The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-17
WEST LIBERTY NORMAL.
The twentieth Annual Commence
ment Held Yesterday.
TEN YOUNG TEACHERS GRADUATED.
The Usual Throng Crowds the Old
Hall to suffocation .-- Very Good
Performances by the Graduates.

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imagine a better place lor q college than
West Liberty. There is absolutely
nothing TO distract the mind of the
III -, d. ,.,,i;og ,,l,;oL oro II.
puPl ifo'. 'Ae stusiiea "n''n "t' ~
lotted TO MN. NO more harmful thing
exists in the town than the festive ice
cream saloon. There are no play houses
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iesUi, - y ' ','nl' ''',U .-o.' - e''
be iouna WITHIN the cohhhes OF Llperty
District that any parent should object
In his child being in company with. I'm.
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less Possibly ~ 20 'Na't " "OI-"4 :, y,
two. lhere Is plenty Oh nature lor the
student to commune with, and q finer
display OF natural beauty is not found
elsewhere. Bethany il n similar place,
INT X cannot be saii TO bo moro secluded
from the hustle OF the world and its
affairs.
West Liberty sleeps quiet dreamy
sleep. except about one week in tho
wear. That week is commencement
week and the week for the year 1891
closed with Yesterdays performances,
During the week the people put on their
holiday attire and tho whole country
for miles about comes to town and
brings its dinner and stays for the COM
mencement exercises.
Tho town itself is one OF the Oldest in
this section and has had a college in it
Tor more than fifty years, but not CON
tinuously, MS Bethany has. In the old
grave yard in the lower part OF the
Town arc tomb stones that were put
there before the beginning OF the pres.
emit century. One stone put there in
1899 marks the grave OF one Briggs, who
was killed by the Indians nearby. The
first name Of the deceased has been
eroded by the hand OF time long ago.
But there is but little more OF the town
than there was al the start, though
there have been many new houses built
within the past few years to take the
Mace Of old ones that have outlived
their usefulness, or whose owners have
become possessed Of better allowance
OF TINS w2rlos 5gss oG9as' ,,oo-. ,,,odo 4ha
town ~ I'VE Vest LII Liberty pleasant place
for the weary traveller and commence
ment visitor will have passed out OF OK
istence in few days at most. 1t IS the
Liberty House, and 1t has been oneo
the institutions OF the town Tor years.
1t has only been an open hotel Tor
twelve years, but the proprietor, General
Curtis, has kept an open mouse 1or SUI
dents and professors OF tho college since
early in the ttttles, and there are many
pleasant recollections connected with
the old place. AS soon as the com
mencement now in progress IS over the
old sign in front OF the door, bearing
the very patriotlc legend, Ll0erty
House" Will be chopped down ana the
sign disposed OF: Gcnerm Gurus ms
been in bad health Tor some tlme ana
cannot give the house any attention,
and it is on this account principally
that tho house is to be closed TO the
weary and as home for the students.
General Curtis was able to be about yes
terday, though he was suffering from 9
severe spell OF muscular rheumatism.
THE TWENTIETH COMMENCEMENT.
rommen 1S week is the lively
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week loF NeSt iiDei.y anu eoN'-
mencement day is the big day
Of the big week. Yesterday was the
twentieth annual commencement OF the
West liberty State Normal School, and
n class OF ten very fine young people
we're turned out upon the world to bat
tie with life in earnest. They all looked
ike people on account OF whose having
lived in the world II would be better, or
M least no worse. The commencement
exercises began last Friday with con.
tcst between the BRYANT and Irving
literary societies. On Sunday Rev. DR..
A Mel ean. Of Bethany College, preach.
ed the baccalaureate sermon and on
Monday the Class Day exercises were
Given. All these exercises were we'll at.
landed hut the crowning event was YES
terdav. AS early as I o'clock the crowd
begon N arrive People came in on
LoTscback andin every conceivable kind
AZ yehiclc. Al there was a line form
cd Al fhe door TINT reached almost to
tSe front 0atn md peonle were going to
fbe hack door and Offering to bribe the
nsbcrs To let them in 30 that good seats
conid he Ind before the crowd cot in,
N o'clock the front doors we're omen.
ed and in less time than It takes slow
sncater 4, fell II, the house was crowd
VI and The aisles were fillcd.
The coIIeSa bSiiISlino stands on n HIGH
nicer S az f' grennd and when there is a
hraeze ot1vwhere II gets a share Of it.
Bnt yestertlay was s@elterinr hot even
On tSe billto6s OF Liberty district and
tile college hall was very hot and close
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