The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-03-02
University Notes.


Quite an intelligent ana attentive
audience assembled In the Chapel
Hall Friday evening at z O'Clock to
witness the second Senior perform
ance of the year.
The Juniors were present to usher
and oversee all matters relating to
the comfort Of those present.
The exercises began promptly at
tbs and were very interesting to all
present except few gentlemen y
who with alarm clock, horn, DC, in
sisted that such occasions should be
Invested of all respectful decorum
and honest regard for the Seniors
and those who have. learned to APP
preciatc literary performances. We
are in possession of the names of
these gentlemen as directed by prop
er authority and hope they are not
supposing an innocent young man
suffers accusation for their thought
lcssness.
Mr. Corpening opened the exer-
cises with an essay "The Panama
Canal the key note of which was
"A Near CUT very illustrative of
Mr. CTS plain, practical, and ingen-
ious way Of putting his English into
composition His manner was quite
easy, his voice clear and distinct,
his production historical, discursive
and instructive. He compared the
expense of this great enterprise with
its Importance, cited other similar
feats of making canals regarded
heretofore impossible, and prophc-
sled the suspension of work upon
this enterprise till the prospective
Nicaragua canal would prove to
ambitious spectators the feasibility
of such plan, His essay showed
careful research for facts and re-
flected credit upon the performer.
Mr.. B. G. Anderson, the youngest
member of the class, followed with
an grafton, "Earth's Battle Fields. "
Mr.. A. has very easy and COM
posed manner; his gestures are very
natural, his voice not full but clear,
and commands the attention of his
hearers from the very beginning.
He compared the life Of nations
with that of man, giving brief
sketch of the periods when but little
is required to turn the tide of exist
ence toward ruin or toward honor,
showing that at these points bat
tie of some kind must be fought, and
how much Importance is connected
with the result He pointed out a
few very good historical examples
and put them in logical connection
to elucidate his subject, and con
cluded by emphasizing the impor-
lance of victory for the right when
each individual is left to decide upon
his final course 10 life.
Mr.. Finnell was t. next perform
err. We have not been able to secure
his production.
The fourth on the program was
Mr.. Jackson who delivered an ora
ton on Napoleon" Not having
identif fed himself with either of the
literary societies for some time Mr..
j. surprised his hearers by practic-
ally demonstrating that it is not all
learned in the literary societies.
His appearance was very graceful,
his voice full and clear, his gestures
though little stiff, were very ap-
propriate and his subject matter
very well arranged, stripped Of all
winged flights of oratory and free
from all useless metaphors, he treat
ed his subject in practical and dig
nified manner, made his pictures of
appropriate colors and enliyened
them with earnestness and action.
He represented the moral and social
traits of Napoleon's character by
historical references and kept the au-
dicnce in close sympathy through
out by the natural and logical con
nection of his thoughts and the apt
manner of putting them. 1t was a
pleasing production.
The third essay was read by Mr..
Hare, subject Greatness" All who
have heard Mr. II. have learned to
expect something good when his
name is called for public perform
ance, and they were not disappoint-
ed this time. He treated his sub
ject under three heads Greatness of
Action "Intellectual Greatness
and "Moral Greatness"
His production was severely original
interpersed with apt quotation, and
illustrated by appropriate charac-
tiers, language smooth, sentences
neatly cut and logically arranged,
could not but please the intelligent
hearer. Especially was his briei
sketch of Moral Greatness beautiful
clear and interesting He closed
with the choice quotation:
'sThe tissues of the life to be.
We weave with colors all our own,
And in the field of destiny,
We reap as we have sown.
Mr. Rankin delivered an Grafton
"a Name in his usual earnest style
which commands the respect of his
audience at once. Though scien-
tific student, he seems at home as an
orator. His gestures are emphatic
but rather limited in range. He APP
piled his subject to the prospective
change Of the name Of our State, and
after tracing our history as State
from birth to its present state OF
childhood, the origin of our present
name and the cause ofthe prospective
change, he made some happy hits,
some suggestive illusions and
brought in the verdict, "West Vir-
ginia Still and West Virginia Ever
more.
Mr.. Heiner read an essay, bat we
failed to get copy to present q
sketch of it here.
Mr.. Lindemuth read the last es-
say on the program, subject "Goethe. =
Mr.. L. rather surpassed himself in
his performance. He read very well
and evinced a thorough acquaint-
ance with the character he was pre-
senting, both as aman and scholar,
poet and scientist. His compar-
isons with other writers were care.
fully drawn and well selected. II
was a very good presentation of Tho
life Of this prince Of German poets
lin brief.
Mr.. LIS voice il not heavy. but