The Republican journal., 1888-07-26
Maine Matters.
SMART MAINE GIRLS.

| NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
| SMART MAINE GIRLS.
| At the regular exercises OF the American in-
>,itntc of Instruction at Newport. X. L., July
10th. papers We're read by George A. kimball,
| of Boston, and W. ii. Lambert, Of Fail River.
President George ID. H. Pepper, being unable
to attend, sent the following letcr, detailing
the experience of Colby University in the mat
| Ter of Wolnan'- higher education
| asked our registrar TO examine and a>ccr-
| tain the relative standing of the young women
and young men of the classes containing both.
| The first class was that of lS,j since that time
| there have been two classes graduated contan-
| Ing only young men tlS.6, 1S>;,.) leaving twelve
classes with both sexes in them. The whole
| number OF Noun. women graduated is -. 1t
will be seen that only very small proportion
of our students have been Young women The
| highest number in any one class has been five
| (in lSSS.) The highest number in college at
any one time. 2l The relative average rank of
| the two SEXES in the classes containing both is
| S0. Sll, the Young women having the higher
rank. This is due, in my Judgment, to three
| causes: First, that tn" Young women coming TO
| this college are those W ho have Il more earnest
| purpose to secure an education than the aver
| ace student. male or female; only such Were
| likely to come here while their relative number
| is small. Second. the smallncS> of the mum
| Der Is Il spur to >tldy, since there i a natural
| consciousness Of being mere oh>cr, ed In respect
| to the quality of the work don" III the class
| room; and. third, ther" is less 10 draw youn.
| women away from study, =. Z, athletic c0n-
| tests, intercollegiate and others. 1t wa found
| that the average rank Of the Young woman ha;i
| been considerable higher IN pare mat athenatir>
| physics and natural science and mctaphN >c>
| than in any other departments highest i'll ply>-
| les AMI natural sciences. next in metaphysics.
and little lower in pure mathematics. the
| greatest variation i'll them being about 100.
| No variation in the curriculum has been made.
| Tnr Ir won II,4,- tl,ir
| course Ion the same terms With the Vounm
| men,. There Is not complete umanmity of
| judgment among the Faculty as to the wisdom
| of college cu-c,uration. The prevailing and
| growing sentiment i in its favor There i> Il
| like division of feeling among h, Young men
| in the college All, however, agree in showing
| to the young ladies uniform courtesy. This has
served 30 develop Il desirable refinement of
manners and of spirit. There has been from
| the begiuuiu. 10 cause of scandal or of any
| Kind Of trouble consequent on the presence of
| the yoIln. women in the college. The health
| of the latter has hccn fully a~ good a. that uf
| the youn- men. 1t doubtless depends largely
upon circumstances whether institutions should
| be founded on continued for one sex To the cN-
| cu>ion of the other, but the ideal arrangement
seems To me to be urion in studies common to
both and separation in studies special to each
SOME ol' TIE DIFFICULTIES.
Hon. j. H. Drummond, Portland, eminent
| lawyer, and all his life consistent friend of
| prohibition. tcr>ely sketches some of the
| difficulties IN the way of enforcing Our prohihi
| tory laws, in & recent newspaper article, and
| among other good points he makes the follow
in.. which it is well to keep in mind
| But there is another, and J regard it H. the
| most effective of d the causes of the inability
! to enforce the law; and that is the attempt to
| push the law and the enforcement Of il into
| partisan politics.
The friends of the law are divided and dis
| tracted: officers charged With its enforcement
are hindered ami embarrassed in the discharge
Of their duty; and politics invadcthc court room
and interfere with the administration uf Justice.
| The enemies of the law perfectly understand
This. and are >killfullN encouraging the political
| prohbtioni>tS, and using them in their plan of
substantially repeating the law. say ''>ub
>tantiallv repeating" the law. because while no
license law can be adopted. the power of the
| Legislature over the penalties i pl,uarv and
| they may be reduced in constitutional m;uD-
ner To any extent. If the enemies of prohibit
| ton can succeed in dividing the friends Of the
| law and securing majority in the Legislature.
| the modification Of the law will surely follow.
| In other wor,.> prohibition h;l> quite A. much
| to fear froin the inli>crrr methods of its foo,
| friends" aS from any other source. l5rid-tou
| News.
HON. THOMAS Is. REEDS IiE~i ~rEECH.
Mrs. Libby, of Portland, told It reporter
about Hon. Thomas b. Reeds first speech.
said she:
| carried lhDNlH> Is. kCeu TO school the Hr>t
| lay he ever went 1t was to the school on
Bracket street. in Portland. Thomas WAS a
| tow-headed little fellow thea. and his checks
We're fat and his eyes were round as buttons.
| know wanted awful, to take him to school
| that day. and so did another girl don't reliem-
| her her name-and We had regular >quabbe
| over the little fellow to who shou! take him,
| remember he Sa: is still rs Il mouse. We us
| ed TO have speaking poetry every SATURDAY then.
| When we were all done, the teacher asked: !:
Are there any others who have Il piece they
can speak," Up got Thomas, and said Il know
| one
Old Jim Crow came aridins by;
| Says !, "nl,l man your horse will die"
| Says he, ''lf he dies I'll tan his skim
| And if he lives I'll ride agin.'
"And that's all ! know.
| That. suppose. is the first speech Thomas
eAfHt@f :Gou| Nitnss Nttitins hIS piece that he matt
| us all laugh.
| TIE STATE TREASURY.
State Treasurer Burleiyh'> resignation was
| written to take effect on the llth instant He
will, of course, hold on until his successor.
| General Beal, has qualified and furnished his
| bond of S200,000. Mr.. Burcgh is all ready to
turn the treasury over. The government has
| nominated five gentlemen to examine the ac-
! counts as required by the statutes, two menu
| bcrs of the council and three citizens. There
seems to be difference of opinion as to whct!l-
| err under strict construction of section II this
| committee is necessary at this time and under
| the circumstance of Il resignation. Mr.. Bur-
| leigh makes no objection to this committee of
| five, but rather prefers this way, that his ac-
| counts may he examined now. the same as at
the close of each year