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AI~,.ano Bucks for sale.
I have few.irst class Mrrino Bucks for sale 1t !
harg,in. Will sell one " more to suit ruvchS:ers'
can on address Mr. Phil Thorpe, pHn; sI s,sS NJ"
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Arnhi paSlhA to he BAnlShes(.

There have been a succession Of i,npor.
hnt events in Egypt during the past week.
hhe inquiry into the charges against
Arabi Pasha developed facts damaging not
ay to many high Egyptian officials but
b the khedive and the sultan. And, rath.
4, than to complicate matters by giving
publicity to these facts, and partly, doubt.
ns, to acquiesce in the general demand
hat Arab Pasha should not BE- punished,
Lord Dutferin, the English commissioner,
nanged matters so that Arab pleaded
Iuaty to the charges against him. The
owtmartial sentenced him to death, but
m accordance with the prearrangcd plan
|me sentence wac Immediately c0mmuted
10y the khedive to exile for life, allowing
him to maintain his rank and salary. ust
|warre Arab will spend his Punishment is
not yet known, but 1t will probably be In
|one Of the British colonies.
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senator Logan ON Fitx-.J0hn Porter.
A Washington special says If any body
supposed Logan would surrender his con.
rrlions on account OF Grants change OF
Eitws Oh the Fitx. John Porter question he
rould have been undeceived il he heard
be Senate proceedings recently. Logan
aid with energy and feeling II will de-
monstrate before the country, II ] cannot
eanvince the Senate, that am right In the
natter. The F:tz John Porter Bill cannot
rss this Senate McM coW, or without discus.
snn. The persistence in wrong does moi
make It right. One Senator says a great
wong Shas been done. don't think SO
! ,ay no man was more justly convicted
than Fitz. John Porter, and stand here
now to defend my position before tht
country. believe have facts ON IN,
side. l am ready to take up this case unit
The bill is disposed or
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An Arizona teamster named Summers,
while intoxicated last weeA, fell off an EN-.
bankment near Charleston and broke his
neck.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30
ady'ssDepartment.

The majority of colleges that pur.
sue the policy of CO education, fails
TO give instruction in the fine arts,
those studies which are deemed
essential TO u lady's education. The
College heretofore has failed to make
such provisions. but upon the opening
OF the coming Fall Term all the facil-
tiles given by the best Female Semi
naries in the land will be given our
lady students. a Complete musical
conservatory will be organized In
structions will be GWEN in vocal music
and musical composition, in drawing,
painting, and wax-work. instructions
on the organ, piano and violin will be
given at any time during the College
year. For those desiring to take lessons
on the guitar harp, &c, special ar.
Engagements will be made. A course
in gymnastics is prescribed for the
lady students, corresponding to the
Military Department for the young
men. Ample opportunity is offered
young women who desire TO pursue
the severe studies Of the classical and
scientific course. The young ladies as
a rule are subject to the same regu.
lation as the young gentlemen. Par
ents intrusting to our care young girls of
a tender age, should procure boarding
in the families of the professors or of
friends residing in the vicinity. For
futher information send for special
circulars of this Department.
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Military Department.

In IA recent article in the University
Daily Maj. Jas. NJ. Lee, A. NJ, ably
sets forth the advantages to be derived
from the pursuit of military studies.
Speaking of military schools, he says :
These Schools teach, % grace and
precision of movement (2) concent-
ration of mind; 90 purctuality (H
obedience which gives power to com
mand (5) the advantage Of exercise !;
and Co. the knowledge requisite to
carry out the trite but sensible maxim,
'1n time of peace prepare for war"
Not one youth in forty at the age Of
eighteen years knows how to walk.
They do not know that the legs and
not the arms and body are the sole in
struments Of locOmotion. They do not
know that IL is uneainlY and awkward
to take strides of thirty.s inches aud
swing their arms like the appendapes
Of a jumping jack. They do not know
that their self-respect and their estim
alton among their associates would be
much enhanced we're they to carry
their bodies erect and use them grace.
fully. Yet they are not culpabie for
not understanding these things for they
haYe never been told. My experience
and observation has been that those
young men who have been exercised i'm
the school of the soldier, if they are
not absolute Doors ia heart as well as
in manners, are in a few months so
changes 10 orrriage, gait, and manner
az 10 be almost unrecOgniDable. The
precision aud cadence Of military
movements, the rapidity Of execution.
the variety of action and the instrnc.
tons of an officer who is earnest in his
work will make OF any willing ard at
tentive youth a young man who can
without awkwardness, If free from EN-.
barrassment, present himself in any
social circle with credit anil grace.
In our University after nine years
Of observation, can freely say that the
most graceful aud polished young men
who frequent its halls or speak from
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Methods Of Instruction.

