The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-07

in regard to the dancing school at
the University and will be as brief
as possible.
/ quote from his last letter refer
ring to the West Point Academy and
and the Annapolis Naval School. He
says: ''If it be any of these, the
people would perfectly agree to dane
ing at the West Virginia University"
Your correspondent has trapped him
self here and if there we're any argn
ment in his article-but there is not
this acknowledgement would de-
feat all else that he has written.
If dancing is necessary to mill
tary education at West Point, which
he admits, then it is just as necessary
in the Military School at the Univer
sity; for the regents divided the Uni
versity into several distinct schools.
The military department is a sep
arate and distinct school under Lieut..
Wilson, a graduate of West Point.
With your correspondents course of
reasoning any one might object to
the teaching of Anatomy and Physi-
ology at the University, for the rea-
son that it is not a medical school.
The people of West Virginia desire
that every department should be
thorough, and / believe the military
department will be as thorough I'M
der Lieut.. Wilson as it is at West
Point. again quote: land uphold
dancing because it is taught at Mil
itary Schools" His reasoning may
be good enough "but Napoleon re-
fused to dance, and said that man
was not made to dance" Great
Moses what has Napoleon to do with
the West Virginia University? What
do the students or the faculty of the
University care what Napoleon said
or did?
But if we need the opinion of mill
tary heroes upon the subject; let us
take those for whom we do care! Let
us take a man whom we should cher
ish in our memories as the brightest
star in the galaxy of American heroes.
A man whose character bears not a
single stain, and man whom our
fathers have taught us to take for
our model. ] refer to our immortal
Washington. He said, Dancing is
an innocent amusement, and all
young persons should learn who have
an opportunity"
Now let us come down to our pres
ent illustrous heroes, such as Grant,
Sherman, Sheridan, Hancock and a
host of others! They have all learn
ed to dance. Again l quote: $50
to the leading and colleges
such as Harvard, Yale, &c, and see
what per cent of these teach dane
ingw
Why my dear Sir the University
don't teach dancing. But the fac
ulty have followed in the footsteps
of Harvard, Yale and many other
first class colleges, and have simply
passed an order permitting the cadets
to attend dancing school. This is
not the first time our University boys
have attended dancing school. A
dancing teacher from Baltimore
taught class l believe while DR..
Martin was President, and no doubt
the students had the Doctors consent
for attending and yet he was Meth
odist Minister. This is the fourth
winter the present teacher has taught
the students: two terms while Dr.
Scott acted rs president, and with
his sanction, and one term while the
Rev. j. R. Thompson was President
and with his hearty appreciation
He was also Methodist Minister.
Again I quote: "What Ministers
I have listened to, / never heard Of
but one single denomination uphold
dancing" Why a majority of oul
greatest pulpit orators favor dane
ing such as Beecher, Talmage, j. r
Thompson and host of others, and
believe it to be branch of education
Again 1 quote: "The people Of
the community of Hallack whom La
mona referred to as lacking in intel
ligeucew 1 did nothing of the kind
Nor did / say anything that could bt
construed to mean any such thing
I am acquainted with a number Of
the Halleck people and know them
to be as intelligent as those of any
other rural district in the county
and l also know that some people
there as we'll as everywhere else allow
themselves to be governed by preju
dice. / again quote: sour state
University as we'll as all other insti
buttons of the people of free country
certainly may be criticised by the
people whenever they see fit to criti
cise."
Yes! We are now realizing the re-
suit of the 'criticism" of the republi
can press of West Virginia for a par
tisan purpose which has undoubtedly
injured the University to consider
able extent. And now this man de
sires to work upon the prejudice of q
certain class of people to still injure
it more.
This idea of Monongalia county own
ing the University and the people OIL
the county having the right to dictate
how it shall be managed has already
worked serious injury to the Univer-
sity and it has already brought forth
a proposition to remove it from oui
county. And few more criticisms
or-meddlings is my term for it-by
the citizens of our county may rouse
such feeling in the breasts of the
authorities that they will remove it to
Wheeling, where the citizens are will
ing to let the faculty manage it with
ont anv side maddlinO