Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-09-22

rom has large slate blackboards II
eqpipping the building. Mr. Besse die
not lose On eye 10 the artistic. for h
included in his gift eight large ant
expensive pictures, beautifully framed
including life-size pictures of himself
and Mrs Besse. Three are in the gcner-
al assembly room. two in each of The
downstair rooms and one in the as
sistant's room. The third floor not vel
entirely finished. will be used as a
chemical and physical laboratory.
The Outside Grounds.
An adjacent. artesian we'll supplies
| the school with good, clear water In
| the spring. as soon as the grading has
an opportunity to settle, concrete walks
will be laid around the building to take
! the place of the wooden ones now be-
| ing used
| Perhaps in all Maine there is no pub
| lie school that has a playground so
| spacious and level In addition to the
ground on which the school now stands,
Mr.. Besse purchased three additional
acres of land and has spent Il great
deal of money grading and clearing the
| lot, which can be used as a baseball
and football field by the boys. 1t sur
mounts n high hill and looks out on
| the valley for miles. The building has
been erected by the Horace purinton
Co. Of Waterville, with Cecil NJ. Dag
gett supervising and S. X. Coffin oi
IChina, foreman.
School Begins, Monday.
| Shortly less than 40 hours after its
| dedication the doors of the school will
be OPENED. Monday morning will begin
| the scholastic year. Fer weeks, yes.
and even since work began on the
building. last May, the youngsters of
| Albion and vicinity have been eagerly
| looking forward to the day when they
| might study In the great stone strue-
| ture and call ii our school" John c.
| Parin of N0rrideewock, graduate of
the University of Maine, will have
charge of the High school. Miss
Frances F. Jose of Dexter will be his
assistant Miss Edwina Farrar OF
| Thornton will teach the Grammar
school. Miss Sadie E. Blake of Albion
| the intermediate. and Miss Gladys
Bither of Albion the Primary.
Served with Dinner
After tour Of the building. Mr. ant
Mis-. Besse and their friends went t.
the Grange hall. where a dinner, q
truly "hountiful repast" in every SENSE
of the werd, was served. There was
baked chicken and mashed potatoes
salads too numerous to name felsncs
cakes, pastry and coffee. In fact, ever,
tempting dish calculated to satisfy ap-
petites sharpened by a 10-mile autf
ride over the Maine hills, was served
BY the time the party had returned Il
| the building ii was almost | O'Clock
and large audience had already gath
cred and filled the settees arranged
in front of the building. Additional ones
ha to be secured, yet there were no
sufficient TO seat the crowd which wa
constantly increasing.
Gov. Haines Present.
Seldom has an occasion of such 3
mature bronht together so many of the
States foremost educators Yet edu-
cation was not alone represented. His
lExcellency, Governor Haines was there
to represent the State. Clergymer
represented the ministry and Boston
and New York business men were
then representing the commercial side
Iof life. The speeches varying ir
length and varied in their subject mat.
ter We're intensely interesting. The re-
marks, however, We're chiefly along The
lines of educational work. and not one
of the men who spoke, (and they
were all students of human nature
failer to pay glowing tribute to tht
large hearted. generous minded man
who had sacrificed time, business ant
opportunities to give to his native
town every possible chance for OBJ
tanning that which goes to make {
/, better world and better men and WON.
en- for the world.
The Exercises.
George w Pray first sclectman fol
the town presided and introduced Mr.
Besse as the first speaker. The donor
of the school in his own quaint way
told of his joy and pride in being able
| to call Albion his own native town
for it was there that he first saw the
light of day and received his early
! education. 1t gave him pleasure, he
said to recall the days when he used
to attend the District. No. 4, school
and later the one ON the China road
His father the late Jonathan Bellows
Berre, was chairman of the school
board in Albion. 40 years ago. and
choose the site for q new schooihouse,
then necessary, exactly where the fine
new buildings stand. chat was one of
the reasons Mr.. Besse said that he