Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-20
AT CITY HALL.
Most Eloquent Addresses
and Fine Audience
At the Educational Rally Held,
Last Evening.
Paid to Gov. Aycock and
Judge Winston.

-AlIIt.uefl l. IAN WIS not crOWtpL,
last evening. to listen 10 the address,
given BY Judge Winston and Gov. Az
cock OF South carolina, in their spen h
cs on education. thor" was a fine audi
once gathered t. listen to the fine ad-
dresses bv these two eloquent South
crncrs.
The meeting was 4 fine one in that
There we've Il splendid audience of i'll
t.lliacnce. and speakers who beside;
being c!ouurnt showed themselves to
he men with Il keen comprehension of
their subject and To possess realizing
sense Of the needs ana growth of the
educational system.
on the platform with the speakers
were Rev. Mr. D"g'a, Rev. Mr.. Nc
Einron, \. y. Russell, Rev. Mr.. Hay
den. W. H. G:nnett NJ. s. HolWay,
Prof. cook and Prof Dutton. En-
Mayor Titcomb act FL rs speaker Of the
evening. ntroducin; the speakers i'll a
very graceful manner.
Music was furnished by the Abnaki
Quartet Of this city, and they ac-
ulitted themselves in a most excellent
manner.
Ate. Il musical number Judge Wins
ton was introduced. Judge Winston
claimed relationship with Maine by
reason of hnvin" married the grand
Inurhtc, Of 4 Maine man. He traced
his family ire" i'll i manner that miu'
his hearers laugh and applaud Vi@or-
ouslv at times. and wound up by say
inc. tint it made little difference any
way g this is on more Il reunited
country and Maine and North Carolm1
~, Ill one. Judge Winston then pro-
cradrd to explain some of the reasons
why Gov. Aycock had the right t" ID"
called the Governor educator OF MS
Strtp. He has been IL office for loir
wears ana during that time he has SET
lis face steadily toward one thing. tn"
uplifting Of his stat" in the direction
of matters of public education. II"
promised to do this i'm his inaugural
and he has molly performed his duties.
He has goE" the length and breadth
Of the state ana has talked every
where the cause If popular education
to such GOOD effect that there hove
been added to the number OF srhoiars
i'm the state over $50. 600 pupils during
the rlst four years. The length or
the school year has been increased by
two weeks. giving low the full con-
rtit1tionaI number If weeks schooling
with a little surplus. There have
boep some over 1900 new schools es-
tahis,,od in the state and the numbAT
or rural libraries which are ri"htlE
rcrEonrd as one u the greatest edllI@-
tional factors in the state. has been
crr:tly increased.
Judge Winston then described tho
working of the COMMON school laws
Of the state. and showed that the pco-
Mo Of even tho smallest school dis
tricts have come to the knowledge
thot education is power and they ar"
now willing to voluntarily tax them
selves for this purpose adding their
local funds to the state funds given
thnm from the state treasury direct
The nudge then showed that edura-
tinn ana true prosperity go hand IN
hand. by showing how the state mas
increased in every form of practical
work Within tho past few years. In
manufacturing cotton and WOODEN
cn0ds for instance there has neon Z
fftv per cent increase during the past
four Years. In agriculture and in
wood working business enterprises of
every kind there has been marvellous
growth.
Judge Winston with genuine South
ern eloqucnco. which is too rarely
heard in this part Of tho country. drew
a vivid word picture Of his childhood
HON with his mother managing tn"
plantation while the men We're away
in the army fighting against the North
that thny have VOW learned to love 50
we'll He described how one old slave
woman with 4 wooden last she whit
tied ont of a block With her own hands
made tho fret pair of shoes he ever
wore. by tanning squirrel skins and
shaping them on tho rude lasts into
shoes that H. wore on his feet tho first
that no ever saw or knew. He toll
this story to show that the Southern
people have ingenuity and inventive
genius and know how 70 usn tools and
t. adapt themselves to circumstances
ANA to show how the raw material
was there ready for the benefic~nt
work of education to develop and fos-
ter.
Governor hycock was the second
speaker and proved himself worthy Of
tho reputation he has won as n speak
or and an educator. Gov. Aycock is a
genuine son Of the South and he speaks
with Il pleasing dialect different from
thos" Of the speakers we are accuS-
toned to hear. which adds a charm to
his fervent and picturesque language.
II" said he thought he owed fully as
much to Superintendent Stetson for
inviting him to come to Maine to OBJ
serve the school system as the educat-
ors Of this section would learn from
MN rs to Improvements in the system.
re realized that he was coming to the
i"ultain head of popular education
ana that it would be little less than an
insult to try to tell people here how to
run their schools. He said. however
mat there is a belief in certain quar-
.efs that the public school business is
hel's somewhat over done that it has
Income Il dangerous fetch. and that it
- an out of proper proportion in the
Work OF the world. 1t is to combat this
i'icd mat he desired to speak. Gov.
ANc"'k said that education in its true
sense consists in bringing out what is
Sooi and repreScino ,tbot :, bo5 t. an