The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1882-06-17
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MENCENENT.

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Holiday Attfre.-T he Action oi
the Board ofRegents.The Ne "
Presideht-Rai abroad. II umpus
Chit Chat With Promiuenl
Persons, &C.
! MoRGANTowN, June 9.-When the
Registers representative arrived OF
the University grounds, he found
the bud of this commencement occa
sion just blooming forth into thu
biggest blossom of all the seasons.
The literary fragrance was com
mingled with the political, the pro
fessional, the social, the sentimental,
-aye,-the agricultural, mechanical
and the military; for here ON these
beautiful grounds were gathered rep
resentatives Of all these classes in
such numbers as to make one curious
10 discover in what this educational
institution differs from others that
its lines of attraction draw from all
classes of society.
| HETEROGENEOUS GATHERING.
When / had roved through the
crowd little, and struck hands with
such characters as Col. Ben. Wilson,
Hon. Chas. j. Faulkner, Senator
Farnsworth, Daniel B. Lucas, Col.
Dan Johnson, ex-Auditor E. A. Ben
nett, Henry S. Walker, VIM. II. Trav-
ers, and many others of like distinc-
ton from every section of the State.
| said, verify, I have lost my bear
ings and struck a State Convention
instead of commencement occasion
at the State University.
But, after all, why should not all
men be here? What profession or
| class of society has not invested in
this institution? What trade, pro-
fession or business is not promoted
by the influences going out from this
place? Even the CLEAN of the bayo-
net in the hands of the cadet is not
incompatible with the purposes of an
educational institution. The study
Of the arts of war goes forward under
the motto, "Paci arti, 6usque pacis
faUorem." M
THE MOST SUGGESTIVE SIGHT
l have seen in connection with this
State University is the long lines of
vehicles and footmen which filed
down every road and footpath leading
into town and toward the campus
There is nothing like it seen in any
of the States. There is nothing like
it seen on any occasion in the coun-
try town, except at an Agricultural
fair. Farmers, with their wives and
sons and daughters, blocking every
public highway in their eagerness to
witness the commencement exercises
of literary institution. They come
BEFORE BREAKFAST
to take their places at the doors of
College hall, to be certain of seat,
and became the most attentive listen
ers to the philosophic dispositions
of the graduating class, and listen
with all their ears and eyes and
mouths to the flights of eloquence
with which ancient Greece ard Rome
are ever wont to inspire the average
student. What the influences of
this local interest in this institution
may be in the course of years, will
prove useful study for the political
philosopher and statesmen.
THE BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS.
There is no spot in West Virginia
more picturesque than the site of the
University buildings. Washed by
the beautiful Monongahela on the
west, with the blue background of
mountains on the east; while the eye
looks down upon the pretty town
stretched along the valley below; al
together forming a picture the artist
would want to transfer to canvas at
sight. A view of
MoRGANTowN AT SUNSET,
from the opposite side of the river, is
a scene never to be forgotten. There
is nothing so peaceful and homelike
and lovely in landscape painting
AS the sun drops behind the hills, it
seems to linger in its goodbye to this
beautiful village, and as the shadows
gradually lengthen, soft aruse light
envelops the scene, the foliage stands
still, and the day fades so gradually
and calmly into twilight as to inspire
the observer with profound admira-
ton for all the surroundings.
TIE population of Morganton is
somewhat peculiar. They have
homes and culture and manners and
modes of life like only unto them
selves. Its young ladies are refined
and pretty, as rule. Unlike the
product of the average country town,
they are stylish in their dress, with
intelligent faces, rounded forms,
shapely waists, and their pedal oper-
ations are much more suggestive of
the drawing room and the ball than
of the kitchen and the cornfield.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
An account of the commencement
exercises must be very general in its
scope. A report in detail would go
far beyond the limits of newspaper
space. The several addresses by
distinguished men were we'll received.
The Baccalaureate sermon by Bishop
Peterkin, on Sunday, was edifying
and in good taste The address of