The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-12
THE UNIVERSITY.

Regents, Attention! Debnuchery ofStu.
dent Encouraged by Some OF the Pro.
fcssors.
To he Editor d the IuhLGs7,ca.
SlR:-Facts are facts and ought to be
known. The Board Of Regents need to
know lscss and, knowing them, they ought
to take them into consideration next June.
Tha! it may be plain 10 the reader it is
here worthy OF remark that it has been
the custom for the Commandant Of Cadets
and the Chairman OF the Faculty to try
cadets for all offences. A cadet may be
guilty o! q crime that would cause him to
be dismissed from the corps and yet rightly
would be allowed foreman in school. But
when the otfenEe is OF a more general char.
acter 1t has been q custom OF the Faculty
to investigate the matter and determine
whether OF not the perpetrator merits dis.
missal from the school.
Some dsya ago 8 strange phenomenon
appeared. Z. II. RAIDER was DISCHARGED
from the corps for drunkenness, &c. The
faculty by their actions seemed 10 think
that this ctense ought not affect his
s~trdentship. So strong was this idea that
1t predcminated for weeks. Perhaps the
unfavorable criticism Of the State press. the
people Of the town and the better class OF
students, led them to the conclusion that
it was not such 9 little misdemeanor alter
all.
Do We not wonder at such a state of at.
iairs? Our first answer would DO yes. Bat
let us reflect. Birds Of a feather flick
together" A professor ofthe University was
seen drunk at the Wallace House last
June by q member Of the Board OF Regents.
Another regent declined an invitation TO
the barroom by the same professor. Wheth-
er others declined or accepted we ere not
able 10 cay, but We are able to say where
such q professor would "tlock" and what
class OF students he would be likely 10 ia.
yor at the University. We only speak OF
this to remind the regents OF q train oil facts
which We hope they will remember next
June. accidentally saw q professor Of the
University take q dram OF whisky in his
ciass room. Is it difficult to tell with whom
he would tlock??" Some time ago some
one truthfuliy stated in one of the Morgan.
town papers that some Of the students were
hab!tuaily getting drunk. A professor OF
the University said that he would bs one
Of a dozen men who would tar and feather
the maj who wrote the article. Is ii spsiu
difficult to tell where he would "hock?n
Taking into consideration that two OF the
partly described gentlemen practice as
their motto rule or ruin" let Us again ask
the question, do we not wonder ut such a
atstc of affairs?
Major Lee has been doing what he could
10 purify the Cadet Corps and ferret out
the boys who have been in all kinds Of
mischief. He has thereby incurred the
ill.will and hatred Of three or four mem
bers Of the faculty. These three or four are
the came as referred to as being fond OF the
bottle, &c. Shall We name them No, we
guess they will recognizes themselves. II
they cannot, we will willingly in the near
fu;ule, describe them more fully. We pro.
pose in a series OF letters to state some facts
to the Boardo OF Regents, hoping by so doing
aid will be rendered them in determining
where the trouble lice, as they can certainly
seethere is trouble somewhere.
Asto whether the s.uden.s who have been
here tour or i've year0, Gud members OF the
Alumni, are likely to knoY anything about
the needs OF The school, We will discuss In
q future article. Also how it is that the
faculty Of to-day differs SO much from the
faculty Of four years ago when there have
been but two or three ohangea in their
members You KNOW.
MorgGntoun, Nay 1854,