher, remaining until the close of the year mor e prosperous than at the pre sent time , l 884-5, never did better work, and that the pr esent Mrs. Beedy was a woman of strong per­ prin cipal will bear the closest comp arison sonality and tremendous energy. She inspired with his most illustrious predecessor whom her pupils with the desire to do and be their he eulogizes. The work of the modern pre­ best: paratory school is so much broader, and in­ After resigning from the school she devoted volves so many and varied interests-so cial, much of her time, espe cially after Mr. Beedy's -- athleti c and literary--that the principal must death, to philanthropi c and literary work, 2 THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. particularly in connection with the Women's demand for teachers should have the effect of Christian Temperance Union. reducing the attendancr upon the Normal The Memorial to Dorothea Dix, which was £chool. Such, however, is without doubt the the special work of her last years, is not case. Now is a good time to agitate the in­ completed, but she has lmilded a better crease of salaries. There are so many oppor­ memorial to herself and all true womanhood, tunities for young women in otV:-er directions that many will not accept schools for the in the lives of the splendid men and women meager compensation now paid. who were under her instruction. .)A .)A COBURN CLASSICAL INSTITUTE. JAMES GOODWIN. THE history of the school which now bears WHEN Mr. Goodwin died the Farmington the name of Coburn Classical Institute dates Normal School lost a most loyal and efficient back to 1820, the year in which Maine became friend. He had been here so long, had done a state. At that time President Chaplin of his work so unobtrusively ancl faithfully, had Waterville College, feeling the need of a feeder always been so kind and courteous, that he for the College, opened the College Grammar had grown to be a very important part of the School in the '' Woods House" on the site of school. We do not believe he ever had an the present Elmwood Hotel. The teacher of unpleasant word from a pupil, and he surely this school was Henry Paine. The college never gave one. He was FAITHFUL,PATIENT, catalogue of 1824 says: .. There is in connec­ LOYALand HONEST. That is high praise to tion with the college, a Latin School in which 8 bestow on any man, and Mr. Goodwin had are a respectable number of students preparing to those virtues in a marked degree. We felt for college." · z~ sure that everything he had to do would be In 1824 Elijah Parish Lovejoy was elected done thoroughly and in season. He never teacher and conducted the school with ability appeared troubled when careless pupils made and enthusiasm for two years. It will be re­ extra work. No one could be more anxious called that later " he became the peerless for the success of the school and that it champion of the slaves, and of the freedom of the press, and after a mob had destroyed suc­ should sustain a good reputation, and his cessively three printing-presses, while guarding name became a synonym for honesty. If, a fourth he was shot down in a pro-slavery riot as Ben Jonson would have it, "He that at Alton, Ill., Nov. 7, 1837." once is good, is ever great," then our friend It was not un ti! 1 829 that the school was achieved greatness. "To be great is to be opened on the spot which it now occupies. good," and that he surely was. For this reason the date of the opening of the He had the care of'\he Normal for more school has usL1ally been assigned to the year than twenty years, an.cl of the Methodist 1829. The Honorable Timothy Boutelle, a church forty-three years. He took a just graduate of Harvard, had given the lot of land pride in all his work, and those to whom he and the building was erected from funds secured ministered took comfort in his ministrations. by President Chaplin of the college. The build­ He was a good husband, a goorl father, a ing cost $1,750, and with later enlargements good citizen, a good man. served the school until 1883. .)A The first principal was Henry W. Paine, not THE Normal Schools of Maine are the small­ the Paine already mentioned as teacher of the est this fall and winter they have been for sev­ College Grammar School. He was at that time eral years. It would be a cause for much an eighteen-years-old senior in Waterville Col­ anxiety if it were not for the fact that the small lege, later one of the most eminent lawyers of attendance is apparently due to a great demand Massachusetts. The number of students in at­ for teachers. A great many who, would have tendance during the first year was sixty-one. attended have been fairly compelled to take The "Waterville Watchman" of Nov. 24, schools. It seems paradoxical that an increased 1829, said in an editorial: THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. 3

"Waterville Academy .-It will be seen by ward Governor of Maine; William E. \Vording, an advertisement in a subsequent column that to whom as Judge Wording of Dakota, the fine this institution will be opened for instruction on school building of Ricker Classical Institute at the first Monday in December. It is a fine Houlton is due; and Israel Washburn, Jr., after­ brick building of two stories in height, with a ward Governor of Maine. handsome cupola or steeple for a bell, forty-two Mr. Paine was followed in the principalship feet ( exclusive of the porch) by thirty-four, and by George I. Chase, a graduate of Brown, and is a beautifu.l ornament of our village, not sur­ since then a professor and acting president· of passed, we believe, by any other academy build­ the same university. After him Henry Paine, ing on the Kennebec. It stands on an elevated who had taught the earlier College Grammar ground beside the burying-yard, fifteen or School, was principal for five years. During twenty rods south of the new meeting-house, his principalship in 1834 the number of students sLJfficiently near for convenience without being rose to two hundred and five. It is a matter of exposed to the noise and bustle of the village. record that at this time an examining committee, A new substantial fence around the burying­ including the president and several others of the ground is contemplated. When this and those college faculty, together with several ministers, around the Academy building shall be com­ lawyers, and other prominent citizens, examined pleted, the whole will present a fine prospect. the classes each fortnight, and at the end of But the appearance is a matter of trivial con­ each term a public examination was attended by sequence compared with the · facilities which the remaining citizens of the community. Lo­ such an institution presents to parents around, renzo B. Allen, later president of B'urlington who cannot well afford to send their children University, Iowa, was prin~ipal in 1837, and in abroad, or who would prefer to have them edu­ 1838 Charles R. Train, afterward Attorney­ cated under their more immediate observation, yet General of Massachusetts, took charge of the who cannot consent to avail themselves of our school. · common schools as they are at present managed, It was in the fall of 1843 that James H. Han­ though valuable as far as they go. The age son became principal; Before his coming the and country in which we live requires a higher school had become greatly depleted in numbers. standard of education than is usually taught in He began with an attendance of five pupils. our common schools, and the need of a more Before the end of the first term the number had efficient system of instruction than they afford quintupled. In less than three years the attend­ is much felt and urgently demanded. The in­ ance reached the large number of three hundred struction given in this institution will embrace and eight. To Dr. Hanson is due in large ) all those branches of literature and science measure the reputation and standing which the usually taught in academies and other public school has attained. With the exception of the schools. There will be four terms annually at period from 1854 to 1865 he was' principal until $2.50 per term." his death in I 894, covering a period of active As the terms were of twelve weeks each, it service in the school of forty years. His genius will be seen that the vacation idea was not a for instruction, his exact scholarship, his rare prominent one in the minds of its teachers. executive ability, his burning enthusiasm and The traditions of this earlier time seem to have great capacity for work, placed him among the been.retained, for, until the death of Dr. Hanson foremost instructors of his day, and placed the in 1894, the usual school holidays were not ob­ school among the best known classical schools served, and even on Christmas Day the classes in New England. Dr. Hanson edited various met for their usual work.· A catalogue bearing Latin text-books which for years were very date of 1831 states the price of board, including widely used in secondary schools, and added lodging and washing, from $1.25 to $1.50 per greatly to his fame as a teacher, and to the week." standing of the Institute. In 1865 the name of Among the pupils whose names were enrolled the school was changed to Waterville Classical we find Lorenzo B. Allen, afterward college pro- Institute. In 1883 the name was again changed fessor and president; Alonzo Garcelon, after- to Coburn Classical Institute in honor of its 4 THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. greatest benefactor-Hon. Abner Coburn, Ex­ school's contribution to the world. In this re­ Governor of Maine, whose gifts to the school spect Coburn's record is strong. Its graduates amount to $100,000. To his munificence is due include four Governors of Maine, Washburn, the handsome and well-appointed school build­ Dfogley, Garcelon, and Powers. The school ing now occupied by the school, erected in 1883. has furnished presidents to six colleges, Presi : This building, shown in our illustration, is con­ dent Butler of Colby, President Smith of Col­ structed of br_ick and red sandstone, is three gate, President Meserve of Shaw University, stories high and is surmounted by a tower and President Owen of Dennison, and ·afterward of astronomical observatory. The building con­ Roger Williams University, and President Dear­ tains twenty rooms. ing of Yokohama Theological Semina ·ry. In On the death of Dr. Hanson in 1894, Frank­ congress have been Washburn, Dingley and lin W. Johnson of the class of '9 r of Colby, was Powers. Bartlett Tripp, formerly United States called to the principalship, in which position he Minister to Austria-Hungary and later a member has remained tci the present time. During his of the Samoan Commission, was prepared for administration the atten::lance of the school has college here. In literature, among numerous increased, and the reputation for good scholar­ lesser ones, are found the names of William ship for which the school is noted has been Mathews, LL. D., the Nestor of American es­ maintained. Associated with him are the fol­ sayists, and Holman F. Day, the poet of the lowing: Adelle R. Gilpatrick, A. B., precep­ humble men of Maine. Two of New York's tress, a graduate of Chicago University; Lulu superintendents of the Department of Education M. Ames, modern languages, Colby College; were graduated here, A. P. Marble and C. E. David A. Wheeler, ~cience, Boston University; Meleney. Of our present Justices in Maine, Sarah E. Barrett, A. B., mathematics and his­ Judge William P. Whitehouse and Albert M. tory, Mount Holyoke; Sheppard E. Butler, A. Spear are Coburn graduates, as i_sJudge Sumner M., Greek and English, Colby College and K. Trask of California. Chicago University; Mabel E. Dunn, Expres­ The large bequests of Abner Coburn have now sion, of the Curry School. been supplemented by a proposed gift of $2 5 ,- Coburn was first established as a preparatory 000, from the family of Stephen Coburn. This school for Waterville College. During its entire is given cin condition that a·n equal amount existence it has devoted its efforts largely to pre­ shall be raised. The addition of this sum to paring students for college. The total number the endowment will enable the school to develop of its graduates who have entered college reaches according to the present day tendencies, while fully one thousand. No other school in Maine holding fast to the methods that have become can show such a record in this particular. traditional in the school. While the largest part of the students have .:,. entered Colby; Coburn°'graduates have been en­ THE LAUREATE ON ANGLO-AMERICAN UNITY. rolled in a large number of colleges. Within WHAT is the voice I hear five years graduates of the school have been en­ On the wind of the Western Sea I rolled in nineteen colleges and universities as Sentinel, listen from out Cape Clear, And say what the voice may be. follows: Bates,. Bowdoin, Boston University, " 'T is a proud, free people calling loud to a people proud Brown, Colby, Colgate, Columbia, Dartmouth, and free. Harvard, Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts Insti­ " And it says to them, 'Kinsmen, h.ail I tute of Technology, University of Chicago, Uni­ We severed have been too lo~g; versity of Maine, University of Vermont, Uni­ Now let us have done with a wornout tale, The tale of an ancient wrong, versity of Virginia; Vassar, Wellesley, Worcester Ana our friendship last long as love doth last, and be Polytechnic Institute, and Yale. About two­ stronger than death is strong.' " thirds of all the students in attendance are pre­ Answer then, sons of the selfsame race, paring for college. The attendance for the pres­ And blood of the selfsame clan, ent year is one hundred and eighty-two. Let us speak with ea.ch other, face to face, And answer a.s man to man, The distinction attained by its graduates is And loyally love and trust each other as none but free usually urged as indicating the quality of a men can. JAMES H. HANSON, LL. D. PRINCIPAL FRANK W. JOHNSON, A. M. THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. 5

