Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-07

| sity to be guilty of such an unnatural
&C. towards its child? Only 4 few here
and there. graduates, most OF them' o.
private institutions with which the STATE
has no concern and to which it owes nc
duty. actuated by feelings Of jealousy, ad-
vocate this. Such feelings and the zeal
Gus demands prompted by those actuated
| by them ara unworthy of consideration
and should have no place in our deliber-
atoms on this momentous question.
There should not be. there must not
be, any estrangement between the State
and It's university. Loyalty and love arc
the silver links and silken cords that
should pind one to the other. The State
Is in duty bound to aid and not to injure
her university. 1t should be her desire
and purpose to enrich rather than to i'm
| poverish, to add to, rather than to take
away from her.
THE State should entertain for her uni
versity and all its departments only feel
| ings Of maternal sof1citude and care and
we, her chosen representatives. IN the
discharge Of the grave duty of the hour
| should act the part of candid, conscien-
tious, fair minded, justice-loving sons OF
Maine, faithful to ner and loyal to her
| institutions" (Applause)
Mr.. BLANCHARD of Auburn: Mr..
Speaker, l have the honor and pleas
ure of holding a diploma from the
same institution as my Brother Mill
ken, and / believe I can truthfully say
that no graduate of that institution
has a deeper feeling of affection for
his alma mater than have. and l hopa
no act Of mine will ever be lookeC
upon as in any way hostile to my alma
mater. But ths deep love 1 have for
her does not prevent me from feeling
that the sons who are today upon the
rugged hillsideS Of old New England
are entitled to, and / believe are 60
ing to receive at your hands an op-
portunity for the best and broadest
education that the State of Maine can
give.
The Changers who number a little
less than $4,000 in Maine ask you to
retain the Z. A. degree. We want il
possible for our sons who in the future
may choose TO graduate from that
University to be able to do SO without
that stigma of ridicule which must
necessarily follow if you eliminate that
degree. (Applause)
Mr.. STEVENS of Jonesport: Mr..
Speaker, I have listened with u great
deal of pleasure and interest to the
gentlemen who have preceded me.
Their efforts have been eloquent. They
have been intereSting,-in few cases
they have been instructing; the have
been worthy of the place, worthy Of
the time and worthy of these classic
halls. AS l look around this chamber
see a few of the boys from Orono,
here not as lobbyists but here to learn
from you the future of the University
they love so well. And, gentlemen, l
believe I correctly anticipate your YER
dict in this matter when say to them,
as now do say, MY boys, go back to
your beloved University and tell youc
fellow students in that splendid insti-
tuition upon the banks of the Stillwd-
ter that the people of the State o.
Maine recognize the fact that they have
made certain promises and pledges to
you and that those pledges will be
broken when the word "Dirigo" is no
longer inscribed upon her banner. Go
back and tell them that the State of
Maine will break her pledges when
the sun and moon no longer shine
upon her hills and lakes. Go back and
tell them that the great and general
court of the State Of Maine in Legis-
lature assembled has instructed you
to say to them and selected you as the
bearer Of message to deliver to them.
and that is that the State of Maine
has always kept her pledges in the
past and that she will keep them in
the future, and do not fear"
And now into your hands I cornmi.
the fate of the peoples University. In
your hands her fate has always been.
in your hands her fate must always
be-; and 1 thank God that in safer or
better hands her fate can never be.
And now. gentlemen, God save the
peoples University and send US all
home quickly to dinner. (AppIause)
Mr.. KENDALL of Bowdoinham: Mr..
Speaker, had the pleasure of signing
the majority report, and l want to
stand here and defend myself in COM
pany with my friend from Island Falls,
and express to you the reason why /
did that thing. The agriculture of
Maine is our leading industry and the
University of Maine is its representa-
tive. By the University of Maine the
conditions of agriculture n Maine arc
expounded and uplifted. There are
some things about the agriculture of
Maine which might be improved. II
spoke the other day of the leading
staples in this State being worth |
some $1500000O annually, and that
there was no data to indicate within |
$S,000,000 of what it cost to produce |
that crop. We arc the lowest in pro-
duction of hay per acre of any STATE |
in New England. Now, who is /" |
blame for this? Is it because thc:- |
have stronger soils? The practical rca-
son why we are in this position in the :