Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-06
COMMITTEE HEARINGS.
Continued from Page One.)

This offer approximately totals
$4,000, consisting of the five acres of
land from Mr. Abbott, $4,000 from the
town of Dexter and large subscrip-
ton list already launched These sub
scripticns reached a total of consider
ably over $4,000 in two days work
The appropriation of $4,000 for each
of the years 1913 and 1914 is asked.
The speakers put forward the adj
vantages OF the location-from health,
accessibility and economic stand
polnts-so effectively as to admit of
little debate, but they had reckoned
without complications which arose I'M
der the opposing hand of Mr.. Murphy.
A model school for the education of
the village children and for the practi-
cal instruction of the Normal school
students evidently had not been con-
sidered. Another disturbing factor
was dormitorv. which the members
OF the delegation admitted would be q
necessity within a few years
The delegation had a tentative plan
for a school and dormitory combined,
to be enlarged as the growth in at
tendance warranted. The main de-
bate. however, grew out of the model
school State superintendent of
Schools Smith was frequently called
upon by Sen. Murphy to strengthen
the points made by the committeeman
He outlined the necessities of Normal
school administration and the expense
incurred. "A model school, he stated
VAS imperative with a well-managed
Institution.
This difficulty was dispensed with,
in a way. by Superintendent Ross
when ne said that a five room school
building would be available at con-
venient hours. No definite agreement,
however. could be reached over a suit
able bait in the form of money or
property to be furnished by the town.
1t was estimated that the town might
save between $4,000 and $500 by the
instruction of its children by the Nor
nal school students, and the PROPOSE
ton made that this amount be turned
over to the. State annually in place of
the lump sum of $10,009-or $4,000 for
each of the two ensuing years.
Neither side seemed disposed to take
the initiative on this plan and the
committee went into executive session
Will ltlicA SttIliHS clidHGb u u6unIle
action toward favoring the bill. Some
later arrangement, taking all disputed
points into consideration, is regarded
as a possibility at this session. The
counties of Penobseot. Piscataquis,
Waldo, Somerset and Kennebee would
be most affected by enactment
Other Dexter men in the delegation
included S. l.. Small, T. K. Edes.
Harry f. Hale. c. S. Hutchinson, Ed
Shepherd. Human Shepherd. Walter
Carsley, o. E. Blackden, c. w. Curtis.
b. L. Call and f. H. Witham.
For Mason Institute.
President David n. Beach of the
Bangor Theological Seminary appear
ed in support of a resolve favoring
Mason Institute, a vocational school
lately established at Springvale. The
amount asked is $4,000. DR. Beach S
plea was forceful and he was roundly
applauded when he closed with an ex-
preston of hope that the committee
might see their way clear to afford
Maine girls an opportunity to secure
domestic and secretarial instruction
without going out of the State-that it
might be made possible for our girls
to carry their influence all over the
United States as our men have done."