The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-06-13
THE DANClRG QUESTION SET.
TIED.
We Hope to the Satisfaction of the
Beligerants,
And the Relief of Our Readers.

that L Wouiu not Write again Tor
fear your readers would become
disguised with It as the readers of
a paper did with the story of the
short horn bull But as your cor
respondent has again cast his slurs
at the Faculty, md as no member
of the Faculty could stoop to reply,
| deem it my duty to correct the
false impressions this man is try
ing to make. He says IF he ac-
knowledges there was no connec-
ton of the Faculty with the dane
ing club, &c, but this he cannot
do. Webster defines connection
coined to, !" therefore there was no
connection uuless the Faculty be
ionged to or joined the club. AS
the Faculty had nothing to do
with the club, except to give their
permission for such a club to be
formed, | can aad do say, there
was no connection, and any one
who says there was states a false
hood. Again | quote Il know of
no Alumnus, Regent or member
of the Faculty that can add to
add to his name the degree that
Mr.. Vail can. " The Faculty does
not need this title; if they did they
could soon get it, because several
theological schools are very liberal
in bestowing this title. and num-
Der of persons have ID. d. attached
to ther names who never grad
uated at any college But some
members of the Faculty have de
grees honestly earned that this
man Vail does not possess, and
some of them are the peers of the
best college instructors in America.
The Faculty, as a body, ranks
above an average with the Faculties
of American colleges. Your cor
respondent criticises my use of
such EXPLANATIONS as Great Mo
SEES" etc. If was discussing this
question with an educated gentle
man ! would not use such terms.
| will not criticise his grammatical
errors, but leave that for school
boys and girls. Such phrases as
"see mems opinions, Takes Tai
mage for his bible, " The Capital
of Brussels The Capitalof Breus-
sells at a dance, "hard sense,
ETC., are certainly very elegant.
He has no culture or refinement
or he would not attempt to dictate
to the Faculty, who are as far greater
than him in education, culture and
refinement as the river is than the
tiny rivulet.
He is very lax in morals as his
letters fully demonstrate. Be
sides his attempts at deception, he
does not have much regard for
truth or he would not say the Fac
ulty was connected with the dane
ing club. ''He could not find one
or two more Republican presi-
dents of the University" THE
people of Herculaneum and Pom
pei were dancing, and they were
buried forever. There is no evil
dence to prove that they were
dancing, and Kotzibue says They
must have been forewarned, for
nearly all escaped" but what has
Herculaneum and Rompeii to do
with the students dancing club. He
tries to make capital out Of a quo
tation from my last as follows
"My history says. Webster de-
fines my" belonging to me"
Then if | buy history and pay
for it, it is mine, and | have a
right to say "'my history.
He had better learn the meaning
Of words before he attempts to criti-
else. That little ehusion begin
ming cit never won victory on the
field of battle" &C., is very nice,
but do you know you have COM
mitted plagiarism in not giving the
althor-credit f., it, and plagiarism
is regarded as, a crime in some
States, and the penalty is fine and
Imprisonment. He says "Tal-
mage seems to be his bible Not
so; l take Gods bible, for my
guide, and | cannot find, a single
sentence in that holy book that
condemns dancing quoted from
Talmage because his opinion coin
cides with the opinions of four
fifths of the educated and rehped
people of the globe on this SUBJ
ject. All students must have
physical exercise, and if number
of them form a dancing club and
take their exercise in this way,.it
does not interfere with other stu
dents who do not wish to dance.
Any one outside of the Regents
and Faculty who attempts to die
tate what kind of physical exer-
else the student must or must not
indulge in, is an intolerant idiot
l have therefore, shown that all
military schools teach dancing as
branch of education | have shown
that our best colleges permit stu
dents to form dancing clubs; l
have shown that majority of
christians tolerate dancing; ! have
shown that Washington, the great
est moralist America ever produc-
ed, favored dancing l have shown
that Talmage, the greatest living
divine, favors dancing. Notwith-
standing all these, this great Mo-
gul puts his judgment against the
judgment of the Faculties of a
majority of our colleges against
the judgment of immortal Wash
ington; against Talmage, and next
| expect to hear of him finding
fault with Jesus Christ for not con-
demning it.
To christian people who believe
dancing to be wrong ! wish to