The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-09-04

The COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND Me-
CHANIC ARTS "A correspondent of the Id
aertlser gives an interesting account of the in
auguraton Of the new President, Rev. Charles
F. Allen. The inaugural address of Mr.. Allen
contained some excellent suggestions:
He alluded to the need of skilful work uen
in factory and field as one of the most impor-
tant requisites to the progress of our people,
PERSONAL success also depends upon it. The
highest value of intelligence in regard to labor
IS not fonnd when the few guide the many
Such a system favors the accumulation of
wealth in the hands of the few and tends to
degrade the working classes. The feudal sys-
TEN OF the Middle Ages and the modern fac
tory illustrate this. Thoughtful, intelligent
labor will everywhere be successful. Alter
touching on the Importance of the diffusion of
knowledge to the stability of our insttions he
turned to consider the difference between this
cOllege aDd the older ones OF this county,
Students do not increase in proportion to the
population and the advantages the colleges af-
ford. Business colleges and other make-shfts
have sprung up. partial courses are established
in which the dead languages are buried and
some institutions remodel their whole courses,
gaining perhaps wider range but losing in thor
oughness. To make scholars there can be no
better means than the old curriculum, which
our colleges cannot afford toigive up. This in.
stitution is not a rival to them. We do not
undervalue or disparage their work much less
desire to add a new one to their number. We
want more students more colleges. We want
to extend the benefits of more liberal educa-
ton to those who work, but not merely to
amass wealth Or get living merely. There
are thousands of young men growing up in the
State whu can spare neither the time or mean:
to go through the college courses, which are,
after all only preliminary to the education
which shall fit them for any specific work. =
Those who force their way through these dis
| cOuragements do not go back to the plough and
| anvil. Here is an institution entirely new,
| with no distinction between classical and sclen'
! tific courses, where manual labor and study
| are combined, devoid of the inducements to
| extravaganza found elsewhere, needing no
| gymnasums and boat-elubS but utilizing th G
| muscular training of its students, and tied
| down to no compliance with antique formulas
| Our responsibilities are increased and our
| growth may not be rapid but a sure founda.
| ton has been laid. After saying he saw nc
| reason why the daughters as well as the sons
| of Maine might not here be educated and urg-
| ing the superiority of a scientific to classical
| training for those who are to De engaged in ac-
| tive business of lie, he closed his address by
| referring to the importance OF attending to
| the morals and manners as we'll as the mind
The faculty of the college is as follows:
President-Rev. Charles f. Allen.
Professor of Mathematics and Physics-Mar
| rift G. Fernad.
| Professor of Chemistry-Robert L. Packard
Professor of Civil Engineerng-W A. Pike
Professor of Natural Hlstory-C. H. FeInald
| Farm Superintendent. (e1 otaciO a member 0
the Faculty)-J. r. Harrington.
The entering class already number q, ani
there are several other applications.