Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-16


Glaq OF an Opportunity to go 20 gee
them. Mr.. Dingley came to HEBRON
Oct. 20. After spending part OF rne
day with friends he met the students
In their large audience room IN .ne
academy building. He had SAID 70 '!ie
that he would speak 10 them withoul
any special preparation. Togeuhe. ~
outlined what we thought woud We
satisfactory to them. ] speak OF th's'
because. after he rad met the students
| and looked into the faces of those ooss
ard girls something must nave
changed the course OF his thouRnts' TOT
not ONCE did he refer to his suD]ect az
we had outlined It,. He seemed 10 pe
taken back to his own schooiday I'VE.
He told them with an accuracy as re-
| markable as it was Interesting OF ms
| own school days. and his lndiVtuuai
method Of studying. How from enc
| years from ~ to IL he had mace
| special study Of history while tending
| his fathers store in the country. HIS
method was after putting the store IN
order for the morning H. would read
| until a customer came IN. AFTER the
| customer had gone he would repeat
| aloud to himself what he had read be-
| fore he was Interrupted IT any part
| was not we'll understood. he would read
| again that portion and rehearse it un-
| til it was fixed in his mind His rule
was to read about 20 Or 30 minutes.
close the book rehearse it. and cate
chise himself. In this way he read the
histories of that time. In proof of the
value of his method Of study he told
| them tina, since he had been in public
| life whenever he wanted to refer to
history studied in those years he could
| recall i, to mind as readily as though
he had read it but yesterday.
| What his talk was to the scholars they
can speak for themselves. In the last
number of their school journal, The
Semister. edited and published by the
| school. there is a notice of Mr.. Ding
ley's visit to them as follows:
I On October 10th the Hon. Nelson
| Dingley our representative to Con-
| gress. came to Hebron for the purpose
! Of making the students of Hebron
| Academy a visit. Ii is our wish To ac-
| knowledge a kindness whatever its
source That Mr.. Dingley. after doing
for us as he has done in the past
| should lay aside his great cares and
public duties to come and speak to us.
| places us under an obligation which
| we are unable to properly acknowledge.
| His subject seemed to be his own school
days. what he himself did when he was
| In our places He explained his
! method of learning with such clear
ness and Nigor thas we could adopt 1t
| as our rule Of study at once. His
tribute 10 the Scriptures. the beauty OF
| their language. the purity of their
English. their value as our guide in life
| while young. will never be forgotten by
| those who heard him. He urged us TO
study the politics of our country. 20
| choose and act upon those principles
which Will perpetuate the New Eng
land hccne. to investigate we'll. choose
and act with tina: party which to our
minds represents that which Is good
and best for the people. and that which
| represents prc gress and prosperity to
! our nation
Today. those students my neighbors
and the people in the little village over
in the Oxford county hills have gather
ed in their audience room. this morn
ing. To speak to each ether of the kind
ness Of their friend. AS my mind goes
out 20 them assembled there 10 Join
with us. the government of our State.
80 ms HieihoFH. KNOW that
| their ipS are expressing their hears
| deepest feelings tha, ,ha;r ,,n,t -
| ,,1a, ,.;,h . -. . vs. a'e
| ven 'eHoefhess AKIN TO and
love not unlike that i'm which we hold
and cherish the memory of our own
mortal Lincoln.
Representative Webb of FARMLAND sold
Your ExrelIencv ana ..,.., :.
| Assembly. - ''"''s'ieh "i IN"
| ~ ~
! ~ pause' TO-DAY IN our public duties
| 49, Nv ''u p. 20 reading American states
| t,., ms lame ana reputation are as
| Gr 49,. a. she ha.loii, and his name. we
| t III. ne"tse, Is written indelibly in
| n,.ia', i t.;. mistory: All the nation hon
| ,,. ~ mn wien living all the ma ton
n.y. 1"", s;, MN uead' hui yet he was ours.
| 10. ,rh, tiIei, our Trend. our neigh
~ W.. haI, Where MS political career be-
s",,' Wnere Inr s'N terms he was repre-
,h.,t ~, an" never IN me greater honors
.'..s III. ~ niiI' ana IN Inc eminent po-
III wnich Tor 50 many years he filled
/, ~; ne iaitef m ms affection for his ma
/ . 800. ho' III fitS 'eNHtlon IN the III
| ~, -. neI i'eope'
| ~. d'iothtr sense ais" he was n tru"
,e .Ipl ~ Maine and New Eng
avn. RE nau inherited from his Puritan
| Az, i n.ois .Idhs 81 th"s', better trat,s of
| ane nittn character. He had the deep
! Gnu ierreni reilSlous belief. an ever
e.. H,m. ,al.n ~ me love ri Christ and