The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-06-17

the time might soon come when oy I'M
proved means Of communication .ne
Quarters of West Virginia which are
phically remote might be In eneci
broSabt closer together, and proposes
a toast THE Regent from Greenor'er;
Mr.. Matthews made q very neat iillie
speech in response. He had been graz.
flied to discover the scope and intent o'
the University. 1t was new and une2-
pected to him. He had been led to De,
iieve, and the impression was seneiai
in his section Of the State, that the
University had been founded for the IN.
culcation of a particular religious creed
and to promote the interests oil par,
ticular political party. He was glad
TO find that he and others had been de.
ceiyed in this respect, and he would
take great pleasure in dlsaouslns i9e
minds Of his people Of that error. lie
has also been much pleased by the cor
diality and kindness Of the people, OF
Morgantown, to whom he returned his
most hearty thanks.
J. Marshall Hagaus, Esq, then pro-
posed THE Judiciary-the balance
wheel of republican government.
Judge John A. Ollie responded lie
spoke of the three departmentn OF gov:
ernment, the legislative, executive and
judicial, and said that the judiciary OF
itself could do very little for the pro-
motion of the cause they all had so
much at heart, the prosperity OF the
University. The other branches OF the
government, and especially the leglsla'
tive. must be mainly relied upon to do
this. He believed, however. that the peo'
pie Of the State were beginning to wax
en- up to the excellence and importance
of the University. They were ceaslng
to regard it as merely local school.
Each student that goes from this lnsti.
tuition becomes an advertisement ana
an advocate Of its merit. Thirty.two
wears ago young man went from Nor
ris towushipin in Washingtoncounty, Pa,
to be educated at Washington College
He was the first man in that nelghbor
hood to acquire a collegiate education;
but in ten years thereafter thlrty-three
Young men from that township had fol-
lowed his example, and all through the
influence Of that one man. He believed
that similar results would e manifested
here. The University was well entitled
to encouragement and support, but II
needed money and the money must b'
had. He thought that the influence o
the State should be concentrated here
that whatever aid the State felt disposed
to give for educational purposes and iol
,, the instruction OF teachers should be be
slowed here. He trusted that the legs
lature would rs rapidly a. it could, in
crease the endowment Of the University
and make it what it should of right be
the pride Of the State.
At the conclusion of Judge Dulles re-
marks the company rose from the table
and until about 3 o'clock WANDERED
about the College grounds or talked
: with friends as inclination dictated.
REVIEW OF STATE CADETS.
At three o'clock the corps OF STATE
/. Cadets, twenty-five in number, was re
viewed by the Governor. These younI
). men, of whom there are two from eacl
Y Senatorial District in the State, are lnr
E nished with free tuition, books, DC.
/ and charged for boarding alone. The!
are under military drill by Captain IL
e II. Pierce, of the United States Army
e who is specially detailed for that pur
e pose. The company was, upon this oc
e casion, commanded by Cadet j. II
= Drabell, OF Morgantown, as Captain
e and their various .eyolutions were yer.
skilliully performed. This military de
partment Of the school is found TO b
productive Of great advantage. ltgive
Z to the students heaIthful exercise ant
, tends to promote habits Of personal neat
! ! ness and graceful carriage and demeaH
! or. 1t is hoped that the Legislature
= will increase the number o! cadets
x might be doubled with much advantage
Captain Pierce, who also has charge o
= the mathematical classes, seems to b
: peculiarly well suited for the work an
, highly successful and deservedly popu
!, lar both with the other members G
u the Faculty and the students then
y selves. And now, a brIef mention Q
THE FACULTY or THE UNIVERSITY.
8 Rev. Alexander Martin, D. D., Pres
n ident. and Professor OF Mental an
# Moral Science, is one Of the most eS
t perienced and successful and best know
n educators in the State. He is nativ
e OF Virginia, was graduated at Alleghen
{. College, at Meadville, Pa, in l8iI, an
!. received his degree OF Doctorof Divinlt
,f from the Delaware University in Ohic
e He has spent nearly all his life as
e teacher. lie conducted with great sut
e cess an Academy at Clarksburg, in thj
y State, and was afterwards for ten year
e Professor Of Greek Language and Ii
II erature at Allegheny College. He Is
D. man OF indomitabIe energy and zef
e and the University owes TO his persons
exertions very much OF the success
D. has ALREADY attained and the brIIlIat
2 prospect of usefulness that lies beior
D. il, He is we'll known as an eloquef
ls minister of the Methodist Episcop'
r. Church, having had charge Of th
,s Fourth street congregation in WheelIn
d during several YEAR,.
81 Professor S. G. Stevens, Vice Pres
q. dent, and Professor OF Astronomy an
e. Physics, is a native OF a New Englan
G. State and a graduate Of Dartmout
le College, New Hampshire. He is riI
le scholar and n teacher OF long exPer
ly ence.
1t Captain Pierce, OF whom ] ha'
al spoken above, is a graduate Of Trini
n College, at Hartford, Connecticut.
ht Professor Stevenson, who fills Il
le chair Of Chemistry and Natural Hist
10 ~ ,raa nradnaied al the Collene