The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-12-07

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No time has been designated by
the Regents of the University as to
when they will meet to choose sue
cessor to DIR. Purinton. All the curl
osity Of an expectant public or the
suspense of aspiring candidates have
no effect on the men who control the
destinies of the institution. Proba-
bly,, too, it is none of our business
either to inquire or comment, but
many is the man hereabouts who
says to his neighbor with inquisitive
frequency, "who do you suppose will
be the new MANI" and the echo to
the inquiry is the sole answer.
So
The man whose conversation is
habitually chaste and pure, from
whose lips no corrupt communication
proceeds and whose words tend to
make the nearer better rather than
otherwise, is a man who knows how
to talk and what to say. One is al
ways in good company when in the
company of such man. His socie-
ty is worth having and contact with
him will have an elevating effect.
But do our people realize these facts,
or, realizing them, care to profit by
them? l am afraid that in many
cases they do not. How many men
of this town, whose language is al
ways characterized by is purity, are
very unpopular Is such case a
proper condition Of well-regulated
society?
So
What consistency can there be
in those persons who in the spring
time were loud in their demands for
improvements; who said we were
getting into almost as sad a plight
of back-numberness and has been
ness as Fairmont; who said we must
have big gas fambeaus on the streets;
who said our pavements we're dis
grace to the town; who said that a
few ofthe streets should be extended;
who insisted on the fire plugs pro-
lection; and now growl and swear
and kick like bay steers because the
municipal tax levy is raised a few
notches. Probably these same people
suppose that improvements rear
themselves after the surprising. fash
ion of the mushroom. improvements
cost lmoney. Our tax is low in
comparison to the rapid strides of
improvement which have taken
place in the past year and no one
who has the progress of the town at
heart will grumble,
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There are now in Morgantown 10
bicycles and twice that many bicy-
clists and the number of wheels sold
for delivery in the spring will foot
up total of about 80 machines at
that time. The interest in bicycling
increases all over the country and
am glad to note that it is far from
diminishing here. 1t is the plan for
both the old riders and embryos to
form branch of the League of
American Wheelmen here during
this winter and arrange for a series
of tours, to begin in the early spring
Bicycling is, by all odds, the most
enjoyable of pastimes and for many
purposes the most practical mode of
locomotion, but is made trebly in
teresting and enjoyable when a mum,
Der of wheelmen band together in a
well organized association and all
take the trips together. 1t is a
beautiful and inspiring sight to see
a long procession of wheelmen in
line and the participants in the
sport will try to make the procession
here as long as possible the coming
season.
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All this hue and cry and hey day
about the first year co education was
experimental with at the w. V. u.
how ignominous and complete fail
ure it would prove is shining ex-
ample of how folks occasionally will
reckon without their host. Now /
want to state a few facts, not to dis
courage the male portion Of the
school, but to show up the opposition
to co education who stated that the
girls could not possibly make their
standings without going through
the preparatory department. Prob
ably that departments doors are
closed to knock co-education ever
lastingly and forever in the head.
But listen: In the class of mathe-
matics coed got the best marks at
the recent examinations; in Latin a
lady carried off the honors; no man
made the high mark in Greek; in
botany a coed was made happy from
the fact that she beat all the boys,
and in zoology the laurels of
best term standing and examination
were awarded,to sweet butstudious
lassie. That don't resemble a
co educational failure from the view
/ have of it, and that's a plenty