The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-17
OUR MORGANTOwN LETTER.
The Recent Changes In the Uni.
Verslty..A Proposed Normal De.
pnFInient...lIcnry n. Walkers
Exclamation.

DApNO
MoRGASTowN, W. VA, Sept. u.
Editor Wheeling Intelligcnceri
| arrived at the headquarters Of the
college war yesterday. The little town. is
ablaze with excitement. Every stranger
who happens to come within Its limits
Ia suspected Of being new professor, who
Is to take the place Of some one Of the
present inCum6ents. A professors chair
now at the University is not as easy az
downy pillows, by far. No one seems to
know by what tenure he holds his posi-
ton, and il ready at u moments warning
to "slep down and out" The professors
elected at the Wheeling session Of the
Board Of Regents have not yet arrived.
Very few students have yet entered, and
probabilities are that the school will
Be very small during the year. The
action Of the Board Of Regents has had
the effect Of almost completely destroy.
ing the school. | do not mean by this
that The Board ought not tohaye removed
Dr.. Martin or any Of the professors who
we're removed. This the Board had n
perfect and indisputable right to do; and
Indeed, II deemed necessary for the good
OF the Institution, II was the imperative
duty Of the Board to do 40. | refer only
to the manner Of their taking of" The
Board Of Regents, as body, has shown
itself devoid Of any principle Of fairness,
and therefore there Ia want Of conf
dence. Men who value their reputation
ore unwilling TO place themselves in
the hands OF board who, without
cause or pfoy0catiOn, hal atempt-
ed to degrade and disgrace three
deserving men-men noted for their
piety, learning and zeal in the work Of
educating the young. Without express.
Ing an opinion as to the competency and
fitness Of DR.. Martin for the position Of
President Of the University, ! can safe.
ly say he deserved better treatment at the
hands Of the Board. The act Of the Board
removing him in summary manner,
without any apparent cause was coirdrdiy
10 the extreme. II is said that Henry s.
Walker dictated the action Of the Board.
The people here have very lively recol-
lection Of Mr.. Walker, and the regret is
universal that j. X. Moore did not Danish
him from the country, the time he sent
Henry away from the Monongalia Acnd.
envy.
Ii has been decided to establish Nor.
NAL department In the University. For
some time bitter war has been going on
between the friends Of the University and
the Normal Schools of the State. This
war has been very detrimental to the
University. Instead Of the Normal
Schools being feeders for the University
they have been working against IL. / am
not advised "a to who IL responsible for
this war, but certain it il the University
has lost largely by It. Now, instead Of
attempting TO reconcile these institutions
10 each other, it would seem that the |
University is preparing to "carry the war
into Africa" In this contest the tniyersi. |
" must Of necessity lose. 1t cannot com.
BAT successfully the combined influence Of
the Normal schools. Our Normal schools
are doing glorious work and are daily
growing in popularity. 1t would have
been we'll had not the University engaged |
IL the war against them. In very few |
years nearly every teacher in the com.
mon schools Of the State will be from one
Of our Normal schools. 1t requires no
prophetic eye to discern the influence
they can WELD against this University
should II continue the war, The Uni