The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-10-05


~Say, NEW DOMINION, why don't
you say there never was as much
building done in ten years as there
has been in the last two years in
this town." said an observant citizen
to us on Monday.
rs that the case" we asked.
1T is So" be replied, sand the
good work still proceeds. But l
want to also venture a prediction.
There will be more building done
here next year than there has been
done in two years.
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They're proud as peacocks; don't
you think SOP remarked a member
of the faculty to us yesterday, mean
ing the new cadets who had just got
ten their new uniforms. when you
see one by himself he looks over as
much of himself as possible and
smiles like dude at swell we'd
ding. They are particularly mani
fest of their gaudiness on the APP
proach of a Morgantown citizen,
probably laboring under the delu-
sion that the said citizen never saw
cadet before. They'll get over
their proclivities of making a show
before the years out"
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EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY.
"How does co-education work at
the University was a question put
to one of the Professors, the other
day.
81 have observed no unusual per-
turbation at the University this
year," said he, mo earthquake, or
cyclone, OF tornado, q anything like
a crash of matter or wreck of worlds.
The young ladies have dropped in
as though they had always been
there, and the young men act as
though they had been expecting
them and were on their good be-
havior."
Indeed continued the Professor,
''if there is any marked effect it is
in the quiet influence acting on the
young men to make them more gen
tlemanly, more circumspect in their
conduct, less boisterous and more
careful both of their dress and be-
havior. In the classes in which la
dies are entered, the professor is re-
lieved altogether of any care for the
demeanor of the young men, and
very largely of any necessity of spur.
ring them up to diligence in their
studies"
"Then you have had no inconven.
fence or friction on account of the
mingling of the sexesY' queried the
scribe.
Absolutely none There is too
much chivalry in the young man of
this day to make himself offensive in
any degree to young lady, and
there is too much self respect in the
average young lady to allow herself
TO appear to young men in any other
light than as lady. / don't say that
there may not be found exceptions
to this rule, and that, in the course
of years, an exception will not turn
up now and then in the University,
but the exception will only make the
rule more pronounced. The tenden-
cy of co education will not be toward
infringement Of the rule, but rather
toward confirming these relations
between young men and women
There is no place in which young
men and women are thrown together
where the surrounding sentiment is
likely to be more emphatic and
steadfast in support Of high sense
of dignity and discreet behavior be-
tween the sexes. The mere suspi-
cion of looseness in the relations of
any young man or woman would
create breeze that would blow
from every point of the compass at
the same time. And it is the very
fear of this sentiment, and the ALSO
lutte certainty of exposure that make
young men and young women who
are together in an institution espe-
cially discreet and careful of their
conduct In fact this is one of the
most valuable features in the plan
of co-education-that it develops a
nice sense of propriety in both
sexes
"How do the young ladies compare
with the boys in their studies?"
"Oh, there is very little difference
in the capacity of the two sexes
the young ladies are generally more
studious, and apply themselves with
more uniformity to careful prepar-
alton of their lessons, but it all de-
ponds on this, who goes ahead in
class whether it be boy or girl.
Co-education has many advantages
and no special disadvantages" con
cluded the Professor
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