Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-27
of my position, but / repeat, that am

| ACTING according 10 the VOICE VI INC
( majority of my people in this matter.
One of my reasons for abolishing this
/ degree is because it was never intended
| to have been adopted in this institution
according TO the provisions and acts
under which it received its incorpora-
! tion. / will read you from the Maine
/ School Report Of 1901 the proof of my
statements:
! "By an act of Congress. approved
July 2, 1862, it was provided that there
should be granted to the states, from
the public lands thirty thousand acres
for each senator and representative in
Congress from the sale of which there
should be established a perpetual fund,
the interest of which shall be inviola-
bly, appropriated by each state which
may take and claim the benefit of this
\ act, TO the endowment, support and
maintenance Of at least one college
where the leading object shall be.
! without excluding other scientific and
classical studies and including military
! tactics, to teach such branches of
| learning as are related to agriculture
and the mechanic arts, in such manner
as the Legislatures of the states may
respectively prescribe. in order to pro-
mote the lii eral and practical education
| of the industrial classes in the several
pursuits and professions in life The
F., act forbade the use Of any portion OF
the principal OF interest Of this fund
| for the purchase, erection or mainten-
| ance Of buildings and required each
/ state taking the benefit of the prcvl-
sions Of the act TO provide within five
wears not less than one college to car
~ out the purposes of the act.
| maine accepted this grant in 1868,
and in 1865 constituted "a body polite
| AMI corporate by the name of the
! trustees Of the State College of Agri-
! culture and the Mechanic Arts.
/ Now a little further down the page
/ I find it reads as follows: Reads)
You see it states explicitly for whit
purpose the institution was founded. 1t
was the intention to furnish a college
/ for the industrial and mecnanlcal
cla sees. There was no call for eStab-
fishing another college to teach the
F.. same subjects that We're already en-
bracad in these other well-established
colleges doing noble and efficient WORK
/ These same three colleges, BoWdoln
Rates and Colby, are devoting theli
whole attention exclusively to this par
d ticular class of training, VIZ, the Lid
cral Arts. There was no demand LOT II
in the State College. No reason WHY
this course should have been adopted
except for the single purpose OF spread
ing out and endeavoring to cover every
conceivable accomplishment IN tram
ing. There is no sense in trying to coy
or 50 much territory that nothing car
he done we'll 1t is better to excel II
enc thing than to have semi-eAcel
lrncy in many things. Now, gentie
mon the president of this university
L, will not attempt to inform you ina
there is a single branch of instructor
taught at his institution that is so per
feet. so complete in equipment ana ap
pointnent, apparatus, etc. that IL can
rot in anyway be further improved up
IN Allow me to refer you to some 1act
unon this topic In the 1905 report o
: the University of Maine it says:
+ ."There is still greater need than Ii
. ths, mast for better uarters Tor TINS &c
rartment. and the same need contin
rce for an additional teacher VINO shai
devote his whole time to the work. l
: is hoped that no more than one yea
: will el1pse before the needed improve
ments may be assured.
: During the past 10 years the per
,cntag.. of engineering students 10 IN
total number in the university, eXclud
inc, the College of Law, winter courS
- i'm agriculture, and summer TERM hit
ranged between "A and Is per cent
. During the past two years 1t mas re
mYired nearly constant, and is at pres
cnt about Ga per cent.
The graduates from these course
generally obtain employment in som
, branch of their profession and as
rule are rated favorably with thos
from the other institutions. In orde
mat this rating may be increased.
. we'll MS kept un to it's present standard
il will soon be necessary to increase III
number of instructors, and add to tn
ou,ipment of these departments.
: r,res,nt there are certain importan
/ subjects which it is impossible 10 IN
=, c,,de in the schedule due to this lac
! Of instructors and equipment- an =
: annie Of this is the course in theoreti
7 cal hydraulics which is required IN IN
course in civil engineering, and Shout
: be required Of all engineering SUI
dcnts II IS impossible 10 give an
. course along the lines of testing materl
: ais and hydraulic laboratory eXperi
/ rnen,s. These last are especially lmpor
= tant, and are usually taught in the FIRST
class engineering institution.
= Under the present system OF inStTuc
- ton the heads "f the engineering de
. nartments have to carry nearly 30 pc
. cent. more classroom work than is al
= yiSable An engineer, in order to kee
4 ND in his profession. should have som
time TO devote to practice. both for hi
own good and the advancement of hi
: department.
There is in addition 4 strong pres
I sure for more instructors in the Col
= lece of Agriculture.
College of Neutrality-suspicious. what
= says under the College of Agriculture
e Again reference is made under the hea
= of needs" the paragraph beginnin
= Agricultural Buildings:
Agricultural building--The univer
n sity needs. and very soon. large an
completely equipped building for in
4 struction in agriculture. The work