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


! without reflection on the authorizes Oh
| the University, that perhaps uhin"
emphasis has been laid On tacse
courses with the desire TO direct tilc
| students to A. Il. work.
NOW | am going to venture the as
| scrtiOn that it is unfair 70 me ulllNtl-
| sity to permit the other three colleges
to compete with the university III ASK
| Ing aid Of the State. If we retain the
| A. Is. degree at the university We nave
| got sometime or other TO come 70 lis
| position where the other colleges, II
| they do come and ask for malhtriitl 'c
or for assistance, will have TO rectlN"
| it. / do not think they should ~ al-
| lowed to DO that, at any rate ~ l"iLS5
as the policy continues To be what II
| has been; but if this policy II adopted
| ana that is sanctioned by this Leglsla~
| ture / zee no way Of preventing the
| other colleges from coming here some
time if they choose. Another reason
why the retention Of these courses IS
not for the best interests Of the UNI
vcrsity is in regard to the question 81
| the actual value Of the courses them
| selves. The A. l.. courses at present
and in the future will not be the equal
| of those of the other colleges. From
| the nature of things where you have
| GS7 students in the university ana ~
| Of them in distnctivcly 4. II. courses.
where YOU have as is the case, many Of
the courses taken BY =. =. students
with an attendance Of one Or two ~
| the course where YOU have small
number in q class and where the great
- 80 ,,IIY ~
| other studies, You cannot have the
same enthusiasm for class work that
| you can at a college where the whole
| purpose of the whole institution IS
along the same line. The average
| spirit Of the university is properly
along the line Of the applied sciences
and the applied arts. and not along the
| line Of the classical studies and the
| liberal arts, ana the quality Of instruc-
| ton suffers in the A. +. course for that
very reason.
| / cannot see how the dscontinuance
| of the a. 3. degree would impair the
| standing Of the university. As | have
| said there are five colleges. One of
| them is the college Of the arts and
| sciences The disccrtinuance Of the
| degree would take the arts out Of that
| college ana leave it the college Of
science 1t would not change the name.
| The fact is that almost all Of the stu
| dents who are under graduates except
| a very small percentage are engaged
| in the pursuit of technical studies. |
| cannot see how the abandonment Of
| the +. a. degree is going to injurc me
1 standing Of the graduates Of the tech
| nical school | am going to say that
4 we have got to make a choice in this
| matter. We cannot give appropriations
| enough row or in the future to give
| everything that can be given at the
| University Of Maine and to give to
| everybody ana all the departments all
| the equipment that they ought to have.
| | am on the majority report because |
! believe that we have got to choose, ana
| that all the money we may reasonably
| expect To get is needed for the work iii
| agriculture and i'll the other depart
| ments in which almost all the students
| are engaged. ! want to call attention
to some Of the needs Of the depart
| mcnt. | have been through the reports.
| This is the increased annual expendi-
| turc that | am figuring here. Tor the
| library. $500; for mechanical cngin-
| ccring. at least $1,000; for electrical en-
| ginecrinS, $1,000; for civil engineering.
| $4,000; chemistry. $500; biology, $4,000;
| agriculture, $4,000. Those are figures
| that represent what may be regarded
| as needs Cor Increased annual exrcndi-
! turc. Nov, which is better assuming
that W. cannot have both. for a stu
| dent in II" college Of technology or