The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-04-14
UNIVERSITY LOCALS.
Several additional new students ar
rived during the past week.

stead of four as has been customary.
The Columbian Society will hold
public performance, in their hall, ON
Friday evening. The puzzle are cor
daily invited to attend,
A Junior, who has been a student
of Physics during the past year, thus
moralizes: The lever is a sad instru-
ment. When | leave her weep. The
arms are wasted for the moment and
there is more or less friction at the
point of OSCILLATION.
A Prof was talking to a new stu
dent recently. He asked him what
he intended to study. HE rather
guessed he would take geography.
What else. "Arithmetic" But
students usually take three studios.
We'll | guess Tll'stonish dad then.
L III take theology
The Senior class have unanimously
determined to hold class dav per
Torrance during commencement
week" This will be new feature in
troduced into the exercises and as it
is the leading feature of Commence
ment week at all first class colleges,
it is to be hoped that it will prove
success here and become an establish
ed custom.
Everything seems to indicate that
the approaching Commencement will
be the best attended of any that has
yet been held at the University. The
Literary societies have selected their
Anniversary performers with the
greatest care and will doubtless make
a fine exhibition. The new custom
of .'class day. promises tobe the lead
ing feature of the week and the per
formances for that occasion will re-
ceive the best efforts Of the Seniors.
\ large number of the leading men of
the state will be present and the flu
ture of the University will depend in
great measure upon the impression
then made upon the minds of the Wis
itors.
President Thompson visited the
Literary Societies on Friday night;
and in each made some very appropri-
ate and pointed remarks, in which
he declared it his intention to foster
and encourage the Literary Societies
as a part and parcel of the University
and not simply as auxiliaries. The
Americans he said were natioa Of
takers; that in every occupation ia
which they were called upon to take
part it was absolutely necessary for
them, in order to be eminently sue
cessful. to be able when called upon
to intelligbly express their ideas
He referred by way of illustrations to
Philip Dodge. the great Merchant
and Congressman Of New York city:
who owes his preferment in nc small
degree to his powers Of speech, show
ing conclusively that Oratory is of
the highest Importance to the Mer-
chant as well Us to the professional
character The Literary Societies
he maintains were the Institutions
where students learned to apply what
was taught them in college. He
further observed that in looking over
the present standing Of the men who
graduated while ne was at College,
he fin9s invariably, that those who
were the most influential in the Liter
airy Societies have been the most sue
cessful in life. The remarks through
out were very pertinent and have
been long needed. The Literary So
cieties are undoubtedly the most i'm
portant part of every College or Lit
erary institution; it is these institu-
tons, as President Thompson well
says, which teaches the student how
to use the knowledge which, he OBJ
tains in other departments of the
University; and what good does an
education do man, however fine or
polished it may be, if he can make no
practical use of it? The Literary
societies here have not always recciv-
ed as great encouragement as they |
might have received or as we hope |
they are destined to receive in the
early future. The members Of the |
societies are pleased at any and at ali |
times to receive visitors into their
halls both those who belong to the
and those who are in no
manner connected With it, The I
of the Faculty and the
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