Within the last score Of years.
truly remarkable progress has been
made in the methods Of instruction
in the primary and GRADED schools.
But the old time methOds Of study
and recitation are still maintained
bv our higher schools and colleges.
College professors sadly neglect
this important part Of their work.
As a usual thing the students who
excel and learn rapidly in our col.
leges and Universities do so in spite
of the efforts of their instructors.
Such students would learn any
where 1t is an essential part of an
education to know hOU TO study.
With good adyice III this particular
in the beginning of a study, the
work will become pleasant and
agreeable to the student. Too many
young persons are allowed to waste
their energies in fruitless effort to
obtain knowledge, simply from lack
of knowing how to proceed. The
teachers of the College were chosen,
not only because they knew what
to teach, but also hOD to teach.
The students of the College are
encouraged to rely Upon themselves,
to think and investigate for them.
selves, yet every incentive is plac
ed before them, every mean is used
TO create within them an enthusiasts.
tic interest in their work.
In no school, within our knowl-
edge is there to be found more
earnest, ains.taking, and thorough
spirit of study.
The various branches of knowl-
edge are pursued principally by topics
or general heads, and the pupils are
required to give frequent analysis
of the different subjects, as present.
ed in the textbook, or as suggested
by the teacher. Text books, how
ever excellent, are used mainly as
helps or instruments in the acquisi-
ton of knowledge.
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College Education

Too many persons think that they
should strive for an education in order
TO make good LAWYERS, good physicians
or good ministers &C., out of them
selves. When we approach young
man with such All argument we do
him and ourselves an injustice. Ii
is not the first object of an education
TO make lawyers, doctors and preachers,
but il is to make GOOD MEN. You can't
make good lawyers, good doctors, and
good ministers, without having good
men to work upon. The man is above
his professional work. The first OBJ
ject should be to make good men and
then they will make good lawyers,
doctors and ministers.
But what kind Of an education sets
before it this object the forming of
genuiene manhood and womanhood {?
The answer is College education. The
work of our primary schools is necessa-
rily confined to the courses in element
tary branches, and as far as they 90,
no studies could be better adapted to
develope the mental powers. Our
preparatory schools can also be OBJ
jected to for the same reason-that
they do not pursue the requisite
studies to develope to their fullest ex-
tent all the powers of the mind.
We now turn to our Universities.
How much attention does the average
University pay to the moral culture of
its students? None. With the reli-
gious tenets of their students they
justly claim they have no right to in.
terfere But does this plea Justify
them in ignoring the moral nature
entirely? Has man a soul? If he
has ought it not to be cultivated 2
They may say their students are
grown men, with fixed moral habits
How often are these habits fixed in
the wrong direction Should they
not be changed Again it must be
remembered that even grown men re-
liable to fall under temptation, but per-
haps not so much 80 as youths. And
more, what are the characteristics of
their mental culture. University work
is really professional work. All other
branches are neglected except those
tending to and bearing upon some
certain field of labor Can the pro-
duct be anything else than one sided
men? Men who know little some
thing about one thing and nothing
about anything else Does this fiji
up the type of the model American ?
Is this the sort Of men and women
West Virginia wants? 1t does not APP
pear to us in that light. West Virginia
wants complete, full men. Men whu
are able to turn their hands to any.
thing; should necessity demand it. In
short sort OF universal genuius
We do not decry the most pains tax
ing aud laborious professional IN.
structions, on the cantrary we favor
it, but for such instructions there
should be a foundation laid--anC
that foundation should be a profOunC
general culture. To afford this cul
ture is the legitimate aim of the
American College These schools
more than any others strive to give
their students varied and genera
culture Of all their mental faculties
10 form the moral habits, and to aROrC
facilities for physical instruction. II
this sense it can be justify claimed
that the development of true man
hood and womanhOod IS their aim anC
theirs only.
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Moral and Religious instruction.

