Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-26

popular WOTk, di VI WhiOut VI NNo>
are included in reckoning the total
number OF volumes in the possession oil
the library. The Congressional library,
likewise, is enabled to swell its vast ag-
c-esate by reckoning in the enormous
rrmber OF duplicates received under the
action OF the copyright law, which re-
ouires that every work presented Tor
copyright shall he represented by TWO
voilr.ss. The Harvard library, on the
other hand, duplicates only classic or
standard work, ndthe 500, 900 books and
pamphlets now resting on It's sheives
have been selected with wise and pru-
dent discrimination. 1t is not to be un-
Ce-s.sod that light works OF fiction,
Gfamas or novels OF the hour are ex-
cluded from its alcoves; on the contrary
one may find there a goodly collection
CT the lighter literature OF the day. Bct
the works OF fiction, except IN the case
OF the standard English novelists, whose
writings have come to be considered
elmcst as classic, have found their way
into the library principally in the form
OF gifts from alumni and friends.
The Memorial Hall is the most impos-
ing building connected with the Uh.
yersity. and was erected by the alumni
te commemorate the sons OF Harvard,
who died in the civil war. Ii was built
between 1870 and 1877, at acost OF $780,
600. and is OF brick and marble, 80 feet
long and ia feet wide. The central di.
vision is the memorial transept, ll5 ieet
long and IS feet high to the handsome
wooden vaulting, and having high
black walnut screens around the walls,
in which are set twenty.eight marble
tablets bearing the names OF the fallen
patriots, and the places and times oil
their deaths. Over this transept the
great tower rises to the height OF 200
feet, and forms a conspicuous Landmark.
The great hall opens from the transept,
and is ia feet long, 60 feet wide, and 50
.eet high to its splendid timber roof,
With galleries at either end, and at the
wes: end and immense stained'glass
window, bearing
Tae Arms of the Republic,
the State and the University. The high
wainscoting around the hall is adoraed
with scores Of portraits and busts OF an
cient and modern worthless OF New Eug-
land and of Harvard, rare produc-
tons from the pencils OF Copley,
Stuart. Trumbull, Hunt Harding,
Powers, Story, Crawford and other emf
nent artists. The hall is now used as
refectory OF the students, about GOO oil
whom get their meals here. 1t is a novel
sight to behold this number OF students
at the tables at one time, and many
visitors are present daily to witness
Memorial Hash Hall" at the hour OF
dining.
The Sanders theatre is entered from
the other side of the transept, and is
beautiful semi-circular hall with graded
seats, accommodating 800 persons.
Here the usual commencement exercises
are held.
At the present time Harvard College
consists of eight departments, namely:
two undergraduate departments; the
college proper, which confers the degree
of Bachelor OF Arts, and the scientific
school which grants the degree OF Bachel'
or OF Science; the three higher faculties
of theology, medicine and law,
and fourth graduate depart.
ment OF philosophy and advanced
science, and finally, two incidental de-
partments not usually found in uni
versity, the school OF Agriculture and
the Dental school.
During the month OF October, the
opening OF each college year, it is the
best time to visit Cambridge and
The Great University.
Then, the easy going student, with the
examinations in the SEEM
inyly far future, and the "annuals-a
sort OF reserved chance still further OFF,
concerns himself but little about his
books, and has plenty OF time to follow
his inClinatons-athletic, social, theat-
rical, or what not. The Freshman
takes the trouble to get used to his new
lie; the Sophomore hardly lays aside
the air of importance which one year OF
college life has given him; the Ju-
uior, got to be an upper class
man, with plenty OF time TO
"brace" for his degree, saunters across
the ward on good terms with everybody,
while the Senior, conscious OF his posi-
ton, looks around him for time, with
true Harvard Indifference, before max
ing the last desperate struggle Tor the
coveted sheepskin. For the first week
or two the Professors are busy getting
their divisions Strengthened out. and Sc
lecting their books OF reference IN the
college library for the ensuing year.
The college societies, many OF them,
an up with new members at the begin.
ming of the year, notably the Sophomore
societies. the Institute and the Athena
UNI. The Glee Club, the Pierian Sodal-
;ty, the athletic organizations and others
seek new acquisitions from the Fresh
man class, while most of the organiza
tiops hold elections OF officers Tor =
whole or part OF the year.
The athletes revel in the mild Indian
Summer on the river, on Holiness and
Jsryiss fields, and on the roads about
Cambridge, with foot, horse, or bicycle.
The gymnasium is almost deserted III
October.
There is a mania in college for organ
i.ing new clubs. Lacrosse aud lawn
tennis came last year, Il University
Cricket Association has been started,
and now chess club and an archery
club are proposed. Seven Professors,
seven Assistant Professors, and eight
tutors, 22 in all, teach in the Annex, as
the new women's college is called. The
Freshman Glass is the largest this year
over 200 men. Such destinations has
the new gymnasium, or, perhaps, the
Cbinaman! J. +. B.
INors-This correspondence was de-
layed by having been missent.
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