Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-14
STATE HOUSE.
Gov. Hill Obliged to Decline
Courteous Invitations.
Pine Tree Club, Boston, and College
Debate, Lewiston,I Wanted Him.
New Revision of Inland Fish and Game
Laws Nearly Ready.

| On account of the fact that Gov. Hill
viii be out of the State for several days
during the latter part of the month he
| has been obliged to decline two invita-
| lions which have recently come to him.
| The first Is an invitation to act as one
Of the judges in the joint debate to oc-
cur at City hall, Lewiston, Monday
evening, May 4, between a team from
the Law School of Boston University
and one from Bates College. The sub
ject to be discussed is: Resolved, That
State Boards of Arbitration, With
Compulsory Powers, Should be Estab-
| lished to Settle Industrial Disputes Be
| tween Employers and Employees"
| The second invitation comes from the
Pine Tree Club of Massachusetts to at
| tend its annual banquet at Boston,
Wednesday, April 30. Gov. Bates of
Massachusetts, has accepted an inTi-
tation to be present, and will be &C.
companied by Mrs. Bates. A special
invitation was sent Mrs. Hill to &C.
company the Governor, but both We're
| obliged to send regrets,
! an official notice of a meeting of the
| Association of Military Surgeons OF the
| United States has been received at the
| Executive department. The meeting
| will take place in Boston, May 10, %
and 81, and will be attended by sur
| geons from all parts of the country and
| even from abroad.
| The educational department has is
| sued a comprehensive manual for the
| use OF the officers ard members OF the
| county teachers institutes of the State.
| 1t contains a plan for professional
reading, sugges tons on how to use
| course Of study and helps in preparing
! for State examinations. The following
extracts viii show the scope of the
| work:
1.-THE statutes provide that teachers
| institutes, receiving State aid, shall be
under the control and management of
| the State superintendent of pubic
| schools. The practice Of having the
| officers of the local associations decide
on places for the meetings and prepare
Il the programs for the several sessions
has proved satisfactory. The depart
lament for obvious reasons, selects the
1aatcs when the meetings are to be held.
iHhe State superintendent viii be pleas
@s1tssa to receive suggestions as to the time
1Mill be governed, as far as practicable,
Tby these recommendations. The Off
GERS Of the Institutes will render a dis
tinct service if the following matters
receive attention. The president should
open the sessions at the hours an
nounced on the program unless there
arc exceptional reasons for not doing
so It is important that the members
l, oil,
on time So far as practicable persons
should not be allowed to enter or leave
the room While speakers are addressing
the institute. The officers should re-
frain from walking about the room or
! consulting with each other or the mcm-
bers While the exercises are in progress
If there is any matter that cannot wait,
it is better to take a recess and attend
TO it, and then go on with the regular
work. Children should not be allowed
! to occupy the best sittings either in the
assembly room or dining room, but
should be asked to wait until their cid
ers have been served. 1t is hoped these
meetings will be object lessons in cour-
tesy.
THE president should appoint a COM
octent person whose duty is shall be to
see that no one disturbs the exercises
by inGulging in practices which have
cfst discredit upon some of our public
meetings. Not tho least valuable SER
vice rendered by these gatherings are
the benefits arising from having the
officers discharge the duties devolving
upon them in a prompt and dignified
manner. Those meetings have proved
most successful in which the president
has devoted his energies to presiding
and the members of the executive com
t mittee have been willing to carry out
his directions. Do not give titles to
persons to which they are not entitled
When in doubt use Mr., Mrs. or Miss,
as the case may be. Papers should not
exceed II minutes. The period for dis
cussons should be limited to about 35
minutes. Patrons of the schools should
he invited, ard to a reasonable extent.
urged to attend the meetings. The
program should include at least one
| speaker who is not directly connected
with school work and who looks at
matters in which the community and
We are interested from the standpoint
of a laynan.
"A special effort should be made to
induce all the teachers in the county to
attend especially those who are teach
ing III schools where they can receive
but little nelp from others A little
extra effort and, when possible. a per-
sonal appeal will do much toward Sc
curing this most desirable result The
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