Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-01
STATE COLLEGE.
"ePorts OF the Trustees, President. r.
Superintendent and Treasur.r


superintendent and Treasur..
The annual reports of the trustee. .;
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the State College of Agriculture and .he ~ Vi
chanic Arts at Orono, for l8s5 ba,a hN+
made and from an advance COW tho 81
lowing abstract is made. '0'-
The TRUSTEES REPORT
That 81, 250 of the 81, $50 appropriated bv tho
last Legislature to provide apparatus for tho
use oi the college has been expended with
| careful discrimination as to vhat vos G..
and most needed and distributed RI ,ha ~. s'
erai departments as required by the want. of
each, and in harmony with the views of ~
several instructors.
There was also An appropriation for Al ooo
Tor finishing, and furnishing with tool, ana
other equipments, several of the workshon.
MS sum mas been very advantageousIy ex-
pehoed Tor the purposes indicated. twill he
encouraging to the friends of practical edu.
cation to know the fact that much of m.
Work OF fitting the shop for use has
been performed by students. and !.
very credtable to both the instructor NJ
Flint, and students. The trustees were
much gratified to find most creditable do
gree OF interest in shop practice on the part
| of the students
The farm management discloses fresh i'm
provements each year. The grounds imme-
dlately around the farm buildings have been
hucn improved since our last report, and the
buildings have been repaired and paint-
| ed Eighteen acres of land having beenre
claimed from bushes and barrenness and re-
lieved of much of its surplus moisture bv
drainage, will be added to the productive
area OF the farm next season. The stock
has been improved in quality and increased
IN numbers and value. The large barn stand
ing somewhat remote from the buildings. for
the removal of which the last legislature ap-
propriated $1,000, has not been moved. if
having been filled with hay and grain last
summer The removal will be made the
coming spring.
The agriculcultural course for stu.
dents at the college is very highly
spoken of. The skillful management
OF the farm affords valuable oppor-
tunities to become acqusint ID with the best
methods of farm management now employed.
The experiment station is referred to as very
valuable to the students in the agricultural
course. The college now offers opportunities
Of exceptional excellence to the student in
agriculture The need Of more room is urged
If the pent up departments of Natural History
and Agriculture, and OF the library could be
supplied with rooms, cases and cabinets the
books and specimens which have accumnla-
ted now concealed in hooks and corners could
be brought forth and made useful.
The trustees commend the spirit and
usefulness of The Cadet" the issue of which
was commenced by the students last Septem
Der. 1t has continued to improve.
The present mo, ale of the college is IN
high degree encouraging.
PRESIDENTS REPORT.
President NJ. C Fernald, who has so eff.
GENTLY and satisfactorily filled his position AT
the college, refers in most fitting manner to
the death of ex-Gov. Abner Coburn and his
connection with the college" The earnes,
and abiding interest manifested by ex.Gov.
Coburn in this institution, renders his re-
moval by death from further participation IN
its affairs, loss seriously felt by all connect
ed with the college, as the loss of warm,
personal friend SO active were his sympa-
thies with the college and for it, they did not
cease to manifest themselves, even down t.
the closing hours of life. The magnificent
contribution which he made in his will to the
further endowment of the college will stand
as a lasting mem ria to the generosity of his
nature and to his .vnpa hetic interest in the
cause of industrial t~lucatiOn When hi,
benetaction shall b. com, available, it cannot
fail to enhance the usefulness of the college,
and in the permanent good it will accomplish,
it cannot fail to prove an enduring monument
to his memory
As provided for by the last Legislature, val
liable and much needed apparatus has been
provided for the Departments of Chemistry,
Agriculture, Natural History. Physics, Civil
Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
! Under the instruction of Lieut.. Charles l.
III no Hoo,
ha. been fully maintained. The Coburn Ca
diets have been divided into two companies.
| In all the departments, the effort has been
constant to maintain a high standard of in
structon and to render the courses of study
of real value. In this instruction the practi-
| cal element has been marked feature. In
| the laboratory, in the shop. in the drawing
rooms, and in the field, the lessons of the
classroom are practically applied. The utility
to the student of such application can scarcely
| be over-estimated.
| The meeting at Washington. the second
week in July, of the representatives, of diff
ferent agricultural colleges and allied State
| institutions, which was attended by President
Fernald, was spoken of. Opportunity was
thus afforded to make intelligent comparison
of the state of these institutions at the differ
| ent dates, based upon the representations of
their executive officers. 1t is pleasing to
know that these institutions clearly hold at
the present time stronger and more assured
| position than at any previous period OF their
history, and that the work they are accom-
| plishing is of more satisfactory character
than at any previous date.
President Fernald regards the Experiment
al Station as very valuable to the college,
experimenting the work of the institution on
a fairly liberal scale.
The erection of building for the Depart
ments of Agriculture and Natural History Is
regarded as very necessary.
| Meetings By the branch OF the Dung
Mems Christian Association established at
the college have been maintained regularly
throughout the year
| good degree of study and work has been
manifested on the part of the students, and
! commendable progress in the several lines OF
study has been made. My associates in the Fac
ulty have exhibited their accustomed zeal and
devotion to all the interests with which they
have been intrusted.
OTHER REPoRTs
The librarian, A. +. Rogers. extends thanks
to Hon. f c. Alien of this city. Senator
Hale. Representative Boutelle, Senator Blair
of New Hampshire, the State Librarian and
Executive Departments at Washington for
valuable books and documents. Senator
Hale is warmly thanked for a contribution of
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