The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-02-09

1t is generally conceded that the
arrest Of student Triplctt was one Of
the most unfortunate affairs that
ever occurred at the University.
He was young man of considera-
BILE talent, a bright mind, and prom
Used to take good standing in the
profession which he had chosen
All who knew him are disposed to
believe that he had no criminal in
tent in the matter OF which he is
charged, although in the eye of the
law he is probably guilty of an Of
Tense thaUwill land him in the pen
itentiary.
Poverty and desire to finish his
course at the University had driven
him to devise some scheme by which
to obtain money. When a man at
tempts anything crooked he general
ly loses his natural wit and discern
ment. Triplett was naturally shrewd
and discerning, but he was either
deiuded so that he did not see the
moral wrong, or he did not know
that he was committing civil
wrong. He was probably trying to
quiet his conscience with the belief
that he could get the books. sell
them, and pay for them before any
inquiry would be made into the
crooked manner of getting them.
Nevertheless he has ruined his
prospects for life by this one trip or
mistake. 1t will be warning to his
fellow students they will not soon
forget, and if it only serves to teach
them that the man who tries to profit
by any kind Of dishonesty is fool,
the sad misfortune to Mr.. Triplett
will not be without some good in it.
The West Virginia University.
We reproduce from the University
Athcnaeun, a review of the several
departments Of the University. which
will be found on the first page.
The review is complete with the
exception of the Law Department,
which, is one of the most prominent
and prosperous Departments of the
University. This will appear in a
future issue. This review is inter
esting and instructive to the general
reader, because it gives an inside
glimpse of the machinery and opera
tions of the States chief educa-
tional institution. And no one
who has had the opportunity of
making a comparison between our
own and other State institutions
will have any reason to feel ashamed
of ours. 1t has been the testimony
of students who have come here
from other institutions or gone from
heie to others, that better and more
thorough work is done here, and the
student has better chance than
in some larger places. This is the
testimony of Prof. N. M. Waters,
whose letter in the New DOMINION
was published last week, and who has
lately been making critical exam
nation of the workings of one of the
most distinguished institutions in
the United States-Harvard college.
Prof. Waters was graduated from our
University few years ago, and is a
young man of culture and good judg.
ment; and his testimony to the effect
that he would prefer the West Vir-
ginia University to Harvard College
except for a postgraduate course, is
high, and we believe, a well de
served compliment to the former.
What our University most needs
is better equipments-better libra
ries, better apparatus for some of the
departments, good gymnasium, and
some other collateral attractions fol
the students, and then it will rank
with the best. 1t is getting these
things gradually, and as it grows
elder will doubtless become possess
ed of all that it needs.
The GubernatOrisai Ou tlOOk.
The excitement over this matter