The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-11-30

tray. Ideality elevates and ennobles.
We never meant as we'll as we ought,
never thought as well as we ought,
never acted as we'll as we ought.
locality lefts us nearer to that per-
lection which it suggests. A man
destitute of identity is like cake
of dough which while burnt on one
side is raw on the other. The ten
dency Of the age is to do away with
ideal standards Of duty. Away with
the wretch who would degrade, defile
the pure and good to subserve his
own base interests. Even in the con
temptation of sunset may be seen
the ideal OF life of purity and an
immortality beyond. No one can
view such scene without being made
better. Ideality should be cultivated
and not neglected.
After this performance the choir
sang the college March" which was
followed By an Grafton by S. S. Wade
Of the Senior Glass on might and
Right" Mr.. Wade said that all
forms OF government, all distinct
nationalities have had their origin in
force, in proof Of which history fur
nishes abundant examples. AL
though this is the case, yet it does
not give any nation or people the
right to violate, enslave or destroy
their weaker neighbors. The popu.
lar heart is still actuated by this old
but pernicious principle, and what
was formerly hand to hand conflict
between might and right, now as
sumes the form of treaty in which
ambiguous terms and amphibolous
sentences so play a part rs to give no
real guarantee. The gentlemen spoke
in glowing terms of the manner in
which Andrew jackson removed the
Georgia indians beyond the Mississ
ippi and how at present politicians
are endeavoring to snatch from them
the soil which they now occupy and
which was solemnly coded to them by
the treaty of 1885. Such events as
the Blackhawk war and Gen. Canby's
death arouse our most bitter indig-
nation against the savages, who have
been SO foully wrongcd by us and our
ancestors.
Geo. d. Purington Of the Senior
Class next read an essay on the sub
ject "Inheritance." In an unseen
though omniscient hand is held a
protfered legacy for all alike. This
legacy may be good or i'll, is physic-
al, mental, moral, social, and in each
of these senses what man receives,
is part OF his inevitable heritage.
Phosical and intellectual children
are like their parents not so moral
ly and socially. Their lcgacies are
bequeathed not by the present, but
by all that has proceeded. Men who
initiate the characters Of former he
roes will inherit their failings. So
cieties formed from the weeks of for
mer nationalities will contain newt
able seeds Of ruin and overthrow
We must all take fund of the human
heritage. Happy he who freely takes
and freely gives ; freely takes from
out life's stories the pure and true an
yields again the noble and the good
whose heir receives not wealth, hon
or or renown, but study frame,
an active mind pure heart.
The last performances of the Senior
Class was an Grafton entitled PRO
gress in the Republic" delivered by
w. Rogers. Mr.. Rogers saia that it
was customary for second rate 4th
of July orators and half-fedged
school boys ty talk much about amer
lean progress and excellence and to
hold fourth our republic as the most
powerful one which has ever existed.
He thinks that our goot has made
very meagre progress In civilization
confidering that she has had no here
says or state shurches with which to
contend. When we consider, how
ever, that our government has but
just now passed her first century, we
may be disposed to look with lenien-
cy on the progress which she has
made. The Republic is in it's infan-
cy and we must look to the future
for especial development and success.
The exercises were closed with
song, with a whistling and instru-
mental chorus, entitled college
Clouds have silver lining"
The Law Department Of the
West Virginia University.
Prof st. George T. Brooke. recent