The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-10-17

BIZ OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.

By OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.
President Turner is growing bet
ter and hopes to be able to resum
his duties at no far distant time
While bis sickness has been widel'
regretted in the institution, his plac
has been admirably filled by Vice
President Reynolds, who in connec
ton with his regular class work ha
discharged the now comparatively
few duties of president, as well al
the head of the institution coulC
himself have done. Prof Reynolds
is man of many excellent qualities
and has the happy faculty of gaining
the respect and good will Of the boys
rather than antagonizing them al
first interview.
The progressive men of the Uni
versity, and by progressive men We
mean, the energetic professors act.
ually in charge of departments, are
maturing a system of University ex-
tension work that bids fair to be oil
much benefit not only to the people
of the State, but to the institution
which they represent as we'll. The
details of their plans havenot as yet
been given to the public. but it seems
to be their object for each man to
prepare a series of lectures on some
interesting topic connected with his
own special work, and deliver them
in the different towns of the State as
he may be requested. The subjects
to be made plain and thereby inter
esting to popular audience and the
cost of each lecture to be so light as
to be easily within the reach of the
people.
The advantages of such a system
are easily seen to be various; for ex-
ample the professor of Geology could
give the people a fair practical
knowledge of this important subject
in series of lectures that could be
made entertaining in the extreme,
and by the way this is subject upon
which the people at large are pro
foundly ignorant and yet it is one Of
the utmost Importance to West Vir-
ginia and upon which no man who
expects to figure in either the bust
ness or education of the country can
afford to have little knowledge. Or
the professor of English could enter
tain the people on questions of past
or cotemporaneous literature, or the
professor of Biology could instruct
in ordinary Hygiene and Physiology,
or the professors oflaw could give in
a few popular lectures, much needed
information on a subject which all
men are presumed to know, but
which probably no man thoroughly
does.
Again this would advertise the
University by showing to the people
that this institution contained not
one or two but quite number of men
who are learned and able.
1t would interest the young men
of the State in higher education and
thereby attract more students TO our
institution in a few weeks than the
half efforts of one man could bring in
a century. 1t might even after
trial enable us to do away with our
department, thing that
must eventually be done if we hope
to keep pace with the best insti-
buttons in their progress toward
higher education.
We have failed to notice in the
columns of the republican press any
whatever of recent
act of the regents. Some months be-
fore when few desirable changes
were made in the institution they
raised great howl, because our
chairs were not each and every one
filed with men of their political COM
plexion, seeming to forget that they
have already representation of five
instructors not to speakSof one other
parsonage who seems to be
with them in appearance if not in
truth. They have absolutely and
totally forgotten that number of
years ago, when by a suppression of
her free suffrage the state was re-
publican, Pinkerton detective with
all the modern appliances could
scarcely have found solitary demo
crat in this State University. The
Of these newspapers is
sublime, it reminds US of
an old adage recently renovated that
runs in this wise:
When the Devil is out,
The Devil reformer would be
But when the Devil was in
A Devil of reformer was he.
1t seems to be popular inquiry
why the commandant does not wear
his uniform, he seems to be exacting,
almost severe in his requirements
from the cadets, and it has been haz-
arded by a bold officer that a good
example might not be out of the way,
the same officer proposes to write to
the war department and "see." In
such case he will very probably not
he able to see the shoulder straps on
his drill coat.
The great game of base ball be-
tween the would be petafoggers and
The prospective pill vendors took
place last Friday afternoon. 1t was
q sight for the gods, when the report
er fled (on account of sundry re-
marks about the sixth inning, they
had scored some half hundred runs
between them. The remarkable feat
nres of the game were Prices demur
TO the decision of the umpire and the
manner in which the rep
from Preston demonstra-
tee that the proper way to play in
his country was to catch the ball
on the first bounce and then "cross
OUT the base runner.
The Phi Kappa 81 fraternity is
''right in it." We are proud of her.
Prof Ogden, of the department of
is making every effort to
provide for the comfort and advance
ment of the classes. He will provide
tables for his lecture room at an ear
ly date, IN order tnat MS pupils may
be enabled to take notes to better
advantage. The English society of
which he is originator and promoter
bids fair to become not only per-
manent organization, but also one Of
incalculable benefit to the student.
Professors Davenport, Anderson,
and Davis, are giving the best of sat
isfaction and are extremely popular