West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-06-05
THE WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY.
Correspondence u the AE0Us

correspondence u the ARGUS.
Verify 1.-The world do move"
Seldom in the history OF the ".
V. T., has it had such a gala day
as last Friday. On that day West
Virginia Alpka, of the Phi Hqppa
Pri fraternity, was instituted by
SIR. Ernest N. Stires, of Yirginia,
Alpha, on the University Of Virgi-
ginia, assisted by Rev. A. NJ. Buck
hanon. formerly of Penna., Alpha.
of Wash. - JET. and at present
Pastor of the Presbyterian Church,
of Morgantown. After the "goat"
had performed his work on thirteen
hereafter loyal PMS PSis, BIZ.
Stires and the new initiates with an
equal number of the young ladies,
on account Of whom Morgan
town is far famed, Rev. Buckhanon
and wife and Prof. r. O. Berkeley
sat down to such banquet as is
rarely seen. This was disposed of
with the ayidity that can be found
only in half starved college stu
dent and was followed by numerous
toasts proposed by Rev. Buckhanon
and responded to by Mr.. Stires and
the fr0treS. Towards the small
hours the assembly adjourned, all
uniting in saying that 1t was one of
the most pleasant, successful and
distinguished banqucts the cath
ems has ever witnessed.
The members are TO be congratu-
lated on gaining entrance to one Of
the most prosperous and conscrva-
tive Greek Letter Fratcrnaties in
the country, and they consider That
their success indicates more than
anything else for years the reputa-
ton tho W. Y. u. is acquiring, not
only at home, but even to the most
extreme western borders. Steady
work has been done for months to
secure q chapter here and it was
only after the petition had been
carefully considered and the merits
Of our school discussed carefully ana
conscicntiously b. every chapter in
the U. S. that the Request was
granted By q unanimous vote. At
the same time a petition from Yale
LRwSchool was refused. This occur
renee means that our College is to
come into clover relationship with
Colleges oil over the country and
shows that we arc not ograding.
1t is said that the petition was rec
commended the strongest OF any in
the memory Of the members OF the
entire society. The Frat. ia com
posed Of 3. Davenport and Z. II.
Nickers, OF Jefferson; C.. L. Duyail,
of Berkeley; +. w. Clark of Wetzoi;
ii. G.. Stifel and W. G. Never. of
Wheeling; R.L.Fleming, of Monon-
gala: II. i. Smith, OF Penna.; L.
q. Reynold Of kcyscr; J. ". Paul.
Z. Il, Hartman, :. ". Graham and
j. K. Tr0ttcr. of Preston. The
fraternity has some Of the best men
in college, and starts ont with every
indication that 1t will be pleasant,
profitable and successfui.
The Cadet Corps will attend the
Decoration ceremonies at Grafton
and will wakcn up the old town
with the boom Of their cannon.
The Commencement Da{1g Will
be edited this year ~ Mr.. S. J.
CorbIy, of Tyler County. and j. e.
Trotter, of Preston, and bids fair to
be superior to last years paper.
The indications compel us to
think that this year wall be termi-
nate by one of the most successful
commandments in the history Of
the W. Y. U.
One Of the most important feat
ures Of that week viii be the lee
ture, "Acres Of Diamonds''to be de-
liyorod Monday evening by Russell
l.. Conwell. of Philo. 1t is antici-
pated that it Will be the equal and
probably the superior Of any other
lecture Morgantown ever had.
If any desiring to attend com
mencement will so inform DR.. Tur-
ner, he will receive an order, on the
presentation Of which at any point
on the b. 81 o., tickets for Morgan
town may be had at reduced rates.
Let Preston turn ont en- massc oil
this auspicious day.
May 2G1890. JUNirs.