Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-13

amendment offered BY the gentlemen
from Sullivan tMr. Hoynton) will pre-.
the present system which the gentleman
from Machias did not mention. He said
that academies which receive a special
have an advantage. IL one sense that
advantage Is a saving to the State. be-
cause In many instances a country nca6-
emy draws students from the surround
Ing towns. and in that way the surrOund-
ing towns do not support High school,
and so In each instance save the State
$3.50: | hope that the amendment will pre-
vail
Mr.. Burns Of Westbrook: believe
there Is a good deal Of merit In the bill
presented by the gentleman from Ma
chias; and think Il the people of Maine
we will change all our High schools into
academies. so that we can not only get
the $3.50 we now draw from the State, but
we can get the special appropriation Of
$500 or $500 or $1,000 or whatever II may
be; and hope this amendment will not
prevail.
provided that such IA course Of study is
prescribed and followed In said school
as is approved by the Stats superintend-
experimenting school committee in-cvery
town is capable of taking care of that
matter. But ] am not In favor Of the
amendment tDHl mas Dcen OIereQ. Inc
only feature of the bill that is worthy of
consideration is that part which prevents
the money that Is voted for a High school
to go into the academy. 1t Is unfair to
ask that an appropriation which is made
for High schools should be appropriated
for academies. The State approHiated
money for academies. and that becial
town where the academy was situated,
benefit of the appropriation. and the pco-
pie living in the surrounding districts had
TO help pay for that academy; and 50
somebody was wise enough to see that
II was unfair and they gave us the High
school, And think the tendency of this
State Is to establish these High schools.
This amendment makes class legislation.
and do not believe any good patriotic
citizen should vote for that but whatever
comes up that is for the interest OF the
whole State, then Il Is right that we
academy We do not give to the State
only as 1t interests that Individual place,
but when we give to the High school
then we are taking the true position.
hope the amendment will not preva,,.
Mr.. Blanchard of Wilton: l understand
by this bill that 1t gives the towns a
chance to raise money for free High
schools. and they also receive aid for an
academy. and they can make "A trade
with the trustees of the academy and
can maiatain a far better school than
could be maintained II they received only
the free High school money. believe II
is for the interest of the rural sections
Of this State that money should be given
for the academies and that they should
he also enabled 10 receive the free High
school money. ! hope that the amend
rueut will prevail.
Mr.. Pattangaii of Machias: Cent men
have discussed this question as though
il was proposed To take from the acad-
smies the amount OF their appropriations.
That bill was NOT intended and viii not
take from any acadcmy any appropria-
ton that has been granted. II VIII SIM
ply bar II from receiving an appropria-
tion at your hands of anything over tho
amount II Is getting under the general
law. and prevents them from getting s25J
more. We simply ask them to take
twice as much as our High schools get
and be satisfied and not ask for threc r.,
amounts to. | have not enmiiy toward
the academies. But this State appropri-
ates S.s,de0 year for High schools: and
$50 600 Il year for IS academies and semi
naries: and all we ask OF those IS acad-
emies and seminaries. which get three
fourths as much money as the 26f High
schools, is to let us have our High school
money. and we will let them haze their
academy money, but we do not want
them TO take both.
Mr.. WaIton of Skowhegan said that he
was afraid the matter was not fully un-
ierstood bv the members. II seems TO
ne that this matter should be fuzzy ui-
derstood by the academies which are af-
fected by 1t. There are academies receiV-
ing an appropriation from the State and
also the $50 which they receive from the
High school fund. II Is proposed to take
away this $3.50 as | understand it, with
out letting them Know anything about 1t
without their having notice, and that viii
cripple them. There are academies IN
my county that will be affected by this
matter. and | rely upon the committee
on education to make appropriations FOR
these academies that will be right. in ad-
dition to the amount they receive from
the State as free High schools. | hope
the members will fully consider this mat
ter before they vote to strike at these
to be represented and to be heard. They
rely upon receiving the same amount
that they have been receiving in years
past.
Mr.. Smith Of Hampden; We. have ar
academy in our town and am interested
in this bill. II costs US to maintain our
schools about StSa1 n year. We get an
approximation of $50 from the State and
also $3.50 through the High school fund.
making $50 We then have about S00l
of the rank of that which We are carry
ing on there. We do not intend to charge
our students any tuition: and it is =
pretty serious question with us if this
$3.50 is taken away from us ut this time.
hope that the motion to reconsider will
not prevail.
The question being on the motion of
the gentleman from Machias (Mr. Pat
tangaID to reconsider the vote whereby
the amendment offered by Mr.. Boynton
of Sullivan. was adopted.
Mr.. Boynton called for the yeas and
nays.
The call for the yeas and nays was not
seconded.
A division being had the motion to re-
consider was adopted by Il vote of 81 for
to Is against.
The question being on the adoption of