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ing. May infidelity and impiety, vice and ignoranec, with all their baneful train, be banished far from its walls. May it foster none who reverence and love not the God of their fathers and the Redeemer of men. May the plants nurtored here bring forth those fruits which shall make glad the cities of our God. May Gorham Academy [may I supply State Normal School, established in Gorham, Dee. 26, 1878 ?] be distinguished for learning, virtue, and good order, till time shall be no longer.'
" Governor Connor, I now deliver to your Excellency the deeds and property heretofore deseribed, and the keys of the building ; and may our noble State, the State of Maine, which has been honored by your careful and distinguished guidance for a series of prosperous years, ever find as true and just a defender of all its material interests."
REPLY OF GOV. CONNOR.
" MR. CHAIRMAN,-The State, in establishing another Normal School by the act to which you have referred, required, as a condition pre- cedent to its location in the town of Gorham, that there should be conveyed to the State lands and buildings of sufficient capacity and in such condition as to fully meet the demands of the school. The determination of the proper fulfillment of the requirements of the State was intrusted to the judgment of the board of trustees of Nor- mal Schools. In behalf of that board it is my agreeable duty to an- nounce to you and the authorities you represent that all the conditions imposed by the act have, in the judgment of the trustees, been fully complied with, it being the understanding that the unfinished werk shall be speedily completed, and that with the receipt of muniments of title from your hand the Normal School at Gorham is duly estab- lished as a State institution.
" I am confident that I stand in small danger of using words of undue warmth and earnestness in expressing the sentiments with which my colleagues and myself regard this munificent gift which you now make to the State. To say that we are so well satisfied of the sufficiency of the property yon donate as to feel warranted in accepting it is an entirely inadequate statement of the estimation in which it is held by us. It is in the highest degree gratifying to receive, in the name of the State, these spacious grounds, these stately and commodious buildings, dedicated to the noblest uses, the free offering of generous and public-spirited citizens. The reasons for gratification are mani- fold and obvious. To those who have had an opportunity to see, ex- amine, and note the character and extent, the worth and beauty of the donation, and its surpassing fitness for the purpose to which it is devoted, no argument is needed to set forth by how much the State is a gainer, in the intrinsic value of the property, and in the facilities it prescats for effective service to the State in one of its prime fune- tions,-the education of its citizens. It is a most pleasing reficetion to the trustees, us it must be to all friends of popular education, that such an accession to the means of training teachers sensibly increases the promise and strengthens the hope of materially advancing the in- terests of the common school. Beautiful and valuable as is your gift, the State is not more enriched by its possession than honored by the example it displays of a distinguished public benefaction, and hy the instance it affords of the character of our communities and people, of their appreciation of what is best and highest, and of a zeal rendy to sacrifice selfish interests for common good.
" In the name of the State of Maine, and with full confidence that the people will ratify my words when they come to know the obliga- tioos of gratitude you have placed them under, I thank you-the people of the town of Gorham, the authorities of the Seminary, and all individuals who have contributed to it-for your noble and admi- rable gift, and for the exhibition it affords of a generous spirit, bring- ing honor to yourselves and reflecting honor upon the people of the whole State. Among all the advantages that attend the infant insti- tution and endow it with the fair prospect of a brilliant and successful future, the nature of its origin is a strong encouragement of hopeful anguries. It owes its being to the intelligence, liberality, and benevo- lence of this town, and I cannot but believe that these virtues will impart to their offspring a character in keeping with the fine strain from which it proceeds, and that this school will be distinguished for the faithful observance of all the duties and responsibilities that lie before it.
" In the detailed history you have given of the course of events leading to the consummation of to-day-a history, permit me to say, of great present interest and of permanent value-you have referred
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to the action of the board of trustees in the kindly manner our asso- elation with the authorities on the part of the town would lead us to expect. The agents of the State and the agents of the town have been animated by the common purpose to make the most liberal pro- vision possible for the prospective needs of the school, and both par- ties have been equally solicitous that nothing should be left undone that could add to its capacity for usefulness. The requirements of the trustees have been promptly acceded to and their suggestions have been courteously entertained. There has been no driving of close bargains, no unjust exactions on the one side, or attempt on the other to evade proper demands. In the important matter of the selection of a site for the main building, the town authorities gracefully yielded their preference to the choice made by the trustees, nud later on, as you have assured us, became convinced of the wisdom of the choice. I think there need be no fear that the suitableness of the location will be challenged.
" While the trustees signified their wishes in respect to the number, size, and arrangement of the rooms of the proposed structure, they made no stipulations in relation to the architectural features and adornments of its exterior. The edifice owes its beautiful design, symmetry, artistie grace and embellishments to the genius of the ar- chitect and the taste and liberality of the local authorities.
