The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-23

Recently our columns have con
tanned frequent brief references te
the encouraging prospects of thi.
institution. Hopeful indications
continue and multiply. Almost
every mail brings letters of inquiry,
and requests for catalogues, These
letters come not only from our own
State, but also from other States,
East, West, North and South. And
why should not oar State Univers
ity be literally patronized? We
have a curriculum which for its cA-
tent is regarded with high favor in
the oldest and best institutions OF
the land, while the required stand
ard of proficiency in this extended
and wisely chosen course insures
our graduates the most honorable
recognition wherever they GO
Our buildings are new, spacious,
convenient and elegant. Our libra
ry, museum and apparatus are OK
tensive. The maintenance by the
United States of Signal Station
in connection with the institution
offers superior advantages in the
study of telegraphy and signalling,
without extra charge. The Mill
tary Department maintained as sub
ordinate to and in harmony with
the literary department of the in.
stitution, offers its advantages,
gratuitously, to all students who
desire to drill, whether State Cadets
or not, thereby promoting healthful
posture, and free and graceful
movement of body, as we'll as the
peculiarly valuable mental qualities
which always result from military
discipline and precision. The con.
nection of the professional schools
with the University offers advan-
tages to those taking only the reg
ularcourses Of instruction, as well
as to professional students. BY
this arrangement the Medical and
Law Professors give instruction
to the College classes in the
branches related to their respective
departments. A lawyer who is
familiar with the whole sweep Of his
profession is surely better quail
fed to give instruction in lnterna-
tiona! Law than a Professor who,
while he may have long studied
that subject, knows nothing Of its
relations to civil and constitutional
law. A skilled anatomist, with a
subject on the table before him, is
surely better able to instruct a
College class in the important and
difficult study of Anatomy and
Physiology than non-profcssional
man without the subject. 1t is no
small matter that our young men
in College learn something in re.
gard to their bodies. A more
healthful place than Morgantown
would be difficult to find in the
State. OF the sixty graduates sent
out from the University, only one
has died. The Faculty are all
regular attendants upon the various
Churches to which they adhere.
Not one Of them is a skcptic in
matters Of religion. While the re-
cent and advanced views Of science
are taught in the institution, they
are treated as harmonizing perfectly
with an enlightened view Of Chris
tianity. The moral character Of
an institution may be best judged
by the morals of its Alumni. Not
one Of the graduates of the West
Virginia University is known to
be a drunkard or a libcrtine.-
Most of them are prospcrously
engaged in business, and not one
of them has brought disgrace upon
their alma Mater. AS tc ex-
pcnses, the University makes an
encouraging showing. All books
are furnished to students at cost,
which is far below the retail price
The State educates sixty cadets
free of cost for tuition books and
stationery. All students preparing
for the ministry, if residents of this
State, are given tuitionfrce. The
rates of tuition charged to others
is from five to eight dollars per
term. The cost Of living in Nor
gantown is small. All extrava-
gance in dress and living is dis
countcnanced. Good conduct is
considered the best passport to the
best society. The University is on
longer an experiment. Its friends
have no need to apologize for it. 1t
speaks for itself.-/oWmal Of Eau-
cation.