The Portland daily press., 1895-07-09

great commonality of our fellowmen in
Wnlcn that church is by all its professions
principles, and traditions, Interested
Snss Sno.'iu r,i yastiy more than make good such
} stand aloof from promising instrnmen-
tallty OF social advance. have no fear
that the church would venture to ienore
TO such an extent as that, the this world
: welfare of their children and our children.
ln9eeo' the benefits which perfected
Roman Catholic Church are to INV mind
SO immense. that should EXPECT a good
many Protestants to object to the system
| slnply on bhag account. I, for one, am
not no, s5!s such "a Protestant If the Roman
Gathol!c 1i Church can prosper by means
sda,s si1as s,n inis up o our entire humanity, that
beings, that widen the skirts of light and
make the realms of darkness narrower
al over the land, every sincere Christian,
Whatever his name or sign, must rejoice
NOW Ior an epitome of the course this
lecture mas taken: We set out by men
tlonlng the grewsome fact of poverty, and
showing it to be due to too low stand
ard OF life among the Masses dwelling
aU considerable length on this relation of
oe pendence. In connection with this
SUBJECT we briefly touched the question
OF restrlcGlng immigration especially that
of the Chinese. Means of eleyating a
L .,
Stuart Mill, our own; this last consisting
IN certain simple meaningfull educational
reforms, enforced school attendance, uni
VersaI use of the kindergarten systematic
moral influence higher talent and train
ing IN teachers, better teaching methods,
pe6Ier schoolhouses and schoolhouse sur
roundlngs and lunch, reforms which,
II was thought, would, in time change
the national conception of what life ought
to be, and SO, the national will as to what
life should be. In conclusion, the hope was
expressed that SO noble a system Of gen
eral education when studied and under
stood, would rally to it's support Catholics |
and Protestants alike, which circum-
stance alone would impart to it power |
\ for good which education has never yet |
had in any land or time.
| President Andrews's address was loud |
ly applauded during it's delivery and at |
its close.
The Temple Quartette closed the pro-
g'amme with Serenade," by 6. W.
Chadwick
| Among those present are: Nina E. |
| Williams, Salem, Mass; Kate Bachelor,
Salem; Miss Jennie A. Faxon, South |
Windham; Walter H. Young, Warren,
Mass. ; Benjamin Baker, Superintendent
oi schools, Newport, R. L Miss Caddie
@ Lancaster, Richmond; John H. Lam
caster, Woodfords; Edwin S. Thayer, Fall
Hiver, Mass. Prof. W. J. Corthell Cor
ham; Emma S. Irish, South Bridgton;
q. e. Nolen, Fitchburg, Mass c. F. Fair
BROTHER, principal Of high school, Liver
more Falls; Miss Elsie Bartlett, North New
Portland; Miss Helen Moore, No. Anson
Alvin +. Pease, superintendent of schools, |
Northampton, Mass. Frances Cogswell, |
Cambridge; Walter E. Morse, Monson,
Mass. ; Augusta F. Libby, Augusta;
James S. Barrell, Cambridge, Mass,
master of Harvard grammar school; AL
fred Bunker, master of Quincy grammar
school, Boston.
TODAY'S PROGRAMME.
The sessions today will open at 9 a. m. |
and s p. m. The programme will be |
as follows:
MORNING.
Devotional exercises.
Music
The Relation of Fatigue to Educational
and Social Progress: Henry S. Baker.
PH. D, principal of the Jefferson
School, st. Paul, MINI.
Intermission
Library Methods of study: Miss Caro-
line M. Hewins, librarian of the Public
Library, Hartford, Conn.
Discussion.
Adjournment.
EVENING.
500. Music
8. Is p. m.-Intellectual Training as a
Moral Force: Merrill e. Gates, L. H. D,
LII D.. president of Amherst College
Rev. James Roscoe Day, d. D., Chancel,
lor OF Syracuse University
g. 45.-What more can the American
college do to help American life: Rev
Charles T. Thwing, LII. Pres ident of
Western Reserve University and Adelbert
College.
Ia 9. 15.-Music,
8. 9.30.-Adjournment.
EXCURSIONS.
At the close of the exercises last eve.
ming, President E. B. winslow of the
Board OF Trade, announced that the
board had arranged the following ex-
cursions for the members and officers of
the Institute:
The excursion committee of the local
executive committee have arranged with
the Casco Bay Steamboat Company for
excursions to the Islands in the harbor
With Portland Horse Railroad Compa-
ny and steamer Sokokis for excursions to
Westbrook and thence to Madison Falls
by steamer Cars leave Portland to con-
meet with the steamer at g. 10 a. M. 1. 10l
p M, and 2.40 p. M, head of Preble
street
Also with the Portland and Boston
Steamboat Company for a two hours
sail in the harbor on Thursday, July II.
Steamer will leave Franklin wharf at
2. 80 p. m. All officers and members of
the American Institute invited. Tickets
to be had of Hon. W. W. Merrill secre-
tary of committee office City Building.
The tickets to these excursions are free
to members and officers of the Institute.
NOTES.
The Temple Quartette will sing at the
close of each session. The gentlemen