The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-06-18
MORGANrOWN.
The Exercises OF Commencement
Week.
MoRGANTowN, W. Va.

casional article. The present writer is
neither talented nor famous, aud if he
gets no hearing il will not distress him
greatly. as he knows the failure will
not be in the subject, nor in the editors,
but in his own want OF ability 10 iuter-
est your readers.
Assuming that in these days OF haste
and crowding your paper cannot have
a corps of reporters everywhere, and
remembering the words OF credit and
J good cheer spoken both by proprietor
, aud chief editor when, once and again,
they were here, and observing that
though 80 far they have failed to put
in an appearance at the social literary
and other festivities OF the anniversaries
l have taken upon myself to assume
that you would yet be glad to hear how
these things strike a former student on
the oc cason of his present visit to
Morgantown.
These anniversaries began with the
examinations, entertainment and grad
Mating exercises of Mr-. Moore's Female
Seminary. 1t will delight the many
friends OF this most excellent lady and
accomplished teacher to learn that her
school is prosperous, and that she her
self looks as young ard seems in a.
good spirits as che did many years ago.
We observe that the body OF her pu-
pills seem younger than usual, the hard
times, perhaps, causing those older to
exert, for the present, their abilities In
some other way than in getting an ed
ucstiou. The graduating class CONS
posed Miss Fordyce, OF Sunuyside !;
Mss Hayes and Miss Protzman, OF
Morgantown, and Miss Lucinda White,
OF Pennsylvania.
The exercises were interspersed with
appropriate pieces both OF vocal and
instru,ns e tal music we'll and beautiful
" rendered. Indeed this is an accom-
plishmeut in which the people OF this
place really excel and for this they
are greatly indebted to the attention
which it receives aud the excellence Of
the instruction given in their Female
Seminary. Even in your own highly
favored Wheeling Sabbath Schools you
will hardly hear finer singing than in
those here, and so in the congregations
they evidently believe that unless they
become az little children in their music
"they shall in no case enter into the
kingdom Of heaven" The unnatural
pitch, the bsrbarous rythme and sense
| iess jingling sounds OF operate singing
| in God house is pretty much discarded,
In the University the Senior class,
az usual. was examined few weeks
400. and the members after the hard
toll OF several years have at last an
opportunity 10 enjoy oti,lnl cum dign'tate'
or have been engaged in preparing
their exercises for Commencement. The
class comprises seven most excellent
young men. 1t is high compliment
to West Virginia that her chief school
is becoming so well known for thorough
, work among practical educators that
it's Alumni are in demand Tor teachers
and professors. ! understand that
nearly all OF the present cs-s who
think of teaching are already
annsos1 some OF them, in
deed having the choice of more
than one desirable position offered
them. One goes as Professor to the
State College, which bears the same
relation to Pennsylvania AS the unl-
yersity does 10 this State. Another
goes 10 a Pro!rssorship in New ork'
Sill others 90 south and west. MesSrS
Smith and Purinton, the acc mpiiSheu
Assistant Professors here, are young
men Of unusual ability and attalnmente,
borb "a schol,rs and teachers.
sbould have said above that the exam
nation of the other classes will not &c
over until next Wednesday
The Parthenon Literary Society had
ito anniversary on Friday evening, the
I2,h inst, j. S. w. Dean, OF upshur
county, presiding. The opening exer'
else 6y James V. Martin, had the mer
il Of being what is protested SaS"ta'0'
m and consequently brlet. Inc" iol'
lowed two select cratIons timely renoPl
eJ nv A. s Boyer, OF Giandv'lle, an'
F i Marsh, OF Tucker county. Iher
came two well written and well rea'
e,says, by j. A. Carskaden, OF New
Geek and T. o. Bullock, OF Parkers
bn,g This was followed by a touch
= ing and beautifully Expressed Vsiealc:
INV by Charles w. Lynch, OF Harm
D sor county. The closing address wa
bv one of the former graduates, Mr.. y"
r r Pr;chard. of Marion county.
r Tbe Y. U. A. connected with ID
4. Irriversity held public meeting o
Saturday evening, J. Hop. Woods c
: Phillippi. presiding. The '0'I0"'o
. was the
PROGRAMME.
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Voice in Church Government
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MUSIC.
The exercises were real many az
A. would have done credit to much ora
heads. 1t is hard to overestlmate II
s,ronc but silent influence OF this o.