Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-08
BETHANY'S JUBILEE.
Celebrating the Fiftieth Year of the Col
lege-An Interesting sketch.

The jubilee commencement of Beth
any College begins June Is and ends
June IS. The first session of the Col
lege began November l, 1S41, and closed
July 4, 1912. The charter had been Sc
cured by John C. Campbell, Of Wheel
ing, from the Legislature of Virginia.
The first faculty was composed as fol-
| lows: Alexander Campbell, President
and Professor of Mental Science, includ-
ing Logic, Rhetoric, Moral Philosophy,
! Political Economy, and Sacred History;
A. f. Ross, Professor of Ancient Ian
guages; Charles Stewart, Professor OF
Mathematics: Robert Richardson, Pro
fessor of Chemistry; w. K. Pen
dleton, Professor Of Natural
Science, Astronomy and Natural
Philosophy; w. w. Eaton, Professor of
English Literature. Mr.. Campbell was
in the prime of splendid life. He was
fifty years old, having spent thirty years
in teaching, in editorial work and in
preaching. He was from one of the
great Scottish universities: he had trav-
eled much, and had wide and varied
experience He left the impress OF his
great intellect on the college. His as
sociates were young men-all under
thirty years of age. They had TO make
a name for themselves, and they made
! it. They were enthusiastic and pro-
greSsive. Bethany had breadth from
the first; Bethany is broad yet She
revereS the past, but is keenly alive to
the present.
Bethany was selected for the site, not
c;,s Il honancn il tho homo of Mr.
| Campbell, but because it was believed
that no healthier climate or lovelier
scenery could be found on the CONT
nent. The students became fascinated
with the place. Visitors are charmed
with its glory and beauty. Like the
city of the great king, Bethany is beau
tiful for situation, the Joy of the whole
| earth.
Bethany has never been without
great teachers. w. X. Pendleton was
here for forty-seven years. He was a
peculiar combination of the scholar, the
student, and the genial gentleman.
His hoSpitable home was open TO all
corners. His guests remember the
hOcteS dmbrOSidlld spent under his roof
and in his society and that Of his ac-
complished family. Robert Richardson
was associated with Mr.. Campbell for
many years. He was a regular con-
tributor to the Hdrbinger. His style
was as chaste and as classic as that OF
Addison. He was long an efficient and
popular teacher in the college. ChaS.
Louis LooS was here for twenty-five
years. Who does not remember and
| love him? No student could be long
under him without feeling the power
of his noble life. A. E. Dolbear, now
at Tufts College, Boston, and Prof.
Bell invented the telephone simultane-
ously. The first telephone ever
made was tested in the corridor
of Bethany College. Prot. Graham Bell
got the patent and the uSufruct, but no
court can deprive Prof. Dolbear Of
equal honor with Prof. Bell for this in
vention. II. w. Harding was born
teacher. He could make the most diff
cult problems in mathematics as clear
as sunbeam. w. Ell. Woolery, the
third president was worthy of the high
place TO which he had been called.
In fifty years Bethany College sent
out 719 graduates; the whole number of
matricuates is $3.50. Those who re-
ceived part or all of their education in
Bethany are found in all the learned
professions and in all honorable call
ingS. They are editors, shaping public
opinion; teachers, moulding the minds
of the young; physicians, caring for the
sick and the dying: judges on the bench
and lawyers at the bar; ministers OF
the Gospel of Christ; merchants, manu-
facturerS, mechanics, and farmers. 1t
would be easy to fill column after col
umn with the names of these men.
They are in all parts of the United
States and Canada: they are in Europe;
! in China: in India; in Japan; in Korea,
and in Australasia.
The present year is the fiftieth in the
history of this famous college. The
Alumni Association decided two years
ago to have such Il celebration here in
commencement week, as the Panhandle
has never witnessed. Hundreds are COM
ing to relve their college years, to re-
visit the old familiar hauntS, and to re-
new their youth. The campus will be
| full Of strong men and fair women and
bright-eyed children. Many hearts will
swell with Joy and gratitude, and many
eyes will moiSten as old friends clasp
hands again, and as the absent and the
dead are tenderly and lovingly remem-
bered Provision will be made to en-
terrain all who may come. From many
lands messages of good will are coming.
A great gathering is confidently antici-
pated. A feast of good things will be
enjoyed by all. The programme OF the
exercises Of the week is appended:
,su 1891
JUBILEE COMMENCEMENT
Of
BETHANY COLLEGE.
Saturday evening, June 13-Musical concert