Now fling them out to the breeze, Her early years till the age of eight were Shamrock, thistle and rose, passed in the genial atmosphere of the home And the Star-Spangled Banner unfurl with these, circle. At that time she suffered the unspeak­ A message to friends and foes, Whe~ever the sails of peace are seen and wherever the able loss of her mother, and for a time resided war wind blows. with her maternal grandmother. Returning A message to bond and thrall to wake, later to her father's house, her time was occu­ For wherever we come, we twain, pied with attending and teaching school, enter­ The throne of the tyrant shall rock and quake ing into whatever work she had in hand with And his menace be void and vain, For you are lords of a strong young land and we are lords great energy and success. To the wise coun­ of the main. sels of her father she had often said she owed Yes, this is the voice on the blnff March gale, the habit of improving well her time, however "We severed have been too long; engaged, and of making herself useful wherever But now we have done with a wornout tale, she was. The tale of an ancient wrong, An indication of the moral earnestness, which And our friendship last long as love doth last, and pe stronger than death is strong." was perhaps the most marked characteristic of · Alfred Austin . her entire life, is found in the fact that she be­ .,. gan. to teach in Sunday-school when she was MRS. HELEN COFFIN BEEDY. only twelve years of age. Her work in public FEW names are better known to the people of schools began at fourteen on Dyer's island, not Franklin County than that which stands above. far from her own home. Few, if any, persons are better known, and After several terms at the academies of Wash­ none more generally admired than she who ing County, desiring a special training for her bore it. Though not a native of this county, chosen work of teaching, Mrs. Beedy, then Miss Mrs. Beedy had had for over thirty years of her Coffin, entered the Bridgewater, Mass., Normal life her home within its borders and was school. The journey from Washington County, thoroughly identified with its best interests. Me., to Massachusetts, was no easy trip in She loved its beautiful scenery, its·people were those days, and none but those of high ideals her people, and here, according to her wish, it and strong purposes ~ould have made so great was permitted her to die and be buried. an effort for self-improvement as did she at Mrs. Beedy was the third child of the late that time. John B. and Ruby (Strout). Coffin, and first Mrs. Beedy graduated from the Bridgewater saw the light of this world: Nov. 9, 1840, in Normal school in 1863, and she always recalled the pretty village of Harrington, Washing­ with pleasure the fact that she received her di­ ton County. Her parents were people of intel­ ploma from the hand of Massachusetts' famous .. lect, force of character, and business capacity . war governor, himself like her a n~tive of Her father was a descendant of the Coffin family Maine, the noble John A. Andrew. of Nantucket, in whose line we find the names Following her graduation the next few years of Rev. Phrebe Hanaford, the Quaker preacher, were passed as teacher of a· private school in Lucretia Coffin-Mott, and Prof. Maria Mitchell. her native village. She then came to Farm­ He was a man of affairs, a ship-builder and real ington as an instructor in the State Normal estate owner. He was also at times a member school but rel:cntly established, remaining here of the legislature, and otherwise employed for several years, or till the orga~ization of the the public welfare. Previous to her marriage Normal school at Castine, when she was trans­ her mother was a teacher, brave enough even ferred to that institution. She continued her as a young girl to go into the wilds of eastern most acceptable labors as teacher in that school Maine, as it was in those days, to conduct the till the summer of 18 7 5, when she became the newly-established schools. Both parents pos­ wife of Daniel Beedy, a man of almost national sessed the elements of successful leaders ; and reputation as an architect and builder, and a upon the daughter, to whom they gave the highly respected citizen of Farmington. name Helen Beatrice, descended a double por­ In her new relations as wife and lfome-maker, tion of the same power. Mrs. Beedy showed the same warmtl) and 6 THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. 7 bread th of nature she evinced in all she ever trip she made a means of education and laid in It was Mrs. Beedy's lot to have an active people, she gradually faded away, death coming engaged in. She was a devoted, affectionate store much valuable knowledge, which, accord­ part in the organization of the Maine Fed.era­ the 14th instant. A friend, Miss Julia H. May, wife and her cheerful, sunny presence bright­ ing to her custom, she was ready on all suitable tion of Women's Clubs. She was for a time who was one of those with her in the last hours, ened every hour of the home life. But her occasions to impart to others. one of the state officers; she was often a speaker has thus described the parting scene: activities were not allowed to end with the Among the varied labors of her later years at its conventions and always an ardent friend We watched her face when Israel drew near her; walls of her own abode, and she cordially en­ she often gave addresses on her European tour, to the society. She was a delegate to two of We saw her eyes put on the look of death, Her parched lips tremble one last word to utter, tered into the work of the church and Sunday­ also on art, literature and other subjects, at the the General Federation meetings. She was for And caught upon our own, her latest breath; school with which her husband and herself were "homes," asylums and clubs of this state and some years president of the conference auxiliary And then a silence filled the sacred chamber; connected, and the social and literary life of in Washington, D. C. She was also called uµ­ of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of A hush dropped down, as froni a seraph's wings; village. In her own home she was ever the on to speak at many public gatherings. As a the M. E. chu1·ch, and corresponding secretary "She is at rest,'1 we whispered to each other, gracious, liberal entertainer; in· her local sur­ speaker she was always interesting and magnet­ of the State Equal Suffrage Association. And felt no more the pulse -beat flutterings. roundings she was a power for good. Few, if ic. As a presiding officer she was wise, con­ The last few years Mrs. Beedy had devoted Around the pleasant room where she was lying, any, have ever resided in our village who have siderate and capable. much of her time and strength to the Dorothea We looked, and saw her favorite pictmes there. been so ready to improve every opportunity for Mrs. Beedy was made some years ago by the L. Dix Memorial Association, and in the hope We touched her books, her keepsakes, softly crying, " Who like herself will for these treasures care?" doing good as she. The work performed by State W. C. T. U. a joint laborer with Mrs. of securing from Congress an appropriation for Mr. and Mrs. Beedy in the construction of the Hannah J. Bailey, of Winthrop Center, and the erection of a monument on the birthplace of Her cherished volumes lay upon the table, And many a paper written by her hand. beautiful Methodist church erected near .their Miss Clara Farwell of Rockland, in jail and Miss Dix at Hampden on the Penobscot, she 11 Oh, where is she?" we whispered, a11 unable home in 1877 was really vast, and it was all prison work, and gave much time and strength passed several seasons in Washington. It The mystery of Death to understand . tactfully done and cheerfully given. Only nine to the benefit of the convicts. She has like­ was while there last winter a malady from which The mystery of Life and Death and Spirit years later, when this edifice was destroyed wise been greatly interested in the establish­ she had long been a sufferer assumed an alarming Seeking to know, we chanced this verse to find, in the great fire that swept away their own ment of a state reformatory for women. With­ phase and she submitted to an operation of a \Vith the sweet answer to our question in it, home also, they again gave liberally of time, in the last year she received from the National severe nature. She never fully rallied and re­ Copied by her, in years that lay behind: strength and money to the building of a new W. C. T. U. an election to the office of evange­ turned · to Maine to pass a few weary months, " There is no Death, \\That seems so 1s Transition, church structure. list. then be at rest. This Life, of mol'tal breath, ls but the suburb of the Life Elysian, But Mrs. Beedy's interests were not wholly Earnest in her Christian life and anxious to The above record of her labors gives but a Whose portals we call death." in the material welfare of the church. She was prepare herself for more effective religious work, · small idea of what she has accomplished. We read, and as we read, the Life Immortal trnly evangelical and was always an earnest, Mrs. Beedy studied for the most of one year at Hands, head and heart were always effectively Seemed to be breathing from each precious Ii ne, active worker for its spiritual growth. Her the theological seminary in Bangor and from employed in some good cause. Whatever she Her voice was speaking from beyond the portal, talks in Sunday-school, her heartfelt prayers and time to time acceptably filled a pulpit in various did she did with her might and her natural We caught one glimmer of the Life Divine. manifest experience in the things of God will cities where she happened to be. One of these energy guided by good judgment and sanctified The Poet's words put on a double meaning, long be remembered by her associates. occasions was in Edinboro. Her sermons were purpose brought almost invariably the snc-cess Her precious accents mingled with the tune. Mrs. Beedy was from early years a friend to all above the aver.age and some were of very she desired to see. She was indeed a rare Over the dear handwriting, fondly leaning, We dropped our tears that sacred night in June . the temperance cause, and from the organiza­ unusual merit. woman, a remarkable combination of strength tion of the Woman's Christian Temperance During the years she taught at Castine Mrs. and sweetness, for Mrs. Beedy was not only "Sweet Friend," we cried, as still we watched the casket From which the pearl had vanished, "We shall miss Beedy passed two summers at the school of strong, courageous and efficient, she was also Union in Maine was looked to as the leader of The absent jewel, yet we will not ask it, 1 tactful, loving and tender. The law of kind­ that movement in Franklin County. It was sciences on Penekese Island and always cher­ But, like thyself, be comforted with this:" ished an abiding esteem for its head, the well­ ness was manifest in all she did and said, and through her instnunentality the County Union "There is no Death. What seems so is Transition, those who knew her best loved and admired her was organized nearly twenty years ago, and all known naturalist, Prof. Louis Agassiz. In This Life of mortal breath, that time she has been the wise, energetic magnet­ later life she was for a year a student at Rad­ most. ls but the suburb of the Life Elysian, ic leader. Mrs. Beedy has, too, bad a prominent cliffe college, taking a special course in litera­ In her married life of fourteen years she was Whose portals we call Death." part in the larger organizations of the same ture. exceptionally happy. The death of her hus­ The funeral was held at the M. E. church, society. She has been several times a dele­ Mrs. Beedy became interested at one time in band brought a grief the fifteen years since then nearly opposite her home, the sixteenth, and gate to the National meetings of the Woman's the history of the pioneer women of our state, · have never quite assuaged, but bravely she was a very beautiful service. Rev. J. A. Corey, Christian Temperance Union, where, as else­ and with much painstaking research collected a tried to carry cheer and sunshine to all with her pastor, gave a sketch of her life and spoke where, she was an active member; she has large number of interesting incidents, which whom she mingled. of her achievements as teacher, writer, and twice been a delegate to the World's W. C. T. she published in a most readable book called The home occupied by herself and husband philanthropist. Prof. W. G. Mallett of the U. conventions-in Boston in 1890, and in "The Mothers of Maine." She had, at the was very dear to her and in accordance with Farmington Normal School, a former pupil of Edinboro in 1900. time of her death, a valuable collection of other her earnest wish she was brought back to it the Mrs. Beedy, spoke of her remarkable personal­ On the conclnsion of the Edinboro conven­ narratives of early Maine which it was her pur­ second of May. Here, surrounded by so many ity, and her ability as a teacher and guide of tion Mrs. Beedy made an extensive tour of the pose to have published as Episodes of Maine reminders of her wedded joys, receiving the lov­ youth. Rev. H. S. Kilbourn of Lbe Baptist British Isles and the continent of Europe. This History. ing attentions of many neighbors and towns- church, and Rev. A. W. Moore, D. D., acting 8 THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. pastor of the Congregational church, also had MEMORY GEMS. part in the service, and the choir rendered ap­ He jests at scars that never felt a wound . prppriate selections. The pall-bearers were Shakespear e. relatives and intimate friends. The interment But hush ed be every thought that springs was in the Beedy lot, Riverside . From out the bitterness of things. Beautiful boquets of flowers, ferns and other Wordswort!t. plants adorned the church, while among the Often do the spirits verdure and bloom an easel bearing the County Of great events stride on before the events, And in to -day already walks to-morrow . banner of the W. C. T. U. was a noticeable Coleridge . feature in the decorations. Relatives out of town attending the funeral never knew any man in my life who could not bear another's misfortunes perfectly like a were her brother, T. S. Coffin, of Ileachmont, Christian. Mass.; her sister, Mors. Delia Coffin-Chase of Bangor; a niece and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Pope. Edward Parker, also of Bangor. The attend­ A man's best things are nearest him, ance of friends in -town was large, including Lie close about his feet. Jt,filncs. many members of the W. C. T. U. Sixty-three years of highly active, useful life He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre and enjoy bright day. have ended in the death of this departed friend Milton . and leader. For the world's sake those who 0 world, as God has made it I all is beauty ; knew of its breadth and richness cannot, even And knowing this , is love , and love is duty. in view of her great gain, help wishing many Brownin g. other years might have been added unto them. Death closes all: but something ere the end, But something of that life's largeness, abun­ Some work of noble note, may yet be done, dance and sweetness will be reproduced in the Not unb ecoming men that strove with Gods. lives of those acquainted with her and thus pass Tennyson. on to others yet to come. Though dead she He hath a daily beauty in his life. speaketh and will speak through other lips in Shakespeare. the long years tb be. As good almost kill a man as kill a good book; Mrs. H.P. K eyes. who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself. ON a pleasant evening in October a service Milton. commemorative of Mrs . Beedy was held under the auspices of the W. C. T. U. at the Methodist To all, to each, a fair good-nigh~, vestry with the foll,1>wingprogram : And pleasing dreams and slumbers light ! S cott. Opening remarks, Mrs. Geo. C. Purington And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers JAMES GOODWIN. Song-Lead Kindly Light, Miss Starbird Is always the first to be touched by the thorns. Pray er, Rev. Mr. Corey Moore. Letter-Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens, read by Mrs. Brown The many still must labor fm the one. Mrs. Beedy's early and later life, Mrs. Florence Pottle Byron. Mrs . Keyes Traits and characteristics , Miss Julia May Farewell I a word that must be, and hath been,- In church and school, Rev . Mr . Corey A sound that makes us linger ; yet-farewell I Prin. Purington Byron . Song-Abide With Me, M is.s Starbird $ Mrs. Beedy as a neighbor, Miss May BOOKS. Letters, Mrs. Pottle Mrs. Keyes Big and Little People of Other Lands, Shaw; Favorite poem, Mrs. Chester Greenwood Am. Book Co. Intended as a supplementary Early work in the W . C. T. U., Mrs. 0. M. Jennings reader for the third or fourth grade, it contains Later work in the W. C. T. U., Mrs. Keyes a great deal of information of value and interest Poem, Miss Julia May Song-Only Remembered by What I Have Done, in connection with early geography. Just such Miss Starbird things have been selected as are typical of the t:i ~ -.,

