The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1889-06-12
The Lecture Course.

Within the past year our people
have been treated to number Of
very interesting and instructive lee
i lures given under the auspices Of 4
| special COMMITTEES cs students, and
also in part under the auspices OF
the literary societies Of the Universs
i ity. The regular Eureka course
inaugurated BY Messrs. Pell and
Corbly was arranged as follows:
These gentlemen, having submitted
1 their scheme to President Turner,
who approved it in full, subscribing
| $40 towards defraying the expenses,
arranged with the Lyceum Bureau
| the following program to be filed by
them as per original agreement:
John Dewitt Miller, Philadelphia,
Nov. %, '88. Subject, aLoye, Court
ship and Marriage. $40
DR.. a. a. Willis, Louisville, Jan.
| 3, '89. Subject. ssSnnshine. . $75.
{ Samuel F. Leland, Chicago, jan.
80, '89. Subject aWorld Making
| $50.
Prof. w. p. Wiley, Morgantown,
Feb. II, '89. Subject, There's
Woman Id It. Free.
Robt. Nourse, Washington, D. G.,
! March /, 80. Subject, aJohn and
! Jonathan. SIS.
The expenses Of these gentlemen
while with US were to be paid by the
committee. The proposition was
submitted to the literary societies
and to the churches of the town, who
assumed, each--the societies conn
bined and the churches combined
one third Of the responsibility, the
| societies to do no work. Tickets
we're put on sale for $3.50 for the
season, or $3.50 for a gentleman and
his wife or 'fair' company. Under
the successful work of Mrs. D. B.
Purinton and. Mrs. Google, to whom
the lecture course owes not little
| for its success, ii numberfof tickets
were sold. The regular committee
used their utmost energies to per-
suade the opponents Of the enter
prise that it was feasible land merit
ed support. Not a few doses of cold
water was poured upon the matter,
| but still it survived. Late in the.
season it was found that several who
had bought tickets for themselves
and girls, had let the fair Miss go
and specialized upon their tickets
by selling them at single rates, so
| cents each. The names not being
( printed on them, the scommittee
could but let it remain so. Owing
It'd some unavoidable impediments,
DR. Willis failed TO reach us in Jan
nary, and Nourse was transferred to
that date Later in the season, DR..
| Willis services being ii constant
demand heaylf &C Shis gentleman
decided Id could not come to Nor
gantoWn, thuA ignoring his contract.
The services Of several excellent
men were profered the committee at
one-half what che Doctor demanded,
but they had promised pr. Willis
to our people, and for him they me-
gotiated and finally secured his SER
vices for April 16 at$75, by taking
him on April ~ 1t $40. To meet
the responsibilities b. this additional
lecture, Messrs. Elliott, Myer, Roe
mer, Mckay, Trotter and jackson
each took ninth risk with the COM
mittee. To meet theresponsibilities
of DR.. Nourse's second. lecture--he
having stayed the second evening
for $6O-Prof. Elliott, to whose pro-
gressive spirit tide committee owes
more than to any. other outside
source, assumed a third risk. The
five lectures Of the regular course
cost $305, including expenses for
music $25, janitor fee $40, printing
and other incidentals, Not aware
of the amount Of a few bills not re-
ceiyed till the course had closed, the
committee were gratifieda to state on
the last evening that the expenses
would all be met without any sacEi-
fee. When all bills were paid, the
fund failed to meet it, not because
sufficient funds had moi been sub
scribed, but because tickets to the
amount of $20.75 were. left in the
hands of men who refused to reply
when notified men whom the COM
mittee regarded as good as cash.
This includes only these whom the
committee notified. Others will set
tie when called upon, it is known.
Truly it is hoped that this is mat
ter of neglect on the part of the for
mer,but evidently they do not know
that some students furnish their own
money and need every dollar of it.
The committee makes this report
not by way of dun or complaint, for.
they are pleased with the success at
tending the enterprise, and the inter
est manifestedby the better class Of
people. To Prof. Wiley, DR.. Turner,
D. B. Purinton and wife Mrs. Koo-
gle and all other ladies who assisted,
among whom was Miss Iinnie Al
lender, Prof Elliott, and the gen
tlemen on last named committee
above, those who assumed the re-
sponsibility of the course desire to
express their kindest thanks, and
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