Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-02-08
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
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come Of the college 1t became morally
bourd to make It good. am for such an
appropriation because this Is the only col
lege, the only institution for higher educa-
ton. which is non-fIectarian, although 1T
il operated upon high moral principles.
/ am for this college because 1t Is the
browning institution OF our state. Thc
BOYS OF Maine can not only prepare for
that institution without paying tuition,
/ but they can go there and secure an
education without the payment OF tuition
/ from the beginning to the end OF their
school life. am fer generous appro
priation for this institution within reason
able limitations, bearing In mind the
resources Of the State and the claims OF
other worthy objects upon 1t, ana am
for making that appropriation liked ana
continuous for term OF years, SO that
the trustees and the faculty of this college
may know In advance for q few years what
| their resources are to be and can plan
their course Of study accordingly III the
| light of an assured income. Then we
should not have this ward Of the State,
which the gentleman from brunswick
called the daughter of the State This
ward of the State would not then be plead
| ing for support from the State through
! its president, not knowing whether II is TO
receive q mere pittance or sufficient
amount to carry on the operations OF the
college as they should be. / believe that
this appropriation should be fixed and con
tinuous for term OF years so the manage
ment may know what they are to receive.
1t is better than an appropriation
made in the old way, now a little this year
and perhaps larger amount next year,
hut uncertain what 1t Is to be, even though
when averaged for series Of years IL
should amount to more money. Believing
this, wish TO plead for the college and
whatever you vote for it, vote for it as
generous an amount as you think the
State can afford at this time; and what
ever you vote for IL, so Tar rs this Legisla
ture has power % de- vote that the appro-
priation shall be fixed for "A term OF years.
Mr. Haines of Wateryille said il seemed
impossible TO make the Legislature I'M
derstand what this institution was estsb-
Used for. We have been coming here from
year to year TO ask for appropriations and
1t would seem rs though we were asking
for something that was TO go outside Of
the State of Maine, something that the
people did not want. ! aln In an awk-
ward position as trustee Of this institu-
ton, pleading with this House to do what
il should do by itself. 1t is your college.
1t Is not my college 1t Is not President
Harris college IL is your college and
the college Of your people in the state Of
Maine for the education of your boys
want To again call your attention to the
objects of this college. which the gentle
man from Canaan fAir. Barrettl says hts
i
language | will read again, because am
bound that the people shall know what
Senator Morrill, meant when he drew the
bill and what President Lincoln meant
when he signed the bill--''To endow, sup
port and maintain at least one college
where the leading objects shall be, with
out excluding other scientific and classical
studies, and including military tactics, to
teach such branches OF learning rs relate
to- agriculture and the mechanic arts in
such manner as the Legislatures of the
states may respectively prescribe, in order
TO promote a liberal and practical cduca-
ton of the industrial classes in the several
pursuits and professions of life.
What broader language could be givens
Why under that act should we not in
crease the courses of study; | want u
with other states in the matter of the
equipment of this college. Among II of
the states of this Union, Maine stands :
in the matter of buildings, in the matter
of state appropriations Maine stands 10
only two states in this whole list that
have not appropriated more than you In
the matter of library you stard Il; in the
matter of machinery, l6-only one below
you; and on the line Of apparatus which
affects all the departments you are at the
foot of the list
The world has moved forward in the |
last 20 years. All the prizes of the world |
formerly belonged to the church; later to |
the lawyer; the captains of industry today |
are found in the mechanical and scientific |
pursuits of iife-and while we have equal |
brain and Drawn, equal climate and soil !
with any other of the A states, are we /
going to place our opportunities for /
development in scientific and practical |
education at the foot of the list among /
those states? If that is what you want TO |
do,all right That college fills different |
sphere and a different place from the other I
three colleges in the State. There can be
no rivalry between them. We have
Bowdoin and Colby and Bates, and we
are proud of them all. but none of them
fills the place with the people of Maine
who want to study science that the State
college is doing, has been doing, and must
do better. 1t is not question of how
little you can give us, but how much
You have come down here with Your
economy on all fours and the committee
have unanimously reported that s25, 900
is as much as you can stand. Now in
Gods name, will you say you cannot
stand that? have examined these figures
presented by the gentleman from Greene,
(Nr. Gilbert) and am free to say cannot
see how we are to possibly going to get a
gymnasium out of those figures. We
ought to have s25, 900 or $50, 900 today
for gymnasium for the military work
of the students. You say you cannot do
it. You have got to the lowest figure,
SOB QQQ All riuht ,,-o will IL, flo Llr4 no |