Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-23

YOU feed it supplies with one-inch
pipe, you will not be able to draw out
much through II pipes OF the same
diameter. But if you feed 1t with
| pipe of 80 inches, you VIII be amazed
lat what this Lawrence High school
will 90 for the boys and girls of this
| community. A few of them each year
will go to college, some VIII go to the
normal schools and business training
schools, some will return to the farm
and enter the shops, but every pupil
| who viii be graduated from this school
will have his life infinitely enriched If
| YOU care for all the departments OF In
| struction. Us l prophesy the successive
school committees of your town Will be
able TO do through the generous appro-
| priations which you vote and place III
their hands.
"A new chapter in the educational his
tory of this community begins today.
\ century from now this day will be
| commcmoratcd and the story of Mr..
| LaWrence'S beneficence Will be told
Iagain. the future historian VINO speaks
one hundred years from today IN tnlS
hall will tell the story of the century,
Iwill name the distinguished men and
| women who have been graduates OF
| this school. will describe the length ara
the breadth and the depth of its in
;lucnca, will give statements concerning
the amounts of money which We're vot-
ID and which increased with the years
| and tho decades, so that th!S School
could do it's legitimate work for its
| plt,,ii:, On that occasion, without
| ';nuht. men will realize. as we cannot
more today. the wonderful influence
| ,.hirh such Il school cXerts in the world
| N ,n1t dav everything that can be
learned about the life of Mr.. Lawrence
A.! win he gathered with the most painful
toll. ana tho people will praise the spirit
land thank God for the day in which our
| .,Yrtactpr, and their benefactOr, deter
lminr;l 10 do for his town what very few
men II an. community have SO gladly
! accomplished.
| Il am sure that it is the desire of Mr.
| | a.,.reuce. and all who are here, that
| this high school shall provide an edu-
| alton which shall not only make the
I!oyS and girls who are graduated here
Ircctiyn an efficient education, but WhlCn
| shall also give them a sufficient educa-
| tirn. The danger in education Tor ell
cheney is that the pupil shall be trained
| to Dc efficient in only one dlrectlon'
rhr II, ~ Of the education for sufiI-
.irnry is that it gives the pupil 1t tram
| inc intellectual and moral and social
which shall make him sufficient unit"
|cVcry good work and word. This school,
|thnreforn. should have for its ann not
| Standardization but generalization IN CD
| location II should teach all VINO com"
here for instruction the bro2deSt OUT
| lines Of several great fields OF knoWl-
edge and it should hold up Tor the
Icnluiation of the boys and girls IN me
Ischunl tie highest, broadcast ana largest
lint a!lcrtual and moral ideals, That they
may go forth with strong bodies. with
|wcll-furnished minds. with clean hands
land pure heart and with love Tor
! mon ana God. to become men ana Wo-
linen of whom we shall be p!cud ana
| ~ Will reflect glory unon IN" Law
IrtnCe High school and honor upon Their
| town and bring n righteous pride to
! heir Parents and friends as Trey prove
10 the world into which they go for
their separate careers in life that TINS
school. by its training, gave them not
| only an efficient but a sufficient educa-
Ition.
| Horace Purinton, the builder. said as
he had been a taxpayer in town for %
wears he felt as though he could con-
| srltulate the town on the addition of
100000 worth Of property which it did
mot have earlier in the day. Mr.. Purin-
ton has been close personal and
business friend for years. and II was
Ia pleasure to be able to build such
| beautiful structure for him. Mr.. Purin-
| ton said that the brick came from New
| York. the limestone from Maryland:
slate from New York; iron Orders from
| Pennsylvania: hardware from Connec-
| ticut: beams from Georgia, and The
birch from the State of Maine.
| Rev. G. w. Hintkley in opening re-
| piled 70 a statement of Mr. Lawrence,
| that it vas easier to build a school
building than it was to make Il speech.
! by saving that he believed il other
| wis" until he bad listened to the story
vi Mr.. Lawrcncc's life work. Mr.. Hinck-
| ley in Il very feeling manner said:
Ever prosperous community can
point to rod letter dates, the starting
If factory. the opening of n school,
the conservation Of a church, tho arrival
of the first train. the completion Of a
hotel, the installation of a lighting
system. the beginning Of philan-
thropic institution, the dedication of Il
public library-these are some of the
| significant events in the history Of
| Fairfield. And it may be questioned
whether she has ever seen a more aus
lpciouS DAY. or witnessed Il more signif-
| cant event than this which has brought
| MS together. This is Sept. p, 1907. Toda"
| Fairficld's finest building is dedicated:
ltcday ner nrbioSt educational structure
islands completed; today she comes into
Ip"#Session of the Lawrence High School
building; priceless gift. 1t is a day
when every citizen should felicitate his
| rcighbor and rejoice in the good for
| tune of our town.
| "a master of languages. in an effort
| to show that words. like living beings.
have character. said The nohest word
in the English language is noble or
mobility But | stoutly maintain that
| th"rc is Il nohler word even than no
tility, it is the word philanthropy or
philarthropiSt. \ philanthropist is "a
lover Of mankind; but he is more than
| that, he is a man who in his love for
mankind does things in a large way.