Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-06-16
oJR STATE AZ UNIVERSITY.
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81 Inc seat Of the Y ety yerslty IS MORGAN tewss
which is beaRtifelly iosa On tho right bank
sof che Mongngalia rlgeE 1Io1oDgaiTa comfy
! Most V Virgins. pc SIC OF the Upiyersity Is
exGesdIPgly gsapdl pa passed BY any TO bc
toppa l IN ny the tns scenery around IS ats
The grounds ard baiIaialgs sSe veiI sit.
znsted, and admirably adapted 70 the purpose
zof the University fhey are situated On a
sbsautituti enipspqe, several hundred yards
spoItaoet the teyps the grounds conmand
a hueT ylewieL the tO'zns and surrounding
couptry Ias well as of Cheat and A Alleelisnr
mountsiRs The bpjid 10 % are .noicls 81
archlteeelral beauty capacity, solidisy, aud
q scopvenient Arrangement IS .s-55
The Faculty eonsi Qf an able. corps Of
professors and exr sSdfs lstleatSrs, ~ lsi..li
9 are fifteen in number. ~ +ri,7rs E,ts-.f :;
During the past year, the number. of stu>
sdents in attendance at the institution is 15S !;
distributed as follows; SeDiors, Z Juniors.
81 S6phomores, Is; Freshmen, So; Normal
Students. 20; Preparatory Dept, 7S The
scourse of study is thorough and rigid, and in
sorder to meet the wants of the State, tits dis
svided into FIVE departments, viz (: Literary.
Scientific, Military, Engineering and Agri-i
scultural; aud in addition to these, Medical
sand Law departments are, expected TO be es-
stablished at an early day A student canl
Schoose either of these courses and pursue it.
5to completion, and receive diploma accord !
singly. q a2Ia4F i7s7fiF e5t su
The University is in her infancy in years,
sbut she has risen rapidly in fame, and now
stands second to none in the land.
The Museum contains about 5000 speci-i
smens of minerals, fossils aud shells, besides
81 200 models-of various kinds of'machiuery.
The Library contains about 5000 volumes,
sot standard work in the various departments
GOT History, Fiction, Biography. Theology, ]
Z Agriculture, Art, Science and General Lit
,erature. hf5Eses s Fiue1s FsI3.fia 1ef1ia'I
The institution has two excellent Literaryl
Societies, which have large, we'll furnished and!
stastefully arranged halls. The exercises of
] these consist in Declarations, Essays, Ora
5tions and Debates, which are of great ad>
vantage to the students. They also afford
facilities for the study, of, and acquaintance
with parliamentary forms, and tho acquisition
of business habits.
The Reading Room contains about 100l
periodicals, Magazines, Miscellaneous papers,
many of these arc the most prominent papersl
sot our Eastern and Western cities besides
nearly all of those published within tho boundsj
of the State.
The Catalogue for tho session of 1884 isl
just out, which can be had by any one on ap:
splication. 1t is very neat and handsomeI
pamphlet containing sixty-five pages rfs
In conclusion, allow me tosay, the University
!is an honor to tho new State, and / hope the
sday will not be far distant, when the number
3of her students will be many times that of.
sthe p.csent attendance. But am sorry to-
! say that Jefferson county has but one repre-!
Sentative in this noble institution. 80.
MoegantOwn, juno l, 1874. W. MD.