" The new Normal School enters upon its existence under the most favorab'e auspices. Situated on a convenient ciuinence, commanding a wide typical New England prospect, comprising mountains and the sea, the city, villages, and rural scenes ; in the midst of this historie town and among an intelligent and refined people traditionally friendly and helpful to scholars in consequence of years of associa- tion with successive generations of pupils of the academy and the seminary ; provided with ample accommodations for boarding pupils, and fairly equipped in all respects for its work, no influence or pro- vision seems wanting to make it a power in the school system of the State. The State will not fail to continue to provide for the worthy conduet of the school. A principal has been elected whose character, reputation acquired in the discharge of important public trusts, warm interest in the educational affairs and large experience in theu, eou- stitute the best guarantee that the standard of the school will be placed at a high point and maintained there. The Gorham Normal School, in connection with two other normal schools which have done such excellent service, will go far towards realizing that quality of common schools short of which the people of Maine will not rest contented, for they hold the instruction of their children in like esteem as the Spartao who requested, in reply to the demand of their enemy for fifty boys as hostages, that they might instead furnish a hundred grown men, since they could ill spare the young in the season of their discipline and instruction.
" I thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your kind reference to myself. It will always remain among the most pleasing recollections of my offi- cial duties that I was counceted with the noble enterprise whose com- pletion we now celebrate, and privileged to receive for the State this costly gift, which breathes the very spirit of peace and good-will char- acteristic of this Christmas time."
ADDRESS OF REV. GEORGE SPALDING, D.D.
We can find space only for the following extract from Dr. Spalding's address :
. The people of Gorham, years before this province became a State, were distinguished for their culture, and for the sacrifices which they made to secure the establishment among them of an advanced institution of learning. It is now just three-quarters of a century since the Gorham Academy was incorporated. It was one of the earliest institutions of its kind in Northern New England. For years it did a splendid service in the cause of education, sending forth as from a fountain-head influences which were powerfully felt throughout the entire State. I recall with personal gratification the fact that the first preceptor: of your academy, and the one who was longest and most closely identified with it, was a native of my own town, t and received his education from the teachings of one of my predecessors in office ; and I recall another, the first lady principalt of your seminary, whoso
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supreme womanly qualities, whose noble culture and earnest Christian spirit, were your admiration here, and which, in her last days, so richly blessed the community in which I was born.
" The generous spirit of the olden days abides with you still. Then the citizens of Gorham contributed, out of their seanty resources, $3000 for the aso of the academy ; an I now, by public tax and pri- vate gifts, you have donated the monificent sum of nearly $30,000, presenting it to the people of Maine, in the form of a commodious and elegant building, which you have placed upon the choicest spot in all your noble surroundings. I cannot conceivo of circumstances more auspicious for the great enterprise which we formally institute to-day. It may well evoke your highest anticipations of success, and the good wishes an I ardent hopes of every citizen of the State." . ..
The dinner in Ridlon's Hall was presided over by IIon. Frederick Robie. The speakers were the chairman, Gov- ernor Connor; Mr. Corthell, Mayor Butler, of Portland ; Rev. Jonathan Edwards, D.D. ; Hon. John A. Waterman, who read letters from Josiah Pierce, Esq., of London, and Hon. W. W. Rice, M.C., of Worcester, Mass .; Hon. Warren H. Vinton ; Stanley T. Pullen, Esq. ; John M. Adams, Esq. ; William Guptill, Esq .; Henry Warren, Esq., of Dover, N. II. ; Prof. S. J. Young, of Brunswick ; and G. B. Emery, Esq.
ODE.§
" Rude was the shrine our faithors reared On this ancestral sod, Where, as the sacred days appeared, They met to worship God.
"The drum-beat was their Sabbath bell, Near by the rifle lay, And thus, as ancient legends tell, They met to watch and pray.
" Black with the smoke of clearing fires, The log-built school-house stood, Where hardy sons of hardy sires Their daily tasks pursued.
" We grasp the prize for which they fought, The spirit of their plan; With broader reach and wealth of thought, Complete what they began.
" The Commonwealth, the teacher's chair Its special work has made, And summons those that task to share Whose gifts her purpose aid ;
" Men trained to benofit their kind, And with persistent toil Tarn the deep furrows of the mind, And till a virgin soil.
" Ilence sowers shall go forth to sow Good seed in carnest hearts ; The teacher gathers to bestow The treasures he imparts.
" This pile the townsmen's gift attests, Their range and breadth of thought, The product in the children's breast Of truths the fathers taoght.
