Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-03-17
TIE UNIVERSITY.
The Progress Which the Morgantown
school is Making-The Agricultural

The Progress Which the Morgantown
school is Making-The Agricultural
Course.
Special CorrssDondsnes OF ne Register.
MoRGANrowN, w. VA, March ID
Ever since the organization of the West
Virginia University in 1867, captious
fault-fnderS have vented their spleen
upon the institution and its manage
ment. At times il has been compelled
TO stem the murky tide of political
prejudice, and has been shaken TO It's
foundations by personal likes and dis
likes, prejudices, ambitions and aSpira-
tions. But we hope and believe these
things are OF the past and that, in spite
OF them all, our noble University
is marching on 10 fulfill her
destiny among the greatest insti-
buttons OF learning in the land. The
management may sometimes have been
in error, aud the best man for the place
may have been In the wrong place. But
these things are only minor matters
which must be determined by the
powers that control, and the elevation
of this man or the disposition of that
man ought not 10 affect the institution
among the people who patronize il. No
man in this State, whether in or out OF
the University, who is not proud Of the
institution and who would put straw
in the way Of its prosperity, can not be
a patriotic citizen. IL is a State in
stitutiOn, and belongs TO no man nor any
set OF men. II every man connected
with the University will Go his "level
best" 10 build it up, the days of its use
fulnesS are just beginning. 1t is being
broadened and popularized, and maze
70 meet the demands of this wonderful
Iy practical and progressive age. For
the first time in its history it is attempt
ing to meet the original purposes OF its
endowment and organization. New
departments have been added, and an
effort is being made 10 make it Uni
verSity in fact as well as ia name, and
the Board OF Regents are entering loyal
~ into the plans for extension and ad-
vancement. The new catalogue,
which will be issued in a few
weeks, will offer 10 the young
men of the State. six distinct courses of
study, Classical, Scientific, Civil En-
cheering. Mechanical Engineering and
Agricultural. The last three are indus
trial courses, including good college
training. The Agricultural Course wa
organized last September and the classes
have filed up much more than was an
ticipated by the hest friends Of the new
department. The course mas been re-
ysed for the new catalogue and includes
algebra, geometry, triganOmetry, sur
yeying, chemistry, physics, book-keep-
ing, English composition, rhetoric, Eng
lish literature, commercial law, political
economy, zoology, geology, botany,
physical geography, anatomy, phySi-
ology, hygiene, psychology, logic. ethics,
elements OF agriculture, farm economy,
farm law, farm accounts, science in
farming, stock breeding, stock feeding,
horticulture, advanced agriculture,
farm appliances, aud lectures on wide
range OF technical agricultural subjects
The full course covers a period OF three
years. aud ends with the degree of
Bachelor Of Agriculture. Two snort
courses axe offered, one covering 4 peri
cd of one year, including all the purely
agricultural studies OF the full course.
The other short course begins the. first
Wednesday In January and lasts but
three months, or the college winter
term. This will be largely a lecture
course. 10 which students of any age
will be admitted without examination.
IL is hoped that the farmers of
the State, both young and old,
will avail themselves Of this winter
course, and we feel confident there is
not a farmer in the State who would
not profit by spending at least one win
ter at the University. The time for
growing" at the University is past,
and the people Of the State, regardless
of politics, should rally to its support.
The enrolment for this year is now Dol,