Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-09
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the university to nave waited unll
the State was asked for money be-
fore stating an assurance that Ut
would be requested. Not sharing
the governors estimate OF the word
of the board OF trustees ! still be-
lieve them.
Now as to the ideas of the gov
ernor on biology, Scientists have for
generations been hunting for an
agent that will direct evolution and
possibly in the governor we have
found one. He says to such species
as the dog and the >crow in effect:
Multiply. You are among the chos-
en-. Reproduce your Kind and inher-
to the mouse, the rat Cat least at
Orono) and to the small fur bearing
animal, he says "DeSist. Stop re-
producing your kind under the cruel
eye of that arch fiend. the expert
menter."
thinkers Island has, on it an
abundance of hares, which unfortu-
nately come under the classification
OF small fur bearing animals. Hares
are close relatives OF rabbits and
rabbits as a family have never been
accused of u tending towards racE
suicide. TO prevent the raising Of
small fur bearing animals (of at
least one type) on Tinker's Island.
whether it be leased by the Uni
verSity of Maine or no, makes the
regulation of traffic on Fifth avenue
seem simple. Posting copies of the
governors interview or even read
ing them aloud will probably not
produce even a temporary cessation
in the production of young hares.
Theodore Roosevelt, whose repu-
tation as, a student and lover of ma
ture is possibly equal to that of the
governor (by some it might be rank
ed even as superior), believed very
strongly in the educative value of the
study of life in its natural surround
ings. The work planned at Mount
Desert Island il directly along the
lines which ! believe Roosevelt him
self would have loved as a student.
There is no point in arguing with
the governor the educativa value and
the directly beneficial influence on
the courses at Orono which the pro-
posed work will have. / should not
expect him to change his opinion.
The dictum has been dictated.
AS to branching into new fields,
normal growth frequently causes the
| appearance of an expansion which
is not so unjustifiable as 1t may
seem to some, and as one whose rec
ord shows q willingness to inform
the governor of New York on a mat
ter which was to be consummated
| within the borders of that state, Gov
| crnor Baxter might perhaps be con-
sidered by some proficient in, but
| poor critic of the covering of, new
territory.
THE governors idea of the "home"
of the university is in keeping with
his past policy and his breadth of
view towards the work here. Orono
Is declared to be the home" and the
university is invited TO confine its
activities to this region. A University
is not however to be defined and con-
lined within limits as can be a states
prison or other strictly state insti-
| tuition. The University of Maine is
the states representative for higher
education throughout the state of
Maine. 1t is not the University of
Orono-but the University of Maine,
me minds and hearts of the people
or Maine comprise the limits of the
nome" of the University of Maine
and l recognize the right of no in
dlVldual to limit. our. activity il we
believe that weAcan increase the at
tachment which our students feel for
thelr state by showing them her ed :
ucational resources.
The governor has shown his at =
tltude toward the work of the uni
Nerslty and experiment station in
many ways, one Of the dearest being
ms veto OF the request for addition
al funds to put the work Of the sta
ton on a pre-war basis-at High
moor farm and at Aroost ooir farm, n .
well as at Orono.
There are no animals in NV lab
oratory which have been operated on
Wlthout the use of ether as care
lully administered for the purpose of
saving their life from cancer as Is
the case with humans in all our hos
pltals. 1t is tedious to have the con-
tlnual harpings on this subject. The
snap, traps for mice and rats, which
are IN common use and which fire.
quently break a hip or smash i'm the
muzzle OF an animal without kill
ing IT directly, are infinitely cruel
ana yet they are in every day use by
the thousands all over the state and
country. ! suggest that the governor
move 10 the attack of these impIc-
menus OIL torture and allow me to
continue my experiments on the pos.
siDie cause and control of cancer,
without steadily showing an oiotag.
onistlc attitude l can still face the
descendants of my original mice now
IN their SEVENTEEN generation-mice
IKE dogs have an ancient lineage
WIN clear conscience and a. hone
mat In spite of official fulminations
we may together work out somethine
OF value to humanity"