Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-15
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The sessions held at the Fabysn House, n. H.,
| closed Friday, the interest in the meetings held
| remaining undated. Some idea Of the interest
| manifested can be gained from the fact that two
| thousand membership tickets have been sold by
the secretary during the session. At the session
Friday the following list OF officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President - Isaac n. Carleton, Sew Britain,
Conn.
Vice Presidents-S. S. Greene, Providence, r.
] Thomas w. Bicknel, Boston, Mass. &. {.
Rounds, Pennington, Me; A. L. Stone, Spring
field, Mass, John n. PhIlbrick, Boston, Mas. /;
j. Il. Hanson, Wat rvillc, Me-; ". j. Corthell.
CALAIS Ne; u. +. Fletcher, Ca,tne, Me-, and 50
others.
Secretary Henry E. Sawyer, New Britain,
Conn.
Assistant Secreiary-G. A. Liu,f,ld, Maiden,
Mass.
Treasurer George A. Walton, wes.fielJ,
Mass.
Councillors. NJ. c. Daniel Boston. Mass. John
Kneeland, Boston, Mass; + Ruggles, Hanover,
\. H.; A. j. Phpps, Lewiston, Me; Horace NJ.
Willard, saxton's River, VT; W. O. Fletcher,
Rocklsbd, Me-; A. J. Manchester, Providence
r. L.; A. L. MAIble, Worcester, Mass; Is. F.
Tweed, Boston, Mass; Augustus d. Small, Sa
lem, Mass, James ). Darrell, Cambridge, Mas !;
j. G. Greenough, Providence, Il. L.
The committee on resolutions repoIted the fol.
lowing, which was adopted
That regard this meeting. perhaps the larg
est educational meeting ever held IN this country,
Us the largest ever held by this Institute as emi
nently successful and gratifying, both from the
study Of nature, which it has permitted, with
heslhiul aud eXhIalating recreation, and for the
satisfactory Character oil its literary and practical
exercises IN this hall.
vote of thanks we've also given to the essay lists
Resolutions were then passed favofing the metric
system and recommending action by the various
States TO encourage its teaching in the schools ;
reatiirming confidence in the policy Of regulation
of education by the State. and calling upon Con-
gress 10 aid the Bureau Of Education in its work
recommending for this purpose the net proceeds
OF the public lands, and unds received from the
rail- Dads hi led by land grants and also the mou-
eys accumulated in the United States Treasury
from the administration Of the Patent Office, and
resolving that the American Institute Of Instruc
ton unite with the members Of the American
Pathological Association aud others in the mem
orsl to Congress, asking that commission of in
qunv be appointe to examine and report how far
a ieiolm III English spelling is desirable, and what
changest in olthography, if any, may be wisely
Introduced into the pubic documents. Also that
a committee Of three be appointed to report at
the next meeting Of the institute. what steps
should be taken by this association to aid in the
simplifcation OF the Eugh,h spelling.
ne papers read were said to be OF great inter
est, and Of the highest value. Prof. L. A. Dol
bear Of TUFTS College, who has made u spec ial
study OF telephone science, and whose mono
zlaphs the subject have been so widely read,
gave a clear. and therefore interesting exhibition
If the telephone, showing. with the assistance OF
MIR. Hooper at the Fabyan cottage, the wonderful
capacities Of the instruments of different invent
ors the assistant, singing and talking as to be
heard distinctly by the thousand persons gathered
in the paror. Prof. Dolbear said that the ordn-
airy "lovers telegi aph," which had been hawked
about the street, might be used for ordinary con-
vcrsation, under favorable circumstances, at dis
tsLce of half a mile, and also showed telephone
Constructed by himself from old peach can,
which had transmitted audible vibrations through
u length of fifteen miles of wire. The session
closed with reunion last evening.