For many years the college has
been under the immediate auspices
of a religious denomination. The
instruction has never been i'm any
degree sectarian or UNCONVENTIONAL
But at present, the church exercises
no control over the course of
instruction or the management of
the college. Each of the members
Of the present faculty are of a diff
terent relie ious persuasion from his
fellows. Although the college work
is not under the direct oversight
and control Of religious denomina-
ton, yet it must not be inferred that
il is a goddess school, that the moral
and eternal interests of our pupils
are neglected We believe that our
young men and women have moral
natures and capacities whose culture
is as essential, if not more so, (at
least it is a more difficult task) than
intellectual culture. Heart culture
and mind culture must be intimate
ly associated.
The man with a fertile mind and
a barren soul is a monster. His
talents only heighten the evil. His
influence is like that of the cold,
dead moon which gives light but
no heat. Nothing springs into life
under lis influence, no blade of
grass shoots up,-shouting an ever
lasting and joyous thanksgiving for
its existence. The tree puts forth
no blossoms, from which are des-
tined 10 grow a rich and abundant
fruitage. The earth seems like her
self, cold and dead, and sterile. The
influence Of a good noble hearted
and true man is like that Of the sun,
warming into life all the animate
objects of nature and causing the
generous earth To- pour forth from
the bosom her bountcous stores.
Mans nature, like the god-hcad. is
triune, body, mind and soul II is
necessary TO cultivate and train
every part 20 reach fhc stature Of
! perfect manhood. Those State in.
stitutons, which, backed by gener.
gNAR AffNNNNAf lNlNNG AHkIH NlION INItIlI
for the development Of the min
and body, vet for fear of the CRY Of
/ "dcnominationalism' neglect that
most important element of cduca.
ton, soul culture arc a curse Ia
our state and a disgrace 90 our poo
| pie Narrow and opc-sided must
that Christianity be whose followers
while in the act Of contemplating
the divine and infinite attributes OF
| deity, the work Of his hands as
showed in the armament above our
heads and the earth at orr feet, the
nature and future existence Of man,
must take as the limits of theii
| horizon the circumscribcd lines oil
their own particular creed How
| rightly has the wise man said, "The
I fear Of the Lord IS the beginning OF
wisdom" Our Faculty is and mnst
always be made up of pure minded,
/ God fearing men and women The
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Musical School.

The West Virginia Normal Musical
school will hold its eleventh session in
the "West Virginia College Building
during the present Summer, beginning
July 18th and closing August 18th.
The object of the Normal is to afford
superior facilities for obtaining a
thorough musical education to such
as are DESTROYS of preparing themselves
for teachers or improving themselves
az amateurs, and to give those engaged
in teaching an opportunity TO famili.
arize themselves with the latest and
most improved method of presenting
musical propositions and conducting
classes, choirs, conventions and giving
instruction in voice culture, Piano
Forte and Organ playing. Any one
desiring any information concerning
the school should write to Prof. j. II
s. Wilson, the principal, at Flem
ington
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improvements on College Building
and Grounds.