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people's life and are of interest to children. There are given a series of carefully chosen poems There are chapters on China, Japan, Arabia, and stories with suggestions for their study, and many excellent pictures with accompanying India, Lapland, Greenland , Russia, Swit zer­ sketches of the life of the artist and directions land, Holland and several other countries. forthe study of the picture itself. In addition The illustrations are suggestive and pleasing . to this there is a line of work in nature lessons, Squirrels and Oth er F ur-Learers, Burroughs, calculated to appeal to teacher and child. No teacher possessing this book has any excuse for (Sc h. edition) i H0t1ghton, Mifflin & Co. omitting the nature work from her program, Th e populari ty of readers of this sort has proved through fear of it. The purpose of the book to itself beyond a doubt, and this oi1e is very at­ teach language is not Jost sight of throughout tractive. Knowing the author it goes without the work, and each lesson is made to contri­ saying that the incidents are interesting and bute to the desired end. the style charming. A good reader for gram­ ~ mar grades . EXAMINATION VALUES. The Sunbonnet Babies' Primer, Grover; AN interesting tribute to the value of college Rand, McNally · & Co. A charming primer. examinations was rendered by Miss Hester No child could fail to love it. The life of two Cunningham, secretary of Simmons college at little girls of five or six , whose dress and con­ the •' experience meeting " of the ·Radcliffe versation delight the heart. They must be real Auxiliary, held in Bertram Hall, Cambr idge, June 13. The Auxiliary, it should be said , is people to the primer class. The illustrations an organization recently effected for the pur­ could fail to appeal to a blind baby only , and pose of making better known the ideals and the children long at once to know what these methods of Radcliffe college. Its second public dear people say and do. meeting was devoted to a· series of talks from well-known graduates, who explained what they In the days of Giants, Brown i Houghton, got that was valuable from their college work. Mifflin & Co. This gives excellent reading Miss Cunningham especially eulogized the ex­ material for grammar schools. The old Norse amination system, saying: myths are always delightful to children, and " Of the influences for which I am chiefly this collection has some of the best, told in a grat eful to my college course, first I value the ystemati zation of me!ltal habit which may be very attractive ma1iner. One is perfectly safe gain ed from the necessity of under goin g long in assuming its popularity with the children, examinations twice in the year. The prepara­ and since the matter of the stories has so prom­ tion calls for a thorough review of your work, inent a place in literature, reading of this sort and it is vital to get a .knowledge of it as a whole, in perspective, with the salient points should find a place in the grades. distinguished. I can remember no more satis­ A Child's Garden of Verses, Stevenson; fying state than that of the absolute concentra­ Rand, McNally & Co. A beautiful little col­ tion that one falls into during a long examina­ lection of some of Stevenson's well-known tion. In a wonderful way vague associations are pulled forth from the corners of your mind poems for children. One seldom sees a school­ and made to become a live part of your deposi­ reader that has the appearance of a gift book, tion through your own effort, and in a .wonder­ but this possesses all the charms of a most at­ ful way a question that is a blank on the first tractive Christmas edition. The fine paper, reading unfolds itself into a ,g:reat sug gestion illustrations in black and color, clear print and under an aly is . The pleasur e of writin g for uncounted hours without interruption or pause, attractive binding should make it serve in teach­ the suddenness of awakening when the time ing the child a helpful and necessary lesson in nears its end, the delicious relaxation after you proper care of books. Any primary child and have left the room-these constitute -:I great any primary teacher will welcome the volume experience. Under ordinary circumstances there would be about 102 hours of examination, as a delightful addition to the school reading. divided into eight periods during the four years The sort of book that the little people will read in college . The emergency, thus, is not for again and again with pleasure. once only, but . is repeated, and the student is Language Through Nature, Literature and habituated to it." Miss Cunningham made it evident, of course, Art; Rand, McNally & Co. A book that is a that it is the examination which tests for power work of art in its general make-up. The rather than for mere memory which is especially scene of the book is as indicated in the title. valuable to the student.-School Journal. IO THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. I I

Elgiva B. Luce,-elected assistant in English 1893. Fred H. Cowan, A. B.,-Principal of the in the Madison Hi h School. Hlumni J'lotes. Laura H. Williams, - has not been able to Bar Harbor High School. work for several months because of ill health. Mattie I. Farmer,-has tenderly cared for 'We are glad to know that she is now improv- her motl1er, who bas been an invalid for several years, and bas just passed away. [It _is very desirable that the graduates keep THE No R­ 1884. ing. MAL informed of changes in address and occupation. A Cora A. Jackson-Chapman,-Lisbon, Me. Edda C. Locke,-bas resigned her position · fu 11and accurate record of the work of the graduates will JB89, Affie E. Luce-Bogardus,-427 Bergen Ave., in the Horace Mann School, Newton, and is add very much to the interest and value of the paper.] Jersey City, N. J. Sunie C. Clifford-Day,-154 Sheldon St., taking a vacation at her home in Cornville. Gardiner. Address,-R. F. D . No. 7, Skowhegan. 1867. James S. Norton, M. D.,-recently elected Annie A. Hartford,-married Oct. 19, 1904, Flora A. Pearson, - ninth grade, Centre John A. Sweet, wif~, and son John, who is a Superintendent of Schools in Warren. to Arthur V. Looke, West Tisbury, Mass. School, Everett, Mass., 15 Hampshire St. student in Harvard Law School, are spending Rev. Arthur B. Patten, A. M., has moved to Fred 0. Small, A. B.,-25 Eustis St., North Fannie E. Tolman-Fogler,-678 Columbia a part of the winter in Farmington. Santa J;losa, Calif., where he has been called to the pastorate of the Congregational church. Cambl'idgc, Mass. Has resigned lhe principal­ Road, Dorchester, Mass. Julia E. Lowell-Atwood,-moved to Augusta ship of the Murdock High School, Winchendon, to live with her daughter. Mr. Atwood died 1885. Mass .. and has entered the Harvard Law !894. Nov. 14, 1904. Lillian I. Lincolh,-read an interesting paper School. He teaches also in the Boston Central Edgar W. Bailey, Principal of Grammar 1868. on" Educative Desk Work" at the meetino- of Evening High School. School, West Harpswell. Emily M. Brown-Bruce, - has moved to the '.\1aine Teachers' Association in Bango; in Samuel C. Wheeler,-'-Dryden, Me. Arthur J. Chick, A. B.,~Supt. of Schools, Colorado to be with her son Percy, 1903, whose October. Monmouth. Has bad a fine addition built to health is much improved. 1886. lB90. the Academy building of w bich he has charge. Jane M. Cutts,-elected Vice-President of the Rice Brown.- has moved to Farmington in Eunice W. Fobes,-Intermediate School, John S. Dyer, M. D., has begun the practice order to educate his children in the public Farmington High School Alumni Association. of medicine in his home town, New Sharon. Grace L. Douglass-Plummer,-will spend Wakefield, Mass. schools here. Ida J. Harrington-Rowe,-has resigned the Harry L. Small, M. D.,-died Dec. 26, some time in Augusta this winter as her hus­ 1904, at Burnham, Me. Dr. Small bad been 1872. Primary School that she has taught in her home band has been re-elected to the Senate. in Burnham scarcely six months and had built William E. Gorham,-one of the electors on district for five years, because of home duties. Wilbert G. Mallett, A. B.,-appointed by up a large practice. It is thought that over­ the Socialistic ticket in the fall election. Carleton P. Merrill,-re-elected County Treas­ Congressman Littlefield one of the examiners work was largely resp,;msible for bis early death. William H. Newell, Esq.,-elected Judge of urer in September; also elected President of of candidates for the Military School at West Jessie Toothaker,-married June 8, 1904, to Probate for Androscoggin County in September. the Farmington High School Alumni Associa­ Point. Mr. Mallett was dso Chairman of the Charles C. Williams, Bath, Me. Fre_d E. C. Robbins,-has a very interesting tion. Committee on Nominations at the October meet­ Frances E. Wilson,-nurse with Dr. Leitch, story m the Dece_mber 22 issue of the Youth's Herbert S. Wing,-re-elected County Attor­ ing of the Maine Teachers' Association, and Andover, Mass. Companion. was appointed a member of the Committee to ney in September. Sadie J. Wood-J enkins,-assistant in the 1895. Martha S. Reed, daughter of the late Lewis investigate the matter of teachers' salaries. Roger Walcott school, Boston. Home, Ash­ May L. Abbott,-37 New Jersey St., Mont­ H. Reed, was married 'in December to Earl W. Julia W. Swift,-Stratton Lane, Pittsburgh, Spaulrling of Mexico. E. E., Pa. land, Mass. clair, Colo. M. 0. Brown, M. D.,-in practice of bis 'l Frank E. Russell, A. M., elected Supt. of J89J. profession in Sprague's Mills. 1876. Schools, Rangeley, Maine. Gertrude F. Allen,-teaching fall term in Ella Howard-Smith,-has a son, born Nov. Albert F. Gamnion, husband of Lizzie F. Vienna. Ellis, died Oct. 30, 1904 . 1887. Edgar S. Hawkes, M. D.,__:Supt. of Schools, 30, 1904. Sandy B. Nile, M. D.,-has moved to Rifle, Emma J. Allen-Whiltemore,-has lost her Atlantic, Me. Colo. We are glad to report tb;lt bis health is J879. father, Gilbert Allen, who died Nov. 5, 1904 _ Florence E. Holley-Vaughan,-spends a part much improved. Edmund H. Berry, son of E. Burt Holt-Berry Frank W. Butler, Esq.,-re-elected Register of the winter with her mother in Farmington. Belle G. Sampson,-:-not teaching this year of Harnmondton, N. J., married December of Probate in the September election. Inez A. Hunt, - assistant in the Prince Etta H. Johnston,--376 N. Raymond Ave., because of her mother's ill health. 1904, Jennie C. Clark of New Sharon, sister 0~ School, Boston. Address, Garrison Hall, Pasadena, Cali(. Agnes E. Steward,-teacbing a rural school Mae M. Clark-Head of the class of 1902. Garrison St. in Monson, and keeping the home for her father Annie M. Dixon-Graves, - has moved ro Lewis J. Norton, A. B.,-book-keeper, U.S. Sara M. Locke,-married Dec. 26, 1904, to Granville, Mass., to be near het sons Walter Navy Pay Office, Newport, R. I. Charles G. Willard, A. B, an assistant in the and brother. J896. L. and Merle D., who are students in Amhetst 1888. High School, Winchester, Mass. Address, 48 College, class of 1908. E • T. Clifford ,-has the sympathy of his Cutting St. Phila N. Greene-Hutchins,-moved to Rum­ Mabel E. Austin,-is spending the win-ter ·classmates in the loss of his wife, who died in Jennie M. Stetson,-married Sept. 8, 1904, ford Falls, where Dr. Hutchins . bas begun the, with her mother in Farmington. November after a long and painful illness. to Kirk W. Spaulding, West Sumner, Me. practice of bis profession. 12 THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. 13

