The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-09

vote Of fifteen to seven, Two other votes
were afterwards admitted to record, one
on each side, making the final record
stand sixteen to eight. The hopes OF the
friends Of education that this settlement
Of the controversy by the trustees
would bring peace and prosperity
were, however, doomed to disaPpoint-
mcnt. The defeated party at once APP
pealed to the courts, and three suits
were entered in the Supreme Court
Of tho State Of Pennsylvania. The judges
declined to grant the preliminary injunc-
ton prayed for, believing thasno injury
would be done by allowing the college to
60 on pending the litigation. It was then
thought the matter might be determined
without disbanding tho classes, when the
United States District Court, by mar.
vellous legal maneuyer, granted United
States Court preliminary injunction until
the State court, which had refused II,
should act on the final question. This
shut up the college and sent the students
to other institutions. At their meeting
in this city, in January, 1870, Tie Su.
preme Court OF this State, by unani'
nous decision, declared the action Of the
trustees in locating the consolidated in:
stitution at Washington legal and valid
in every particular. Tho opinion was
delivered by Chief Justice Thompson.
The United States Judge dissolved his
Injunction and the classes were once more
organized. But the college was in low
condition. The students, now quietly
at their work in other colleges, having
found their previous education in this
college such aS to enable them to
stand the entrance examination and go
into the same classes elsewhere, de-
clined to make any further changes;
especially as an appeal had been taken
from the Supreme COnrt Of tho State to
the Supreme Court of the United States
at Washington City, thus leaving It hang.
ing on the uncertainties of the law. Rev.
Jonathan Edwards, b. d., who had been
its president since the union, had resign.
ed, Just before the consolidation, and
several to whom the office had been
rendered had declined to accept. In Au.
gust of 1870, Rey. Geo. =. Hays, then pas.
tor Of the Central Church, Alleghany,and
graduate of the Jefferson class Of 1857,
was elected president, and urged by
many Jefferson alumni, agreed to accept.
The appeal was decided by the United
States Supreme Court at Washington
City some years afterwards. Judge Gilt
ford, Of Maine, read the unanimous opin.
ion Of the court, in which they affirmed
all the rulings Of the court below in fa-
vor Of the college. This ended the litiga-
ton Of course. The moral value Of un.
animity in those courts in restoring pub
lie confidence was very great. The
college has steadily and rapidly
regaincd public favor, Two pro-
fessorships have since been endowed,
one OF agriculture by F.Julus Le MOyne,
NJ. D., and the other the Greek chair by
Dr. Beatty. A new building, costing
something over $4,000, is to be dedi.
Gated June 80, 1875, with orations by
Hon. James q. Blaine, ex.Speaker Of the
House Of Representatives, OF the Wash
ington class Of 1917, and lion. Benjamin
II. BristOw, Secretary Of the Treasury,
who graduated at Jefferson in 1851. As
evidence Of the return Of patronage, 81
new students applied for admission the
current year, and rs indicating the strict
ness Of the examinations, more than one
sixth were refused admission to the
classes for which they applied, and no
student who, for any reason went to an
other college, was refused admission to
the class Of the same grade, ON thGgrOund
Of his examination When the injunC-
ton closed the institution large numbers
went to Lafayette, Princeton and Am
herrt.
The present institution addresses itself
wholly to college work proper. 1t has
two courses, tho scientific and the Cassi. |
cal, and allows both sections considerable
liberty in the last two years Of the course
IN selecting their own studies out Of the
two general courses. II has inherited
largely the work which was tho glory Of
the old institutiOns-namcly the cducN-
ton Of young men OF limited and moderate
means who have an intelligent purpose
in seeking an education, and are not ut
college mere y to spend time and the ex-
ira money Of rich parents. As result |
diligent study is the common law Of the
college life without Nnygrcat effort on the
part Of the faculty. The first time stu
dent is known to the faculty to he intOx.
iCatcd his parents are required to take him
home. In this way he Is removed from
before the appetite il formed,
and others are saved from evil influences.
The catalogue for 1915 shows
10 students in the institution--2S
seniors, 80 juniors, 81 sophomoreS,
II freshmen, and 50 in the prcpa.
Tory department. The following gem
.lcmcn constitute the faculty: Rev.
George =. Hays, D, d., president and
professor Of logic and evidences Of
Alonzo Linn, vice president
and professor Of English language and
political philosophy Samuel Jones, rh.
b., professor Of natural philosophy and
Rev. Henry Woods, Of Steu.
Denvile, professor Of Greek language and
literature; j. s. SimOntOn, professor Of
modern languages; Rev. George Fraser,
professor Of mental and moral science;
b. j. McAham, professor Of mathematics;
Colonel ". II. G. Adncy, professor Of
agriculture and Correlative branches.
The following general statistics will be
Df interest," Whole number Of grndu.
ltes, including the present senior class,
50l2;ministcrs, 1883; lawyers, G7S; physi.
clans, 1920; others not known, GSl. There
have been 22 professors in theological
'eminaries, 40 college presidents, 20 pro-
'essOrs in colleges, Ct foreign mission.
lries, and 90 now in the foreign field; 5
ave been Governors Of States, 8 United
States Senators, 3 Cabinet officers, -
nemhnra Of Cnnprcss. md u inlnrs