Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-17
STATE COLLEGE, CT AGRICILTURE
AND THE MECHANIC ARTS.

| Resolve in favor of the trustees of the
| State College of Agriculture and Ne
| cchanic Arts. tabled pending adoption in
concurrence of House amendment and
| second reading. was taken from the
table.
Mr.. Walls of Knox. offered Senate
| amendment A. Amend by Striking out
| lines and G. in the first paragraph If the
resolve. and inserting in place thereof
| the words the sum of $4,000.
| A discussion ensued as to whether all
proposed amendments to the resolve
| could be offered before action was taken
| upon any one of them.
| The Chair: The Chair will rule that
| unless by unanimous consent, there
should be action taken upon each amend
ment as it comes in order.
| Unanimous consent was thereunon
given for the Introduction of all amend
| ments at the present time.
| Mr.. Clason of kennebec. offered Senate
| amendment b. Amend by striking out
| the words twenty thousand and insert
| ing in place thereof the words, Fifteen
| thousand
| Mr. Clason offered Senate amendment
| c. Amend by striking out lines !. and
| Q. and substitute in place thereof the fol-
| lowing: Resolved. that the said trus-
tees are hereby directed to charge all
! students Il reasonable tuition, but that
| they may abate said tuition to such
worthy pupils residing in the State as
may be financially unable to pay the
same.
| Mr.. Savage offered Senate amendment
| ID. Amend by striking out the word
| ten in line of the bill. and insert in
place thereof the word two
| Mr.. Clason Mr.. President and gentle
| men of the Senate. There seems to be
| an impression prevalent among some of
the warmest friends of the State college.
| that only those are friends of that insti-
tuition who are in favor of the highest
| appropriation. and those who are not in
| favor of the highest appropriation are its
| w.. Ni,,.
in Il false position. l have always voted
| for the largest appropriations, but it
| seems to me that the demands made by
| the college this winter have been eX-
| cessive, and their claim as regards their
future history so extravaganza. that a
| full discussion of all the facts should be
| had before we decide what is to be the
| future policy of the State toward the
| college. If we pass the resolve appropri-
ating $4,000 a year for the next 10 years.
| that will not be the whole amount that
will be asked for the next 10 years. We
all OF us know that every two years from
| now until the 10 years have expired. the
State college will need and will claim
large sums of money for better buildings
better apparatus and better accommodate
| tons than they have at the present time,
| that will amount to as much as this ap-
preparation cans for. that is, $3.50 600 in
| the next 10 years If | am correct in my
conjecture, there is 100000 dollars that
will have to be appropriated and paid
years from now the State college will
come mere and say. the $25. 900 appropri-
ated for $50 students is not enough for
the 500 or 600 that we now have. We need
more money, and the result is that they
| must have it. If you believe that the
State of Maine can and ought to appro-
pirate that amount of money. then it will
be only right and consistent for you to
| vote for the $4,000. And when we dc
that. we substantially place this State
college upon the common school system
of our state and it has a right to demand
money out of the common school funds
The only limit in the amount will be the
| limit in the number of students that the
college has. | am not in favor of this
appropriation. because I do not think the
| State is able to pay SO much money fol
the State college. We know what oul
State has done for the public schools. fol-
our High schools Normal schools anf
Summaries, and for all the colleges,
claim that the State has been liberal to
all these institutions up to the present
time. And | was surprised to be con.
fronted by the statement made by one OF
the leading educators. that the State o.
Maine had been niggardly toward thes,
higher institutions of learning and thai
as the result of the parsimony of on
state, we nave not so many students at
tending college in our State as there are
attending college in other states of thu
t'nion-as the poor. iliterate states o
the south. Statistics have been scat
tered broadcast over our State and as
peciaily among the legislators here. com
pairing the State of Maine with otheI
states OF our Union. and comparing III,
assessed wealth per capita and the nun
Der OF students per 100000 of poDulatio,
win those of other states. | find on
'ookibs TINS paper over. no word of ex