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Maine State Legislature MAINE STATE LEGISLATURE The following document is provided by the LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DIGITAL LIBRARY at the Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library http://legislature.maine.gov/lawlib Reproduced from scanned originals with text recognition applied (searchable text may contain some errors and/or omissions) PUBLIC DOCUMENTS OF MAINE: 1905 m:rnc rnE ANNl.JAL REPOR'T'S Of. 'TUE V,\RIOUS DEP J\RTMENTS J\ND INSTITUTIONS For the Year 1904. VOLUME IV. AUGUSTA KE~NEBEC JOURNAL PRINT ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE For the Year 1904 REPORTS OF TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT AND TREASURER AUGUSTA KENNEBEC JOURNAL PRINT 1905 REPORT OF THE BO.'"'"RD OF TRUSTEES To the Honorable Governor and Executi,:e Council of Maine: The trustees of the University of Maine respectfully submit their thirty-sixth annual report, with the reports of the president and treasurer. These reports clearly state the present condition of the University and refer to its most important needs. There have been no changes in the board of trustees during the past year and but few changes in the faculty. Notable changes have taken place in the buildings. Two new chapter houses have been erected, affording homelike accommodations for about sixty students, thereby relieving the University from providing dormi­ tory accommodations for that number. Another chapter house is in pro­ cess of construction. The Experiment Station building has been enlarged and greatly improved at an expense of about $5000. The large increase in the number of students in the agricultural courses has made the increased facilities necessary. This building, a detailed description of which is given in President Fellows' report, has been named Holmes Hall, for Dr. Ezekiel Holmes, one of Maine's most prominent and pub­ lic spirited citizens, who devoted years of toil and effort to advance the 2,gricultural interests of the State of Maine. Dr. Holmes was largely instrumental in causing the University of Maine to be established as an independent institution. Holmes Hall was dedicated May 26, 1904, Appropriate and valuable addresses were made by Hon. S. L. Board­ man of Bangor, President Butterfield of the Rhode Island Agricultural College and Hon. A. W. Gilman, Commissioner of Agriculture. The new Engineering Building, Lord Hall, was completed, with the excep­ tion of rooms upon the second floor, and was in condition to be used at the beginning of the fall term. This building, of which full description can be found in the reports of last year, was dedicated Nov. 22, 1904. The exercises took place in the chapel, which was much too small to con­ tain the large number in attendance. Prior to the dedicatory exercises the students in uniform gave a short drill on the campus, showing plainly the efficiency of their instruction in military tactics, The dedica­ tory exercises were as follows: Music by the University Band; prayer by Rev. Dr. Beach, President of Bangor Theological Seminary; delivery of the building to the State by Hon. Henry Lord, President of the Board of Trustees; acceptance of the building by Col. I. K. Stetson, as the repre- 4 CNIVEl,Sl'IY OF ~L\l:\'lc sentative of Governor Hill; entrusting of the keys of the building to the president and faculty by Senator Hale; acceptance of the keys by Presi­ dent George E. Fellows; dedicatory address by Hon. William T. Cobb. The weather was that of a beautiful Indian summer day. The exercises were very interesting, and the occasion especially notable because of the presence of Governor-elect William T. Cobb and Senator Eugene Hale, whose able and eloquent addresses received the close attention of the large and appreciative audience. It was extremely gratifying to the friends of the institution to have the State and Nation represented by these dis­ tinguished men. The occasion was one of encouragement and inspira­ tion to all present. The addition of Lord Hall to the unfrersity buildings and the enlarge­ ment of Holmes Hall make even more important than heretofore the need of a central power and heating plant. The economy and value of such a plant have been presented in former reports. It is estimated that a suitable plant that will meet the demands of the University can be erected for $40,000. The destruction by fire in February of University Hall, a building in Orono village, formerly a hotel, leased by President Fellows and fitted up for a dormitory, entailed a loss upon the University of about $2500. Fortunately the new Phi Kappa Sigma House was com­ pleted just prior to the fire, thereby making it less difficult than it other­ wise would have been to provide for the students deprived of accommo­ dations by the loss of University Hall. The needs of the Law School