Isa L. Jackson ,-teaching in the Grammar Lottie M. \Vaterman,-stenographer in the Nonie A. Turner -175 William St., New Wisconsin. Will teach the' winter term of the School, Guilford. office of the Rockland-Rockport Lime Co., Bedford, Mass. Troy High School. Marion . E. Leland, - third grade, Cutler Rockland, Me. Fred L. Varney .-Principal of Grammar Mary R. Carsley,-teaching the third, fourth School, Arlington, Mass. and fifth grades, City Mills, Norfolk, Mass. J899. School, Montague, in the fall. Has entered the Alice M. Lilly, fourth grade, Bigelow School, May E. Gould,--'teacher of music and draw­ Cassie A. Brehaut,-teaching Intermediate Maine Medical School for his second year's Newton, Mass., l 17 Pearl St. ing in the Gardiner schools. grades in Greenville, Me. work. Dilla M. Noble,-married August 24, 1904, Susan L. Hackett,-married July 9, 1904, to Maud I. Carter,-has been elected an assis­ Alice L. Wardwell,-Principal of the Gram- to Marinus Olsen, Salem, Mass. Hartland Ranger, Temple, Me. tant in one of the Boston Grammar Schools. mar School, Fryeburg. Rebecca M. Potter,-third grade, Center Irene P. Ladd,-teaching Intermediate grades, Jean Cragin ,-at home this year caring for Edith G. Willard, 211 State Street, Ken- Street School, Bath. Farmington. the home in her mother's illness. dallville, Ind. Cora Y. Prince,-Intermediate grades, Chis­ Winnifred Ladd ,-fifth grade, McKinley Geo. C. Erskine,-Instructor in Agriculture Chester K. Williams, -- Principal of the holm. School, Revere, Mass. and Forestry, West Rutland, Mass, Grammar School, Anson. Bernice E. Reed,-married Sept. 27, 1904, Annie W. McLeary ,-teaching music, and Roy F. Gammon,--assistant cashier in the Gertrude A. Williams,-returned for another to Merton D. Littlefield. 1458 Degraw Street, organist of the Unitarian Church, Farmingto 'n. Peoples' National Bank. Has also been elected year's work in Simmons's College. 17 Yar­ Brooklyn, N. Y. Florence P. Robinson,-at home caring for a director in the same bank to take the place of mouth St., Boston. Grace M. Smith,-student in· New England her grandmother. his father recently deceased. Josephine F. Williams,-Principal of Gram­ Deaconess' Bible Training School, 17 5 Belle­ Virgie F. Rowell,-sixth grade, Massachu­ Edith D. Huff-Renfrew, - Monkton Ridge, mar School, Fitzwilliam, N. H. vue St., Longwood, Boston. setts Fields School, Quincy, Mass. Address, Vt., P. 0. address, North Ferrisburgh, Vt., Maude L. Smitb,-married Sept. 24, 1904, J90J. 6 Bromfield St., Wollaston, Mass. R. F. D. No. 2. to I. Burton Toothaker, Rangeley, Maine. Clara F. Capen-Raye,-, 2 Franklin Street, Ethel M. Tracy,-married Dec. 29, 1904, Grace T. J enkins,-at home this winter car­ Rumford Falls. to Charles H. Taylor, Quincy, Mass. J897. ing for the home. Vesta E. Chadwick,-12 Gilmore Street, Olena V. Viles,-was unable to teach during Ethel L. Heald-McDonald,-was seriously sick Grace W. Lilly,-Principal of Hillside Schoo.I Everett, Mass. the fall on account of her health. Has entered during the summer, and during that time her 22 Bellevue St., Medford, Mass. Nina L. Davee,-grades three and four, the Central Maine General Hospital at Lewis­ little daughter died. She has gone to Bangor Florence M. Look,-married Sept. 28, 1904, Presque Isle. ton to train for a nurse. to live while Mr. McDonald is completing his to Frederick H. Fuller, M. D., Walpole, Mass. Elizabeth R. Gillette,-teaching grade eight, Isabel A. Woodbury,-has moved to Bingham theological studies in the Seminary. Laura B. Sanborn,-student in New Eng­ and in charge of the science work in grades to care for her mother and an orphan niece. Rowland S. Howard, E. Orange, N. J. land Deaconess' School, 175 Bellevue St., seven, eight and nine, Horace Mann School, Belle N. Pratt,-married Oct. 22, 1904, to Longwood, Boston. J903. Newton, Mass., 53 Bowers St. Herbert E. Herrin, Bangor, Me. Flora A. Sterling,-seventh grade, Nichols Della M. Bemis,-ninth grade, Gardiner. Mabel E. Harlow,-married Oct. 3, 1904, Lena M. Pierce-Cowan,-Bar Harbor, Me. School, Everett, Mass., 41 Warren Sfreet. Nelson W. llrown,-Principal of Grammar to A. E. Andrews, St. Andrews, N. B. Geo. C. Purington, Jr., elected President of Her father has recently died. School, Bethel. Dora M. Hillman,-married August 17, 1904, the South Aroostook Teachers' Association. · Lucelia E. Crockett,-second grade, May­ to John E. Clark, Winn, Me. Lillian M. Scribner, - has resigned her J900. nard, Mass. Mabel E. Hunter,'--Secretary and Treasurer position as Principal of the East Wilton Gram­ Edwina M. Banks,-has a sister, Mary B., Marion Curtis,-fifth grade, Rochester, N. Farmington High School Alumni Association. mar School. in the entering class for the fall term. H., 28 Charles St. Edna M. Lovejoy,-teaching at North Jay. ,. J898. Clara M Bigelow,-teaching at North Auburn. Emma H. Day,-sixth and seventh grades, Jane A. Manter,-married Oct. 26, 1904, to Sarah L. Gile,-182 Fairmount Ave., Hyde Address, Auburn, R. F. D. No. 4. . Industrial Institute, Middletown, Conn. Alexander H. Presson, Farmington. Park, Mass. Bertha M. Bridges,-resigned her place as Emma Demuth,-taught the first Primary at Emily McFadden,-Principal of Grammar Gertrude B. Higgins,-married Sept. 12, principal of the Winthrop Grammar School to Wilton in the fall. Resigned and is teaching School, Hillsboro Bridge,. N. H. 1904, to Arthur W. Grindle, 86 Smith Street, return as assistant in \Vil ton Academy. in the North Grammar School, Waterville. Maud W. Parker ,-teaching in Lubec. Bangor, Maine. Ethel Howard,-taking a course in the Clara A. Eastman,-fifth grade, Norway. Ethel M. Purinton,-sixth grade in the Train­ Harold D. King, on leave of absence from Teachers' College, New York. Leona M. Fogg,-teaching in Gardiner. ing School for Teachers, Portland. the U. S. Coast arid Geodetic Survey, and J. L. Hunt,-recovering from a long sickness. Grace A. Gilkey,-Principal of the Grammar Percy C. Robinson,-teaching an ungraded completing his course at Dartmouth College. Martha C. Marsh,-teaching Primary School, School, Winthrop. school, Eastport. Dora A. Libbey,--at the head of the Normal Houlton. Grace A. Graves,-teaching in Abbot Village. Department, Boydton Institute, Boydton, Lottie A. Melcher,-teaching first, second J902. Ella M. Hewins,-Primary School, New Port­ Virginia. and third grades, Avon, Mass. Mary M. Bickford,-Principal of Grammar land. Agnes S. Reed,-married Dec. 24, 1904, to Sadie M. Smith,-Principal of the village School, Milo. Maud A. Hickey,-Master's assistant, Adams Chester B. Rhoades, Harmony, Me. school, East Dixfield. F. Wilbert Bisbee,-visited the St. Louis School, Quincy, Mass. Emma C. Scott,- ,married Sept. 29, 1904, Edith E. Thompson, B. S.,-assistant in Exposition after the close of his fall term, and Ella H. Irish,-married Oct. 22, 1904, to to Frank V. Ludden, Lincoln, !\le. Brewer High School. then made a trip through Indian Territory and Henry George Clement, A. B., Gorham, Me. 14 THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. 15

