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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-30
MANY ALUMNI RETURN.
Divinity, Law and Medical Schools of
Harvard Hold Reunions.

Cambridge, Mass, June 29.-Meetings
Of the Alumni Associations of the Di-
vinity, Law and Medical schools of
Harvard together with more than a
score of class reunions, brought grad
yates back today to their scenes of
their college days in increasing num-
bcrs.
Those who did not participate in the
more formal exercises of the day af-
ter strolls about the college yard, went
off OH excursions to numerous summer
resorts, where there was considerable
jollity. The more seriously minded,
however, especially those connected
with the great schools, remained in or
about Cambridge.
The Divinity School Alumni held its
business meeting in the chapel in the
forenoon and after election of officers
listened to an interesting paper by
Professor Crawford Howell Toy, IL.
D., on 1.-The Religious Construction of
the World''
The members Of the Law School AS
ISOLATION, after visiting the school here,
went to Boston, where the business
meeting of the association was held in
the Federal building.
Sprague hall in the Boston Medical
library in the Fenway was the scene of
the meeting Of the Medical Association
at noon.
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WELLESLEY COLLEGE.
Record Glass Of Young Women Re
ceive Their Sheepskins Tuesday.

Wellesley, Mass, June 29.-The larg-
est class that ever graduated from
Wellesley College, numbering 271 young
women, completed their education to-
day with the customary Commence
ment exercises and with wise words of
counsel from Senator J. P. Dolliver of
Iowa, the commencement orator. The
candidates of the forenoon and the
procession, headed by Commencement
officers, President Hazard, the faculty
and invited guests, marched under
bright skies and beneath the tall elms
to the college chapel, where the exer-
cises of the day were hid.
Following the time-honored customs
Of Scripture reading in Latin from the
famous Melancton Bible, owned by the
college, Senator Dolliver was intro
duced and spoke at some length upon
''1he Opportunities for Women"
Following this the candidates for
degrees were presented to the presi-
dent by Dean Ellen F. Pendleton and
with few well chosen words President
Hazard announced the award.
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yet we are always deceiving our
selves into the idea that the statesman
is the originator of great acts of peo-
pie and governments. Perhaps he
was, in the days Of Solomon; and it is
indiSputablc that he often tries to
made us believe that he is so now. He
is often potent in directing them, but
great movements, in representative
government, come from the hearts of
the people; not from the initiative of
statemen. We picture Thomas Jeffer-
son as writing the declaration of indie
pendence and in our imagination we
portray him as laying down out of his
original genius The broad and progress
sive principles of liberty which shine
out of it. The sentiments of that doc
ur,enI were the product of the consci-
BUSINESS of the 18th century, speaking
out Of the convictions of the masses of
American people. The writing Of
the declaration was mere in
cident, dictated perhaps by accident.
Indeed, it has been reported on respec-
table authority. that Jefferson admit
ted that Franklin would have been Sc
lected for the duty had it not been for
the fear of some sedate patriots that he
would be sure to put joke in the dec
laration. The affairs of our peaceful
times afford no such dramatic flashes
as those of Wendell Phillips and DAN
iel Webster, but the same kind of N
fiicts are part of the daily play of Sur
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affected temperament of our race with
else. But it is one thing to invent or
improve a telephone or a sewing
machine, and quite another thing to
make or improve a government. The
telephone or the sewing machine may
be born from the brain of one man.
But no government worth anything
was ever born from anything but the
experiences, trails, sacrifices, and as
piratiOns of many men. We are apt
to conceive of government as some
thing that is built as house. On the
contrary it may be described as more
nearly something that has grown like
grove of trees. And government
stands the longest where people are
the most careful about cutting down
old trees to plant new ones.
Contrasting the revolution of
France and England Lord Maculay
pointed out one of the greatest rea-
sons for the long success of the Eng
have always, even in the times of the
greatest excitement, have spoken re-
verently Of the FORMS Of government
under which they live and attacked
only what they regarded as it's cor
ruptions. In the very act of innovating
they have constantly appealed to
ancient prescription; they have sell
dom looked abroad for models Al
though imitation is rarely possible in
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committee.
Committee to increase alumni men,
bership in the College Athletic Asso-
ciatini-Cyrus +. Stimson '93, Albert
F. Drummond 'SS. Frank W. Alden
'9S of Waterville.
Speeches were made by the follow
ing: President A. j. Roberts, Willis "A
J. Joy 20, Grand Forks, N. D.; Walter
c. Emerson "a, Portland; Benjamin F.
Turner "a. Topsham; Thomas P. Put
nam "a, Houlton; Lincoln Owen 49,
West RoXbury, Mass: w. F. Rowley
94, Middletown, CT; Rev. George A.
Martin 80, Bangor; Carl r. Bryant '04,
Waterville.
President Roberts responded with
words Of the strongest encoura cement
and satisfaction. He said in sub
stance that what Colby needed was
more men. Already large number are
entered for next fall and it is gratifying
to state that the college finances are
in a much better condition than at the
last meeting.
The report of the Athletic Association
showed that the association has paid
off debt of 500 this year. rs s'4
Upon hearing this the alumni quick
ly responded and nearly 500 was raised
for the athletic fund. ~ 80
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political movements, we might we'll
initiate the reluctance of England to
look to foreign models. The most end
during institutions of government are
involved from the experiences Of
peoples, not from the brains of
speculative theorists or from the tales
of returning travellers. And after all,
governments are as much affairs OF
men as of institutions The institM-
tons OF the best government on earth,
If set up in a nation of Irresponsible
men, would be prevented in n brief
time. Mexico has a constitution
practically like that of the United
States; but the people of Mexico
have not the Anglo Saxon sense Of
responsibility. The result is seen in a
remarkably successful despotism
utterly allen to the spirit and letter
OF the constitution under which 1t
thriVes.
mo one can deny that the theory of
our institutions is essentially correct.
1t is based on numbers and generally
carried out with mathematical ac-
curacy. In the century and q quarter
that has succeeded its adoption ma
ton after nation has followed the
example. 1t has been the longed for
object of patriots, living under arbi-
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Alumni Association Meeting.

