The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-03
LETIERfROm MORGAnTGWN.
Thanksgiving Day FIRST Snow OF tht
SgasOE.
Correspondelce OF the Register.

! Correspondence OF the Register.
MoRGAE TOWN, November %.
This day WAS set apart by tue auLhorl-
ties AS n day Of speciai than ksg'vlng, but
| ia my humble judgment, the name should
he changed to "a National Feast Day,
for as dsy of thanksgiving It Is q
| miserable farce, since oar people thLk
much more about their turkey, oysters.
eli ken salad, &c, for "thanksglV!T Z
cinner." L an they do OF the many bcs-
sings OF the past year. | do not thI"k
Morgantown Is any more worldly mhnd-
ed than other places, Yet know this to be
the case here ss was shown by the lact
that, although the religious services oi
the day were . union OF all denomina-
lions. and held In the smallest church IL
town, the house was nOy more than hall
Il ed. and the half OF those there were
more anxious 10 GET home than 10 hear
me excellent sermon delivered by DR..
Jlmlson.
Now It may be best to proclaim day
for THAI ksgivng, when there Is some
nope Of seeing it observed, but rs tne dsy
IS now spent, there would DE "a go. deal
of mockery avoided ii the Prac:i-o we're
abandoned.
The first wild wall of winter winds
wended l. way over West NIrglnla's hills
to dav, and brought with 1t the con OF
our winter Joys, the first snow OF the
season, that drives Us in doors to gather
socially around the hresIde and spend the
long evenings in those pleasing literary
pur,uits which are 81 neglected IN the
suI,ry DAYS OF Sumner and fall.
There Is now III p. NJ about ore
inch of snow on the ground snd rs the
-osds are in good condition, toad dreams
of sleigh rides already In. through our
brains.
The winter festivities commenced this
evening. The boys OF the Morgantown
Corpet band had dance tonight ~
Wm. Prolzman's Another very select
dance WAS held at the house OF one OF
Morgantown's prominent meE, and other
social parties were numerous.
Tne members OF the Senior class
and a few Of their friends were
most pleasantly entertained by Professor
Berkeley ana his most estlmahIe l1dY, TINS
evening. The second re-utar pubic per
tormauCe OF the Jualor and SenOIr Ciass-
es will take place on Friday, d enOer
7 in the University Chapel, and OF
course the people will be treated TO
large dose OF "SeniorIc' bomhast and
"Junior.c" wisdom. The Juuior class
numbers. only two, VIZ: Messr.. ). ,.
Wade and q d. Purinton, both of Nor
mi q
A. + Courtaey, B. ;. Morgan, D. hItn
and f j. Marsh, OF Monongaiia county,
4. G Dayton, ,ot Barbour county, AID j.
NJ. Lee, OF Hancock county. l! is s
/ burning shame that the University can
/ not boast greater proportion OF gradU-
/ ates and members OK tCe higher classes
/ from beyond the bounds of houonEalla
/ l. It possible that those OF other counties
! think they are naturally SO talented tha,
they need no college bred men!
In commUCslion TO your psper
| signed M" Prof. W hite, OF the UnIver-
slly, was highly praised, and thai justly
| but full justice was not done him, from
the fact that it was stated that h. hsu
been tor some yesrs back on the Penn
sylvania geological survey with Dr..
Stevenson Tne tsct is, ne was with DR..
Stevenson oaly one year, after which ne
ranked equs! with the doctor, and was
assigned separate counties, and he Is
| stllL retained on the Survey TO which be
will turn his attention during the sum
mer vacation. Prof. White certainly
shows himself most energetic, efficient,
thorough and practical teacher, OF Geolo-
gy. He hss taken the present Senior
slass out on several practical surveys, by