The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-09-06
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~ wheeling Female College MA opened
yesterday morning n 0 o'clock. The IN
te1e5t felt In the institution W. staeSted
By The a,5emblase Of large number q
the most influential citizens ,bOth male and
female, Of ON city, and from thsUulrUlDd.
ing plhceE Prominent among those pres.
emit were Hon. Chester D.WubbArd and
Thn. HoEnbsOok, Es4., The Two PS1sIsnea
70 whnss IndefsdgRble 1all b due, pIinc.
pally, the credit Of having saved the Col.
lege 70 the city, in The late attempt 70
convey i! 70 the State n an asylum fps Tie
Blind and the Deaf and Dumb
As commencement to the opening eE.
erciSes, Rev. Mr.. Davis Of The Island II. E.
Church, read 8 chapter nom the Scrip
turs, which was iolsowed with payer by
the Rev. Nj. MoRAt Of the Second Pre-
byteEiAn Church.
3lr. Hubbard then arose and made =
few remarks concerning the history d The
Institution, and The late controversy Stl-
ting that The prospectS OF the College
never looked brighter. 1t was, he said,
about 10 take new departure, now
lease on the favor Of the public, and he
congratulated tho citizens generally, and
the Board OF Directors particularly, that
with the present energetic faculty the In
stItution promised to more than realize
the hopes cherished for its success,
and closed by introducing to the
audience assembled the President elect
Of the College, the Rev, ". IL
Morton, A. NJ President NJ. alter the
usual preliminary remarks, proceeded 10
deliver his inaugural, at the close Of
which brief remarks were made by Rev.
Dr.. Wcstwood, Rev. AIr. MoRat, Rev, Nj.
Fisher and Rev. BIr. Ball, Of TriadelphlA.
After these exercises had been con
clnded tue visitors were conducted to the
parloB where were displayed some cIabo-
rate specimens Of wax work by Miss Bird.
song, Of BcllaIre, o., teacher Of wax work
in the College. They afterwards passed
TO the various rooms Oft buildlngwhIch
were decorated withEbouquets and mcttos.
Many visited the library Of the Col
lego, which is CreditAblc both In num-
ben and selections, and well supplied
with the leading periodicals and papers o.
the day. Dictionaries, encyclopedias and
all useful books Of reference abound, and
care has been taken to exclude all reading
matter Of n tridIng nature. The hborn-
tory also attracted considerable attention,
There is in this room large collection OF
valuable apparatus for performing exper.
lments in Natural Philosophy and Chemis.
Try. The collection Is the most complete
In this section Of the country.
The school opens with about one hun
dred scholars, thirty or more Of whom arc
boardcrs, and ten or fifteen more have en-;
gagged rooms and will arrivcina fewdays
There arc also several parlor boarders,
An excellent croquet ground has been
laid out and thoroughly prepared, where
tho students and teachers may take excr-
else in the open Dir during pleasant
weather, while nm excellent gymnasium
has been fitted up and affords ample OPP
portunity for exercise during the inclem.
ent season.
The following is the address IN full dc
livcrCd by President Morton:
INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Hon. Members Of tho Board Of Directors,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
To-day the Wheeling Female College
enters upon It's twCnty.ftst year, and this
opening Is deemed an occasion worthy to
DO marked by special and appropriate ex-
ercises, And as I assume to-day, for the
first time, the duties Of my position, 1t is
fitting and proper that should announce
10 INC friends and patrons Of the college the
principles that shall guide and actuatc me
In the discharge OF my duties, and IN the
management Of this institution, so Tar as
1t is vested In me. .s.a.
And, inst, q few statements Of my views,
as to what should 10 the education Of wo'
man. and the best methods Of imparttng
it, the deemed pertinent 70 the spirit Of TINS
occasion as well as gcrmane to tho duty
now devolvlng on me-
The question Of female education has
excited Unusual tntercst, arising out Of an
increasing sense Of tic Importance Of the
duties Of woman, aud Of the need that
her work should be well done. a quarter
OF a century has witnessed great change
In the education Of women, and the spirit
and degreE 81 that change should charac.
terizc q proper course Of study in q female
college. III,
Underlying tho question q tae ea9ca-
ton Of woman Is the question Of equality
with man, for II woman be interior to
man 80 should be her education. y Is q
proposition TOO plain for argument that II