The annual meeting and luncheon OF
the Alumni Association was held with
large attendance.
The following officers and commit
tees were elected: President, Harry w
Dunn '96. Boston; vice president, Her
bert S. Weaver '82, Allston, Mass.
secretary, F. w. Alden '9S, Waterville;
executive committee, Norman X. Full
Ter '9S of Waterville, Dennis E. Bow
man '93 of Waterville, c. w. Atchley
'63 of Waterville, George Stanley Stew
enscn ex-'02, Harvard 'O5 of Water
vile.
Committee to nominate alumni trus-
tees-R. e. Frye 'S2 o. Sharon, Mass.
Everett Flood 10 Palmer, Mass; Albert
H.NBickmore '93, New York; Rev. Addi-
son b. Lorimer 'SS, Bangor; Lincoln
owen 'S9, West RoXbury, Mass.
Athletic committee-A +. Drum.
mond, 'SS, Waterville. - was made
chairman and given authority to fill the
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AMHERST COLLEGE.
Ideal Weather Aids Success Of Annual
Class Day Exercises.

Amherst, Mass, June 29.-Class day
at Amherst College brought with it TO-
day ideal weather with clear skies and
the humid atmosphere Of the past few
days clarified and tempered by gentle
zephyrs. Assembling at $50 this
morning in the college church the
Seniors. dressed in the customary
caps ard gowns, opened, the many
ceremonies and festivities Of the day
with the ivy Grafton. the humorous
event of the day, and the reading Of
the ivy poem. The Seniors then
marched to College hall, where the
more serious exercises We're begun
with the class grafton and the poem
by the class poet.
The Grove grafton and poem We're
given in the afternoon and were fol-
lowed by 4 reception to the gradual
ing class. alumni and friends of the
college by President and Mrs. Harris.
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trary and despotic authorities. The
carrying on of it, has not only given
good government to ourselves but has
trained the people of the United
States in the practice of politics until
today no nation equals US in the
ability to put forward for each duty
and every crisis men out of the body
of people who are able to do their
appointed parts. 1t is then manifestly
the duty of the citizen who has ell
joyed the advantages of a higher edu-
cation to lend his efforts to get the
best possible results from the institu-
ton rather than to waste effort IN
criticism when nothing appears-even
in the realm Of the Imagination"
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actions of the people are the spurs
needed to keep Legislative bodies on
the path of duty. But as citizens of a
representative government we must
keep our brains clear of the confus-
sion which cluster about the situation.
We must judge our institutions fairly
and not from prejudice, and especially
must we be careful of the great in
situations that our fathers devised and
that have made our government a
guide for the world.
ut is not the duty of any citizen to
refrain from criticism Of his repre-
sentatives of his institutions; but it
is his duty to refrain from Impotence
and not criticise until he knows there
is reason for it. Especially is it the
duty of the man Of the so called
higher education-the man who is
supposed to have the more infallible
judgment and who certainly has
greater powers of criticism than the
ordinary citizen, to study carefully on
all sides the institutions which he is
to commend or censure. If the best
citizens do not go into Legislative as
sembies, as has been confidentially
asserted from 1881 to 1909, it is the
part of good citizenship to persuade
the best citizens to lay aside their
fastidiousness, rather than to in
tensify it by indiscriminate public
condemnation of Legislative bodies.
Any organization for beneficent pur-
poses, like an established institution
of government. should be sustained
until it is fairly demonstrated to the
satisfaction of the majority of reason-
able men that there is a better. 1T
sometimes seems that the spectacle OF
the great material changes due to Il
century Of mechanical inventions has
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-30

try, try again. This is proper usually
for the indivual with his limited re-
sponsibilties but it is a very differ
ent matter with a representative body
carrying the fate of a nation. The
man who goes a mile with knapsack
may try any path as the varied
opinions and varied advices may
prompt him, and no great harm is
done; the man who moves barn a
mile will do well to start on no road
he does not know about.
ideas is that the representive that is
chosen to voice the opinion and ideas
of those who send him, is often in an
tagonism with the agitator, who is re-
sponsible only to himself and his con-
science. The agitator appeals to the
seltishncss or the cOnsciences of men,
and both selfish and conscientious men
are apt to be impatient of opposition.
The representative legislator, on the
other hand, is chosen by the people Of
certain constituency. on the understan-
ding that he will represent certain
views of public policy. Once chosen he
must adhere to that understanding, I'M
less it be shown to him most certainly
that those who have trusted him have
changed their views. Ordinarily he has
no safe way of ascertaining this ex-
cept by Il new campaign of discussions
ard a new election. Hence the agita-
tor, who usually represents ideas at
variance with the fixed opinions
of society, will inevitable in conflict
with both the individual legislator and
the legislative body itself In this fact
alone lie extensive possibilities of pref
udice against the institution as well as
against the individual representatives
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was held during the latter part Of the

