The Republican journal., 1905-03-30
has high ideals.

mas nlgl lCedlS.
''The State" he said, stands for
progress along moral and intellectual
lines. 1t is not house or lands, silver
or gold, but the people in it that make
State great. 1t is their moral and in
teilectual character. 1T is the standards
by which they live and by which they
are actnated. Aad it is d great pride
to me that Maine has always stood in
the front rank for the attainment of
the great ideal, for the advantage and
benefit of the race, the element that
tends to advance our civilization. 1t is
life desirable, or makes the place desir-
able, or the country worth living in,
bu- the character of the people who live
in it, and in this respect Maine stands
second to none.
mo State has the natural advantages,
particularly i'll tile summer, Maine has.
1t is the breathing place of this great
country.
'BoWdoin college has among its gradu-
ates more men vino hold distinguished
places than any other college in profess
sional, business and political life, gov
errors, State representatives, Congress-
men, Senators. Why all this? 1t is be-
cause Bowdoin has had the material in
her student body
Hon. Mr.. Washburn's address was
largely reminiscent. Accounting for
the reason why so many people have
left the State of Maine for Massachu-
sets, Mr. Washburn said he did not
believe any of them were fugitives from
justice, but he thought the men came
to Massachusetts for their wives and
the wives for their husbands OF the
100000 people who have left Maine,
nearly half have shown their good taste
by taking up their residence in Massa-
chusetts. 1t would be idle, he said, to
talk of the boundaries between States,
when the whole country through the
magic of modern invention is brought
within the sound of human voices.
''It is the spirit of Plymouth rock"
continued, Mr.. Washburn, (which has
made the people of New England and
the country great; the same spirit that
fought the Revolution, and that spirit
spread into one third of our population,
that fought in the Civil war, and we of
Massachusetts and of Maine, bound to-
gether by the indissoluble ties of kim
ship and tradition, may in the spirit of
humility, still show that to our fathers
is due the rich harvest which we are
bound to leave"
Luther e. Greenleaf, Boston, told of
the formation of the State of Maine
Club in Boston, to which any of those
present were eligible to membership.
He said there are 1000 natives of
Maine in Worcester county, $4,000 in
Boston and $4,000 within 10 miles of
the State house.
The quartet sang several other selec-
tions, and John T. Russell gave two
readings.
The reunion closed at II o'clock, with
the singing of 'Auld lang syne."
The officers are: President, Dr. Err
nest V. Scribner; presidents, DR..
Edward Swasey, Charles r. Fish, DIR.
George E. Trip; secretary treasurer,
Oliver r. Cook; executive committee,
DIR. John c. Berry, DIR. Edward A.
Clarke, Edward r. Goodwin, Mrs. H.
c. Grafton, Joseph X. Greene, Milton
?. Higgins, Hannibal \. johnson, Mrs.
A. B. F. Kinney, DR.. E. l. Noble, Fred
W. Perkins, DR.. William 7. Souther,,
DR.. E. II. Trowbridge and Daniel P.
Dyer.
The reception committee was Mr.. and
Mrs. William H. Dexter, DR.. A. c. Do
ten, DR.. and Mrs. Thomas H. Gage, DR..
and Mrs. A. C. Getchell, Hon. Thomas
J. Hastings, Mr.. and Mrs. George W.
Hubbard, DR.. and Mrs. Thomas Howell,
Mr.. ana Mrs. George Hatch, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. w. Carlow.-Worcester Tele-
gram NJ arch 18th.