Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-25
WEST VA. UNIVERSITY.
O,s nir. Lecture of the Season.
b. Hon. l.. q. Cracraft, of
wheeling.
USIvERSrrY,

USIvERSIrY,
N.aret>rovS, W. VA, Dec. ~.
Tie In. rutl.c lecture OF the present
,sha,Is;.r yc,r was delivered in the col
80 ,hagr, lust evening by Hon. f. Il.
C-r-s,,. Of yo1r cry. His subject was,
Master Or Save Which," In his in
,ro'ar.o,y remarks he pail most elo-
yen: ,rinC:, to the educational iustitu.
;5.l, %: or, In ,, declaring that he has
% sympathy whatever for the man
ylp wien asked u he likes such inst =
'G,'GS replies that he has nothin' a2ln
rm.' Tius in the very outset he won
80 svrpA,li-S Oi his entire audience,
'ra>d 7n.r, uCae but the fr lends OF the
In :yy>ty ever aitcId such exercises.
In. rrr>,Uc' Oi the students seem ell to
len, Inspiration % th" orator as they
rlVsF! the memories Of his college days
'Nr1Us before MN, aud a. he himself
-g9-,~,stl n he f,ll like throwing aside
his mar lsJ-.vt and occupying the whole
tmeIH 4 SrUSsins col e,e life.
S|,Se come % tie lecslre3 proper,
AMI .nir~,i no synopsis short Of tue en-
ire .,t,Cr" i;Seli eau convey anything
u.sar Iiyg;Ite idea oi its excellence.
>'parr'us I've men OF the world into
tNp lJ,>es, mas ers and slaves, 10
marked the Inference between the two,
cn'ra>,ei the different conditions,
sCl urSul the youns men f
tI- University tO strive 10 p'ac c
Themselves among the masters.
Il lU'' 'Ess.-i upon them the maxim OF
To- y-.' HrL;'l pisrde,i that man can
D"Vaat he p.,SSrS. and urged al the
y"nu.myr 10 take him for their model.
IL De- a m,S;cr one need not necessarily :
t'3 E'r, nor q C0nQuerOr ct worlds,
MI .r must conquer some
'a.Cc. and il he can conquer nothing
e.Ss .r. II he himself. for then he vii.
hay- cccei one of the GrIndeet vic
i0r:ys that tan be achieved.
though every one NAV be what he
P.rT~~S, Vet he cannot reach any emi-
Gen,c by iiien-ss. Untiring labor,
ynvr-y and perseverance are necessary
Hr any SGrrvss in THIS lie Nor need
w. Srrs lar iur our work, Tor as the o!d
general replied to the tisshy and COW
Sid.y o.H.tr who asked where he should
~, 10 anywhere, there is grand fight.
ihS al along the line The avenues oil
Sues ar' still open tn those who can
d ant work their way upward.
IL stso rxhort-,i Us against going too
A'' wien once our mark Is set, for the
s'N aGt N0iluns worker will eyentu-
Ny "u'Strir he more rapid but spas.
n0,ic one.
Iue foregoing are few OF the germs
-. discourse, but the lecture that
'a'' O'acrait, hy his mastery Of lam
Sag all; eloquent delivery, made oi
S"'a', We leave Tor those who have
ns@'' ann 20 Judge, AMI those who have
40. % imagine. lie heii his audience
- IaPt attention fDr an hour and hall,
We are sure there were few who
~ not sorry when lie closed. Oh.
~ Ne hat such men in every county,
!" e'r'y town, veg, in every district II
,EOCAg mountain STATE.
81 our I diversity hal all over the
9.As "a 4en o! cultured minds, ,openhesrts
.''- ''erG soul, 10 espOGss It's cause
80. - hrri hN 10 fear but that it would
.-'n' an hrm aud immoyabic a. solid
- Cnshsken by the widest seas ol
81 Isan hate and political intrigueyy,
'Pesi tie day when the sentiments
,p,essed both in the lecture and its in
S,,css.loa Sus.loa shall De echoed all over ouI
,s." soy It's people, irrespective Of class
'-A' s0ndi!i0n sr party.
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