The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-07-29
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A Revolution Which Did
Revolute.
SOMEBODY STRUCK BILLY
PATTERSON.
The Great Kidding Out and
Riding In.
THE APPEARANCE OF THE BAT
TILE FIELD
After the Smoke Cleared Away.
Caring for the Dead and
Wounded.
The Surprises of the Secret
Ballot.
The Surprises of the Secret
Ballot.

ne surprises OF the secret
Ballot.
Some Old Land Marks Gone and
Some New Ones Set Up--The Facul-
ty as 1t Is--The Head Missing, but
the Trunk Manifests Signs of New
Life.
The revolutionary spirit which
struck the University at the recent
session Of the Board of Regents has
wrought its work; the dust of the
melee has cleared away; the combat
ants have sheathed their swords; the
wounded are being cared for by their
friends, reqniems are being sung
over the dead: and general search
of the debris is being made for I'M
discovered results of the memorable
engagement.
UNPRECEDENTED UPTURNING.
Never in the history Of the Univer-
sity has there been such shaking
up, and upturning of the status in
quo. Never has there been more
general and absorbing interest by
the public in what was to happen.
BOLT OUT OF A CLEAR SKY.
When the Board met last June
and looked over the situation scratch
ed it's head, put on its eye glasses,
and went away looking down its nose,
with puzzled expression on it's face,
both the morbid newsmonger, and
the serious observer of affairs were
disappointed. Both had wanted
something to happen-the former for
the sake of sensation, and the lat
ter because he thought something
ought to happen for the general good
When the Board returned on the
10Th of July the average spectator on
the outside was more puzzled for
safe representation than he would
have been if the Board had not come
and gone in June.
LOOKING FOR A SIGN.
Amid the general casting about
by the wiseacres, who always see the
end from afar; and the general inter
est that sprung up from amid the
unseemly scramble between the outs
and the ms, the local interest became
intense. Business was almost sus
pended, and men, women and chill
dren gave themselves over to the one
topic of interest, and sat up o'nights
to learn the very latest sign or sig
nal from the seat of war
A PEEP BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
What was going on behind the
scenes was for the most part mat
ter of speculation, for during the
greater part of the session the Board
sat with closed doors, and they came
out of their sessions with closed
mouths, and they had close ballots
when they voted so that thew were
protected from even themselves. New
ertheless the telegraph sent the news
hither and thither with wondrous
detail, even to the contents of the
secret ballot box which the Board
had provided. What the news repor-
ter lacked in direct information his
intuition or imagination supplied and
there was no dearth of news, and it
was all the more interesting because
of the element of inaccuracy that
pervaded it.
| THE FIRST BOLT STRUCK FIRE.
The situation cleared up not lit
tie, and there was no longer any
doubt about the character of the in
cipient revolution when the Janitor
came from the quarters of the Board
with package of papers in his hand
as the agent of that August body,
and began to seek out each respec-
tive member of the Faculty, with a
solemn air in his movement and a
most sepulchral tone in his voice as
he delivered the missives.
He met President Turner at the
front door, and began to tumble ner-
vously over his package for the pa
per addressed to the President.
When the janitor passed it to him
there was something in his man
ner that indicated that a verbal
message was to accompany the pa
per message. The janitor hesitated
and halted in great embarrassment
while the President, unmindful of
his presence proceeded to open and
devour the contents of the paper
The janitor, as yet unable to get his
mouth off, took advantage of the
Presidents oblivious condition to
walk away in search of the next
man leaving the oral message unut-
tered
THAT AWFUL MESSAGE.
At the bottom of the steps the
janitor encountered a member of the
Faculty and when he had delivered
the paper message, endorsed to him,
he was observed to steady himself
with much resolution, grave, som
Der expression came over his conn
tenance, and in a solemn undertone
the Janitor unloaded himself thus
Professor, was ordered to serve
this paper on you saying: "And
may God have mercy on your souln'
1t was this solemn benediction
over which the Janitor had broken
down when he delivered his paper
to the President, but which he con-
scientiously conveyed to the men,
bers of the Faculty.
NO FUN FOR THE FROGS.
The purport of the paper messages
was very respectful request for the
resignation of each individual Pro-
lessor and the President. Figura-
lively speaking the Board had made
a very courteous and at the same
time irresistible demand for sur
render, with it's hand on it's pistol
pocket.
THE EXACT SITUATION.
The situation will be better un
derslood when it is stated that when
the Board came together, the osten-
sible, special business before it was
to try the issue raised at the last
meeting between Pres. Turner and
Prof Ogden. Nothing else was in
sight, and it was generally believed
that the determination of that case
would occupy.nthe entire session.
But the first move on the checker
board disposed of that case 1t was
retired to the back ground. After
providing for the t1ial, and after