The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-01-13
THE ". \. d.
An Interesting Column Of News Notes
and Personal Paragraphs Pertain
ing Purely to Scholars and
SchoAl

phy-spent vacation with the old IoikS
at home; by Wednesday morning the
town had assumed it's old-time activ-
ity. by the jovial exchange of greet
ings from the two hundred or more
boys who are temporarily located
here. Most of the students return
very much benefited by their rest,
ready for even better work than they
did the preceding term. A few, how
ever, bear upon their faces plainly
evidence of having passed several
sleepless nights, upon the surf as
we would call it. The entire day
Wednesday was taken up in enroll
ing new students and re-registering
the old ones and assigning class work
for the next day. On account of the
absence of DR. Reynolds this work
consumed more time than it ordipsr-
lily would however, DIR. Harvey,
whose fertility always proves equal
to the occasion, assumed the triple
duties of President pro TEN, Seere-
tary and Treasurer, and before the
day was closed he had everything
ready to begin work in earnest on
the morrow. Thursday all classes
met and recited to their respective
professors, all of whom were on hand
promptly to have an even start with
the term. Everything starts off with
glowing prospects for one of the most
prosperous sessions in the history OF
the school. At present there are
about 232 names upon the roll sheet,
which will very likely be augmented
by at least a dozen before the end of
the year. Already the attendance is
larger than could have reasonably
been expected ON account of the diff
fieulties under which the school has
been laboring, to say nothing of the
financial depression of the country,
which has prevented several worthy
students-who intended coming
from entering.
One thing the University needs
and needs badly is proper place to
keep the stock of text books. At
present Prof. strong's lecture
room is appropriated for this purpose
which is the source of great annoy
ance to him. Every time student
wants book, which is nearly every
hour in the day, his classes have to
be disturbed by crowd passing in
and out of the room. There are a
half dozen unoccupied rooms that
might be fitted up at very small
expense which would admirably serve
this purpose and avoid all this un-
necessary trouble and Inconvenience.
BILLY" Meyer, one of the popular
and distinguished members of last
years senior class and who is now
making an enviable record in the
law class at Yale, is spending few
days with friends at his Alma Mater.
He is highly pleased with the great
New England University. His &C
counts Of college life there are quite
interesting and well worth listening
to.
Prof Wiley was absent few DAYS
last week attending the annual meet
ing of the Bar Association at Graf
ton, of which he is one of the most
active and brilliant members. He
made strong talk advocating the
establishment of law journal in this
state. Wednesday night he sustain
ed his reputation as ready speaker
in responding to toast, THE Bar
Association and the Legislature.
In The lecture room and out Prof.
Wiley is widening his influence in
raising the standard Of his profession.
Plasterers are busily al work ON
the new addition to the Experlmen.
tai building, which they hope to have
completed at an early day. DR..
Myers has been working an extra
force of clerks sending out reports of
the work which he and his able corps
of assistants have recently done. BY
bis energy and push DR.. Myers has
succeeded in making the West Vir-
ginia Station one of the most useful
institutions of the kind in the Union.
About two weeks ago Janitor Sea
mems stretched about a hundred fl. of
barbed wire in front of small grass
plat on the campus, which be intend
ed to mean keep off the grass" In
few mornings thereafter the wire
could be seen nearby wound and
twisted into all the parabolas, curves
and angles imaginabe-what the
boys called an ''unraveled mystery"
Ever since the Janitor and his assis-
tants have been busy trying to
straighten out this tangled mass, SO
far only 10 of the 100 feet have been
extricated and every man who has
thus far tried it has learned to 'scuss"
in seventeen different languages and
each has furiously declared that life
was not worth living and that popu-
lar education is failure.
DR.. Stewart, who a few years ago
completed part of the law course has
again entered the law department of
the University for the purpose Of
completing his unfinished work. He
does not expect to enter upon the ac-
tive duties Of the profession for
year or two.
1t is said that one member of the
law class has prematurely developed
into poet and is frequently seen ST.
lently communing with the muses.
for more inspiration. None of his
productions have yet been placed be-
fore the public, though quite good
ly number are ready for publication.
How the dry intricacies of real prop
erty can serve to awaken a hitherto
dormant poetical genius in a man is
a question we would fain have an
answer-one that must be referred
to the good citizens of Nicholas from
which county this mushroom bard is
said to have emanated.
DIR. Reynolds returned Saturday
evening from Franklinton, N. c., where
he has been confined for nearly two
weeks with severe case of grip. He
is far from being a well man yet
though he thinks by proper care of
himself he will be able to resume his
work in few days.
Furloughs have been granted to
few of the cadets who were unable to
return on the first dav of the term.