Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-03

| State. My objection is on the generai
ground that the University of Maine has
| been allowed to expand its sphere ana
compete with the other colleges or the
| State in their own field. and to DO SO Oh
| the basis of a nominal tuition.
The land grant colleges of the west
have been allowed to cover. so far as they
have wished to do. the general curriculum
| of an American university. The land grant
| colleges of the East have not as Il RUE
been allowed to do that. The agricultural
institutions of Massachusetts. of Rhode
| Island of Connecticut and or Ne"
| Hampshire confine themselves to the as
| ricultural, mechanical and technicai
| courses: they give the degree of bachelor
of science, but they do not give the de-
gree of bachelor of arts. The lnStltnte Oh
Technology, which is for MASSACHUSETTS,
| what the University of Maine ought TO DE
for this States does not give the degree
and never gave ii, of bachelor OF arts
The University of Maine, l SHY, mas
beer allowed ut the expense OF the Staie
| 10 invade the sphere of the older COL
| 1e.es established before it was est;tD-
,iSbe1 occupying a ground which they are
themselves able to cover This has not
only been done at the expense or the o'a'e
treasury. but it has been done ON the
h.sis Of n nominal tuition. Bowdoln COL
loco charges a tuition of $15 a year, COL
nv charges $50; Bates charges S'1. The
IasisI,ture of this State in 1891 required
tho University of Maine to charge tut
| t;op Int the tuition it charges is $50.
which is less than half of the average tut
ton of the other colleges of the State.
| 7 had occasion when q senior at Eowdoin
| TO look into the question of how much
| each boy there paid toward the expense
| OF his college education. and | found that
| the student there paying the whole tut
tion his room rent and other charges anC
| receiving no help from the college. pale
only about One-third the cost of his ed
| ucation by the college. If that is true
and the tuition charged is So. the tuition
| charge of $50 is certainly a nominal tut
| ton.
! The agricultural students in the Cniver
| sity OF Maine pay no tuition at all.
don't object to that. Maine StuS"ntS whI
cannot pay tuition can give notes. ant
| assume they are properly secured. II
so, l do not object to that. l do objec'
| on general grounds to the invasion by thu
| University of Maine of the field of thu
-
on the basis of nominal tuition.
The point of view of tie State in reSar'
to that is this: If the State of Maine is
to support the University OF Maine, so fan
as support is necessary outside of tn,
support of the general government, it VII
cost more to do that if the university l.
allowed to enter the curriculum OF tht
American university in full. and will leat
- 81, tI..,.
Now, this is my general point
But I am not now antagonlzns
this resolve on that ground. TIL,
investigation which have suggest
ed as to the relation between til.
State and the university will determine
whether or not these motions of mine ar,
we'll founded. II not. l hope TO be wilt
ing to change my mind in regard TO them
But coming now to the special question
before the Senate. 1t appears that the
university not only receives large gener
, al and special appropriations from thu
State-its catalogs. its reports, it's bulle
| tins, it's circulars-and its printing gen
orally.
| Now, my first proposition in relation
to the matter of printing is this that
everything which the University OF
Maine receives from the State should
be in the form of a definite and fixed
appropriation. The people of Maine
and the Legislature of Maine, are en-
titled to know what it costs to support
the University of Maine. l submit
that to the Senate as q business prop
osition, that we are entitled to know
how much we pay for the support of
that innOrtn3f institution
Possibly it would cost less to do the
printing for the University if it was
done within definite and circumscribed
appropriations. instead of allowing the
University to have carte blanche in the
printing of anything it wants to.
Now the next proposition which l
submit to the Senate is,-that the peo-
pie of Maine and the Legislature of
Maine do not know, as a matter OF
fact. what it costs to do this printing.
l endeavored to find out as a member
of the committee on State Printing
from the Safe Printer, what it cost for
1904 to do the printing for the Uni
versity. The printer was unable to
state at that time. I asked him to look
it up. He took several days, and was
then unable to answer the question
how much it cost to do the printing for
1904. told him, as he was busy on
Legislative work, to drop it, and not
pursue the inquiry any further. then
asked the State Treasurer how much 1t
cost. He told me he had no account
with the University of Maine, and that
it was impossible to ascertain. The
president of the University testified as
la witness before the COmittee on
State Printing. ! asked him this ques-
tion-"Do you know the total cost to
the State of the printing for the Uni
lversity during the year 1902" Answer:
Il never had any cause to inquire into
the cost We had made a request upon
the Governor and Council for the num-
Der desired. and received permission
and ordered it," The distinguished
president of the University also testi-
fled that he ordered 1900 reports for
the University without obtaining the
prior consent of the Governor and
Council. The statute expressly saws
that the number of reports shall not