The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-06-16

physical man-that twenty three oil
the miracles of Christ were healing
the body, that those who had i'm
pressed the world permanently have
been men of great physical endur-
ance and development. He adyo-
Gated the encouragement of athlet
les in the educational institutions.
But these things were all to be sub
ordinated to the one great end of de-
yeloping the higher nature. The
physical was the first step. the
mental the second, and the moral
the third and higher aim in the
rounding out of christian man
hood. A man might be an athlete
and gentleman, but the Christian
would dominate in all the encounters
of life.
The sermon was well received and
made a good impression upon the
audience.
THE REGENTS.
The chIet center OF attraction FOR
professors at this, as at all commence
ments, is the Board of Regents, and
their chamber of horrors into which
they retire and weigh the respective
merits of the applicants for the var
ious chairs of the University At
the last meeting the members of the
present Faculty were appointed for
one year only, and every seat in the
University will be vacant with the
going down of the sun to- morrow.
unless the Regents sooner make the
appointments for the school year of
lS945. Members of the Board be-
gan to arrive Friday, and on Satur-
day afternoon met in regular session,
but no business was transacted other
than the appointing of committees,
and the Board adjourned until Mon
day morning. At the meeting which
lasted all day Monday and until af.
ter 8 O'Clock at night nothing but
routine business was transacted and
little else will be attended to to day,
though it is barely possible that the
Board will take up the matter of the
appointment of professors at the
night session. No one either above,
below or on earth knows who will
draw the lucky prizes, except one,
and He is so far above that an inter.
view is out of the question, and any
way reporters are not supposed to be
on familiar terms with him. But we
have the opinion of the next best
authority, which is, that the Board
will not appoint President at the
present meeting and that there will
be very few, if any, changes in the
Faculty.
Applications for the privilege of
teaching the young idea how to shoot
in the University have poured in up
on the Regents by cloud bursts until
it has been fairly deluged with them.
They come from New York, Massa-
chusetts, Nevada, Colorado, South
Dakota, North Carolina and inter
mediate points. Some of the appli-
cants show real modesty and are
willing to accept an ordinary every
day professorship in lieu of the Presi-
dency. There are between % and
30 applicants for the chair of Mod
ern Languages and any place from
rs to 125 who are willing to hold
down the other Is or 20 chairs in the
institution. The letters of recon-
mendation written by the friends of
the various applicants if compiled
would make book twice the size of
volume of the Congressional Re-
cord. If the Regents take time to
read all of these letters they will be
in session all summer and late into
the fall, but they hardly will, and
the work of the present session will
be completed Wednesday evening.
Among the applicants for President
of the University are: Rev. DR.. Hen
ry c. Alexander, of Oakland, Md. :;
Prof. 0. j. Creig, Perdne University,
Ind; S. A. Jones, Elk President State
University of Nevada; K. H. Murfee,
of the Arkansas Industrial Univer-
sity; j. L, Goodnight, of Waynes-
burg, Pa, and others too numerous
to mention. There are twelve of the
thirteen gentlemen who compose the
Board of Regents present 1t was
reported that six of the Regents were
favorable to the appointment of
Ex-President DR.. E. M. Turner, but
no one can be found to father the re-
port. Many of the applications re-
ceived are from gentlemen who were
applicants year ago. Some of those
who want job under the State of
West Virginia use unique schemes
to further their interests.
One fine looking old gentleman
who can swear in anything from the
original mother tongue of Adam down
to the base ball coacher of the pres
ent day pasted photograph of his
handsome phiz at the head of his
letter, others enclosed photographs,
books of which they were the au-
thors, magazines containing articles
written by them, and the wife of one
candidate for immortality wrote a
very touching letter in her hubby's
behalf We know that it is very
wearing on the mind to be compelled
to remain in suspense, but really, we
don't know who will be appointed, SO
just clasp this good old adage to
your breast, "All things come to him
who waits except, perhaps the
Presidency of the West Virginia
University.
About 400 people attened the Re
gents Prize Defamation contest last
night at Commencement Hall.
The contestants were l.. S. Hepd
rickson, Grant county; Harry Shaw,
Marion county and Des Moines UT,
Monongalia county.
The Judges, G. r, Sperrow, w. L..
Swope and |. G. Herndon awarded
the prize of SIS to Mr.. Shaw. The
Regents prize essay on the subject,
Condition Of the farmer, and Legis-
lation necessary for his relief" which
had previously been awarded by the
committee to w. j. Bruner, of Ohio
county, was read by the successful
contestant.