The Republican journal., 1905-11-09
NAMES HALL OF FAME.

The Waterville Historical Society
las received from the author, Frank
Arlos Griffith of South Poland, pam
INLET compiled by him and entitled
Names Hall of Fame" 1t is a list of
the names, places and dates OF birth
i.d official positions of AS of those
born in the Pine Tree State, who have
.>en to distinction and represents
.ge amount of labor The Waterville
Vail in reviewing this pamphlet says:
Name has produced ~ of its 40 COVER
uors and has furnished p to other
states. In the latter list appear John
A. Andrew, the great war governor of
massachusetts,, one of the worthiest of
s., successors, John d. Long, E. n.
Morrill, of Kansas, c. c. Washburn of
" sconsin, H. S. Pingree of Michigan,
:. Black of New York, and many
I'd ers.
ft e Prominent Government Officials"
unber IS, with Hannibal Hamlin, vice
resident, at their head. The names of
Tomas Bracbett Reed and Elihu B.
Vishburne afford standard of COM
ARSON quite too severe for certain
ers in the list. Twelve names APP
rr4r in the list of the United States
ators prominent among whom
r William. P. Frye, Eugene Hale
nj Rufus King of New York The
ST, of seventeen Representatives in
..ugress could be largely increased by
inclusion of names that stand in
Ter lists. Thus Nelson Dingley, Jr,
,pears as governor of Maine, though
tnd question his principal service
IT, LIS country was rendered on the
nf tho National HnIcp nf arp,u
naval officers Maine has furnished
aior generals, 9 brigadier generals,
cIr admiralS, commodOreS and
handlers. This list is incomplete.
I'd seems odd that Gen. Joshua L.
uberlain should be classed, not by
magnificent military record, but by
rief presidency of BoWdoin Col
The list OF authorS-siXtytwo
are given-should be shorter or
much longer. If some names that
ar have right to such place then
many more have equal or greater
Henry W. Longfellow will per
IOng remain Names most emf
author, and the children of genera
TO come W IL not forget Elijah
7Sg Noah Brooks, Jacob Abbott
sophia May. "Artemas Ward
Bill Nye' have contributed their
share to the cheerfuluess of tie
no. Nateryille is represented on
st ny William Mathews and SYl-
COBB.
college presidents, and educators
les Hall of Fame finds place for a
number. Waterville will hard
ceUt the statement that Gardner
was the founder of Colby Uni
n.y. Melville Weston Fuller, Chief
e of the [. ). supreme Court.
5 at the head of the Maine judges.
ably no lawyer would agree with
list as 10 two lawyers would
upon any other. 1t seems UNI
for the State of Maine that only
Ell eminent physicians and sur
have been born within her Dor
but perhaps as Maine is the health
Of the II Mon. thirteen may have
enough.
Hiram Stevens Maxim, our Maine
-It Of the many guns, stands IN the
# inventors and Eben d. Jordan,
der OF the great Boston dry goods
-e in that of merchants. y singu-
ing about the list of bankers and
lCiers is that only one of them was
in a city. With the exception of
# same man they seem to have ac-
plished their careers before the
of High Finance" Can it be
+iDle that Charles W. Morse of
o.4 alone represents the State on
modern field of arms.
>nong composers, singers and ac-
S. we find J Ohm X. Paine, William B.
dbury, Madame Nordica, Annie
Use Cary, Georgia Cayvan and
vine Elliott \ list of notables
what curiously classed as mis-
ueous'' closes the pamphlet.
Griffith says he is keeylng the
II Fame still open for those whose
Hs have not yet been presented.
Will give to the friends of all to
III greatness has been vouchsafed,
opportunity.