was held during the latter part Of the
afternoon
Emery Il. Gibbs 'Ss, Brookline, Mass,
was elected to take the place Of Ed
ward +. Lyford. whose term expired
this year and who declined recollection.
The following were reelected: Rev.
George Bullen, d. D., Needham, Mass.
Joshua w. Beede, Auburn; Eugene
Fass. Jamaica Plain, Mass; Joseph II.
Colby, Dudley p. Bailey, Everett.
Mass; Forest r. Goodwin, Skowhegan;
George X. Boutelle, Waterville; George
C. Wing, George Otis Smith, Washing
ton, D. c.; William H. Dexter, Worces-
ter, Mass. or these Messrs. Gibbs.
Smith and Bailey will represent the
Alumni Association on the board.
The trustees organized with Justice
Leslie G. Cornish Of Augusta, chair
man; MILFORD G. Chapman, Portland,
secretary: George X. Boutelle, Water
vile. treasurer; prudential committee,
President Roberts, Prof J. D. Taylor,
Horace Purinton
Gilbert Tolman, University of Maine
was elected professor of physics, to
succeed Prof. f. f. Lawton, resigned
Karl r. Kennison was elected instruc-
tor in physics; David N. Young, in
structor in chemistry, Frank o. Dean,
instructor in English: Herbert C. Lib
by instructor in public speaking; F. l..
Thompson, reelected physical director
The election of dean of the wo-
mans department to succeed Grace f.
Berry, resigned, professor of mathemat-
les to succeed Prof: Hugh Ross Hatch,
deceased, instructor in physical cul-
ture to succeed DR.. Mary S. Croswell,
resigned, was left to the committee on
professorships with power to act.
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"Ar example of curious Chris.,aa
name nn may be found. says corrs spt &
the cases you have printed. h bnS BABY baby
are these. The father OF Thomas.
Ths ot ham favored " the name q ESus Is
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matter was still undecided ,h NV ' nsSsie
informed the curats tha Az ,sne S Saspsd ~
m wos TnS Satressfniy. The cuIsts rss ~
Ing the woman as the rur IN. IT
promptly baptized ti,s i.lans ~ 49, ssen {f
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The Trustess' Meeting.
The second meeting OF the trustees
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DOOleS may err ike any OtneT ofSdH-
izations, or any person in this world
Of errors. but they do not err all the
time, or even the greater part of the
fine, although they are criticised from
one source or the other practically all
the time. Therefore in this attitude
of the citizen toward the institutions
IF the country, it is essential that he
bear in mind continually the peculiar
situation of the legislative body in re-
spect to the burden it bears.
The second great cause of the dis
favor Of the legislative body is the fact
that Its business is to compromise. The
word Compromise has a bad standing.
The newspapers often speak of a
citizen detected in theft or other dis
honesty as detected in a 'compromis-
Ing situation. For years the eloquence
Of William Lloyd Garrison, Wendall
, Phillips, Owen L4ovejoy. Charles Sum-
: lier. names that we revere because
those who bore them were mighty lead
ers in great forward step of liberty
ard civilization. Numbered against the
compromises by which congress, in or
der to put or a civil war, postponed