During the present summer it is the
desire of the College authorities to
complete the College Building. 1t is
an excellent structure and we'll adapted
to the purposes intended, hut the in.
complete state in which il has been
detrimental to the hest interests of the
school. With it completed, students
will have one of the most pleasant
buildings te be founl in the State.
The campus will also be laid off with
drives and beautifed with ornamental
shrubs and shade trees. The ball
ground will be regularly staked off and
the grove on the campus cleared out,
pruned and filled with rustic benches
On the whole when the College opens
next Fall, it is expected to have the
most beautiful and convenient appoint
ments for n school to be found any.
where in the State.
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q great city is 10 say the least. decided.
Is huz Idou,; an accessible country
residence would be much preferable.
The plateau. a part az which forms the
campus J. Walici in hv two parallel
ranges Ct high hills running from East
10 Wet. Between TIC nils arc found
secluded coves, which from the terraced
appearance of the walls, remind one of
the amphitheatres of the ancieuts, ex.
cept that the sides instead of being
Tired with the sedalia of ardent specta-
tors are here covered with the endless
and seamless carpet Of natures velvety
green. From brow of the hill the view
is picturesque and grand in the ex.
treme. In the West you see the last
golden rays of the sun kissing the neigh
boring hills farewell, TO the South
you are confronted with lofty and
majestic hills In the East for nearly
a distance OF two miles you see plainly
the neat dwellings of our neighboring
villages and its beautiful environments,
displayed upon back ground of
mountains whose tops are lost in the
hazy blue of the distant Alleghenies
Immediately below and in front of us,
we see the plateau, extended as if on
map. Way off to the right, we find
looming up grandly the College build
ing, with the grove and the opposite
hills in the back ground, surrounded
by coy cottages and farmers homes.
Above us the clear blue sky OF even,
ing gracefully bending and envelopiug
the scene, as if in the act of pronounce
ing benediction over all.
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whole atmosphere Of the college j.
laden with the odors OF refined and
Respectable ASSOCIATION. The sur
rounding community is exceedingly
moral. Few, il any temptations %
vice and extravaganza are thrown
in the Nay Of students. Here, i
any where might students b. safely
left 20 themselves in regard 10
morals. Although our surround
ings are so favorable, they can only
exert on indirect, negative infu-
ence. 1t is the policy OF the college
to exert positive influence, in favor
of true religion, hence we desire to
call attention to the special means
OF which we make use, in this
work. Arrangements have been
perfected whereby religious services
conducted by inyited ministers Of
the various denominations will be
held every other Sabbath morning
and evening in the College Chapel.
During their last term sermons were
preached to the students by the
Rev. Jno. L. Reynolds, of Prunty.
town, Rev. +. p. Robertson, of Graf.
ton, and Rev. d. Powell, of Elem.
ington. A Union Sabbath School
is maintained in the Chapel Hall
every Sabbath morning. In this
work the Faculty Of the school are
especially interested, taking upon
themselves great part of the work
OF instruction. 1t has proven very
interesting and it is believed, done
good work during the present term.
Chapel Exercises are held each
morning before the beginning of
the regular studies ofthc day. Upon
all these occasions the students are
required to be present unless excus-
ed, for reasons deemed satisfactory
by the principal. 1t is now under
contemplation to change the order
of work days, to Tuesday, Wednes-
day, Thursday, Friday and Satur.
day. Then the weekly holiday will
fall on Monday. Those at all &C
quainted with the Utmost heart of
college life know the preneness
with which students are apt to pre-.
pare their recitations for Monday
on the Sabbath. Saturday, in fact
becomes the day of rest and the
holy ordinance of the Sabbath, a
strict observance of which is so
necessary to the highest physical,
intellectual and moral manhood and
womanhood is desecrated. All eau
tons not TO study on Sunday are of
no avail. This habit is most common
among the best students. BY this
arrangement the day of rest comes
where it ought to come, Immediately
after a week of labor. For this and
other prudential reasons we have
determined to make the change
from the usual custom. In all the
intercourse of the students with the
Faculty, whether in the classroom
or in casual conversation, only the
true and noble traits of character
are held up to admiration. The
moral influence of a correct study
Of history is fully DEVELOPED. Each
student is made to feel that he can,
if he will, rival any that has pre-
ceeded him, in moral and intel
lectual greatness.
These are some of the methods TO
which we resort to develop the
moral natures Of those who place
themselves under our tuition. May
Gods richest blessing rest upon our
feeble efforts.
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College Discipline.

The government and discipline of
the College students is exceedingly
free and sensible. Only those things
are required that are absolutely neces-
sary to the individual we'll being and
good conduct and tile general interest
of the whole school. The Faculty sees
that each one has plenty to do aud re
quires its prompt performance, and are
thus rid of one Of the principal sources
of misconductin college communities
idleness. In addition, each student is
encouraged to realize and appreciate
his own personal worth and to always,
in all things to act in strict agreement
with the highest manhood and woman.
hood. Again, they are made to feel
that their best interests lie in the same
plane with the Interests of the Faculty
aud the school as body that students
and teachers all alike are fellow
workers in the great field Of intellect
ual effort. In such a college govern
ment there can be no distrust, no dis
sessions, no chickering's. How much
better and more agreeable is it than
that which on the part of the Faculty
consists i'll petty tyrannies and on the
part of the students continued disc
bedience to authority ? Although the
teacher may claim to have almost alb.
solute autocratic power, he should
never never use it. His government
should be thoroughly seasoned with
lustipp and common cameo Thasa ora
the principles underlying the govern
ment of the College, principles which,
if faithfully pursued, can not but tend
to develope within the student that
faculty of sefgovernment, which is its
true aim.
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The Lecture Course

The Lecture course of the College
is a feature worthy of notice. This
system has 70 for proved a complete
success Every lecture delivered the
past year has been especially praise
worthy
The course for the last term was
AZ follows
Prot Alex i. Wade-Subioct
"Hinderances and Helps, 70 popular
Education
Prot. Benz F. Martin, Subject,
'E lements Of Success"
DR. p 3. Ogden. Suject-.Physi.
illogical aud Hygienic effects Of
Alcohol"
Hon Fontaine Smith-A report of
whose lecture you will see in another
column
This course will be continued the
coming year The very ablest and
best informed men Of the State will be
invited to lecture.
The College Teachers Association
also intends 10 establish a Lecture
Course. In addition 20 these, sermons
will be preached, 10 the College Chapel
at regular intervals by the ministers
Of the various denominations