New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-18
FRYEBURG'S CENTENNIAL.
A HIGH HOLIDAY IN AN OLD MAINE TOWN.
MEMORIALS OBJ DANIEL WEBSTER PROMINENTLY
DIsPLAYEp-:DR. IIYDEs GRAFTON AND
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Mr. HOMELESS LETTER
Fryeburg Me. Aug. l5.-Fryeburg Academy's cen
tennia celebration occurred today under most favor
able auxpces Tbs old town put Of its staid de-
meanor and made high holiday. special train
from Portland brought many people and these added
to the arrivals Of Monday and Tuesday. brought the
number present TO 1900. The Chautauquan Au-
ttoum was beautifully decorated with evergreen. tho
National colors and golden-rod Daniel weesters
picture occupied prominent place above the speakers
desk while on either side hung framed copies OF
"The North STAR" paper published In Fryeburg, In
1885 the manuscript OF the famous Fourth Of July
grafton, delivered here by Webster In 1902. ser
mon BY the Rev. william Fessenden, distinct as II 1t
were written yesterday. The first number OF the
mornings programme music by Chambers or
chestra, of Portland, followed by an Invocation by
the Rev. ID. L. Furber, ID. D.. OF Newt0nville. Mass
Judge A. p Walker. member Of the board Of trustees.
extended q welcome to The company. historical
address was then delivered by g. B. Barrows Of Frye
burg, for many years q trustee OF the institution.
and an ode written by Mrs. q. d. Howe was then sung
by the audience. The Rev. ". Dewitt Hyde. ID. d.,
president OF Bowdoin College. delivered the grafton
1.-The Place OF the Academy in the Educational
SYSTEM"
The aim Of education Is to lead the mind OF man
into the world Of truth. IL Is TO make man at home
In his environments. IL is to enable him 70 come n1o
the lowest TO highest. The primary school enables
thr child 10 understand and use The signs By which
enables him 10 these signs with correctness. ee.
gance and precision. and TO appreciate elegance and
soo and IN .eade%y ena6 s & 70
merely his own language and the mental processes
lands and i other ages teach him @ penetrate
the thoughts OF Nature and to appreciate the words
academy stage is potential general vague, formal the
college endeaySrs to make actual dehhte clear ana
Quaint the mind with many things but to make it
the instrument and expression OF some special sphere
Of truth.
The academy Is at the same time the end Of that
education which aims to fit pupils directly for prac.
to enable its disciples to breathe freely the at
mosphere OF universal truth ,,. ,.u,.,
The country academy has an honorable mission.
1t Is The scattered population Of the farming com.
munes what the high school Il to the t Sompa @
paratvs freedom from domestic and social distrsc-
lions. In che greater maturity u Ito pupils, the aca.-
envy has many advantages over the high school Inc LIE
academy which draws It's patronage from large cities
TO the former the children Of the farmer and the
mechanic 90; to the latter the children OF the rich
The country academy secures the very best material
Of vitality yiscS from ths hillside farms Io1 ),
nervous, Overstrained, artificial parents boys who
resort to artificial sdmulants to keep their waning
who aye 4p 10 f be 70 the
Of dissipation which Is never far behind artificial ana
"oy' Sr and sna
toll behind Them and hence with abundant power, to
S se% S
the country boy Is often behind his urban brother:
condition OF usefulness and honor In every
walk Of life, especially in those that are highest, give
me the boy who had father and m mot at any any
to sv1ng :oyths and hold plough and S break ra colt
up pork, and knit pair Of stockings ana make
Adequste endowment Of these academies is the
wing neaA NJ aduc IN
maintain q frstrats academy to-day on less than
100000 endowment with buildings and apparatu. 70
1000 and three other ar' teachers from s7oO to
Sl4O0 each. On no lower terms can you secure and
INK all our best teachers out Of the State simply
because, as graduates OF the college frequently say
less than the continuous service Of great teachers
make a great academy. 1t is Abbot and soue.
and Cilley with their twenty-five years, that have
made Exeter what It IS Taylor and Bancroft Coy
academies like these when 1t has generous endow-
ments managed by educational experts and manned
by teachers paid so literally that they can afford
Realizing the sore need Of the academies. the State
a. % ass Of tho sna %o.t
This should not be regarded as precedent for the
proved by placing these Institutions on an independent
foundation.
Here is an academy located IN a town unsurpassed
for healthflness and beauty surrounded by families
in which culture has been hereditary for generations
win hundred years 4 splendid nd1 history ee ssn In the
state lacking only the one thing needfIl to modern
educational instttution-an adequate endowment Let
us hope that soon this need may be met, ana that
here on the old foundation, there may be erected an
academy equipped in every respect TO meet the edt-
ps. t ta, arg pGsy % alumni dinner
held.
The afternoon exercises consisted OF poem written
by Professor KnOwlton. and read by Miss A. B. Glines
poem by Miss z. II. Butler. reading Of letters. and
md CTnf
letter received. dated Minneapolis, Mimi.
from the Mcmillan Family stating that many I mem
especially tho father James osSood Mcmillan. and his
brothers and sisters.
a ss I'D 81 ssyns s nS
could estimate the good It has done He referred to
The many notable men who have studied her, M y,
Bowdon studied law In Fryeburs, but has not visited
the place for NIFTY years Letters were also received
from the Rev DIR. a. P. Peabody, The follcwins
letter was road and listened 10 with great interest
Intervaie, July %, 1892.
Dear Mr.. Lewis: Your very kind letter Of the Ith
came duly to hand. but I have DELAYED answering
in this region or not at the time OF your academy
centennial II seems 40 probable now that shall
must sr no the Longer S on n n1Su 'VH Ss
present at the celebration which you have given me-
have always remembered with pleasure the beautiful
issc and who're mad; bold to employ somewhat
Of eTn sa Sn% y o s E
academy q most impressive feature IN my memores OF
the place. forget now whether II came into my scene
or not but Il stands out In strong relief In the
stretch Of village street which still have so
wildly before me. learned at the time Of my
visit something OK its long usefulness and honorable
lineage, and congratulate you with all nv heart
upon It's reaching It's hundrcdth year IN prosperity
as full OF promise as II has been full OF achieve
mcnt. All Fryeburg greatly took my fancy, aud
have no doubt that II | had derived any part OF
nv story from IT. life should have made q much
better novel The village already interesting to
me as the birthplace of my former publisher and
lang limo rieud hp dtpd faf
from hi, carly home the other day, and now Hes
In English earth cannot let tho occasion pass
without saving my In recognition OF The brilliant
academy whom ] knew best. lie generous
as he adventurous: he had a mind quick 10 con
celve aud prompt to execute he carried into business
the whole sympathles OF poet and the ardor Of
ideallst. word from you suficcd for his swift In.
.elllg,ncc wbrd from him pledge which he
felt bound TO fulfil II you hnv, a moment In your