Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-31
DAY OF ACTION
FEATURES MEETING
GRANGE LECTURERS

GRANGE LECTURERS
The second day Of the annual con-
terence of the Maine state grange lee
turers in this city was one full Of ac-
ton that will prove to be helpful to
the many oranges OF the state when
the lecturers return to their work.
The two business sessions of the
morning and afternoons and the So
cial meeting of the evening were all
very we'll attended.
Charles F. Marble OF Winthrop was
one of the speakers of the morning
session and the title Of his address
was How to Read an Essay" AS a
preliminary Mr.. Marble urged the
! lecturers to take a serious conception
or the work of the grange and he told
or the Importance OF some system in
arranging the programs of work. To
emphasize the means by which sys-
tenn might be introduced into grange
work he drew on the blackboard an
intricate diagram showing the rela -
tive Importance Of agricultural, So
clal. domestic and civic effort.
THE lecturer is the mouthpiece OF
! the grange" said Mr.. Marble and he
stated that the methods which they
employed in doing their work were OF
the utmost Importance. One of the
main factors in delivering an address,
according to the speaker was a thor
ough naturalization OF the essay be-
fore it is delivered. BY doing this the
lecturer is enabled to make a deeper
impression upon his or her hearers
because the lecturer is isnbued with
the sentiment and spirit Of the essay.
Mr.. Marble told of the part that the
voice and gesticulation play in de-
| livering an essay and gave several
examples to make his meaning clear
| err. One thing that he warned his
hearers to be on their guard against
was mistakes in punctuation which
might lead them to misconstrue the
true meaning Of the essay they are
! reading. A number of examples Of
this We're given on the blackboard.
Following Mr.. Marbles talk the
meeting was thrown open to discus
sion and many Of the lecturers had
questions cleared up that have both
cred them for some time.
The second speaker of the NOR =
ing was O. l.. Martin. national
lecturer of the Grange. He limited
| himself to a discussion of the ma
terial side of the Grange activities.
saying that the educational. social
and fraternal phases had been CON-
sideced by the other speakers. He
told Of the fire and liability insur-
ance that the Grange offers to far
mers and explained the best pro-
cedure that one should take to pro-
cure it. Another matter upon which
he laid emphasis was the education
al fund aid. In this state this is in
the form of a cottage maintained az
Good Will Farm, in Hinckley, espec-
tally for the children of Grange
members. In other states the fund
is kept up so that needy r,Ndr> n
may be helped in getting a better
| education.
Mr.. Martin was, during the last
term Of the house of representatives,
speaker of the house and he i'm
! parted to the lecturers much of tho
valuable knowledge of parliamentary
! procedure that he has acquired. The
7 speaker said that an orderly Grange
| meeting. conducted according to the
laws of parliamentary procedure.
was a most important factor in the
success OF. any grange.
| AT the opening of the afternoon
session Merle J. Hartman of Read
| field. lecturer of the State grange.
, spoke on the summer conference of
| Changers which Is to be held in
i Ste IRIS. Conn, next August "a, 25 and
: Is. He said that the Grange had
! decided to make this a tour of New
I England to last the best part OF a
week or ten days and that those at
tending would go in body. The
! trip will be made by auto and the
l starting point will lie Lewiston. A
| visit will be made to the agricultural
! colleges as the towns in which they
) are situated are passed through. This
! will take the caravan through 1Nur-
! ham, N. H., and Amherst. Mass. The
! itinerary for the trip. as 1t now Is.
| covers about 500 miles through the
| most beautiful country ofsNew Eng
| land. He said that the 1876 con-
ference would probably be held In
| Maine and that Changers should
start thinking of 1t at this time.
! John f.. Abbott of North Berwick
| master of the State grange. delivered
| an address of some length on the
purposes, growth and aims of the
Grange which was listened to with
| the greatest of attention.
| Mr.. Abbot said in part: After a
| little more than one year OF service
in the state Grange I am satisfied
that the future of the Grange de-
ponds upon the lecturers to a great
extent. as much or more so even
than any other group Of officers.
While l am satisfied that there is
no unimportant office in the Grange.
the office of Lecturer is devoted to
the educational work and is really
the corner stone of our fraternity.
1.-THE Grange is first a community
center and with the proper methods
Of applying educational training to
! the individuals in that community
we are sure to build better things
for the agricultural and social life Of
our community.
"You may think that I have sell
fish n;otive in saying that I believe
that we should build up the order. af-
ter a very careful study I feel there
! is nothing that would do more for
| the rural community and improve
the people. of the state than good
active Grange in every community.
So when say to build up the order
we can include the Improvement of
rural life in It's broadcast sense.
1.-THE first and highest object OF
! our order is to develop higher men
and women among ourselves. If we
are to do this we should first Of all
, use the material at hand. namely the
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