Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-17

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| their license away from them. There
| is no excuse for anyone operating a
motor vehicle unless he or she is in
control of their senses. and the Gov
ernor wants all State officials to I'M
derstand his position in this matter.
Schools
| In order to show the great progress
made in the schools of Maine since
! 1915 Governor Baxter referred to the
| rating given the schools of the States
of the Union by the Russell Sage
Foundation. This Foundation is
composed of the leading educators
of the country and they make an i'm
partial survey of educational condi-
tions in all the States, and then rate
them according TO their findings. In
1916 Maine stood 31th in the list of
4S States and we had reason, said
the Governor, to hang our heads in
shame. Maine has clWays prided it
self on being a New England State
with traditions behind it, and with
q large proportion of its population
native born, but notwithstanding this
it stood only twelfth from the bottom
of the list. Through the efforts of
DR.. Thomas, Governor Milliken and
those who have followed them, Maine
has gradually crept up in the rating
of the States and it is expected that
by the end of the present admnistra-
ton Maine will have achieved at
least the Goth place in the list. This
alone shows the splendid work which
has been done by our school admins
tratiOn and justifics the increased
expenses of that department. The
people of the State spent on the
schools in 1916 s3,700000 and in 1922
S8,000,000. These items again demon
strate the awakening that has taken
place throughout the State on school
matters and shows that our people
are alive to the necessity of giving
the rising generation a fair start in
life. When one considers. however.
that SS,000000 a year and more is
spent on tobacco lily the people Of
Maine the school bin looks Very small
IN comparison.
Governor Baxter has taken a per
/
of the State for he appreciates the
splendid work being done in them
IN training our teachers. He refer
red TO the fact that the money spent
for Normal Schools would be wasted
unless the teachers educated there
were given proper school equipment
and buildings in which to carry on
lDelr WORK He said
IN the Union is better equipped with
normal schools than Maine and that
the fact that young men and women
OF character and ability were going
INTO the teaching profession in soOdIy
NUMBERS was sign of encourage
ment for the future The Normal
Schools now are kept in better con-
dltion than ever before, a regular
fund being provided for theft M
Keep. In 1916 s25,500 was appro-
priated for improvements and $50 600
in 1921.
The State University has been
taken better care of than ever be-
iofe, S269,o00 being appropriated in
l922. whereas $4,000 was aDuro-
rrlated in 1912. The people of the
State take great interest in this in
slitution and it is training young
men and women in its three coil, ges
Agricultural. Technical and Arts
and is fully fitting them for life.
Governor Baxter laid special en-
phaSis upon the need of keeping cool
at the present time and Of unfolding
the constituted authorities. Here in
Name we are somewhat removed
from the centers OF agitation but
nevertheless there is constant danger
OF some overt act taking place maj
would reflect dlsCredIt upon the State
Inc Governor SAID that he was wor
fled about the future but had faith
IN the patience and judgment of
Maine people. His travels through
the country had convinced him that
our citizens could not be Stampeded
ana swept off their feet by selfish
ness and that he relied upon Maine
men and women in maintaining law
ana order and peaceful conditions
throughout the State. The Cover
nor said he would not countenance
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IONS ana mat every citizen of the
STATE had the right to work or not
10 Work as he chose and that he must
pc protected in that right. He felt
that the only trouble that would como
would be from irresponsible people
VINO would make that trouble for
their own selfish gain He had faith
IN 1p lnND1tI ne All l.,
citlzens but resented any attempts
HOm the outside TO bring confusion
and discord into the State. The
Governor said he wanted to see real
prosperity come again and that we
were on the eve Of better times and
that conditions were constantly i'm
proving. He stated that if we could
once get through with our present
troubles he expected to see an era
OF peace and prosperity He wanted
TO see all our citizens EMPLOYED NJ
lair wages for which they would
give on adequate return. He wanted
people of Maine to own their own
honfs Tor in that way above all
others they become attached to the
state and they realized that they
We're IN truth part of it.
Mothers Aid
The Governor said that at the pres
"ht time the State was giving aid TO
oll mothers in whose families were
more than 17re children under age
~ Is ears. TINS vas a wonderful
work begun in 1918 the purpose of
which was to keep families together.