Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04


| and their work was placed on . strong
or basis thar ever and opens WITH
bright ,,romie. ills fall. Five hundred
dollars could lie We'll expended this AZ
i'll cnri, hing the services of these Two
Christian organizations
Last year the college community, In
Guiding Il III the Faculty. numbered
"a. 1t was Il year of marked PROSPER
ity ard enthusiasm. The impruyemenc
| in tn" finances OF the college las adj
| Eanccl sufficiently for the Treasurer
To lie alle to report last Commence
| mcnt that with tXcd charges and en-
| pensea ut a scale never reached before,
| there WAS a slight balance IN the treas
| Try: ;rld a ge!, raj advance WAS madc
| III the salaries ot the prof assOrs
| The next educational steps forward
| include
| First: The enlargement OF orr Phys-
| les Department. by introducing me-
chanical, electrical ami civil engineer
| ing courses. which hay" been recon,-
| Inended 10y the trustees.
| Second: Tho increase Of our courses
! iii Economics
| il education.
-
| IN Biblical Literature.
Large amounts of money have been
spent upon physical hcttermcnts, and
| the college plant. with one or two eX-
| ceptuns ~ the present time il in Il
Thoroughly st"rdardizc'l condition.
| The Gn,mitnrioS on the campus hava
| bccn converted into three chapter
horses: ~" 81 which arr located in
| fri No,
south division OF North college The
chapter hall is on the fcurth floor in
each instance. and the lower floors
hay" Ec.n n'adr into rooms foe general
reception ara Tor the entertainment Of
| CHESTS 'i'l:r alumni and students have
rallied With great enthusiasm ard gen
trr.iitN N ,u-npt rating with the trustees
| in these Important changes ard have
very substantially furnished lIio build
in2t thrpu-huui Tho North division
| ni North Co!lc-;" h1s been reserved for
nnn-fratorrity mon and for III" fresh
| men OF III" ,thCr Two frdternitieS who
cannot be accommodated in their chap
| ter houses.
| Already there are excellent proofs of
tn, hent fetal results III the physical.
social. intellectual and moral life of the
|
| our educational system as fostcred
and cncoura ged by the Baptists. is eS-
credinely unique. We have Il college
| centrally ard very fortunately situated
| i'm an ideal community of progressive
vpt conservative citizens. w" educate
both mon and women and the policy
mas already been established. and may
no nlatured with astonishing rapidity.
| IN to he. college,
| ard tn" men into another which shall
| be operated with the greatest academic
| efficiency and economy. We shall then
nave one college educating women ana
ono college educating men. situated
| ideally for the best intellectual and
social advancement of both SEXES.
Again. we have our four fitting
| schools. strong vigorous and flourish
irG with Il life stretching back into the
past century: each with their endnW-
| ncnI and buildings, Of which trustees
and graduates are exceedingly proud.
| All of these institutions are doing Il
| great work i'll the communities in
| which they are established, and each is
| drawing its students more or less from
| all parts of the state. Some indeed
| are attracting boys and girls from
| other States in increasing numbers. If
| measured by general culture ana
| educational bcttcrmcnt and character
buitoing these institutions are cXcrting
Il wonderful Influence in Tho State and
| Nation.
| Put they were established to prepare
! students for Colby College. and can
only perform this mission when their
uitdCc is annually apparent in tn"
| ~, ~. nf o
In all these five institutions tn"
atmnsphcr" is electric with expectation
und loyalty. The professors AMI
| teachers are hard at work upon thci,
various problems ANA the heads Of
| these institutions feel the burden of
| their administrative duties
| 1t is = fair question to ask. today,
How much are the Baptist ministers
ana church members of the Stat" Of
| Maine Interested in these five institu-
tiGrs" II. the course of time Il man j.
luce, tied in thn:;" things I" which n"
| girc> his money his time and hiS
1n.. ycrS. How many people. think YOU
in this state daily pray for the coll"2"
and its four academies? How many
people think ynr.. annually civ" ANY
| monrv to Tho college and its fnHr
academies" How many people. think
you. annually 60 ont Of their way f"
sr.;,t well Of the college and its four
laradomirS. advising the best class of
students t. attend them and sending /"
them their sons ana daughters? It IS
| nn.. thin., to ~ proud nf ones inl"rl-
lance which has not cost on" anything.
ElIt it is II far wiser and more chris
tian feeling IT, b. proud of ones in
| / f,,t.