Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-13

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/ a life one for you. During your eight
years of administration of affairs at the
hospital great improvements have been
made; and You have grown up with
its growth. We know that your salary
is not commensurate With the respon-
sibiiities resting upon YOU. and ii is
our intention. if you remain in your
| present position. to go to the LeSisla-
| ture at the next session. and ask for
Il proper increase in your salary, and
feel sure that the State will increase
your salary to reasonable extent.
We hope YOU will reconsider your
idea Of being 4 candidate for sheriff.
and remain with us. your friends
(Sgned) Frederick Robe, Il. Il.
Shepherd. Mrs. }. K. Smith, Chas. :.
Pearl. p. O. Vickery. Thomas White.
Herbert T. Powers, Trustees of the
Maine Insane Hospital.
This is the excuse | have to offer for
bringing in this bill. | believed when
| brought the bill in that he was en-
titled to a salary of $500: but ii has
| been compromised with his permission
| at $1,000; and | would like every sena-
tor. as a business proposition, 10 vote
for its passage.
| On motion of Mr.. Prince of Oxford,
| the bill took its second reading and
| was passed to be engrossed.
| On motion by Mr.. McFadden of Lin
coin, Senate bill No. %. resolve in favor
of Lee Normal Academy. was taken
! from the table.
Mr. McFADDEN of Lincoln: | now
move that this resolve be Indefinitely
POSTPONED. | was much gratified when
! the committee on education succeeded
in framing a bin that they could all
support-the general academy bill; and
il was understood. | think. by the whole
Legislature, when that bill was re-
ported, that it was to do away with
special appropriations for these higher
institutions of learning. The bill is
everywhere regarded as great i'm
proVement on previous log rolling
methods. 1t seems to me that this in
stitution is not shut out by the pro
visions Of the general bill. | cannot
take any stock in the word Normal"
which is attached to this institution.
1t is said by the friends to this insti-
tuition that ii will he cut off by the
general bill because it cannot comply
with the conditions. That is just what
the committee on education intended
that it should be cut of if il could
not comply with these reasonabl" con-
ditions. | apprehend ii is not the only
institution that will be so cut Oft.
While | have not the least prejudice
against this institution or any other.
think We should stand by the gener-
II law. ana insist that its provisions
shall govern appropriations to private
institutions Of learning.
Mr.. PLCMMER Of PcnobsCot: Mr..
President. this Lee Normal Academy
has an exceptional standing in its rr-
lation TO the State, ANA to the general
academy bill. ON account of the ie-
culiar circumstances Of this institution.
il was found impraotiCable ~ frlmr
the general laW 50 that i'd Wul!a
share in the appropriation carried w
the general law. The alternative was
to either emasculate tn general law
so as to make it of no value. and
endanger its passage by the iWoI
houses. or To consider this institution
apart from the general law. Ii Wus
chartered i'll 1915 as Normal lcad-
envy: ana its charter provided that ONE
Of its purposes should BE- to prepare
teachers for service in common ANA
primary schools: and il has been do
ing that work ever since. This init
tuition has not in the past been pro
vided for as have other institutions /
by appropriation Of money in the
treasury not otherwise expended. IL
has been provided for by an approrria-
ton out Of the school fund Of tho
State. just the same as other Normal
schools are provided for. If this re-
solve passes. it does not add 4 dollar
to the general appropriations of the
State-the amount is simply appropri-
ated from the school fund. Nov as tu
this institution being shut out Of the
operation of the general law: 1t is sit
uated in sparsely settled country.
where the land is poor and the farms
small and unproductiVe. and the peo-
pie, as a rule. have all they can do to
gain livelihood and pay taxes to sup
port their municipal governments. TIL"
town of Lee is very poor and, in the
last two years, has not appropriated a
dollar in support OF this school The
only income of the institution. apart
from small amount of tuition. has
been this appropriation on the part of
the State (AIr. Plummer here read
the statement of facts accompanying
the bilD. The reasons why this school
cannot come within the provisions Of
the general bill will be seen from the
provisions Of that bill. Section | pro
vides that the amount paid by the
State to any academy under the act
shall be expended by the said academy
for instruction during the year for
which the payment is made.
They could have no other resource ex-
cept what they would get from the
State under this law: and if you could
bring them in under the $500 clause
they would have to expend all Of that
for instruction. No academy can get
| this $500 this $3.50 or this
| $1,000 from the State unless
i they have at least an equal
amount Of income from all other
| sources. This academy has virtually no
| other resources, and 50 would be shut
| out from the benefits Of the general
| law. The committee on education in
| view of the peculiar circumstances of
i this institution. there being not more
! than one dissenting member We're of
the opinion that this institution should
| be favored. Are we going to shut up
| that school and deprive its pupils OF
| its advantages? |, for one, am not