Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-06-12
OPEN TO THE GIRLS.
IMPORTANT ACTION BY THB REGENTS OF
THB STATE UNIVERSITY.
OO-EducatOn is Finally to be Established Il
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Graduated at Washington.
Special TsleorOm 10 the Register.

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MoRGANTOwN, June 11.-At last the
battle for cO,education at the State Uni
versity is ended and the admission Of
women TO the school in the near future is
a certainty. 1t was made so by the action
OF the Board of Regents to-day, who, by a
unanimous vote, adopted a resolution
throwing open the collegiate departments
to female students. A bill has been pend
ing in nearly every Legislature for ten
years with this end in view. Once or
twice it has passed the House, but has
always failed in the Senate. A simple
vote has now done all that the legislation
was designed to accomplish.
1t was well known that the friends of
cO-educatiOn would make n desperate eff
fort to carry their pet measure, and a
count Of the Board this morning revealed
the fact that it stood: Johnson, Bennett
Smith, MOreland, French and Schilling-
six in favor of it, and Hays, Kester, Farms
worth, Robinson and Brownfield against
it. Col Dan Johnson started the ball roll
ing in committee by the preparation of g
resolution establishing cO-education pure
and simple in every department of the
school.
The resolution was presented and Col.
Robinson led the fight against it. He Of
fered an amendment fixing the trial where
it should be put in operation as 1890 and
making it dependent on the appropriation
of the Legislature for new buildings for the
accommodation of the young ladies' The
debate was long and spirited, but it was
plain that the friends of c0-educaiion were
at last in the majority and their purpose
could not be shaken.
Finally as a compromise, Mr. Smith
proposed that women be admitted only TO
collegiate departments, Mr. Schilling and
the ants supported the proposition, and in
his form 1t carried by an unanimous vote.
The fight is over, and next fall will see
women students in the walls OF West Vir-
ginia's leading school.
The Board also transacted other import
snt business. The Committee on Build
ings was ordered to draft plan for new
commencement hall, to have a seating ca
pacity of 1, 600, and to cost about $40, 900,
The building will be a large and commo-
dious structure, and will be erected on part
of the ground recently purchased.
John Harvey was reelected Treasurer,
and it was determined to confer the degree
of Doctor Of Divinity on Rev. W. P.
Walker, of Huntington, W. Va.
At the night session the board recOnsid
cred the rules and regulations governing
the school and made several important
amendments.
The ait is full of rumOr5 in regard to the
removal, OF proposed removal, of professors
OF the school. The majority of these re-
sentative of the REGISTER has inform6tiioh
which leads him to believe that no changes
will be made in the regular corps Of in
structOrs. 1t is probable, however, that
the three tutors of the preparatory depart
ment will be dropped, and this work
divided among the professors. 1t can be
positively stated, however, that there will
ne no increase of salary in any such case.
Morgantown is bubbling over with excite
ment tonight in anticipation of the COM
mencement exercises and alumni banquet.
Nearly one thousand strangers from every
section of the State are gathered in the
town and the morning trains are expected
to bring as many more to swell the throng
that will crowd the University buildings
and grounds tomorrow. All day numer-
GUS arrivals of distinguished people have
been refused at the two hotels. Their ac-
commodations are bare and they are over
flowing, while many private houses have
opened their doors to guests. The
exercises of the day consisted of
drill by the cadet corps on the
University campus, aud an immense audi
ence gathered on the beautiful grounds to
witness the graceful evOlutions of the well
drilled battalons of cadets. At o'clock
n. m. the event of commencement week to
all society students, the annual society
contest. came off. The great auditorium,
capable of holding 1, 800 people. was filled
To OVERLOOKING. The Opera House band
of Wheeling furnished music and the
sneakers were introduced by President E.
NJ. Turner. Judge Henry Brannon, Rev.
Mr. Brooks, of Clarksburg, and Rev. MIR.
Walker. of Huntington, acted as judges |
II was exactly $50 when the first declaim-
ar WAS announced, and three hours later |
tbupders ofapplause announced the close of
the debate. The contestants were as fol- |
lows: Defamation, W. NJ. Sivey and G.
p. Warren; Essay, L. J. Corbly and E. ii. |
Vickars; Grafton, J. +. Dawson and NJ D. |
Post: Debate, J. E. Brown and M. F.
Hall. The first named in each instance
was the Parthenon, and the last the Co
lumbian.
The question for debate was:
"Resolred, That the electoral colleges |
sbould he abolished, and the President of
the United States elected directly by the
popular vote"
All the performances were of the highest
excellence and an appreciative audience
gave them careful attention. 1t was few |
minutes after II o'clock when Judge S.
Henry Brannon, speaking for the judges, |
announced the winners. They were: w. |
M. Siyey. Parthenon; f. H. Vickers, Co
lumbian; NJ. D. Post, Columbian; and |
Millsrd Pell, Columbian. 1t gave nine
points out of ten to the Columbian Society. |
The announcements were enthusiastically |
received. and after the publication of the
nrogramme for tomorrow the large audi
ence was dismissed.
The programme Of tomorrow promises
unusual entertainment. At 10 a. NJ.
the graduation class of twelve young
men will deliver their addresses in the
large auditorium. This is the central
event of the week, but it will be doubled
in interest by the grand alumni banquet
at ten O'Clock. The preparations for this
event are elaborate. Not less than two
hundred covers will be laid, and some OF
the most prominent men of the
State will be present The pro-
grsmme is as follows: Address by
Hon. B. S. Morgan, President of the AssO-
ciation. toasts. "The University and its
Future" by f. NJ. Turner; "The Uni
versitv and the State" by Gov. Wilson;
,sTbe University and the Regents" by
Hon, D. D. johnson; "The Scholar in
Politics" by Hon. J. P. DOlllver, of Iowa;
t,'Tbe Ladies'" by MsjoI J. M. Lee; Col
lepe Social Life" by Prof. W. P. Wiley;
''The University and the Literary Socie-
ties y by W. G. Brown. of KingwoOd;
s'NTorcantown." !" by n. NJ. Waters; alum
nj Poem" by W. T. W. Barbe, of Park
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