Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-02-15

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I voted for this resolve in its present
form. At first l thought the appropria-
ton was small enough, | think so now.
| voted for the 10year clause for two rea
sons. which | will give. 1t relieves the
faculty of this institution from the neces-
sity of coming to this Legislature every
session and begging this Legislature to
do a thing which they are in duty bound
to do 1t is at large expense that they
come here; somebody pays these bills.
We should see to it that this thing Is
stopped The other reason for the 10-year
clause is the fact, which you all under
stand and appreciate in the conduct OF
your own business-that If you know
what you can depend on, you can plan
your business in better form and do bet
ter work than if you do not know how
much capital you have to work with.
| will say now that have this matter
at heart, and would like every member
OF this Senate to take it to heart also.
Let us not draw the line at an educational
institution! 1 do not want to go on
record as voting against this thing, and
/ earnestly hope that the amendment of
the senator from Hancock will not be
adopted.
Mr. Hovey of Somerset: do not wish
to place myself either Us Il friend or as an
enemy to the State College. / think !
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of education and / believe in the COM
mon school system and old high schools
and academies of the State of Maine, but
| wish to point out u distinction aud a
difference in the management of some OF
these institutions which are carried on
locally and those which are carried on by
the State. There seems to be prevailing
opinion that the State can better carry on
these institutions. There also seems to
be an cndcavor to crush out the common
schools of our State. There is a belief
that the State must get hold of these in
situations How is it with the institu
tions that the State does control: The
State is trying to carry on this college OF
agriculture. 1t it Il success? | do not
believe that the State College at Orono
has been "a success for this State. There
may be success in store for it i'll the future
under the new management and under
the new principal. Has it been a success
in the past? Has it been pride to the
State? l think not. | think the State
has pursued niggardly policy toward
this college. | believe that these land
sales that we have heard about were bad
ly managed. 1t is the same with the
normal schools of our State. Are they
successes? We have three in our State,
each trying to get pupils.
The , normal school teachers
are getting into bad repute Pupils
can go in. there and come out without a
real basis of education. superintendent
of schools do not want normal school
teachers; they prefer the young graduate
of one of our colleges. They do not want
the normal school graduate; they prefer
to have graduates from colleges, or the
old academies or the high schools.
The State does not exercise the right
policy towards these institutions. How
does this college of agriculture compare
with the other colleges? ! think the past
results of this college have not been so
successful as to call for Il large appropria-
ton. l DO not believe that the State,
with the present standing of the college,
can afford to give them n large appropria-
ton or extend the time during which this
appropriation shall be continued. / be-
lieve that under able management it may
prove a success but let us first find out
what there is in it. | think that if the
State of Maine cannot manage this col
lege better. and make it success, it
should either turn it over to the L. ;.
government or put it into the hands of
some denomination that will make
success of 1t. The past treatment that
this college has received az the States
hands is not right or just. II the State
cannot control this institution, let it keep
its hands off, and let somebody else do it
that can. There have been some 500
graduates from this college id the
past 81 years. | have been looking
over the list of them this morning
How many of them do we find have
become farmers? Out of the 500 there are
% lawyers, II farmers. and out of the
whole number there are only 119 who
have settled in the State of Maine, and
the rest of them have gone to Western
states or into other countries. ! say that
the State of Maine in educating these
young men at Orono has not been doing
the good work that the other colleges ard
educational institutions have been doing.
There is less proportion of graduates
from this college settled in the State of
Maine than from any of the other colleges
in our State.
Mr. Shaw of Aroostook: During the.
session have shared the sentiment of the
gentleman from Hancock who presented
this amendment, but now have made a
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