Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-19
ASK $4,000.
Officers Of University Of Maine
Make Reports.
Trustees and President Join in Urging
Building Appropriations.
Institution Now Has 400 Students in
Its Various Glasses.

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THO trustees and the president OF the
University of Maine have submitted
MAR ANNUAL reports to the Governor
and couifcil for the year 1902. Accord
iiiir to the report of President Geo. =.
Fellows the number of students Tor
the year ending June, 1902. was Al.
The number for the calendar year, to
Gate. Is $50, The number. of new stu
dents admitted at the beginning OF this
academic year is 1853 at Orono and 81
at Bangor, making a total OF lSS. VI
these 127 entered the freshman class
il the four-year courses; IL entered the
short pharmacy course; 81 entered the
Law school: others have been ad-
mjtted to advanced standing. and 10
as snecia1 students in the collegiate de-
partments
The receipts for the year amounted
to $50. 4l1.19. and the total expenditures,
s75.412.61. Of the receipts the United
states contributed $4,000 under the
Morrill, act. all Of which was expended
for instruction. as follows: Agriculture,
s5925; mechanic arts $7700: English IAN
guage $500: mathematical science.
$500; nature and physical science,
I. $500: and economic science, $1115.
On the needs Of the institution Presi-
dent Fellows says:
1.-The needs of the university for
buildings to supply rooms Tor shops.
foundry and heating and lighting plant
were clearly, set forth by my predeces-
sor i'm his reports. No enc now needs
to be convinced by argument OF the
: necessity of a new building for the
shop. In my opinion this building
should no longer be expected to be
merely a shop and heating and light
=, ing plant but should be mechanical
laboratory in addition to the shops and
other allied buildings.
ut may be wiser to have the power
plant not included under the same root
with the laboratory and shops. If this
is deemed wisest by those who shall
have charge Of the construction of the
new buildings which we hope the Legis-
lature of 1903 will give us. any In
creased expense will be more than COM
pensated by the utility and convenience
of the power plant. 1t is estimated
that 4 saving of several thousand dol
lars q year will be made in the use OF
fuel and power by this concentrating
of the work in one place.
"At present prices of building ma
terials and labor, $50, 900 should be APP
propriated for this building or build
ings, which are absolutely essential.
owing to the recognized unsafe and
dilapidated condition of the old wooden
shop.
"Other needs of the university are
nearly as apparent, as the need for
the mechanical laboratory and power
plant. but there is no intention of ask
ing the Legislature for more at pres
emit 1t is sincerely hoped that private
enterprises may be enlisted for the con-
struction of other buildings, SO that the
demands upon the State may be made
for maintenance of the university as it
increases in size and usefulness"
In making the report for the true
tees. Hon. Henry Lord of Bangor, says:
THE most important and pressing
needs of the university are dormitory
accommodation for the students. a
suitable shop building for the mechan-
zeal and electrical engineering depart
ments and central heating plant. A
very large part of the students are
unable to live on the campus because
of the lack of dormtory accommoda-
tons. and are obliged to find boarding
places in OrOno Old Town and Bangor.
This is serious inconvenience which
should be overcome as soon as possible.
The present shop building is old, built
of wood. much out of repair. too small
and not adapted to the purposes for
which it was intended. 1t contains en-
gines. dynamos, lathes, tools and other
valuable apparatus. used for instruc-
ton purposes. liable at any time to be
damaged or destroyed by fire. 1t is
SO small that the classes are Obliged to
go in sections for instructions. A suit
able brick or stone building would not
only afford much better facilities for
instruction purposes, but also better
projections to the expensive and val
liable equipment now endangered in
the present wooden. building. The adj
vantages OF central heating plant.
whereby the university buildings could
be more satisfactorily heated with n
large saving in the cost of fuel have
been stated in former reports. 1t is
estimated that a shop building of suf-
tlcient size to meet the demands of the
university for years to come, and a
proper heating plant, will cost about
100000. This need is so urgent it should
be met as promptly as possible"
Mr., Lord says that the nearly 500
students will be engineers who will de-
velop the State of Maine, and closes
with these words: "Ought there to be
any question as to the wisdom of sup
plying in the largest degree. everything
required to carry on in the best pos
sble manner the work of the Univer-
sty of Maine? This question must be
answered by the Legislature of the
State of Maine"
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