Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-10
er on the subject, public Institutions. !
He responded to the sentiment:

perhaps, / should say every importan
! city has its public INSTITUTIONS 50
!, able record, decorated with tn
foundation of many public institu
, tons, which are the pride
her people today. The list Is = long am
| for an occasion like this But Il few fact
in connection with our history cannot b.
overlooked.
In 1915 the higher education of womci
/, was hardly deemed worthy of thought
II In the DAYS when there was no Radctiff,
and no Smith, no Wellesley ana no iiol
yoke no co-educationai courses NJ Colby
and at Bates and the many colleges ant
academies for young women which do
Il New England today were unthought of
Augusta, adopting the motto OF the State
whose capital she is erected inc seminary
for the higher education of women known
as the Conys Female academy DAME
| Cony, one OF Augusta pubic spirited
/ citizens erected and founded at his own
| expense a building for the education OF
| voting women endowed 1t with n fund fol-
| its maintenance and bestowed upon il
|, library To enhance its usefulness.
In 1875, ass have. sad educational
4 and Augusta 1lolds the proud position OF
| being almost the pioneer in this respect.
| The Cony Female academy Incorporated
by an act of the Legislature of Massachu-
! setts has maintained its existence from
i 1915 to the present day, and today Is rep
| resented by the Cony High school now
devoted to the education OF both .seres,
| 1t will be claimed, OF course, that our
| Insane Hospital is a State and not a city
| institution. This is true. but here. also,
1 augusta citizens have the proud dislnc-
| ton of having stimulated IT'S erection, de-
| tcrrnincd it's location within our borders
| and caused its erection some years earlier
| than would otherwise have been the case.
| Heucl Williams one OF Augusta most
| IGNORED names. and Benjamin Brown OF
| N.,ssalboro though he lived hardly over
| liz. Augusta line. each contributed Slu.oV,
| in addition to land and valuable services
| for the erection OF the insane iospitai,
| which is one of the noted institutions not
| only of Augusta, but Of the State of
| Maine.
| So also the public spirit and generosity
| Of Augusta $ citizens contributed land
| aud money for the erection of the State
| Horse. designed and butt by Bulhncn.
the noted architect OF. early days, 4 build
ing whose beauty today challenges many
| q glance of admiration.
| IL would be expected that our churches
| would be the offspring of the love and de-
| yotion of our people. and such we an
| know to be the, case; but In most eitles
schools and schoolhouScs are buAt by
General tax assessment, as streets are
| cleaned police maintained and pdapers
| cared for. but Augustus schools empHi-
size the fact that our public institutions
arc the fruit of personal interest. we
| have within our borders the village as
| trict so called. which by voluntary
association of its citizens built It's own
| schoolhouse and maintains It's own
schools. We have also the Nllllams dls-
| trict which in the same way by volun-
| tory association erected its own building
| and maintains its own school And the
| C'ony High school, IS | have said, llVes
| upon the foundation bestowed upon IL by
| tie liberality of its citizens. This pecu-
| liarity of the establishment of public IN
stitutions through generous gifts of pub
| iic-Spirted citizens Is emphasized again
! In our beautiful Lithgow library. founded
Wy Llewellyn Lithgow. building but
| lust completed, and which l feel Is
satisfaction TO all our citizens and me
mortal of love and reverence to an Au-
gusta citizen. its generous founder
Massachusetts herself leads all states
| in the Union in the number and size of
| For public libraries. In Massachusetts
tie architecture of public libraries has
received more attention and architect
ur.tl effort has had more opportunity Tor
display and it may be interesting Tor
many of the strangers here. today, to
know that the town of Norwood, in one
Of the most cultivated and scholarly see
ions of Massachusetts, almost under the
shadow of the Boston state house, and
It's taste cultivated in this direction by
the new Boston public library. erected al
an expense of millions-it may be inter
cs;ing. | repeat, to note the TACT that
3aston's suburb. after months of search-
ing and examination of libraries, copied
orr own beautiful Lithgow library build
ng. and Is row erecting is duplicate. It's
eAlcl duplicate stone ~ S.ouo' u,ii,s ~
sion Tor dimension, specialization l"i 9PS-
cHc1uon.
In our schools our chuIches, out
hDruy. our hospltai, the PFoiniitIit I dtt
IS their foundation, by personal generous
gifts of citizens. We may rlghttuily
G lim you will admit, constitutional
superiority Puritan Augusta and Puri-
ian New England are not to be compared
with the newer. though ambitious cities
Of the South and West. Augustus peo-
| Die and New England's people we may
,rrnudly claim to be of finer moral fibre
f},,u fhose who dwell upon The mono
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| luctant payments To a tax collector.
| bile Augustus publlc institutions are
| born Of the sacrifice of her citizens and
| founded in the love and affection OF her
| people.
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