Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-02-04
NUMBER 3.

cope With thI. tendencyf am speaking
nov FROM one standpoint simply. In
the first place We are training the boy.
In better schools than they we're trained
In - year. ago. \ comparison of the
rvports ~ the state superintendent of
Education will shaw that, whereas la
ls~O there werr bat ~ fire. high school.
In the state of Maine. at the close ~
lssa there we're so such free high
schools. ln lSSO there were Ia the free
high schools ~ tn state ~ Maine 5,Ep
pupils. At ths close ~ l>~p there we're
la these school. i3.0O0 pupils, giving .
net gain. probably, ~ from lbD Ia
Gnp1. because some II the gain came
from the district .chools. 10 this must
b. aided FROM 2SpO o. ipn pupils vho arr
IN the parochisl .chool. ~ the state.
Nov beyond thi., there arr Ia the stat"
~ Maine four Cullegr-. IN the prr-ence
of a representative ~ ons ~ thsm may
be allowed Ca .sy that the attitude ~
the four colleges towards one another
alNay. remind. ne ~ thu little boy Who
VA sitting on ths same hobby bore
with his sister. aud a. b. hegan to feel
uncomfortable. be- remarked 60 hls ia
i.f, n thlnk N one of us should ct
down from herr I could sit easier.
Laughter Tho college. ~ the state ~
Maine bar .omsthing of that relation
toward. one anuthsr But each ~ thos"
colleges has. t0 = certain extent, de-
tinct held. ind they arr, think, keeping
up their sharv of the work ~ dlsirlhut-
log the sous n Maine On the world.
Wa lat evening looking over the gem
eral catalogue 80 lIoNdoln college ani
~ NaterNIllr Collsgv. During the ~
YEAR frum isii to i~Gl inclusive, ~ Ito
per cent ~ the graduate. ~ Bowdoin
college aud ~ l-lu tsr csut ~ 40" grad
ust.. ~ Natrr,ills college had their
rr.Ilsnce- outside of Maine During
ilie ~ year. FROM l~'j a. lssi inclusive.
GO 9-lO per cent ~ the graduates ~ How
doln COLLEGE and 80 Ito psr cent ~ the
graduate. ~ Watrf,ille college nlso had
their residence. outside - the state. u
.-,m. to me that the probability :. that
the same Tendency Nill b. exhibited in
the futurr a. In the past, to .snd oar
representative. Out ~ Maine a. work in
the outer world.
lou know some ~ the practical men
have the notion that u !. no great gain
to the world a. have the boys strained
through the college. out into the rank ~
life. aud that thry hal better get into
the work - life earlier. There l. lr..
p-,lantry IN the collrgr- to-day than
there ever was before. The boys la The
college. get lc.. ~ the kea that the
world !. Ia book. than they ever got b.
fore. The teacher. ln the college. to-
day arr irving o. learn about the world,
not so much frpm hooks a. hy watching
,ou In th. world ani .eeing " hat YOU arr
doing. They arr trying tn teach thes"
hoy. Who are In the college that they do
not knos u al. aud Nill not not knoN't
al until they grt out Into the actual work
II life. The colleges arr irving a. make
the hoy. storage battrrie. of moral pow
~. a. make thrm feel a d~.irr to gri out
into the world and grt u organiy"i IN
such a way that a man can aiori 9" ~
q. honest a. the br.t men in the world
would Ike t0 D.. They arr trying Ia
create in th. boy. moral tribunal 20
last rr.ou to which they can by and hN
APPEAL Nhrn their worst natures - they
having grown tp b. men - Try to drive
them away FROM the IDEAL ~ their youth.
I b.lie,r that the colleges are cuntribui-
ing something that the practical
men ln the business world want when
they ar, contributing rrinfprcsments ~
mou,i iiras. something which will help
make thi. world b-tirr worth living In.
We arr trying io make the boy. feel 81.
I alsa,. "a ..,i o. feel when went over
here un the Rack Hay a. hear Phillip.
Brook. preach. alNays u.'vi a. 20
away frsling a.. II the work ~ the world
~. going io b. done by that man h"iorr
I rpuld have q hand in it. We arr try
ing io make thr boy. feel Ike construct
Ing q world la which IL will d" worth
While a. live. IGreat applause.