Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28
COLBY JUNIOR EXHIBITION.

menccmcnt were held Saturday even
ing in the First Baptist church. The
occasion was the annual Junior eX-
hibition in which nine spoke. The ex-
erciscs opened with music by Went
Worth'S Orchestra and prayer by Rev.
BAPTIST church. The entire program
was carried out in good shape and
vas well attended Crowcll T.. Peasc
If Fairfield was the first speaker, and
handled this article on corporate Re
form" in crcditablc manner. lie
said in part:
"Through all the history of civilizo =
ton, the problem of reform has been
continually presenting itself to man
kind. Reforms have taken place not
only in laws and government, but in
literature, art and religion. Each step
forward in the advance OF civilization
comes through reform The matter
of reform among corporations is nov
attracting the most attention. Tho
modern corporation is essentially an
extension of the power of government
proper in its main purpose. but 81
unWiScly deprived of its early rcstric-
tions that it has become a license for
irresponsible business methods, for
monopoly, for public corruption, FOR
fraud on cO-Owncrs and for Subvcr-
sion of all established principles oI
law and justice The true remedy for
corporation abuses lies in penal laws
that self inc 1iu,itipcr a
powers of the corporation and it's Of
Hccrs. The remedy is to be applied by
both the state and federal govern
mcntS, the state legislation to i'm
pose certain restrictions and limita :
tions to guard against abuse, while
the federal government should assum"
the responsibility Of regulating their
Interstate relations. If we wish to
uphold and preserve in future genera
tionS the ancient democratic prn-
ciplcS embodied in tho Declaration of
Independence, we must destroy the
evils which if left unchecked. bid fair
to make the corporation more power
full than the government itself"
Miss Verona Hilton CLANCY, of Broad
Cove. Spok" on "Thc Problem of Am
eri an Progress" in part as follows:
1T has been said that the essential
factor in the destiny of Il nation lie
in the forrl of is will and in the guam
tty and quality of its purpose When
one t illi& to an American of his nation
al purpose or will. he seems at a loss
if one speaks of his national destiny
he responds with emphasis, Why. sir
the future of America is gigantic, il
is already the greatest country on
earth. There is the country over a
sense Of an assured growth, and not
without Il just cause. 1t is this dcVei-
op"mcnt that leads one to believe that
oar progress is a natural and inevitable
process, going on without the definite
will of men. We are a community that
has no ariStocraCy, no Suhordination -
Il community which has granted free
dom to property. We are a business
pcopl" iutcLt only on getting with the
idea of getting. not for the purpose OF
having and enjoying, but for the sake
of keeping pace. Our spending is the
same We spend because we arc
generous hearted. and not because we
have a purpose 1t is not America s
policy to check any one of these lines
progress The one plain duty of ev-
cryonc is to face the future as he faces
the present regardless of what it may
have in store for him, and turning
toward the light. as he sees the light
to play his part manfully and as among
men
Miss Eleanor NJ Crccch of Fairfield
spoke in part as folloWns on, Musings
BY the t'ircside:"
AN old man of nearly four score
wears and 10 sits muSing in the dim
light. His mind is busy with the past
and he is living again the years, with
their changes. In his musings he Is
interrupted by the voice of young boy
who comes in to tell him of the cleo
ton returns. Soon the old man speaks
and relates to the child the experiences
of his boyhood. and tells him OF the
wonderful progress of the world since
his boyhood. During the old man
life nothing had escaped MS notice
and he traces clearly the events oil
history and invention from the time
of John Quincy Adams. For lonS
time the hoy did not answer and the
old man sits tor a long time looking
,lrcamily into the dying embers and Nv
ing over again his whole life. grateful
for the advantages the boy at his feet
has which had not been his"
Nathan H. Garrick of Waterville
SPOKE on safely on American Kali
ways"
The number of accidents on Ameri-
can railways in recent years has been
alarminslv large but by the improper
manipulations Of statictics this number
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