Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-24

W0y1aIer IN the Wotervllte NAL:
Il notice the name University City ID
being more and more frequently used
to designate Waterville. This should
not be 30. Just because some stranger
comes along and drops q nice sounding
name for Us It h no sign that we
should snap It up as a hungry bass
would live bait. We have no uni-
versity here. We have only good
college supplemented by very nice
fitting school-the best Of Its class to
be found anywhere. But these with
the rest of our public school system do
not make a university. The term
University City" 40 applied to Water
vile Is a misnomer. Now Or0no,
which has a university-in name-and
which Is not q city. might consistently
be called the university city. The
twistings and turnings Of the minds Ol
the people over east are unaccountable
and the. result Is that many incongru-
tiles in the way Of names and ideas are
evolved. For instance Bangor IL called
the Queen City when 1t has about as
much the appearance Of q queen as q
fourth rate bar-room has Of palace.
Portland seems to be one of the few
cities that have an apt alias. It seems
natural to call It the Forest City not
alone from the fact that the green
grass grows all around and the greater
part of its houses are hid by the trees
but whenever Portland man strays
from home and gets lost he can always
be distinguished by his verdant ap-
pearance. He always looks as II he
had just come from the woods''
Bath Enterprise: 1t Is seldom if.ever
that there has been such quiet CAM
paign in the State as is now in
progress. The Republicans are 30 sure
of making a grand sweep that very
little effort IL being made, while the
Democrats seem to realize that there's
little chance for them. Governor
Powers won great favor throughout the
State at the outbreak Of the recent war
by declining to call a special session Of
the Legislature until 1t was actually
needed and as that time did not arrive
large sum was saved to the State.
Portland Express: As the time draws
near for the opening of the fall terms
of the schools and colleges OF Maine a
good many young men are hesitating
as to the course they shall pursue.
On the one hand Is the desire which so
many Of them entertain to attend
school and better fit themselves for
the serious work Of life. while there Is
with many the ever present necessity
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necessities Of life may be secured.
The temptation is often present also to
do what seems like making the most
of present opportunities. For the sake
of earning few dollars at the present
time young men too often neglect this
work they should be pursuing Of fitting
themselves for better and higher posi-
tons in life. Such decision Is abso-
lutely wrong and we want to say to
young men who by any possibility can
get away from work. il for not more
than one term. even, into some of the
excellent institutions with which our
good State abounds. that the time thus
spent will be worth vastly more to
them when the great work Of life is
finally taken up than any number of
mere dollars which they can earn in
the given time can possibly be worth.
Many an older man will say to them
that he missed the chance of life
time at such and such a period Of his
life when he might have attended
school. but was fool enough to go to
work instead. There are years enough
to toll ahead of every ambitious youth.
It will not seem long before those who
neglect present opportunities will look
back with bitter regret upon this fall
when so much might have been done
in the way of self improvement.