Percy J. Look,-entered Boston University, Ine z V . Decker,-first and second grades, Sena M. Madan ,-ungraded school in Strat­ I 892. Sara M. Locke - Charles G. Willard, A. B., Dec. 26, 1904 . class of 1908. Home, Everett, Mass. Mexico. ton. Mildred M. Mason,-first grade, Presque Delia A. Drew,-Sub-Primary School, Island Millie W. Mann, taught one of the villag e 1892. Jennie M. Stetson-Kirk W. Spaul­ Isle. Falls. schools in Abbot in the fall. ding, Sept. 8, 1904. Catherine H. Oldham,-ninth grarle, Norway. Grace E . Drummond,-fifth grade, Eastport. Katherine E . Manter, - Primary School, 1894. Jessie Toothaker- Charles C. Wil­ Susan E. Porter, second grade, Training Berniece P. Dunning,-eighth grade, Gram­ Augusta. liams, June 8, 1904. School for Teachers, Portland, 33 Grant St. mar school, South Brewer. Edith A. Maxwell,-eighth grade, Fort Fair- 1896. Dilla M. Noble, - N . Marinus Olsen, Etta B . Pratt,-ungraded school, York . Ethel M. Edwards,-third and fourth grades, field. Aug . 24, _1904 . Annie A. Reed,-seventh anrl eighth grades, Farmington State Normal Model Training Lizzie L . Moore,-ungraded school at Norton. 1896 . Bernice E . Reed-Merton D. Little­ Millis, Mass. She also teaches book-keeping School. Clara C. Patter son,-Principal of Grammar field, Sept. 27, 1904 . and drawing in the High School. Edith M . Farwell,-village school, West Lu­ School, Alstead, N . H. 1896. Maude L. Smith - I. Burton Tooth­ Carrie I. Richards,-married Oct. 14, 1904, bec. Vera M. Snow,-ungraded school, Starks. aker, Sept. 24, 1904. to George M. Luce, Farmington, Me. Ethel W . Fogg,-Primary grades, Rumford Mabelle A. Spear,- . ungraded school , 1897. Belle N. Pratt-Herbert E. Herrin; Edith L. Strout, teaching eighth grade, Falls. Warren. Oct. 22, 1904. Brewer, Me., 28 Holyoke St. Myrtie R . Garvin,-first and second grades, Winthrop H . Stanley,-Principal of Gram- 1898. Gertrude B. Higgins-Arthur W. Sadie A. Sylvesler,-teaching ninth and Farmington State Normal Model Training mar School, Kingman. Grindle, Sept. 12, 1904. tenth grades, Boothbay Harbor. School. Ella A. Star rett, - ungraded school, East 1898. Emma C. Scott-Frank V. Ludden, Zema R. Walker,-married Henry M. Babb, Olive J. Gleason,-Principal of the Grammar New Portland . Sept. 29, 1904. E. Dixfield, Me. School, Canaan. Harold W. Stilson,-assistant in Farming­ 1899. Florence M. Look-Frederick H. Ina D . Wheeler,-Primary grades, West Marcia A . Gordon, - ungraded school, ton High School. Fuller, M. D ., Sept. 28, 1904. Farmington. Augusta . Vernie B. Taylor,-ungraded school, Spring- 1899 . Agnes S . Re ed-Chester _B. Rhoades , Charlotte M. Whitney,-taught in the fall on Anna A. Guptill,-third grade, Eastport. vale . Dec . 24 , 1904. Eustis Ridge. Is now teaching the village Mae E. Hall,-ungraded school, Wellington . Helen A. Thom as,-second grade, Madison. 1901. Mabel E . Harlow-A . E. Andrews, school in the same town. Edith H. Hatch,-Primary School, New Grace M. Thompson,-fifth grade, Augusta, Oct . 3, 1904. Howard F. Wright, - Principal of the Gram­ Sharon. I 5 Summer St. 1901. Dora M. Hillman-John E. Clark, mar school, Winthrop Centre. Inez M. Higgins,-ungraded school, Clinton. Gertrude M. Thyng, - ungraded school, Aug. 17, 1904. Shapleigh. 1901. Jane A. Manter-Al exander H. Pres­ J904. Mabel G. Holland,-elected to a position in Grace M. Tibbetts,-spending the year at son, Oct. 26, 1904. Martha S. Bartlett,-Primary School, Mon­ the Portland Training School for Teachers . home caring for an invalid. 1902. Susan L. Hackett-Hartland Ranger, son . Now teaching ninth grade in Augusta. Aurelia G. Venner,-ungraded school, Ab­ July 9, 1904. Mame S. Bennett, A . B.,-assistant in High Charles H . Holman,-ungraded school, Dix­ 1902. Ethel M. Tracy-Charles H. Taylor, School, Lubec. field. bot. Angie G . Wadleigh,-ungraded school, Bel­ Dec. 29, 1904. Mary A. Bradbury ,-studying French and Maude E . Hooper,-teaching in Lubec . grade. 1903. Ella H . Irish-H enry G. Clement , German at home. Stella M. Houghton , - Principal Brooke Clariss a L. Weymouth,-Intermediate grades, A . B. , Oct. 22, 1904. Edna I. Brown,-eighth grade, Norway. School, Eastport. Rangeley. 1903. Carrie I. Richards-George M. Luce, Pearle G. Burke,-taught for a time in the Eva F. Hupper,-taught the Abbot Village Addie E. Whittier,-assistant in the Normal Oct. 14, 1904. fall in the Grar:i\nar School, Foxcroft. Met school in the fall. Department of Shaw University, Raleigh, 1903. Zerua R. Walker-Henry M. Babb, with a shocking bt;reavement in the death of her Nina W. Hussey ,-fourth, fifth and sixth N. C. J ~ne 7, 1904. mother and sister by drowning. grades, Norridgewock. Grace M. Will,-ungraded school, Starks. Bertha F. Calkins,-eighth grade, Eastport. Austin Joyce,-Principal of Grammar School, • DEATHS. Enoch A. Williamson,-spent the fall in Grace M. Clark,-ungraded school, E. Troy. Eastport. 1894. Harry L. Small, Dec . 26, 1904. Massachusetts. Principal of the Grammar Marion L. Cooke,-Primary grades, Range- Bertha W . Judkins,-taught an ungraded .,c School, New Sharon, for the winter. ley . Was called home just as she had begun school in Stratton in the fall. MID-SUMMER REUNION, Martha H. Wil son,-at home caring for her the winter term , by the sudden death of her Mabel T . Kallo ch,-fourth grade, Rockland . About one hundred Alumni of the Normal father. mother . Katharine L. Lawlis,-studying at home . School returned to their alma mater August 8th . Ellen G. W itham ,-ungraded school in Starks Florence S. Coolidge, - ungraded school, Celia B. Leland,-fifth and sixth grades, The reunion was under the special charge of for the fall. Primary school, Wilton, in the 1 Farmington. Farmington State Normal Model Training the classes of 84 and '94 . Exercises com­ winter. Carolyn M. Crockett,-taught in the fall on School . menced at 2.45 P. M., and in the absence of Granite Island. Ethel W. Lewis,-Principal of Grammar Pres . Geo. F. Stackpole, '6 6, and Vice-Presi­ Molly M. Davis, teaching in Massachusetts. School, Rangeley. During the fall term she MARRIAGES. dent Frank W. Butler, '87, Elwood T. Wyman, Flora E. Deane,-assistant in the Grammar was tailed home by the sudden death of her 1889. Annie A . Hartford-Arthur V. Looke, '84,ofWaterville, Me., took · the chair. The School, West Farmington . father . Oct. 19, 1904. following was the afternoon's program: THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. 16 THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. it has given the teachers of the school to note the Piano Solo-Nodurne in Ab, Listz, 1894-Clarence H. Knowlton, A. B. Following is a list of the aiumni and teachers interest the graduates of this school take in ed­ '02 r 89 5-Rose P. Grounder. Miss Annie W. McLeary, that were in attendance : Reading, Prin. G. C. Purington Mary E. Howe-Nile. ucational meetings. The recent meeting of the Addresses by 1866-Myra Q. Vaughan-Thompson. Helen A. Sewall, A. B. Maine Teachers' Association is a case in point. Rev. Arthur B. Patten, '84, So. Hadley, Mass. 1870-Clara A. Hinckley-Knowlton. There were present by count eighty-three grad­ Elwood T. Wyman, '84, Waterville, Me. Florence S. Wiley. Clarence H. Knowlton, '9,f, Lexingt0n, Mass. 1873-Eldora Nichols-Hunter. r 896-.:..Cora Y. Prince. uates, and enough undergraduates to raise the Prof. W G. Mallett, '86 1876-Holmes H. Bailey. 1897--Olive M. Greene-Keen. number above one hundred. Reading-" Ananias, the Second," 1877-Alice C. Mansur-Jacobs. Sadie R. Hall-Eaton. A short, but very pleasant, rennion was held Mrs. Blanche Harrington-Sampson, '86 1878-Annie M. Pinkham-Mason. Lena M. Pierce-Cowan. during the evening of Dec. 28th, in one of the "The Educational Problem in England," Charles S. Walker. rooms of the City Hall. Rev. Hugh Elder, Forres, Scotland Martin H. Fowler. Solo-" Irish Hush Song," 1879-Lizzie A. Greenwood. 1898-Nellie M. McLeary. Miss Florence P. Rubinson, '02 Jennie M. Thorne-Johnson. Lilla M. Whittier-Potter. Below we give a list of the graduates attend­ Business. 1881-Hortense M. Merrill. Ralph C. Potter. ing the Maine Teachers' Association at Bangor, In the evening the following program was Ruth A. Norton-Toward. r 899-- Jean Cragin. Oct. 27-29, 1904: carried out: Alice M. Sewall-Ridlon. Edith G. Frederic. 1879-Addie M. Swain. Piano Solo-Ncivellette in F, Sc/m,nann, Sarah P. Titcomb. Mildred Gay. 1881-Hortense M. Merrill. Miss Annie W. Mc Leary, '02 Solo, Mr. Purington 1883-Viola A. Johnson-Weston. Ella A. Hamlin. 1884--Marina A. Everett. Reading-The Black Motor Car, Lizzie J. McLain-Kenniston. Grace T. Jenkins. Elwood T. Wyman, A. M. Mrs. Blanche Harrington-Sampson, '86 1884-Addie F. McLain. Florence M. Look. 1885--Mary E. Eaton, A. B. Solo-" Love and a Rose," Miss Mary R. Carsley, '02 Blanche L. Nutter-Atkins. Lillian I. Lincoln. Parting Address. Mr. Purington Roy F. Gammon. l{eport of Committee on Recommendations. Mary C. Perkins-Bailey. 1900-Effie E. Carvill. Lew M. Felch. Hortense F. Phinney-Whorff. Edna M. Luce. 1886-Wilbert G. Mallett, A. B. The following recommendations were pre­ Ella F. Titcomb. Edith E. Thompson, B. S. 1888--Elgiva B. Luce. sented and accepted: Carrie P. White-Johnson. Gertrude A. Williams. Gertrude L. Stone. RECOMMENDATIONS. Mary D. White. 1901-Eudora W. Gould. 1890-Henry H. Randall, A. B. 1. That the Alumni association hold a gen­ Rev. Arthur B. Patten, A. M. Edna M. Lovejoy. 1891-Effie E. Lord. eral reunion the second Thursday in August., Elwood T. Wyman, A. M. Mary E. Odell. 1892-Katherine E. Abbott. 2. That the classes which have been grad­ 1885-Mary E. Eaton, A. B. 1902--Mary R. Carsley. W. H. S. Ellingwood, A: R. uated in ten, twenty, thirty and forty years Carolyn A. Whittier. Mildred F. Greenwood. 1893--lrving 0. Bragg, A. B. make special efforts to hold as complete class 1886-Jane M. Cutts. Annie W. McLeary. Winfield R. Buker. reunions as possible in connection with the gen­ Annie M. Fellows-Akers. Florence P. Robinson. Fred H. Cowan, A. B. eral reunion, Blanche M. Harrington-Sampson. Winnifred F. Stone-Mason. 1894-Cora C. Dow. 3. That those who so desire bring a picnic Ella J . Longfellow-Mallett. Ethel M. Tracy. W. H. Sturtevant, A. B. dinner at noon to the Normal grounds. Nettie M. Sewall. F. Wilbert Bisbee. 1895-Edith C. Chaney. 4. That a committee of three be appointed Julia W. Swift. Arthur D. Ingalls. Flora A. Gilbert. by the chairman at each meeting to ,i)rovide a Wilbert G. Mallett, A. B. 1903-Ada D. Davis. Edith R. Weaver. program a year in advance. 1887 Emma J. Allen-Whittemore. Emma Demuth. Anna A. Wood. 1888-Ida S. Cowan. 5. That annual dues of 25 cents •each for Lena M. Dickinson. r 896--Isa L. Jackson. Clara Pickard-Weathern. members present be assesst;d and paid to the Leona M. Fogg. Martha B. May. Audie F. Woodman. treasurer at each summer meeting, snch funds Grace A. Gilkey. 1897-Lena M. Pierce-Cowan. 1889-Edward A. Croswell. to be deposited in the general treasury of the Maude A. Hickey. Robert W. Martin. association, and held subject to the order of the r 890-Susie F. Farrington. Lucy M. Reynolds. 1898-Leila A. Barbc)llr. program committee for the ensuing year. 1891-Gertrude F. Allen. Olive E. Titcomb. Grace D. Bradley. 1892-Nina A. Duley-Palmer. Ina D. Wheeler. Gertrude B. Higgins-Grindle. Program submitted for next year: 1893-Flora A. Pearson. Charlotte M. Whitney. Sadie Smith. ro.oo A. M, Informal class and social reunion in the Nor­ mal building. Fred H. Cowan, A. B. 1904-Flora E. Deane. Carolyn A. Stone. r 2.00 M. Picnic dinner on the grounds for such as wish 1894-Edith M. Boothby-Griffin. Harold W : Stilson. Florence E. Wilkins. it, followed by after-dinner speeches. Cora C. Dow. Enoch A. WiJliamson. r 899--Florence E. Barbour. 2.00 P. M. Business meeting followed by regular class reunions. Maude E. Howard. Teachers-Prin. Geo. C. Purington. Cassie A. Brehaut. 8.oo P. M. Address by Fred 0. Small, A. B., '89, of S. Isabel Sewall. Mrs. E.T. Sewall. Grace L. Choate. Winchendon, Mass.; Rev. A. P. McDonald, A. B., '84, alternate. Lora L. Wight-Austin. We have once before alluded to the satisfaction Isabelle M. Towle. 9.00 P. M. Reception. Harry E. Dunham, A. B. "THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. 