The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-14
..-i rRInAY. MARCII u, ls70.
The President OF the West Virginia UnI.
yerSity- a Specimen Of Ills Lack Of
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discipline.
ItseO,ns that the powers IN and about
the West Virginia University arc highly
Indignant at the fact that We vcnturcd TO
question the economy Of the management
Of that institution. Tho President in
dulgcs In several pungent paragraphs point
vi against US, aud We arc informed that
tho enlightened and heightened culture OF
lis knightIy cadets is stirred up to sucll n
pitch that they arc preparing to heap oil
manner OF vulgar honors upon Our head
should we b. so rash as TO come In range
Of their chivalriC vengeance. Think ola
"cadet orchestra" organized and "burn.
ing with ievGrisll and almost uncon.
trollablc desire 10 sercnade the GditOrOt the
WHEELING INTELLlGESCER," simply be-
cause tho said editor dared to question
the propriety OF spending so much money
upon their education. But VIC 10 not
blame these young musicians for this ex'
travagancC. Who has stirred them upto
this view Of the case? We are told, too,
that "all tue students Of tho University,
especially those composing tho Alumni,
have great difficulty in keeping their love
within proper bounds" There can be no
doubt about 1t, for the President says so
in pointed thrust OF his own. 1t would
be well were he 10 counsel them TO nIodera.
ton. Well, indeed, could the PrCsi-
dent make nice eXhoriNtiOn on the
subject and include himself with his au.
dience. We might feel alarmed at this
mighty host Of Glowing" alumni, and
tromboning cadets, II 1t were not that we
are familiar with the catalogues that record
the numbers OF the one, and have Occas'
ionally heard the chNrivari logic invented
blythe bravery aud culture Of the other.
Poor boys! It's pity that you have not
some grand man at your head who could
inspire you witha loltier sense OF manhOod
than this mediaevaI vulgarity of out.ot.the
way villages. We think better Of youthan
10 suppose that you are tho real authors Of
the taunts which your President puts into
your mouths.
The President, speaking for him selt,
seeks to give personal turn to what we
discussed in purely economical and re.
spectful manner. This is his style. lie
particularly cxults over the fact, as he
states it, that our ''att0ck upon the Uni.
vcrsity" did not curtall the appropriations
which we characterized as exlravagant.
But Is this SO? Let US hook al the tlgures-
these are stronger than tlippant assertions.
On page s Of tho biennial report Of the
Regents, they ask for appropriations for
the year ending September 3Oth, 1870,
amounting to $500, and for the year
ending Sept. 30, 1889, to thGsum Of $4,000
and this they say they submit with the
assurance that all estimates have been cut
down to the lowest figures consistent with
the successful and efficient workings Of the
various departments" Now what did they
get? For the year ending September so,
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