Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-30
STATE HOUSE.
Secretary B. ". Mckeen
Hopes for Closer Relationship
Between State Board Of Agriculture,
and Agricultural Societies.
National Convention Labor Bureaus-Excerp
from School Report-Other News.

leave this afternoon. for Bar Mills,
where he will speak at a meeting of the
| Buxton and Hollis Agricultural So
ciety to be held. May1. Hon. w. H.
| Vinton of Gray. the president of the
Cumberland County. Agricultural So
ciety, will also address the meeting.
| Mr. Mckeen has made constant eff
| fort to bring the State board. and the
agricultural societies into closer con-
| nection, and these meetings are one
step toward this end. There will be
more meetings of a like nature. later in
the season.
! The farmers institutes will COM
mence in June. Immediately after the
! farmers field day, which will be held
at the Maine State College at Orono.
! Miss Rena c. Winslow of Waterville.
has been engaged by Mr. McKeen. as
| stenograpAer and typewriter, for his
department. Miss Winslow has done
work for the department for the past
two years. taking stenographc reports
of the lectures held at Institutes and
other meetings She has also pre-
| retdry's report. She is consequently,
well informed on the department.
work
Hon. S. w. Matthews. labor COM
missioner, has received the call for the
| twelfth annual national convention of
| the officials of bureaus of labor statis-
tics, and kindred offices in the United
States. to be held in Albany N. Y.
June %. "a and %, in the Senate cham
Der at the Capitol.
| Mr. Matthews is a member of the ex-
ecutive committee with Thomas j.
| Bowling of Albany: Carroll D. Wright.
Washington; L. G. Powers. ST. Paul;
and Charles II. Morse, Lansing. The
meeting promises to be one Of the most
! instructive and progressive ever held.
An interesting discussion will be held
growing out of the following resolve
which was made at the last meeting;
/ That the executive committee recon-
mends to the convention the question
fof Investigating the municipal owner
ship of water, gas and electric light
plants, the investigation not to be con-
sidered for or against municipal own
ership~b but for the. purpose of ascer-
! tanning all facts bearing upon this
question.
/ The discussion which will be held.
win be to try to determine the best
ways for investigating the plants. with
| a view of further means of coming to a
decision. In 10 way will any attempt
! be made. to determine whether or not
| the control OF these plants by the mu-
/ inequalities is advisable.
The following excerpts from the re-
port of the State superintendent of
/ schools contains the following hearty
words of commentator of the work of
the teachers and pupils found in our
| best rural schools.
| In point of scholarship, in quality
| of methods and thoroughness of work
| done, l found teachers who will COM
4 pare favorably with those who ranked
highest in our graded schools. They
know the facts they are required to
teacn. and are familiar with the sub
jects in which they should give instruc-
| ton; they emphasized the essentials
and gave but little time to the nom
i essentials: they We're conversant with
| the work done in the best schools, and
lit is clear that their methods were the
result of reading. study, observation,
adoption and adaptation. They pos
sessed unusual energy, strong person
| atty and great power of control They
| dispatched the details of the work ex-
! peditiously and quietly. Their man.
nurs indicated culture and breeding.
| the school was inspiring and whole
some The above sentences fairly ex-
press my judgment as to these teachers
and their work"
The visitor is impressed with the
energetic, wide awake, progressive
quality of the children who are found
| in the rural schools which are in
| charge of competent teachers. They
| are not always courteous, and are
| sometimes wanting IN thoughtfulness.
They frequently speak in tones which
crate on your ears, and are not al
ways careful about the way they stand
! sit or walk. They are frequently
| boisterons, sometimes a little coarse,
occasionally rude, but seldom vulgar
Even brief study of them and their
work will convince any one that their
eyes are open, that their minds are re-
ceptive and acquisitive, and that Their
hearts and heads are being trained and
attuned to see and enjoy the beautiful
in life, literature and art"
The following letter has been sent out
4 by the Superintendent, which will be
of interest to many:
So far as l have been able to learn
no attempt has been made. in this