Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-02-12
SUCCESSFUL INSTITUTE
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! Afternoon SESSION.

Prtsilent A. W. Harris Of tie State Col
lege, Ofono, was the lecturer at the after
noon session, rkiDg the place OF MI.
Henry r. AIyofd, WIN was unable to
present. Although disappointed in not
listening to Maj Alsord, the audience was
charmed by tie happy maLnsr In which
Presi lent Harris presented his theme !:
The General History OF Agfi.
cultural colleges in the United States and
the special work Of the Maize State Col
iegc at Orono. In speaking OF the work
Of this institution he alluded to is military
character; to the fact that it was college,
giving a high collegiate education to it,
students, simply substituting French and
German for Latin and Greek; that it was
specisi technical institut. giving particular
attention to civil, mechanical AMI electrical
erginse ring that it was an agricultural
school, with its several short courses n ag-
ricnlture, dairy economy and poultry man
ageme Mt; and that it proposed to be OF Sui
greater value TO the young men and young
women of tie State by conducting cooper
alive reading classes and local schools IN
towns where ~ or more wish to receive
the lectures of the professor al
th.ir osn home towns. In enforc-
ing all these points President HaIris
was abundant in apt illustration and pointed
suQge s.ion. He also spoke of the valuable
aids r. ndered to the college and its work ~
the Site expe riment station, the Grange
and the agricultural press. Following the
lecture of Presi lent Harris, remarks were
made by Dr.. G. M. Twitchell and Mr. 5.
l.. Board1ean of Augusta and Prof. Jordan
of The State experiment station.
Among the prominent farmers IN attend
ance were r. .. Jones of Winslow, A. Il.
Far gat of Sidney, w. P. Atherton OF Hal
lowell, C. f. Fletcher of Augusta, James
Howard and II. Z. Ellis of Fairfield, aud
e. C, Barrows, Chas. w. Grove II, Geo. 5.
Weeks, Smith R,bbins. E S. Forrest, IL.
II. Suell, o. A. Abbott and w. w. Weeks
of Vassalboro. There was also good rep
resentnion of the best farmers from other
town than Vasssl5oro.
At neon one of the elegant dinners for
h'ch the lady members of Cushnoc Grange
are so JUS ly celebrated for providing was
furnished free to all visitors, and their cosy
dining room was two or three times filled
before all were provided, but of the best
food there was abundance and to spare.
Among the ladies prominent in providing
and serving were Mrs. J. M. Cross, Mre.
Oscar II. Brown, Mrs. c. W. Crowell, Mrs.
Smith Robbins, Mrs. Martha A. Getchell,
while all members Of the grange did their
share Ut general providing and hearty hos
pitslity ,xtended to all visitors. Cushnoc
Grsng. enjoys the honor Of being one OF
the three or four best oranges in Maine and
it i, one of The b. S. places for holding a
farmers institute in the State. Tne farm
ers and their wives attend even ii it does
storm.
At the close Of the afternoon session
the JOURNAL reporter was oblged to
leave. The afternoon train from the West
had not arrived at late hour, but IL is I'M
derstcoi that did Secretary Mckeen and
Msj. Atwood reach there, an evening ses-
sion was to be held, addressed by those
gentlemen although the violent storm and
bad reads, no doubt, caused the audience
to | e small. But the forts Of Secretary
McKeen IN securing the highest authorities
and best known agricultural teachers for
his institutes, are fully appreciated by the
farmers of this section. and of all parts OF
the State where they are held.