Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-02-22
tLse.I Correspondence Of the Ia;sliseneer.l
BErHANY, Va, Feb. Is, 1855

doubtless remember that the main COLLEGE
building, with the libraries, pholoSophic and
chemical apparatus, Sc., Of the College located
~ this place, under the Presidency Of Elder y
Campbell was DESTROYED by fire on the morning
Of the tenth of December last, and that the
Trustees, at 4 called meeting soon after, deter
mined 70 rebuild the same on much larger
scale, sad better adapted 10 the increasing wants
Of this already quite popular Institution. For
this purpose, they requested the President aud
Prot, pCnileton 10 travel amongst the friends of
the lnSuint;cp 10 solicit material aid" there
being 40 building fund at their command, and
being &eter,niaed IL hold the endowment fund
Sscred tor the purpose tor which il WAS given
They also oyicrCNi that loan be requested from
the SaSe 70 AID in the issseijItE erection of the
necessary cSii6ccS, &c,
The committees and agents appointed at this
meeting have entered nobly upon their work;
much Of thc old rubbish hiss been removed ana
hNndS are preparing the materials 10 make not
les than half million OF bricks early In the
Spring, The agents have already secured in
cash, bonds, &c, shout twenty thousand dol
lars for this noble work, and are Still pressing
. the subject upon the people with very com
mendAble success for these hard times. The
s Professor OF Natural Philosophy has purchased
very complete apparatus for that department,
and part OF the apparatus for the Chemical
department. The ollese exercises have not
been materially effected by this sad disaster;
few students left buC the majority are still pur-
suing their studies with great energy, and,
am told, very cominendab!e success. The morn
I ing lecture is given in the church editice and
rooms have been fitted up in the Stewards Iun
for recitation rooms, &c.
At meeting of thc Board of Trustees on the
18th inst, they decided to erect at least Two
buildings, one be especially for the use of the
{ four Literary Societies Of the Institution, and
their libraries; the other, and much the lager,
to be the main College building. They are lei
to this determination = security against fire,
with many other considerations.
They ordered their building. committee to let
I out the smaller building immediately that it
may be finished early the coming season 50 a.
to be used for recitation rooms while the main
College edItce l. being erected This Will no
doubt meet the immediate wants of the Institu
ton, and the appreciation Gifts patrons with
hearty response from every students heart
! These Societies have for yeaIs needed more ca
paciOus rooms, and the quiet of q separate
I building. With the annually increasing num-
I Der Of students in the College there had arisen
almost an imperiouS necessity for an enlarge
ment of the Society Halls By this plan, when
/ fully consummated, the Societies can have and
keep their building and property insured wheth-
er the Trustees do the main College building or
not. This will be quite consideration.
In reference to this Institution I have found
N different localities two very different and err
roneous views: first that it is the property of
the second is, that it is 4 SsetGTiGH College
Each of these views, | am happy to learn, is
incorrect IL is as much public Institution as
any in the State, having public Charter from
the State, and all the land aud property con-
Rected Herewith being owned and managed by
Board OF Trustees. This Board IS composed
Of men from different religious denominations
and Inen OF the world, and an effort Is made to
avoid any Sectarian bias, other than that of the
great principles of Professionalism. The lectures
from day u day Of its President, sacred his
tory, embrace the great facts vi the Old and
New Testament, opening up 20 the youthful
mind large field for investigation. No one,
should judge from the specimens heard, could
listen to these lectures for even one season,
without having his reverence for the Bible and
the God of the Bible very much increased.
learn that almost all the leading religious de-
nominations of this country are and have been
represented here. But the fact that it Is pTeSi-
ded over BY Elder \. Campbell and that his
brethren have contributed most largely fol its
endowment, have, apparently, placed it under
their control But a,n now satisfied that it Is
based upon at least liberal Bible principles Is
any Institution i'll this country.
Many persons in the Western portion of this
State with enlarged views, have thought for
years that there was no disposition the part
Of the East TO give TO the West her proportion
Of the educational fund and public favor, but on
the contrary that there was an inclination to
compel the west TO send their sons and wards
there, seek institutions outside the limits of
their own State. But in the midst of this apa-
thy towards the West in our Legislature, this
institution has grown up TO no mean position;
many of her alumni now fiil high positions in
different States, such As Presidents and Profess
soTs OF Colleges and Universities. preachers.
editors, doctors, lawyers and legislators, and
over one hundred thousand dollars ofan endow-
ment fund has been contributed TO her from
Q AZ
institution Of her own, without either the IA
vors or thanks Of the East, rivaiing the best in
StItutionS Of the country. In fact il Is the de-
termination Of its managers, learn, 10 make II
second to none IN the land; the energy with
which they are pressing forward the institution
aud repairing their losses seem TO indicate that
there can be no doubt of their complete sue
cess But l must here Close for the present.
but shall promise 20 notice this institution anu
the cause Of education in the West again, bye
and bye