Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-29
UNIVERSITY DOlNGS
COMMENCEMENT NEAR AT HAND, AND THE
LITERARY SOCIETIES STRICTLY IN IT.
Building Of the B. & 0. ExtsnsiOn-PersOnals
Politics and Miscellaneous News Of
Infinite Variety.
SvsciGl TELEGRAM to The ReO.stsr.

year passed. 1t was given at the Hotel
Conner, and the participants in the fes-
tivities comprised the members and
their lodge friends. The menu was
an elaborate construction of TITLED
gastronomy" The floral decorations
and silken festoonings transformed the
earavansary's dining room into a per-
feet bower OF beauty, intensified by the
rich costumes Of the ladies. There
were toasts drank to ten stated topics,
all happy oratorical efforts. On We'd
nesday evening the annual banquet OF
the Phi Kappa Psi will occur, and an
affair on the same recherche scale as
that Of Friday evening is promised.
The fraternities are the leading and
rival social factors of student life at
the university. Their annual banquets
Immediately precede the commence
ment season, and inaugurate the gay
ETY. round which will gladly whirl from
now until June 14th, Commencement
Day.
It's approach finds several members or
the faculty on the anxious seat. There
are fears among some that their I'M
wonted activity before the State Con-
vention, at ParkeTsburg, was probably
indlscretlon that may cost dearly, as
indiscretion sometimes has way OF
doing. This will all be settled at the
meeting of the much-fawned-upo Re-
gents, which is to occur during the
commencement time. There never was
more speculation as to the probable &C
ton OF the Board than now; indeed,
there never was as much. 1t is a case
where we shall see Ahat we shall see.
The new scientific building, the cost
Hest aud most beautiful Of all the Uni
versity structures. will not be entirely
completed by Commencement, but the
finishing touches will be put on by Au-
gust 1. In it will be located the new
school of pharmacy, the lecture rooms
of the engineering, manual training,
agriculture and other scientific depart
mentS. It's day of usefulness will be-
gin with the opening Of the fall term.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Posten, who were
married at the Metropolitan NJ. E.
Church, Washington, ID. c., on Wednes
day evening, will arrive here the latter
part Of this week, and will reside In
the house recently purchased from DIR.
Brock, on Wiley street.
A lucky thing happened to Cass dis
trict, In this county, at the recent
school election. 1t was proposed that
each district, aside from independent
school districts, vote whether there
should be five instead Of four months
school. The tickets that went to Cass
seemed not to have had For"
or Against" printed on them
and the voters, with one single eKcep-
ton, did not think of the proposition
for heightened school term. One man
did and voted for it, which gave ma
jority. In all other districts the propo-
sition was ratified. Anent the school
election, it might be as well to state
that while there was little or no inter
est in it, still the man who is said to
have had the endorsement OF the Re-
publican Executive Committee was de-
feated by another Republican who told
the committee to go where dogs don't
bark at strangers. He who bit the dust
of defeat was Nj. l.. Brown, the present
incumbent, and ID. B. Waters reads his
title to the Office clear.
Trains have begun to run on the
northern end OF the b. 81 0. extension
from Connellsvile to Smithfeld Track
laying is progressing on both ends OF
the line. From here the track has been
laid TO Granville, where great slip in
the road bed impedes the work for the
present. The slips being filed, as are
all others further down, and when the
work of laying track is resumed, which
will be resumed in a few days, IL will
probably reach Cheat river by July LIST.
A stop for some time will be necessary
there on account OF the bridge across
that stream, the material for the super
structure OF which must go on the con-
struction train. The tracklayers from
each end will reach Cheat river about
the same time.
Prof. and Mrs. w. P Wiley celebra-
ted their china wedding on Friday
evening. Members Of the University
faculty and their wives and few other
intimate friends enjoyed the hospitality
OF the couple, who were remembered by
tokens In every conceivable design OF
beautiful, delicate ware. The TWEEN
tieth anniversary Of the marriage Of
these highly esteemed people was made
a most pleasant occasion.
The graduating class OF the high
school this year consists of four young
ladies, namely, Miss Villa Brand, Miss
Sallie Bennett, Miss Lucy Wood and
Miss Mary Madigan. The young men
who would graduate each year enter the
preparatory department of the Univer-
sity. In this there is an invidious
distinction against young ladies,
which, it is fervently hoped all over the
State, will be recti6ed by the Univer-
sity Regents, whereby girls also could
receive the benefits of the preparatory
department. As it is eo-education at
the University applies only to the reg
ular academic departments. Girls are
not allowed in the preparatory school.
This allows but very few to enter the
school at all. There is no school in the
State, other than the preparatory
school here, which fits one regularly
for entrance into the Freshmen class of
the University. 1t is plain 10 be seen
that eo-education, in the complete
sence, will not obtain at the West Vir-
ginia University until the doors Of the
preparatory school are open to both
sexes. There will be three lady grad
yates from the University this year,
and they received Their preparation tute-
large in schools outside the State.
Their names are Miss Lulu Carlow, Of
Rosedale, Pa; Miss Sara Norris, OF
Glenville, Gilmer county, and Miss Lii
lie Hackney, of Morgantown.
ManoriaI Dav exercises OF an inter-
esting aud impressive nature have been
arranged by the local g. A. r. Post.
River and rail excursions will bring
visitors.
Col l. Fl. B. Stsegers, who recently
removed from Fairmont to Grafton for
TIN nrnctice OF law. has been here for