18 THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. Grac e Emma Dearing, Sabattus Foxcroft Academy. 1 899-Abbie ll. Verrill. 1902-Helen W. Adams. Gardiner High School. Helen Hartwell Delano, Abbot Village Hope M. Whidden. Harriet W. Buck. Guilford High School. Susie Brackett Dewing, Auburn Hollis High School . Harold E . Jackman. May E. Gould. Margaret Stanton Drury, South Berwick Litchfield Academy. Edwina M. Banks. Helen M. March . Rosa May Edgecomb, West Buxton Newark (N. J .) High School. 1900--Clara M. Bigelow. Neliie E. Potter. New Vin eyard High School. Ana Grace Francis, N. Chesterville Ethel Jenks. 1903-Annie M. Adam s . Norway High School. Alice Drusilla Gammon, Norway Alice Lowell. Della M. Bemis. Old Town High School. Alice Shepard Gilman, Buckfield Paris High School. Helen R. Stubbs. Ada D. Davis. Emma Louise Gogg-in, Sabattus Rockland High School. Edith E. Thompson, B. S . Nina A. Gardner. Dora May Gr eenlaw, Boothbay Harbor Rockport High School. Alma G. Warren., Ella G. Lowe. Rumford Falls High School. Ethel Claire Greenlaw , Eastport Florence E . Warren. Mildred M . Mason. Sabattus High School. Nellie Hayward, Baring Springfield Normal School. Ivan J. Lenfest. Susie B. Sherer. Irene Frances Hazen, Norway' Warren High School. Fred L. Varney. Edith L. Strout. Ada Louise Hill, Sabattus Wilton Academy. 1901-Florria M. Bishop. Bertha M. Tardy . Winthrop High School. Myrlie Amanda Howard, West Peru Mattie P. Clark. Nellie M. White. Wiscasset Academy. Cassie F. Jameson, East Friendship Della M. Foss. 1904-Martha S . Bartlett. York High School. Eva May Johnson, Augusta .,. Bertha L. Goggin. Berniece P. Dunning . Mary Elsie Keene, York Village SUMMER SCHOOLS. Dora M. Hillman. Mabel T. Kalloch. Bath Kitti e Bessie Larrabee, The following graduates and under-graduates Ethel L. Morrill. Millie W . Mann. Est ella R . Leavitt, West Dresden were registered at the Summer Schools of Winifred M. Pearson . Edith A. Maxwell. Arolin Anna Lewis, Newport New Vineyard Clara E. Purvis. Grace M. Thompson. Della Eva Looke, Maine in the summer of 1904: Sadie Gertrude Luce, Winthrop Sara W. Young. Martha H. Wilson. HAMPDEN. Betsey Edith Maddocks, Stillwater '98 Cleveland E . Giles. Winthrop H. Stanley. Leila A. Barbour, Sarah Belle McCorison, North Berwick '93 Cherryfield Winfield R. Buker, Edna Alton McDevitt, Abbie E. Burgess, Marjorie May McKenney , West Paris Springvale Ethel M. Ch,ise, Bertha Maude Ogden, Flora A. Gilbert, '95 Carrie Minnetta Paul, Rockport Normal Notes. Gardiner Winnifred E. Glover, Ella Julia Percival, Flora A . Pearson, '93 Ina May Powers, Wilton '98 Flagstaff Carolyn A. Stone, Serena Mary Ricker, Madg~ E . Weick, The fall term, 1904, numbered only 103, Abbie Luce, Skowhegan Bernice Lillian Rowell. Solon S . Beddington SACO . which is the smallest term since 1890, though Lora M. McGaffey , Mt. Vernon Irving Wheelock Small, 'oo Boothbay Harbor Clara M. Bigelow, there have bee~ several terms nearly as small. Augusta M. Porter, Pembroke Frances Marion Spurling, '04 Etta Arvilla Thomas, Farmington Falls M. Alma Bradbury, The unprecedented demand for teachers and Nellie M. Rose, Monroe Rockland Maude E . Hooper, '04 Florence May Thomas, '98 the intense activity of many of the high schools Annie M .. Seavey, Industry Agnes Clarabel Tinkham, Anson Dora A. Libbey, and academies to secure pupils for the sake of Winnie L. Smith, Jonesboro Farmington Lora E. Norris, Nellie Loretta Webster, '93 meeting the requirements of the laws relating Daisy W. Thurston, Clinton Alice Ethel Weston, Newark, N. J. Flora A. Pearson, Clarissa L. Weymouth . '04 to academies passed by the last Legisl i ture will Cora P . Walker, Exeter Nora Ethel Weymouth, Guilford sufficiently account for the small attendance on Emmelyn F. Weeks, Wiscasset ,;A WILTON . May E. Adams, '99 all of the Nonna! Schools. · The followin·g secondary schools are repre­ Mildred A. Wellman, Razorville Winfield R. Buker, '93 The entering class, as shown below, num­ ,;A sented in the class whose nan:ies are given Wm. H. Daisey, bered fifty-one, and is one of the best that we above--forty-three out of the fifty-one being Myrtie F. Dascomb, '93 PUPILS ENTERING FALL TERM, 1904 . '03 have had for years . graduates: Emma Demuth, Emma Louise Atwood, Litchfield Ella L. Dunlap, Anson High ',chool. '85 Una Louise Bangs, Farmington Mary E. Eaton, A. B., Bath High School. '90 PUPILS ENTERING SPRING TERM, 1904. Mary Barton Banks, Augusta Berwick Academy . Susie F. Farrington, Mildred S. Gay, '99 The following list was inadvertently omitted Esley Bicknell, Rockland Boothbay Harbor High School. 102 Boynton High School, Eastport. Mabel J. Goding, from the Normal Notes of Vol. 3, No. 4: Edna Fessenden Boggs, Warren '95 Brewster (N. H .) Academy. Rose P. Grounder, Ellen R: Beal, Jonesport Jennie Lelia Bradbury, Wesl Paris Bridgton Academy. Guy C. Howard, Lena E. Butler, St. Albans Frances Helen Butler, Rockland Cherryfield Academy. Maisie G. Hutchins, Helen Knowlton, Linda A. Chase, Monroe Maude Bernic.e Cole, Cambridge Cony ·High School, Augusta. Dora A . Libbey, '98 Hattie E. Doble, Kingman Jessica Louise Curtis, South Paris Edward Little High School, Auburn. 'oo Farmington High School. Sara C. Lothrop, Kathleen E. Hobart, Pembroke Eva May Dearing, Sabattus 20 THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. 21 Sena M. Madan, 3. Voc,i.l Solo, Miss Looke Rose E. Mitchell, 4. Plain Quadrille. Rubie Ireland, -Greene Ruth M. Russell, Fort Fairfield Edwina L. Pearson. 5· Lady of the Lak e. Annie M. Jenne, 1st and 2d grades, South Pari s Salome A. Ripley, Lincoln Flora A. Pearson, 6. Reading, Miss Tarr Flavilla S. Jones, Georgetown Maude E. Ranger, Wilton 7. Boston Fancy. Frances King, Paris Helen M, Robinson, St. George Cora Y. Prince, 8. Vocal Sola, Miss Allard Maude E. Ranger, 9. New Portland Fancy. Caroline S. Kane, Grammar School, Eastport Harriet J . Ricker, Turner Lillian Scribner, 10 . Good-night March . Josephine Kennedy , Rangeley Gertrude E. Richardson, Monmouth '97 jC Frances V. Knowles, Harrington Eleanor J. Small, Perry Belle I. Sewall, '94 Helen A. Sewall, Sociable, October 14, 1905. Laura R . Looke, Jonesboro Inez M. Stevens, Peru '95 Margaret M . Longfellow, Lambert Lake Rose L. Smith, Jonesboro Nettie M. Sewall, '86 .,_ March and Circle. 2. Lady of the Lake. Edna E. Lamson, Primary School, Bridgton Maude A. Smith, Thomaston Isaac A. Smith, '92 3. Reading, Mr. Craig Grace M. McKowen, E. Dixfield Ermina F. Sawtelle, Center Sidney Elizabeth L. Tobey, 1· Portland Fancy. Jennie A. Weathern, 5. Plain Quadrille. Sadie M. Morse, New Portland Addie M. Stone, Troy Delle I. Wheeler, 6. Normal Quartette . Azuba 0. Myrick, Troy Ina M. Silver, Rumford Falls 7. Boston Fancy. Rose E . Mitchell, Chesterville Annie W. Stevens, South Hope Howard F. Wright, 8. New Portland Fancy. jC 9. Selection, Fannie C. Mulholland, Lubec Mabel L. Trainer, Grammar School, Miss Payne Beatrice E. Millett, Bunganuck, Brunswick Cummington, Mass. NORMAL CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. 1 a. Good-night March. jC Bertha Marden, Chesterville Edith L. Tobey, Norridgewock F ALL TERM, 1904 . Anna J. orton, Ran ge ley Edith Talcott, Kingfield President-Zulietta Morse . C Sociable, November 17, 1904 . uausta • . Newbegin, West Falmouth Agnes E . Vose, Kingfield Vice-President-Alicia Carvill. 1. Selection, Orch es tra M . Mildred A. Wellman, Washington s.ec. and Treas.-Ethel M. Gilmore. 2. Song, Miss Allard Lila orlhrup , Somerville E xecut ive Commil le~'-BC rtha M. Stevens, Eva M 3. Pi ano Sal o, Miss Payne Lillian E . Oliver , Arrows ic Florence J. W ebber, Salem Garvin, Edna E. F rost, Mable A. Tarr, Myrtle A. Howard: 4. Tableau, Th e Norm al's Dream Maude E. Oliver, Back River Annie B . Woodworth, Buckfield 5. Sang, Miss Thoma~ TOPICS AND LEAD E RS. 6. Reading, Edwina L. Pearson, Fairbanks, Farmington Elmer H. Webber, Embden Sept. t. Topic selected. Miss Tarr 7. Song, Miss March Fostina Purington, Weld Madge E. Weick, Carroll Mr . Mallett 8. Tableau , Sept. 8. Topic selected , The Normal's Latest Hymn Pearl E. Pierce, Troy Mary D. Weeks, Wiscasset 9. Selection, Orchestra Miss Morse Io. March and Circle. Sept. 15. The right use of ability. I 1. Boston Fancy. Matt. 2 : 1-12. 12 . Plain Quadrille. Miss Davenport 1 3. Portland Fancy. Sept. 22. How the weak become strong. 14. Lady of the Lake. School 2 Cor. 12 : 9-12 . Isa . 14 : 10 ; 58: 11. 1 5· Lander's Quadrille . Miss Gilmore I 6. New Portland Fancy. Sept. 29. Same things worth living for. 17. Good-night March. 1 John 2 : 12-17 . jC Miss Haward WILTON ACADEMY . The Duties of the Executive Commitree of the Alumni Oct. 6. How am I building? Mr. Walter Turner of Boston, gave an ex­ 1 Cor. 3 : 10-17. The Alumni Association of Wilton Academy Association, cellent lecture on " Historic Boston, Cambridge, Dr. W . J. Trefethen, Chairman of Ex. Com . Mr . Craig held their twentieth annual reunion on the Oct. 13. Man's failures, God's succes ses. Lexington and Concord" in the Normal Hall; Needs, Outlook and Achievements of the Academy, 1 Cor. , ; 18-25. Academy grounds and in Academy hall last Prof. D. T. Harthorn Miss Eldridge Friday evening, Nov. r r. It was finely illus­ Oct. 20. Wednesday afternoon and evening. Tl]ese Remarks, Byron Small If Christ should came to-morrow . trated with a stereopticon. 1 Thess. 5: 1, 2, 4-8, exercises were largely attended and many grad­ After these e;:ercises the remainder of the Miss Maddocks jC Oct . 27. Confessing Christ before men . Why and how ? uates and friends from out of t{!wn were present afternoon was spent in renewing old acquaint­ John 21: 43-53. Rom . ra, 8-u. UNDERGRADUATES TEACHING. and manifested a great interest in the success Mr. Small ances and calling upon friends of former days. 1 FALL TERM. Nov , 3. Prayer and it s answer . of the meeting. In the evening the musical, literary and Acts 18 : 15-17. Kings 3: 6-14. Louise W. Atwood, Rangeley Miss. Gammon Effie M. Atwood, A good number were seated around the tables social exercises were held in Academy Hall. Nov. JO. Auburn Individual work for Christ. set under the maples upon the campus at 5 P. M., Acts 8 : 26-40. Viola L. Adell, Gardiner About 7 o'clock rain commenced to fall, but Miss Larrabee Evelyn L. Atwood, Mass. and did ample justice to the abundant food . notwithstanding the unfavorable weather the Nov. 16. Topic selected. Lena E. Butler, St Albans After hunger had been appeased, toasts were hall was well filled. Mr . Purington Elva M . Brown. ,;A Starks then in order. Dr. Preston Kyes of Chicago Gertrude M. Cross, The programme was an interesting one and Dexter University, a former graduate of the Academy, F Sociable, September 2, 1904. Adelaid~ G. Coffin, Harrington the parts were well taken. The au'.!ience fol­ 1. March. Mabel Caldwell, Stratton acted as toast-master and performed his duties lowed each part closely and every number re­ 2. Vocal Sala, Miss Look Maud E. Dyer, Madison in a pleasing manner. The following were ceived most hearty applause . 3. Guessing' Game. Melvina Delano, 4. Readi ng, Miss Dewing Canton the toasts, which were happily responded to: John R. Bass, president of the Association, .5. Voca l olo Carroll E. Farrington, Milton Pl. 1 Miss Allard presided and announced the different parts. 6. "Another Guess." Gard R. Francis, Leeds Greetings of th e Alumni Association of Their Alma 7. Piano Sola, Miss Davenport Mater, John R. Bass 8. March . Maude E. Guimond, Stratton The following was the musical and literary Melvinia Green, Remarks, Leon B. Leavitt jC Waterford Relationship of th e Normal School and the Academy and programme: Fannie G. Harlow, Some of the Needs of the Academy, Buckfield Music, The " Gym" Sociable, September 16, 1904 . Mabel W. Hunnewell, Prof. G. C. Purington Green's Orchestra Auburn Pr ayer, Rev. A. C . Furbush 1. March and Circle. Flora E. Hebb, The Needs of a Dormitory for Wilton Academy to be South Bridgton Built by an Organized Village Improvement Associa­ 2. Portland Fancy, Angie M. Hunnewell, Instrumental Duet, Mrs. A . B. Allen Jay tion, W. C. Hobbs l Miss Fannie Linscott 11 ~· •.1