and of the Department of Chemistry for larger and better accommoda­ tions, must soon be met, if the necessary means can be obtained. The need of additional dormitory accommodations and of necessary equip­ ments for the different departments of the University are pressing and it is hoped can be relieved, at least in part, at an early day. Within a decade the students have increased in number more than threefold. This rapid growth in the student body has made necessary new build­ ings, additional equipment and a large increase in the number of instruc­ tors. The cost of meeting new demands and maintaining the institution is greater every year, and the income has not been adequate to meet the increasing expenses. The trustees will ask the next Legislature for an appropriation of $12,000 for each of the years 1905 and 1906, to defray the increased cost of instruction and equipment made necessary by the constant growth in the number of students. and for $40,000 for a central power and heating plant. The University of Maine is strong and prosperous, successful in all of its departments. Its wants and needs are those of a growing institution. That its work may be well done, its income and facilities should keep pace with its development and growth. Should not the State meet every reasonable requirement of this institution? HENRY LORD, President of Board of Trustees. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT To the Board of Trnstees of the University of Maine: The president of the University has the honor to present his third annual report, covering the years 1903-1904. (H.\NGES IN THE FACULTY The University is to be warmly congratulated because there have been fewer changes in the faculty during the past year than in former years. Thoroughness in scholarship and mutual confidence of teacher and pupil are greatly promoted by the permanence of the teaching force. It is cer­ tainly true that in the majority of cases where friction occurs between faculty and students it is found in those departments where there have been frequent changes of instructors. But one member of the faculty above the grade of instructor has resigned during the past year. One new member has been added to the faculty. Mr. Harold S. Boardman, associate professor of civil engineering, has been promoted to be professor of civil engineering. Mr. Edgar M. Simpson, instructor in law, has been promoted to be assistant professor in the Law School. Mr. Charles P. Weston has been appointed assistant professor of mechanics and drawing. Heretofore the drawing has been cared for by the civil engineering department, and the mechanics by the department of mechanical engineering. The classes, however, had grown so large that this arrangement was no longer possible; besides, the importance of mechanics and of drawing was so great that the oversight of these sub­ jects demanded the attention of a person of more experience and better training than we are usually able to find among the younger instructors. Mr. Weston is a graduate of the University of Maine in the class of 18g6. He has served for several years previous to 1900 as instructor, and since that time has pursued a course leading to the Doctor's degree at Columbia University. Mr. Weston is unusually well prepared, by reason of his study and of his personality, to take charge of this new department. Several of the changes in the corps of instructors have been occasioned by the appointment of our young men to positions in the government civil service. 6 L;NJ'.'J'.RSITY OF ~L\INI' Mr. W. D. Lambert, of the department of mathematics, resigned to accept a position in the Tide Division of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Mr. John E. Burbank, of the department of physics, resigned to accept a similar position in the Magnetic Division of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Mr. P. D. Simpson, of the civil engineering department, resigned to accept a position with the United States Hydrographic Survey. Mr. R. M. Conner, of the department of mathematics, resigned to accept a position in the Reclamation Service in the Western states. While it would be better for the institution if we could retain the ser­ vices of the instructors whom we have found efficient, still we feel that the institution is honored and its work appreciated by this continual draft upon us for men to fill positions of importance. Mr. L. E. Woodman, a graduate of Dartmouth College, 1899, (M. A. from the same institution in 1903) has been appointed instructor in physics to replace Mr. Burbank, resigned. Mr. Harley R. Willard, a graduate of Dartmouth College in 1899, (M. A. from the same institution in 1901) has been appointed instructor in mathematics to replace Mr. W. D. Lambert, resigned. Mr. Raymond K. Morley, a graduate of Tufts College 1904, (M. A.
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