the move against slavery. Because
those compromises seemed to preserve
a wicked institution, the impression
was widely disseminated that eompro-
misses were themselves wicked Never
ti1eless 1t is the appropriate duty of
the legislative body to make compro-
lntses which Lord Macauley has de-
Tended the essence OF politics. He
might have added that they are the
essence Of civilized government. Ag-
eresations OF men In a state Of bar
The Democratic advocate., 1909-02-05
HANDSOME Residences
IN WESTMINSTER, CARROLL co.
MARYLAND.

By virtue of the power and auihol -
contained In a certain mortgage from
Raymond =. Bankeft 10 Susan Bower
Hox aud Mary Ann llowcraox bearing
date June 20, 1908. and recorded
among the Real Estate Mortgage
Records Of Carroll County. ia Liber
D. T., r., No. 54 folio 416. which said
Mortgage was duly assigned 10 W.
Frank Thomas. and which said as
signment has been duly recorded
among the Real Estate Mortgage
Records aforesaid. the undersigned
assignee OF MORTGAGE viii sell at
public sale on the premises on
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 20, A. ~,
1909, AT ? O'Clock y. m. all those two
parcels of land and premises. situate
on Pennsylvania Avenue. In the city
Of Westminster. Maryland, viz
First All that tract of land known
as No. Ia Pennsylvania Avenue con.
tanning
1850 square Feet, Mere or Less.
improved BY handsome new Frame
Dwelling and Stable, This property
n ons of the most desirable tn West
Minister. aa Il is beautifully located IN
ihg residential part % the city and
the residence thereon la large and
CommodiouH and equipped with all the
latest and most modern improvements.
and Il now occupied by Raymond p.
RankerL IL ia ihe same land which
wgs conveyed 10 tho said Raymond r.
Bankart by Grove A. shipley and wife
by deed dated March 2s. 1894. and re-
corded among tho Land Records Of
Carroll county, Ia Iiber u. r. s., No.
20, folio 25i. and b. connrmatory deed
from snid shipley ant wife 20 snid
Dankert dated February sth, 1906 aud
recorded In said Land Records IN
iAbor y =. T.. No 100. folio $50 etc
Second All that tract ~ land and
premises known na No. 1i2 Peupsyl-
yania avenue, adjoining the aiorssaid
FFirat Tract" containing
lisa square Feet, More or Less,
and IL improved By a new Dwelling
House. with all modern improvements
and 10 now occupied By Arthur Bowers
and Is the same lands described IN the
deed from Augustus j. ilorner aud
wife 10 said Raymond r. nankert
dated October 9th. 1905. and recorded
among the Land Records of Carroll
county. In Liber d r g.. No. roe, folio
sss. etc Each OF the aforesaid prop
critics front 90 feet on Pennsylvania
avenue and are ies feet deep TO an
alley and are the same properties de-
seribed Ia the mortgage filed In Equity
cause No 444G.
Terms OF sale.--Ail cash upon the
day uf sale mr. uDon the ratification
thereof by the Court. or II desired
the purchaser or purchasers can make
more convenient terms with the as
aignec upon tho day OF sale.
=. o. WEANT, Attorney.
w. FRANK THOMAS, Assignee OF
Mortgage. r.. n. Davis Auct
The Democratic advocate., 1909-02-05
AIR BOTTLES FOR MOTORIsrs.
A New and Simple Method for IniIat.
.hg Automobile Tires.

