Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-14

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bulky and also more interesting That TO
the year just CLOSED, embraces With its ap
pendicrs about one nundref and ffty pax=.
and is BY far the largest report that has beet
issued from thi. Institution for some time I
opens ~iih the reps:s II the Trustees shict
IL signed by Hon. Is ndo1 Oak, presi tent Of
the srd- giving a general review of the
work Of tn college for the year. The ma 4
points embrace the erection AMI de heatlor
Of Cohurn Hall and the ESTABLISHING
OF the experiment station, with the
sded Prestige which three de part
ments give TO the institution Tbs
( Trustees refer % the tact :naE the farm Ia,
b. en- sltho1' stock for two years. AMI As ,
suit il IA. detariarats d. This eours- 4
eoari ued mneh l1nzrr will 7raz irhe,
credit nor prot; 10 the irs u, On, d the
trustees ,p- some IN asuee. IL ~ t4k~n
a. soon a, prae-icahl. for plscirg he farm
IN a soun4 business D sis. tn me ;haaical
mIitary and boarding departments Of III
coli-g are we'll mtsaged. The total num-
b., of zradgste- 10 date Is 27s.
The report of President Fernxh occupies
eighteen Dsges and prevents IN much detail
the condition. work and needs of the col
lege- A cla-s of twenty-five z-ai1assd a.
the annual commencement. June 81; three
20 Lar c Iurse in agriculture six IN the conr-e
IN chemistry one IN the course in scirnce
AND literature six in the course in civil
engineering, aud SIX In the cocr.e in mechan-
zeal engineering. The master degree va.
conferred upon seven. The eniow ment de-
rived from the sale of land-scrip from the
Sational Government, WAS ells 900 which
now amounts To sl3l 500 ineiu.ling accumu-
lated interest The Al ual income from
their fund is g. .63s. The bequesf to the
college by the late Gov. Coburn Of Skow.
b, gan of 800 900 has not yet been drawn
from the estate but is yielding 81 900 an
sually. The income 10 the college from
tuition is about 5000 per year. The several
STATE appropriations To the institution have
amounted TO total Of s247 .2ls The vslua
of the property of the institution /, nov
placed at the 70 loving estimate: Buildings
sl56 900; apparatus $50 900; library s. 500
farm, tools, carriage. stuck, etc, SIS, 100
making total Of s203 500.
President Fernalt call, attention at con-
siderable length to the tutnre wants of tn.
,oilege which are in most cases due to or
compelled by the increasing prosp' rity OF
the instll uiion The items in this schedule
which in many instances are accompanied
bv explanatory notes, showing why just the
follows
For the farm, incluiing Indebtedness in
consf qnence of the loss of the stock 81 600
for Coourn Hail. to be aud for cases, chairs
and lighting 50 500; for experiment sta
aon. 500; for the library, inclu ling period
icsls and blvd ng, 81 200; apparatus for the
several depar mrnts, - 100; for the work
shops. inc uilng drawing tables, forges
shea'hing, etc. $500; for drawing tables for
the de artment of civil engineering 500
repairs and Improvements upon grounds,
- 500: neurological room in natural his
tury laboratory. 81 900; insurance $3.50
for the department of mechanical e.
sineering for foundry, tables and planners
5000 for the de partment of horticulture and
he establishment of green houses, 5000
for travelling expenses OF trustees, So 0
These sums make a total approximation to be
asked for of the present legi-la of S3l, =
10 90. In concluding his report President
Fernaid suggests the desirsbiiity of the State
making fixed annual appropriation for thu
college. rather than having the officers ask
for certain contingent sums from year 10
wear; and suggests the sun of $40 600 per
snnuIn AS a D.. rmanent assignment to the col
lege among the fixed appropriations of the
State. This plan is urg with the force of
verv reasonable and considerable arguments.
The reports of the different members of
the faculty follow that of the President.
These are devoted to a statement OF the work
done in each during the year, their gen. ra
conditions, and the estimated wants and
needs. The figures of the latter have been
given above il the list of general sums TO be
asked for OF the Legislature this winter
ithout presenting an abstract of each re-
port, we mention A few of the leading points
~ they have occurred to us in an examination
of the pages of the report. Prof. Balentine
recommends the restocking of the farm that
It may serve as mo lei of business farm
ing for our students The department of
natural history il one of the most important
in college and in almost every division Prof
Harvey points out deficiencies and needs.
60 lectlons illustrating each are solicited
from friends of the college The librsr,
has been removed from its cramped quarters
III the laboratory building to its new rooms
in Coburn Hall, and the books
are being cstalogued by Mss Hattie
Fernald daughter of the President gradu
ate of the Columbia College schools of Ii
hrarY Economy, who Is hereafter to act as
librarian in place of Prot. Hamhn
Mr. J Fred W, bster, Treasurer. reports
the total receipts for the year ~ S5S OBS 81 i;
and the disbursements S54 427 80 ; leaving
he sum of 81 POS IL in the treasury, Dec
4. 1855. The items of the enio vment fund
are gwen, by which it appears, accord ng TO
our Judgment. that about ten thousand dol
lars arr in rather poor securities.
There are three appendices to the report,
as follows |, Annual catalogue for 1859
81 pages; 2, Exercises at the dedication of
Coburn Hall. II pages; 3, Bulletin of the
Laboratory of Natural History. No |, Gaia
lJgue of Minerals and Rocks. q pages. Tie
combined reports make n stout pamphlet of
22O pages with two plates.
Two or three suggestions have presented
Themselves to US as We have run some hat
hastily through this interesting State docu-
ment The first is that the Importance Of
establishing the department of practical and
scientific hor iculture cannot be too str ingi,
urged upon our Legislature at the present
session. Ii is a matter to which we have
repeatedly called attention, was one of the
chief departments contemplated by the
original act. and is one demanded by the
great pomologlcal and hortcul ural interests
of the state. Equally important are the
n, eds of the natural history department
Now that it Is suitably housed in noble
building. its co lections in every division
should be generously cOntFlDoteH 70 bN al
friends of the institution, that ii may become
a museum of Maine spec mems SECOND u
that of no college in the State Again tn
improvement of the grounds. laying out VI
needed walks AMI avenues for reaching the
several buildings, setting out trees. AID
otherv IT, embe Fishing the fne campus, il a
most necessary thing Il be- done. But per
haps more important than all else. matt !
not alluded 10 in the report, however the
tuition fee should be abolished. and tuition
made free, as WAS the case for many years
after the college WAS first estahli.hed. Fin
ally. the plan proposed by President Fernsld
of having 4 liked annual sum gwen 10 the
college BY statute, as is now done TO our Az
rcultural societies. seems a very judicious
one We can see no objections to it, TIL
State must always support the college. ard
it would save snnuai legislation if President
Fer aids plan could be adopted, as we hope
it may.
A correspondent in Forwarding US ioca
news from the Eastern part of the county
spoke of the large business done in buying
and shipping hay by Mr. John A. Woodsun
of China. The writer was Pr obsbly no, &C
ausinted with the fact that Mr.. Woodsun
has an equal partner in the business, NJ
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