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Reading-" The Death of Minnehaha," MAINE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION, OCT. 27-29, 1904. Cor. Sec.--Edna M. Lord, Bangor. What may be done for the Better Preparation of Rural Miss Virg°ie F. Rowell The weather, attendance and the hospitality School Teachers, Executive Committee-H. E. Poole, Bar State Supt. W.W. Stetson, Auburn Music, Orchestra of the Bangor people conspired to make this The Rural School, Prof. W. M. Munson, Orono Oration, Leon B. Leavitt Harbor. one of the most successful meetings for many Vocal Solo, Miss Mabel Starbird pfficers of the Maine Association of Colleges P. M. years. The programme, while not as attrac­ Reading-" The Death of Black Child," and Pr~paratory Schools : Department of Grammar Schools. Miss Alice M. McLaughlin tive as that of last year, was excellent, and Pres.--Dr. Geo. E. Fellows, Orono. Supt. M. P. Dutton, Augusta, Pres. Music, Orchestra most of the addresses were interesting and in­ Vice-Pres.--Prin. F. W. Johnson, Water- Essentials of Arithmetic, Prin. T. T. Young, Saco Essentials of Geography, Supt. E. L. Palmer, Dexter Under the head of business, the reports of the structive. ville. 1 Birds that Grammar School Pupils should know, secretary and treasurer were read and accepted The attendance was larger than we have Sec. and Treas.-Prof. J. Wm. Black, Water­ Prin. W. L. Powers, Gardiner and the following officers were elected for the ever before seen at a State meeting. The ad­ ville. The Department of Superintendency elected Literature in Grammar Grades, ensuing year : . dress on "Old and New Ideals in Education," State Supt. W.W. Stetson, Auburn Supt. D. W. Colby, Skowhegan, for President. President-Dr. A. I. York. by Prin. E. H. Russell of the Worcester Nor­ The Moral Training Necessary to Fit Pupils for High School and College, Vice-President-Chester A. Dascombe. mal School, was exceedingly bright. Dr. Jane PROGRAMME, MAINE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. Sec. and Treas.-Miss Edna F. l>ascombe. Pres. Geo. C. Chase, Lewiston THURSDAY, OCT, 27, P. M, Executive Committee-George Goodspeed, Mrs. Lura E. Robbins told us, simply told us, about Department of Kindergartners. Farnham, Miss Lizzie Bass. (some) "Foreign-born Americans." Dr. Prayer, Rev. Elmer F. Pember, Bangor · Miss Nellie E. Brown, Bangor, Pres. Bliss Perry's address, "Literary Fashions," Address of Welcome, Mayor F. 0. Beal, Bangor The Influence of Kindergarten Training Upon the Life Miss Alzaleen Sampson, the vocal soloist, Response, Pres. Wm. DeW. Hyde, Brunswick was brilliant, and at times eloquent. He is in­ of the Young Woman, was unable to be present on account of sickness Address-The Kindergarten : Its Aims, Methods and Miss Abby N. Norton, Portland and her place was taken by Miss Mabel Star­ deed a most charming speaker. Nora Archi­ Results, The Relation of the Kindergarten and the Primary Miss Nora Archibald Smith, New York City bald Smith's addre~s on "The Kindergarten" School, Supt. H. C. Morrison, Portsmouth, N. H. bird of Farmington. Business-Appointment of Committees, Etc. was captivating. Dr. Henry Houch of Penn. Necessity for the Public School to Concern Itself with the Leon B. Leavitt, the orator of the evening, Address-Old and New Ideal, in Education, ' Mother's Meetings and the Home Visitation of the is a graduate from the Academy and also from was unable to be present, and his place was Prin. E. H. Russell, Worcester, Mass. Kinderga.rtner, Miss Nellie E. Brown, Bangor supplied by Prin. Albert E. Stearns of Philips EVENING. Bowdoin College, and for the past three years Making Americans, Address-Foreign-born Americans, has occupied a prominent position in the Cen­ Andover Academy, whose subject, "The Call­ Nora Archibald Smith, New York City · Dr. Jane E. Robbins, New York City ing of the Teacher: Its Opportunities and Its sus department at Washington. He is a native Music-Temple Quartette, Bangor. GENERAL SESSION. Business. of this town, where his mother still makes her Demands," was well writte·n and delivered. Address-Literary Fashions, Address-The Calling of the Teacher: Its Opportunities The Committee on Resolutions were Prin. Dr. Bliss Perry, Boston, Mass. home. His oration was well written and and its Demands, FRIDAY, OCT. 28, A, M. showed much thought. C. F. Cook, Augusta, Prin. A. F. Richardson, Prin. Albert ,E. Stearns, Andover, Mass. Department of Primary Schools . ,JI, Castine, and Miss Annette A. Peasley, Jones­ Miss A. Maud Bridgham, Auburn, Pres. ,JI, port. The Committee on Nominations con­ The Franklin County Teachers' Association Fall and Winter Nature Study, The meetings of the Association of Colleges sisted of W. G. Mallett, Farmington, F. C. met at Normal hall, Sept. 20, 1904. Miss Frances Wilson, Rumford Falls and Preparatory Schools were held at Orono Ball, Bangor, and Supt. A. A. Heald, Bar Educative Desk Work, OFFICERS . and in Bangor. The questions discussed and Miss Lillian I. Lincoln, Farmington President-Drew T. Harthorn, Wilton. Harbor. Class Exercises-1. Second grade Reading, papers presented were full of interest and of Secretary-Miss Higgins, Farmington. Supt. Payson Smith of Auburn, in a short and Miss Georgia Hutchinson, Bangor much profit. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. able address, presented the subject of inade­ 2. Third grade Reading, Wilbur Wilkins, Wilton, Miss Lizzie E. Bass, Wilton, quate compensation of Maine teachers and Miss Maude Rogers, Bangor The American Institute of Instruction held Miss Addie McLain, Strong. urged the importance of an investigation of the How to Secure Expression in Reading, its seventy-fourth annual meeting at Bethlehem, Miss Mary B. Bills, Castine PROGRAMME. subject as a basis for a crusade for an ir.crease N. H., July 5-8. The sessions were full of P. M. Work Study, Miss Elizabeth L. Hall, Lewiston of salaries. 2.00 Music. Department of Superintendence. interest under the skillful management of the Prayer. The President appointed Prin. Payson Smith, Supt. Myron E. Bennett, Sanford, !:'res, President, Prin. Chas. H. Keyes, Hartford, Music. Auburn, Prin. C. F. Cook, Augusta, and W. Manual Training in the Rural Schools, Conn., and the attendance good. 2.15 Discussion, How can the present dearth of teachers G. Mallett of Farmington, a committee to col­ Supt. H. R. Williams, Dover The Farmington Normal School was repre­ be overcome ? The Industrial Aspect of Manual Training, lect statistics and present a report at the next Franklin County Supts. and Others Prin. Geo. E. Babb, Portland sented by Prin. Purington, W. G. Mallett, A. 3.00 The Claims of the Teachers' Profession, meeting of the Association. This is a move in Paper , Supt. Payson Smith, Auburn B., '86, Gertrude L. Stone, A. M., '88, Edda Miss Julia Harris May the right direction and the most important Department of Rural Schools. C. Locke, '93, Una E. Brann, 199, and Kather­ 3.1 5 The Citizen's Interest in our Common Schools, action taken for some time in the educational Supt . Tyler M. Coombs, Vinalhaven, Pres. ine E. Abbott. Hon. N. P. Noble, Phillips The Rural School Preparatory to the High School, history of the State. 3.45 The Teacher's Interest in the Community, Prin. Wm. H. Patten, Deer Isle Principal Purington was on the programme to Prin. J.M. Pike, Livermore Falls The officers elected for the ensuing year are : Outline for Course of Study in Rural Schools, discuss papers presented by Pri n. Boyden of the 4.00 Business. President-Prin. Prescott W. Keyes, Bangor. Supt . E. L. Palmer, Dexter Bridgewater Normal School, and Supt. W. E. EVENING. Vice-Pres.-Prin. D. T. Harthorn, Wilton. Specialties in the Rural Schools, Hatch, New Bedford, Mass., on" The Condition 7.45 Address, Judge F. W. Winston, N. Carolina Supt. Myrtie M. Curtis, Brewer Sec. and Treas.-Supt. M. P. Dutton, Au- and Prospects of Normal Schools in New Eng­ Address, Hon. C. B. Aycock, Gov. of N. Carolina How to Induce the Community to do its Part, Music, America. gusta. Supt. S. A. Burleigh, Rumford Falls land," and Possible Reforms in Normal Schools. ,1"! .