" Emblem of power, the nurse of thought And bulwark of the State, Thy walls are with a glory fraught That time shall ne'er abate."
¿ By Rev. Elijah Kellogg.
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TOWN OF GORIIAM.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Gorham contains nineteen public school districts and two high schools, viz .: the high school at White Rock, A. W. Potter, principal, Miss Lucy E. Lowell, assistant; and the high school at West Gorham, taught by Mr. Willis O. Dyke. Both of these schools give evidence of superior instruction. In the high school at White Rock, there were reported for the year ending March 1, 1879, the fol- lowing number of pupils from the several districts: District No. 9,24; No. 10, 10; No.19, 2; No. 18, 2; No. 15, 3; No. 6, 3; total, 44. High school at West Gorham, num- ber of scholars, 47, from the following districts: No. 3, 6; No. 5, 34; No. 8, 4; No. 11, 3.
The committee say,-
"The schools have been generally successful, although great im- provement may be made in most of them by cultivating more inde- pendenee of thought, and confining the recitation less closely to the text-books. By the mere use of books, information may he erammed into the mind; but to awaken thenght and develop character is a far higher work. There is also, in some of our schools, but little sense of deeornm. This is a very important element in education. The at- tention of teachers is especially called to this part of their unty. The work of teaching involves great responsibility, and no one should engage in it who does not highly value its opportunities for doing good to the minds, manners, and character of his pupils.
"We wish to enll the attention of parents to the low average of at- tendanee, whieb ean he improved by them alone. Less importanee is attached hy many parents to punctuality at school than tu any of the regular duties of children at home. This produees in the mind of the ehild indifferenee to study and to good mental habits.
"The preso nee of the parents oceasionally in the school is reqni- site to the hest progress of their children. While we may freely ap- propriate money and proenre the services of the best teachers, the highest results cannot be obtained without the individual attention of the parents."
The estimated value of school property in the town, in- cluding lots, buildings, and furniture, is 813,530.70. Money expended for schools during the fiscal year, $5342.35. Number of scholars returned by agents, 981.
School Committee .- Kimball Eastman, Roscoe G. Ilard- ing, Jeremiah Parker, Melville Johnson, II. S. Huntington, M. T. Files.
The town farm, containing accommodations for the poor, is superintended by Daniel D. Plummer. The number of inmates of the house during the year was 7. The selectmen report the value of the farm property and the product of hay considerably increased. They say,-
" We have visited the farm frequently, and have always found the house well kept and the inmates eleao and neat."
Money raised by tax during the year, 822,497.74; valu- ation, $1,191,776; number of polls taxed, 731; rate of taxation, $1.70 ou $100; poll tax, $3.
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
The monument stands directly in front of the town-house. It is made of Italian marble, with die and shaft, the latter in obelisk form, and rests upon a substantial base of granite. The die has inseribed upon it the names of our deceased soldiers. The shaft is ornamented with military emblems, carved in relief, and the whole structure is surmounted by the American eagle. All the carving as well as the general
finish of the monument is very handsome and appropriate. The height of the column is twenty-four feet. The base block has the following inscription :
KRECTED BY HON. TOPPAN ROBIE.
To the Memory of the Sons of Gorham who sacrificed their Lives for their Country in the great Rebellion of 1561. 1866.
The following inscriptions appear on the die in order :
Captain Almon L. Fogg, 17th Maine Regiment, mortally wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3d, 1863, died July 4th, aged 24.
Captain Oliver II. Lowell, 16th Maine Regiment, mortally wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July Ist, 1863, died July 2d. aged 33.
Captain Daniel M. Phillips, 12th Maine Regiment, killed at Winehes- ter, Va., Sept. 19th, 1864, aged 28.
Captain Chester B. Shaw, 9th Maine Regiment, killed at Fort Wngoer, S. C., July 18th, 1863, aged 25.
Lieutenant George W. Edwards, 16th Maine Regiment, killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dee. 13th, 1862, aged 22.
Sergeant Joseph Files, Jr., 32d Maine Regiment, killed at Spottsyl- vania, Va., May 12th, 1864, aged 30.
Sergeant John MePhee, 16th Maine Regiment, killed at Petersburg, Va., April 2d, 1865, aged 35.
Sergeant Charles II. Patrick, 5th Maine Regiment, died at Washing- ton, D. C., July 3d, 1864, aged 28.
Sergeant Horatio F. Smith, 31st Maine Regiment, died at Gorham, Ang. 28th, 1864. aged 19.
Corporal William Cannell, Jr., 16th Maine Regiment, killed at Gettys- hurg, Pa., July Ist, 1863, aged 30.