AaAS stutVAtUbihS AAENHs
Among the thousands or new and
useful devices and contriyances I'm
tended for the comfort and well-beine
of the motorist, and classed under the
general heading of accessories" is
the Goodyear Air Bottle, which is an
outgrowth, not OF motoring, but of
golf
This is the device which, In combi-
nation with the detachable rim. has,
according to It's makers, actually re-
lieyed motoring of its greatest bug
bear, tire troubles. With these two
appliances on car, one may journey
forth with the knowledge that, no
matter how many tire emergencies
may arise before he reaches a garage,
the worst that can happen Ii q series
of stops of two or three minutes each.
The quick detachable rim makes tire
change or repair an easy matter for
all save the tedious and breaking
effort OF pumping air. The air bottle
reduces this latter operation TO mat
ter OF less than half q minute, entail
Ing absolutely no more effort than
connecting up a valve.
The air bottle is exactly what ia
name implies, and Il is the only device
of it's kind that puts air into the tire.
The idea OF the bottle Is old, but the
thing that always made IL seem an
impossibility was the difficulty OF COM
pressing into a sufficiently small bot
tie enough air to initiate q large nnn-
ber OF tires. To-day there are only
two equipments In America capable
OF performing this work; the govern.
nent plant which ia used for charging
torpedo tubes, and the air bottle plant,
which was originally developed for the
manufacture OF pneumatic golf balls.
These little spheres. with their oIter
shell of silk thread and geiatine. have
q core, not Of gutta-percha, but OF
compressed air, Injected through a
hypodermic needle. under such pres
sure that D bali simply canno, be bent
in BY any blow from q golf club.
The complicated machinery uptlllZ-
ed for forcing air into the golf balls
was called into use for charging the
air bottles, ana the new device was
given It's first severe trial during the
last Cidden tour. when most OF the
contestants depended upon II entirely
as the handy and dependable cure
ali for initiation troubles Il Ia now
made In two small sizes designed 10
be carried under the seat or on the
running board. as well as In a large
size, which Is monuted ON q truck for
use In garages. II was one Of the
latter that was used during the Palace
show 10 furnish air with which the
Gabriel horns played their musical
selection.
The capacity of these bottles IN n
surprise TO any one not familiae with
the comprcssing qualities OF air. A
small bottle Is about three and one
half inches In diameter by eighteen
inches in height. When charged II
contains air amounting to 2ss times
It's own volume II viii compieteiy
Initiate thirty-tiye three and one half
inch tries 30 pressure OF seventy
! pounds which " all that tire os this
size should be- given A better Illus.
/ ,ration ~ "a say that. II all OF the
three and one-haIf-inch tires that this
| cighteen-inch bottle will initiate 10
seventy pounds pressure were stretch.
ed out In one long tube. IL would meas.
ure III feet IN length
The Democratic advocate., 1909-02-05
on Roads In Illinois.

A most interesting experiment is
being conducted In central Illinois,
near Springfield. The state highway
commission is making test OF oil
on country roads. While oil
roads are no novelty In many parts
OF the United States, they are not
krown on the heavy black soil OF CEN
tral Illinois, The top soil of the road
Ii being mixed with an asphalt oil to
depth OF six inches. What the re-
suits will be no one can predict. but
this may be the solution of the good
roads problem. I'm many parts OF the
Sucker State stone roads are out of
the question Without the material
near at hand the great prairie states
cannot expect to have stone pixies, as
do some OF the eastern states. Good
roads must be secured by drainage,
special care and possibly by the use
OF oil. This experiment will be
watched with a great deal OF interest.