Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-03-16

/ school outside of the State of Maine but
what has its dormitory. Do you want tc
send your daughter and sons to schools
where they cannot be under the immedi-
ate supervision OF the teachers? The dor
mitory is the place for the scholars where
they can be under the eye of the teachers.
We are not dealing with the citizens OF
| Gorham, we are dealing with a question
of education. We are not to decide
whether a few traders in Gorham shall
have the privilege of selling goods at re-
tail prices and making profit off these
scholars. Two opposed this matter be-
fore the committee, citizens of Gorbam,
and one is trader, who wants to sell his
goods at retail prices to these pupils.
Mr.. Boothby of Saco said that the COM
mittee had recommended an appropria-
tion of $4,000 for the Madawaska training
school, and the Legislature of this State
has appropriated that sum. We have
taken up the matter of the Pennington
Normal School, and our committee diff
fercd in regard to what course it was best
to pursue We We're all of the opinion
that something ought to be done The
Senate has passed resolve appropriating
$50, 0oo for rebuilding the Pennington
Normal School, and 1 trust that this
House will concur with the Senate in
passing this resolve You will find by
looking at the statement of facts accom-
panying this resolve, that the town of
Gorham has raised more than $50, ,O0O to
build that school building. and has given
it to the State of Maine. They have given
to the State of Maine a dormitory that
cost more than $50, 600, and l stand here
to say without hesitation that the gen
erosity and liberality of the town of Cor
ham is almost without a parallel in the
history of our State. Last summer fire
destroyed this dorinitory, and the ques-
ton now is, whether the State will re-
build it or not. In the town of Gorham
the people are divided A certain por-
ton of the people of that little village who
wish to derive some benefit from the
school object to rebuilding this dormi-
tory. Others object for personal reasons.
/ stand here to say that the best people
OF that village, those who are thoroughly
interested in the welfare and maintenance
of that school, are anxious and enthusi-
astic in favor of rebuilding that dormi-
tory. The dormitory system Is no ex-
pertinent; it was adopted when the school
was established. Those connected with
the institution, and those who have
graduated from the institution, testify
that It has been success. The original
resolve calls for 500, 000. This resolve
calls fer $4,000; $4,000 will build a
dormitory that, will accommodate those
students who wish to live in dormitory,
and. those who do not can find plenty of
T,1acac 70 h.arf IL, the vilfaoa
Mr.. Floyd of Brewer, said that he
formerly was resident of the town of
Gorham, and was for five years student
of the old academy. AT that time it was
difficult to get boarding places in that
town, and am told by people who know
the situation OF affairs there, that it is as
difficult for students to get boarding
places there now as it was when was o
student in that town. l believe in the
recommendation of the trustees and mem
bcrs Of this school that we should build