Corporal Shirley Harmon, Jr., 2d Maine Cavalry, died at Gorham, Oct. 28, 1864, nged 18.
Corporal Benjamin F. Metealf, 16th Maine Regiment, died at Gorham, June 24th, 1863, nged 20.
Corporal Henry II. Newell, 5th Maine Regiment, died at Alexandria, Va., Nov. 28th, 1861, aged 21.
Corporal Mahlon NI. Parker, 12th Maine Regiment, killed at Port Iludson, La., May 31st, 1863, nged 22.
Sergeant Cyrus M. Hall, 17th Maine Regiment, killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3d, 1863, aged 22.
Sergeant William H. Johnson, 9th Maine Regiment, died at Gorham, Feb. 15th, 1866, aged 44.
Corporal Morris F. Eumpus, 5th Maine Regiment, wounded at Spott- sylvania, Va., May 10th, died May 12th, 1864, aged 29.
Corporal John F. Ilarding, 16th Maine Regiment, wounded at Hat- cher's Run, Va., Feb. 5th, died Feb. 21st. 1865, aged 22.
Corporal Daniel L. Roberts, 12th Maine Regiment, died at Ship Island, Miss., May 15th, 1862, aged 25.
Corporal George S. Reed, 5th Maine Regiment, died in Westbrook, Me., April 27th, 1864, aged 48.
Corporal Charles M. Ward, 5th Maine Regimeot, killed at Spottsyl- vania, Va., May 12th, 1864, aged 23.
Abram S. Andrews, 16th Maine Regiment, died in Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., Nov. 2d, 1863, nged 21.
James B. Brown, 17th Maine Regiment, died at Frederick, Md., Aug. 1st, 1863, aged 21.
Freeman Brown. 17th Maine Regiment, died at Baltimore, Md., April 21st, 1865, aged 34.
Franklin II. Blake, 11th U. S. Infantry, wounded at Sportsylvaoia, Va., May 8th, died May 9th, IS64, aged 20.
George W. Coonley, Baker's D. C. Cavalry, died at Angusta, Me., Mareh Ist, 1864, agel IS.
William F. Dunn, 20th Maine Regiment, died at Cape Elizabeth. Me., April 14th, 1865, aged 19.
Peter Duffey, 5th Maine Regiment, killed at Petersburg, Va., June 20th, 1864, aged 22.
Ormond L. Douglass, Ist California Cavalry, killed at Furt Laramie, Kansas, October, 1864, aged 23.
Alonzo S. Elder, 5th Maine Regiment, wounded at Rappahannock, Va., Nov. 8th, died Nov. 10th, 1863, aged 23.
Albert S. Estes, 13th Mass. Regiment, killed at Manassas, Va., Aug. 29th, 1862, aged 25.
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Ephraim Hicks, 17th Maine Regiment, killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2d, 1863, aged 21.
James E. Haskell, 17th Maine Regiment, killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13th, 1862, aged 20.
Joseph D. llarmon, 5th Muine Regiment, killed at Gaines' Mills, Va., June 27th, 1862, aged 22.
Lewis Libby, 20th Maine Regiment, died at Philadelphia, Pa., July 7th, 1865, aged 20.
Solomon Mains, 10th Maine Regiment, wounded at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17th, died Sept. 18th, 1862, aged 37.
George II. Merrett, 5th Maine Regiment, killed at St. Charles, Ark., June 13, 1862, aged 22.
William Powers, 17th Maine Regiment, died at Washington, D. C., Jan. 11th, 1863, aged 20.
Charles F. Riggs, 6th Maine Battery, killed at Petersburg, Va., Dec. 5th, 1864, aged 24.
John Il. Roberts, 17th Maine Regiment, wounded at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12th, died Aug. 15th, 1864, aged 45.
Emery Rolfe, 5th Maioe Regiment, died at Governor's Island, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1862, aged 20.
Freedom D. Rand, 11th Maine Regiment, wounded at the Wilderness, Va., May 6th, died May 7th, 1861, aged 23.
Joseph Small, Ist Maine Cavalry, wounded and prisoner, Ang. 1864, died in rebel prison, aged 20.
Francis 11. Small, 2d Maine Cavalry, died at Barrancas, Fla., Sept. 5th, 1865, aged 21.
William M. Spaulding, Ist Maine Battery, died at New Orleans, La., Joly 5th, 1864, aged 45.
James A. Smith, 12th Maine Regiment, died at New Orleans, La., May 27th, 1862, aged 19.
William II. Smith, 32d Maine Regiment, died at New Haven, Conn., Sept. 19th, 1864, aged 32.