THE FARMINGTON NORMAL. FarmingtonState NormalSchool. p leasantries.

PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL. Mamma: "Don't be so selfish. Let your Moritz Gotleib Saphir, as he rounded a corner To give a professional preparation to the teachers of the public schools. baby-brother play with your marbles a little in Munich, ran into a stranger. " Brute!" cried while." Tommy: " But he means to keep the stra,nger . Saphir bowed low, and said: them always." Mamma: "Oh, I guess not." "Charmed to know you. My name is Saphir ." CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION. Tommy: "I guess yes, 'cause he swallered The Widow: " I want a man to do odd jobs AGE.-Gentlemen must be seventeen years of age, ladies sixteen, before entering . 'em ! "-Philadelphia Press . about the house, run errands, one that never CHARACTER.-Candidates must bring a certificate of good moral character from some respon­ answers back, and is always ready to do my bid­ There is a mysterious touch about the follow­ sible person. ing advertisement in a ladies' periodical : " Best ding." Applicant: "You're looking for a. hus­ quality hand-wringer, fourteen-inch rubber band, ma'am." OBLIGATION.-Pupils admitted to the School are required to sign an obligation to faithfully roller; unused, through affliction; cost 28s; '' Tommy, how are you coming on at school?" observe all its regulations, and also to teach in the public schools of the State as long a time as they offer." If a hand-wringer is not used in times Tommy: "First-rate, ma." . "Mention the shall have been connected with the school, or pay tuition at the rate of 1/,ro per term. of affliction, it seems a highly superfluous bit of names of some of the domestic animals." "The SCHOLARSHIP.-To be admitted, candidates must pass a satisfactory examination in Reading, mechanism altogether. horse, the dog, the pig." "Whit animal is Spelling, Arithmetic, Grammar, Geography, Physiology and Hygiene, Algebra, and Plane that which lives mostly in the house, but often The class in geography in one of the Brooklyn Geometry. makes a dreadful noise so that people cannot schools was asked by the teacher, " What are sleep?" "Four-legged animal? " "Yes." ADMISSION WITHOUT EXAMINATION. some of the natural peculiarities of Long Island?" "Don't let people sleep? " " Yes." Tommy The pupils tried to think, and after a while a By vote of the ;I'rustees, the following persons will be admitted without examination upon (triumphantly): "Piano."-Golden Days . boy raised his hand. "I know," said he. the presentation of the proper certificates : Senator Hoar, at the New England dinner in " Well, what are they?" asked the teacher. 1. College graduates. Philadelphia, talked about New England hos­ "Why," said the fat boy, with a triumphant pitality. "It is better now than it used to be," 2. Graduates of high schools, academies, seminaries, and other secondary schools, having look, "on the south side you see the sea, and he said, "but it will stand improvement. I re­ courses of study covering four years and fitting for college. on the north side you hear the Sound."-New member how I dined, not long ago, with a Con­ 3. All persons holding state certificates of any grade. York Times. necticut friend of mine. For dinner there was A learned judge at a dinner was unexpectedly turkey. It was an excellent bird, and I ate called upon to reply to a toast . Recovering EXPENSES, ETC. heartily. I said, 'John, this turkey will make a somewhat from his surprise, he said his situation fine hash to-morrow .' 'Yes, George it will,' Each pupil pays an incidental fee of 1/,r.50 at the beginning of each term. reminded him of a man who fell into the water the farmer answered, ' provided that you leave Tuition is free to pupils of the required age who take the regular course of study and pledge while he was fishing . With no little difficulty off now.' That was not New England hos­ themselves to teach in the public schools of Maine for as long a time as they remain connected with he was rescued ; and, after he had regained his pitality, either. It was just a joke," concluded the Normal School. Others pay a tuition of1/,ro per term . breath, his rescuer asked him how he came to Senator Hoar. TEXT-BOOKS ARE FREE for the first four terms, except those that are purely professional or fall into the water. "I did not come to fall in­ Three Philadelphians visited Richmond, Va., to the water," replied the unfortunate fl.sher man. literary. Each student should bring a Bible and a Dictionary, and for reference, any text-books and, asking as to the use and purpose of this or that he may happen to have. •· I came to fish." that building, were told in every case that it was Board can be obtained from $2.75 to $3.00 per week. Table board, $2.00 to $2.25 per week. "Hurrah, hurrah!" shouted a veteran, as the a tobacco factory. An aged negro gave them Furnished rooms, without board, at reasonable rates. orchestra began to play. " You must be quiet," the information; and they, tiring of the monot­ said an usher, rushing up. "Not much I ony of the reply, pointed to a white frame build­ [if" Rooms for self-boarding, each accommodating two persons, furnished with table, chairs, mustn't," said the veteran. "I used to belong ing on a hill and asked whose tobacco factory it wash-stand, stove, bedstead, mattress , students furnishing other articles needed, can be obtained to that regiment, and I'll shout for the boys as was. The old fellow replied: "Dat, sah, am for 1/,r.o o per week. long as I have breath ." "Your regiment! What no fact-ry . Dat am S'n ' Joh n's 'Piscopal 17 Scholars, by clubbing together, doing their own work and having a part of their food do you mean?" asked the usher. "That's what Church, where Marse Patrick Henry done get sent from home, can largely reduce their expenses, frequently bringing their total expenses in con­ I mean," said the veteran, putting his finger on up an' ax de Lawd to give him liberty or gib nection with the School below $25 per term. him deaf ." "Well, uncle," asked one of the the programme. "There it is; 'Twelfth Mass.' The Principal will gladly make all arrangements for board or rooms. That's my regiment! The old Twelfth Massa­ trio, " which did the Lord give him?" "'Pears chusetts! We fought from 13ull Run to Five to me yo' must indeed be strangers hereabouts," For catalogue giving names of graduates and the positions they hold, for table showing order and arrangement of studies, or further information of any kind, write to the Principal, Forks!" It was only when convinced that it he answered; "else, it strikes me, yo'd all know was church music that he would consent to be dat, in due time, de Lawd gave Marse Henry GEO. C. PURINGTON. quiet.-Exchange. bofe. "-Exclzan ge. CALENDAR.

FALL TERM, 1904.

Begins August 30, Closes November 17.

WINTER TERM, 1904-5 . Begins December 6, Closes March 2.

SPRING TERM, 1905.

Begins March 2 r, Closes June 15.

FALL TERM, 1905. Begins August 29, . Closes November 23 .