Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-01-09

! ever yet been devised that realised the
| ideal BY bearing with absolute equity upon
/ ever, viii not deter YOU from doing every-
/ thing n your power to attain SO desirabie
! Z result.
Appropriations.
| The people confidently expect that the
Viii Be- ful if3n?n AND th e'p party Which Il.
State AFFAIRS will be held strictly responsi-
0r a e fer yos e g. Rs
q tGs va Various STATE
o sass os snd objects ses aa IL your
I Judgment, should receive Legislative assist
ance and encouragement. Not dollar more
than Is required for the efficient admins
tration of the public service should be APP
( These various matters. am persuaded.
< Will receive your most earnest considerh-
tion. While there Is no call for parsimouy,
i am confident that you will always exer-
else your Judgment, fearlessly and consci-
4 pies money. and that you Will refuse to
4 grant needless or unwise appropriations as
u uhn,hsstitatingy as you VIII vote them 1 70
Education.
| The report Of the Superintendent Of Pub
lie Schools shows a constant and crafty
Ing advancement In our educational inter-
ests. The total amount Of the State school
s52o,oi9; the ar amount Of : school money
raised by the towns was $S1S.001 total
Of $1.sSs.020 available for the support Of
I $910.523 for the same purpose in 1880, an
Increase Of $427, 497 or nearly forty-seven
The Normal Schools are doing most ex-
\ cellent work. and the Importance Of hav..
] Ing teachers thoroughly instructed and
trained in their duties Is being recognized
teachers are e0S Normal School, graduates ad ~
/. There are 722 school children in thirty
! schools are maintained as provided by the
Of s25s2.is. Of this, si3so.57 was paid
interest on land reserved, and s132.Oo the
per capita tax.
The pupils in these schools range from
several Instances, married men and women
| have taken advantage of the opportunities
thus offered to obtain an education.
1t Is unnecessary for me to call your at
| tention to the important work being done
1 by such schools. But for their existence.
! many of the children now enjoying their
advantages. would grow up in Ignorance,
\ and much larger per cent of them would
4 ultimately become public charge. The
! furnishing Of such instruction is in har-
mony with the established policy II the
{ State to provide school privileges for all.
( As rule, the people are anxious to have
the schools established. the children are
I prompt and regular In their attendance
| and amply themselves with great industry
| to their tasks. The good work which Is be-
be extended and made more Nc efficient II the
State is to do Its duty TO that portion OF
its citizens denendent upon it for educa-
ti0nal advantages.
The special appropriations made for the
academies and seminaries lanse with the
present year; and ii these appropriations
to be continued, ] inclined to the
opinion THAT they should be made perma-
nent under certain definite restrictions.
Under existing circumstances, school
tsglral tFfal
the Legislature may De able to secure d
liberal appfopl iatlon in excess OF its actual
requirements; While another, equally wor-
! thy but less fortunate, must be content
I with comparatively small amount. The
grade OF the school maintained and the
I number of pupils receiving instruction
/ should always De considered, and | doubt
the wisdom OF assisting in maintaining an
academy In section of the State where
high schools Of high grade are provided.
/ 1t Is an injustice to the State to allow
4 any OF these academies to use the amount
appropriated in increasing their endow-
I ment, instead OF providing more and better
/ instruction 10 the pupils who attend them
Z and under no circumstances should the sum
I appropriated for such institutions be taken
4 from the fund provided for the common
! schools.
1 1t is exceedingly gratifying that so strong
an interest Is being manifested in the pub
4 lie schools. The children, teachers and pa
rents are assisting in improving and en-
larging school grounds, Identifying school
| rooms and providing books OF art and
/
! The work accomplished along these lines
/ has been very extensive and gratifying. 1t
has greatly stimulated general interest In
the schools, promoted harmony in manage
4 ment, and resulted in much better work
being done by all concerned.
The teachers institutes and summer
( schools have not only improved the gen.
/ eral character of the instruction In our
| State. but, to an extent thar was not an
ticipated, have stimulated teachers to at
! tend our higher institutions of learning,
1 and thus enabled them to acquire the
scholarly attachments necessary to the
/ highest success in their calling.
The State University is in prosperous
| condition, having about 800 students, OF
whom more than six-seyenths are residents
of this State. Its most popular courses
are those in engineering, and the best
/ equipped those in agriculture but the
scope of its work is Of the very broadcast
character and also includes a classical
course, a similar course without Greek, a
scientific course without Latin and Greek,
a course in preparation for medicine, and
! courses in chemistry and pharmacy. The
School of Law, located in Bangor, has been
well received, and is gaining the approval
of those well qualified to judge of its work.
| Nearly two-thirds of the income of the
University is derived from the General
Government, the remainder being provided
by the State. 1t having been the policy OF
the State to reduce students expenses as
much as possible, the receipts from this
source are comparatively small. The trus-
3, tees have used the funds available to Sc
! cure teachers, apparatus and facilities FOR
instruction, rather than 10 construct large
and expensive buildings, and have been
governed by the restrictions Of the United
I States appropriations which forbid the use
/ of any part of these funds for the erection
or repair of buildings.
! During the past two years the trustees
| have constructed drill hall and a gymna-
| sum- now nearly finished, which Will be
paid for by private subscriptions, and it il
| understood that the Legislature Will not be
asked for any assistance in Its completion.
An astronomical observatory has also been
built, and large telescope set up. The
equipment in electrical engineering and in
the natural sciences has been largely in
creased and the buildings of the agrieultu-
raj department have received extensive re-
pairs and additions.
The trustees in their report will urge the
erection of a building for the department.
Of mechanical and electrical engineering,
to contain recitation rooms, d. awing
rooms iron working and carpenter shops
a foundry and forge shops. They state thar
the building now in use Yves erected whel
the University had a comparatively sma
number of students; that it is cheau
wooden structure inadequate for the pur
! had ofts. nd fhar