John M. Stevens, 2d Maine Battery, died at Baltimore, Md., Jan. 4th, 1865, aged 21.
Silas M. Smith, 17th Maine Regiment, died at Washington, D. C., May 24th, 1865, aged 29.
Moses B. Tripp, 9th Maine Regiment, died at Fernandina, Fla., Aug. 6th, 1862, aged 33.
William W. Ward, 16th Maine Regiment, died at Annapolis, Md., Oct. 20th, 1863, aged 19.
Charles F. Waterman, 7th Connecticut Regiment, died at Fort Pulaski, Ga., June 5th, 1862, aged 18.
Alonzo M. Whitney, 16th Maine Regiment, killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dee. 13th, 1862, aged 18.
G. Sumner Whitney, 12th Maine Regiment, died at Savannah, Ga., May 11th, 1865, aged 20.
Charles Williams, 11th Maine Regiment, died at Meridian Hill, D. C., April 10th, 1862, aged 41.
Charles H. Paine, Ist Maine Regiment, died at Gorham, May 25th, 1866, aged 24.
Rev. John R. Adams, D.D., died April 25th, 1866, aged 64, of disease resulting from devoted service during the Rebellion as Chaplain of the 5th Maino and the 121st New York Regiments.
DEDICATION.
The soldiers of Gorham and other returned soldiers, and the several organizations who had been invited to join in the procession, assembled on the Common (on South Street) at half-past twelve o'clock. The procession formed in the following order :
Company Artillery U. S. A., Maj. Bartlet. Returned Soldiers of Gorham, Col. Coleman Harding. Orator. Poet. Chaplain. President of the Day and Committee of Arrangements.
Municipal Officers and Aged Citizens of Gorham. Families of Deeensed Soldiers. Army and Navy Union, from Portland. Officers and Soldiers from other Towns.
Freemasons. Strangers. Citizens of Gorham.
A Union National salute was fired in the morning, and on the arrival of Gen. Chamberlain, a major-general's
salute. Fifty-seven guns were fired at noon, in honor of our deceased soldiers whose names appear on the monu- ment,-all under the direction of Lieut. Charles O. Hunt. The procession moved at two o'clock, and passed through the principal streets of the village.
The exercises at the monument were as follows : dirge by the band; prayer, by Rev. Caleb Fuller ; introductory address, by Hon. J. A. Waterman, chairman of the Monu- ment Committee.
ADDRESS.
"FELLOW-CITIZENS,-Ia performing the duty assigned to me upon this occasion, I have thought that a brief aecoont of the circumstances relating to the erection of this monument, for the dedication of which we have assembled, would not be inappropriate.
" At the very outbreak of the Rebellion the sons of Gorham, tree to the spirit which animated their ancestors, many of whom were soldiers in the French aud Indian and Reveletionary wars, and also the war of 1812, were among the first to respond to their country's call. Immediately upon the reception of the President's proclama- tion of April 15, 1861, the old flag was raised and bung across our principal street.
" Gazing with new interest and increased devotion upon this national emblem, which had just received foul dishonor from those whom it had protected, and who should have been its defenders, oor bruve and patriotic youth rallied about it, eager to avenge the insult east apo n it and to offer their hearts' blood, if needed, to wash out the stain which parricidal hands had left on its hitherto untarnished folds.
"From that time throughout the four long and anxious years that followed, this town was ever ready to meet, to the fullest extent, every demand upon her citizens or ber pecuniary resources; while our women and children, year after year, in the darkest hours as well as in more hopeful seasons, were indefatigable in their labors to promote the bealth and comfort, and to alleviate the sufferings of those who, between us and danger, were fighting the battles of the Republic.
" But alas, how many of those who went forth from us in all the vigor and enthusiasm of youth, or tho energy and strength of man- hood, have fallen ! Ilow erowded with names of dear and loved ones is the roll of ' the unreturning brave "'
"Yet proud as our record as a lown might otherwise be, it would lack much of completeness without some poblie memorial to perpetu- ate the evidence of our gratefol recognition of their services, and the honor to which they are most justly entitled.
" Entertaining this sentiment in common with others, our venerable lownsman and friend, llon. Toppan Robie, bas anticipated all mani- cipal or individual action in regard to it, and most generously appro- priated a portion of his ample means, the fruit of years of industry and integrity, to the ercetion of the mooumeot before us.
" Early in October, 1865, the following communication was received by those to whom it was addressed :
"To Ifon. John A. Waterman, Hon. Josiah Pierce, ffon. Frederick Robie, Gen. E. T. Smith, Stephen Hinkley, Esq., Jeremiah Parker, Esq , and Lothrop L. Files, Esq .:
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