Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-08

mo that in the course Of q few war.
OF the liquor law will he
as infrequent as tho breaking Of the
laws against stealing and other
crimes Of violence.
People Demand Enforcement
There Is not as much loose talk
around street corners and clubs a.
a Few years ago. People gradualiv
are realizing that the violator of one
law Is equally as dangerous a citi-
zen as the violator Of other laws.
When this doctrine is driven home
there Will be general and whole-
some respect for law.
The people Of our State stand
squarely behind absolute, honest and
Impartial enforcement. It is recog-
nized by right thinking persons that
the buyer is morally as guilty as the
seller. and wish the law made him
equally SO. The rich violators are
the worst offenders, and I hold in
contempt the complacent well-to- do
man or woman who patronizes rum
sellers and takes pride in doing SO.
Today there is no such thing as an
innocent purchaser" of LIQUOR. for
any man who buys it, in fact If NOT
IN law, Is guilty OF a liquod conspir-
acy
The failure in the Hancock County
eherin case caused an unfortunate
reaction toward lawlessness in our
1ar eastern counties. The recent
conviction for liquor offences of a.
citizens of Washington County. MANY
OF them formerly of good standing.
discloses an unwholesome condition.
Had the Hancock Sheriff been re-
moved it we'll may be that bootleg
gers and rumrunners in that mart n
Maine would have taken heed and
abandoned their nefarious business.
hope the incoming legislature will
be model to those that succeed r.
ana that some Of the old time prac.
tices INDUCED In by the few, to the
olscredlt OF the many, will be rele-
gated to oblivion. Liquor should be
entirely eliminated from legislative
generations and from the Augusta
House. Some of the scenes that have
taken place in that hotel in years
gene by have disgraced our State and
never should be repeated.
University Of Maine
Inc State Of Maine supports one
hlsher institution of learning. the
University at Orono, which though
held by the Courts to be a private in
stltution, is located on State-owned
land and maintained largely byb the
tax payers. 1t Is rendering great
service to the young men and women
or Maine in affording them an oppor
tunity to secure a liberal education at
modest expense. These young peo-
PIE should be encouraged and helped
IN every proper way, and as Govern
or I take pride in our University.
AS matter of principle 1 believe
That colleges and universities should
De under private, rather than public
management and hope the day soon
vii! come when the University of
Maine will have endowment funds
OF sufficient size so that it can be d.
vorced from State aid and control.
until 1T acquires such funds the
STATE. within reason, must care for it.
IL Is not wholesome to educate
young men and women in a political
atmosphere. 1t is unfortunate for the
alumni of State University, in or
der to obtain large appropriations.
10 resort to lobbying and indulge in
methods common to political cam
paigns. Candidates for the highest
office in the gift of the people should
not be permitted to insert political
advertisements in the Alumni week.
~, bidding for support and promising
liberal appropriations in return for
votes. These things have been done
in Orono during the past few years,
and l believe thoughtful, self-re-
specting Alumni regret them. and will
not countenance their repetition,
A Program Needed
In my opinion those in charge of
the University should lay out a pro-
gram for the next five or ten year
period and submit 1t to the people
of the State for discussion. This
should be done frankly and without
reserve. AS this institution is, for all
practical purposes. a State Univer-
sity. our people should know the
plans Of its managers. The taxpay-
ers who pay the bills are entitled to
full information and they themselves
are the ones to determine whether
the activities Of the University should
be restricted to its present three COL
leges, Arts and Sciences, Technology
and Agriculture, or enlarged to in
clude colleges Of Law, Medicine and
Pedagogy. Anything that savors of
concealment or shows an unwilling
ness to trust the people is unworthy
Of university management. The au-
thorities at Orono have been request
ed by public officials to disclose their
plans, but as yet have neglected to
do so.
The Presidents Responsibility
The welfare of the 1900 or more
students at Orono is Of Statewide
| concern. A man at the head of such
an institution is under grave re-
sponsibility. To keep in touch with
university family Of such proper
items and to attend to the countless
details Of his administration is
enough to occupy the attention of
any one man. In my opinion it is
unfortunate for a college chief execu-
tive to attempt to carry on outside
activities.
At the present time the Univer-
sity's President Is engaged in extern
siva experiments largely at the
States expense, with several thou
sand rats and mice, and with larger
animals and birds. He intends to
broaden his research work by estab-
fishing a plant on the coast of Maine
to propagate rabbits and other small
! animals for laboratory work. If the
newspapers are accurate, he also is
engaged in other biological and sci
entific activities and Is reported to
have accepted a position with one of
the large fox farm operations so well
advertised throughout Maine. I can
not refrain from saying that the 1900
boys and girls at Orono are Of vast
ly more Importance to Maine than all
the experimental research herein re-
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