The Portland daily press., 1868-02-04
'e,mas $500 per amms,ns, %, 06vonce.
pervision as one of the school committee fol

pervision as one of the school committee for
many years.
rernaps even more might be said OF Pro
lessor Smyth'g active labors in the interests OF
TIE common schools He Is emphatically the
father OF the graded school system In Bruns-
wick, one OF the very earliest of our large
towns to establish thesystem. For his efforts
and Success in this WORK, he was loaded with
the curses and blessings of the Brunswick
people. HIS arguments before committee
~ sae legislature, in support Of biil' author
.1eiiie tne village district In Brunswick 70 hirc
money to erec; suitable buildings for granea
.Noo'S' and etEecting some changes in the
ssn.tat law on this subject, was one of TIE
'1'os' eio1uent and convincing speeches ever
MAGE before legislative committee. '"hiS et-
iorfti followed up with abundant other la
Dofs, lighting 1t out on that line" against the
moneyed opposers OF the measure In Drums
WICK, until his aim was fully accomplished
Prof Snyth has frequently repeated the sub
stance Of this argument for graded schools, in
other towns, and once before the State Teach
er5' Association. .... t.. f..l.-
Just how much the younger professors Of
BoWdoin have recently done to aid the pub
llc schools, / am not aware, but believe that
one OF them is now a member of the school
committee. a. 34sll.tl4t4- sir "a hazi79a. .l
President Harris, as every body knows, is a
man Of the people, ready to aid in every pub
lie enterprise; and am very confident from
my acquaintance with all these gentlemen,
that they would gladly respond to the call Of
our association of teachers, or the school au-
Aofities Of any town or city, to meet them
In consultation, or to address them upon edu-
cational topics. d, .-s4i ..e l.aa..'.....t ,t.
With the President and Professors at Wa
teryile have somewhat less acquaintance;
and yet have had the pleasure of listening
TO very able and interesting lectures irom
President Champln and Professor Lyford,
who came very cheerfully to address the STATE
Teachers Association at Lewiston, Eve years
ego, and elsewhere at other times. IN 1,
IS TO our younger college ct Lewiston, 1t
cannot be supposed that the energetic men
who constitute It's board of instruction have
SO carly put on airs of superior dignity and
refused cooperation with the public school
interests. iio4 n n
Let MIR. Stone and his associates SO con-
veniently located for the purpose, invite them
to conference or to lecture, and / venture the
assertion that they viii answe, the call with
becoming readiness. ..i, Pm ls,-,, ,
We do not expect President Harris and
Principal Stone to leave their appropriate
duties, to perform itinerant labor among the
country schools, valuable as such service
ipiSht be. Nor do We willingly hear or read
q complaint of this kind, founded on misap-
prehension or short acquaintance. aiH' -8t
My own sympathies, like my brother stones,
are ernphaticaily with the public schools; and
10 my labors in that direction In past years,
have found In the community abundance of
indifference to csercome, and in all classes Of
the people q sad want OF sympathy and coop
Grafton. But # Is only fair and just to say
that the officers of our colleges have shown
quite as much interest In public education as
any other class OF our citizens.olB I51nd adl i.
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