Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-02-24

uttcrancc to such statements only expresses
the throbbings that beat In his own heart.
After the books are selected and the price
established, what then? There is to be no
radical change in every school throughout the
State but towns which have selected books
under the five-years law are allowed to use
those books thus selected that length of time;
but when they do make change, and intro
ducc new books, it shall be those agreed upon
by the commissioners. Also that towns which
do not adopt this series shall furnish those,
who move into that town, and having differ
cnt books from those therein used, all neccs-
sary books ut the expense of that town. If this
migratory class" are as small as is represent
cd by the remonstrants, this certainly can
be no inconvenience or burden to towns.
These are the leading features of the bill
before us, and surely can see no great in
novation upon ''ancicnt rights and honorable
privileges" rs many in the ardor OF their inn
aginati0n conceive; but on the contrary
think that can clearly behold policy which
will work change in our common schools,
which will be of advantage to the working
force of the teacher and to the Improvement
of the pupil. i'll thought otherwise, that this
measure would be of no advantage to the cdu-
cational interest of this State, should OPP
pose it with the same feeling that now favor
the enactment Of the bill under consideration.
There is one class who are to be largely
benefited by the passage of this bill. refer
to the migratory class-those of limited cir
eumstahces put VINO are constantly changing
their resiaemcc from ono Town W "ho.'ei.
IS iact wen Known that 4" Is "i'',os' i,"pDss
bic to find two adjoining towns, the schools of
which are suppiieu WIN siiniiaf series Vi 'eA'
books.
As an illustration of this, during the great
freshet Of last fall, when the lumber was all
swcnt away from the mills on the upper Ken
heDee, many ol inc operatives III ''ose INNS
moved temporarily GOWN inc li,er, WIZ
th@y couia hhu ioy"'en'' anu ,"ey uesieu
10 schu their chiioreh 10 school, ou' my
i 'o. wa. ny 80 c.e'n - 80,
dlnereht from those from whence .hey cah't,
ana thelr c,rcuihs'''hces oei's iiLli'eu my
couio not anoru ~ "i."ase tnoSe ooons .,'e.e
used wl.nou. wniIn woulu oe a ae 90. ~
s , '"s,: w '."o' 49, rS duIs ~
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ny .o"y u - -" w
nohoI' III par, !" ieP'esen'' een.""us "a ~, ne
.ilst NY wy. shouiA oe gym AZ is,oi =. .'i''
DILL her oupeiin'enoihs ocnool oon,n. .ae
"Ie neary 1l'"I'io"s ia its ia'oi iiei w, &C.
cities mere upon tue Aenhepec are ASKING 'or
"' ,'e PleSs VI ''ie So""'s "ie -, i"'oi VI A''
anu i"'"y' NV nv ,e"'; ny Psvpe
Strongly III "s ia.oi az" '"Ao"''y iooN'"s 'o'
'he passage VI th'S oiii'
Now "en"'ois' ie1 US e'inns oonsiue. VI.
Iues. 'i,:n ".'.ei "S.', AMI 1870,
preJ"oice ACT 50 us 10 "u.ahce the eouc'tioha'
interest," oi .ae pvop'. VI '"is oIa'e' anu w
eai'ao' pe"en' an ~. u. w ina. WHICH "a.
pe Vi '"e s,v"'es. a"'""'"Re " 'nc Bie"'ee'
hunos , mus ',"i" ~ wa, ., -. ou s ~. ~,
eraueu cou''iy senUoi' "'"e-'vn'n VI 'ne
ch'iore" oi U-u"y wiz rIeeiNe ~, Vi 'hei' eu
ucatiohai trainine' anu 'rust ,h"' We sn"ii
80 ac'' 'ha' our uecisroii VIII NC s"c"' ..'','
many youth VIII go Ior'h 10 oat'ie III me
great WARFARE more successfully 'nah he "ouiu
nave done nad we not ASSISTED nm WITH all
the aids wlthih our power
MI. hohhHis lho'eu " ihuei'ii'e.y pos'-
pone.
Mr.. NEALLEf hoped the motion would not
prevail. ne favored !ne Dill. twin cneaPeh
our teNt DOCKS Iach'"'e 'i,e sys'eina'lLa'ioh
OF studies III schooi' anu aaa erea'iy 10 the
value OF our schoo's, ana the expenditure oi
our SCHOOL iuhuS'
Mr.. LINDSEY presumed every senator was
IN 1aSor Oh common sehoo's. ms matter oi
eouc",,o" Is W sre"' eA'en' pslSon.'' n'a'-
ter. No ee"'r"i Po"ef 1"n !."Ae "ii",eI
ments ior any system Oh uniformly "hhcn
can DC aaopted throughout al inc o.ate. "a
State superintendent ana BOARD OF county
supervisors was created iast winter; ana so
iar lis he Is aware II mas worked wen. NOW
we are asked 70 take aho.her step III ADVANCE
Dy enactihg LII" ior uniorn'y oi 'eN' oooks.
DouDts Tue pfoprety Oh taxing inc power o'
seiectom rom ''e hahus VI INC 'o"" coii'''ii'-
tees. ihlhks we sno"io aepen M, more n'n upon
moral thah upon leeal aeuon. Inc oili ooes
not give eh'ire uhhoIihty Par'ic"i UNI
IoInhty. Is oPPoseu 10 'nc oiii' -,
=, Mr. NEALLEf con'lhuso IN lsor Oh the Dill
nc s"iu as We nav maui one s..p III proe-
ress' in'ne iis"' u'Iee.ion' ish .l,", leason
why We sioulo commune IN .l.c risn' uiree'lon'
MI i-s,I, S"'u r W" un,,o:y - M a.
ways oesirapie. Town eo'hnn'.ees are 700
ol'eh inhuenceu ny poon "sen's anu poo.
BOOKS are ih.Isuueea. me suppos,'lon !. a; a,
leas'' rs Una. ,ne eo s mp appo I'm "
ID o'neren' ciass Vi .len me oiii - p.V
gressNe' NOT Aip'rary IN ns enar"c.ef, ,neie
,ore towns "a,hs annoy nov sle a''o T. Iu
70 le.si! ~ unu.. s go -, .t'a .a :, ,,,e
woro mat comes up I!oni al 'ne 'omn' III 'ne
S T,a'I 49, w sone.ms ,oi ~; IN ' h, MAJ"
nc pi,i may pe opo" " 'r,,'eisn', W. "sA
ia.r anu .,' ;,, eo , ~ "opt
'ne oni 10 pIss' o. ma ~ o,,t I.s u t",
o' School oooNs 90 per .e",. S 1Peia.,on
''ro"s ou' ',,e i'i"uie '''e oooN aee