Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-22
TIE STATE UNIVERSITY.
I Preparing for Better Work and a Larger
Attendance Than Ever Expected

Preparing for Better Work ana a Larger
Attendance Than Ever Expected.
Special to the Register.
Parkersburg, w. Va. July 21.-Mr.
Waitman Barbe, who was engaged by
the Board OF Regents TO travel in the
interests OF the West Virginia Uni
versity. has been quite successful so
far in presenting the merits Of that in
stitution, and the prospects are good
for the largest attendance next fall in
the history Of the University. Mr.
Barbe has addressed several teachers
institutes and other gatherings Of those
interested in education, and has so sue
cessfully represented the University
that a largely increased attendance wills
result. Further than that he has in
terested the teachers in the educational
work of the University, and their in
huenCe upon the young men and the
young women will in the future result
in sending more Of them to our State
University and fewer to other States
Our own university is as well equipped
as any institution in the country, and
offers as many advantages to the youth
of West Virginia as any other college
can present, and it is believed that the
number OF students, already much larg-
or than ever before, will from now on
steadily increase until the University
becomes not only one Of the largest, buS
among the best Of all the institutions
Of learning in the United States.
Especially has the law department
been growing The graduates Of the
law scno0l are now found in almost
every county in the State and are
among the most successful practition-
ers. 1t is beginning to be understood
| that a young man who so desires may
obtain as good a knowledge of the law
at Morgantown as at any other law
school, and the number of students IL
the law course has steadily and rapidly
increased until an additional professor
was required. Judge Okey Johnson Will
prove a very valuable man in the Uni
versity. and Will add much to the eff
cheney and the reputation of the law
department Judge Johnson will not
remove his family from Charleston TO
Morgantown for some time yet. all
though eventually they expect to join
him there.
Professor DOuthatt, who was elected
to the chair Of ancient languages. mas
been succeeded as President of Bar
louisville College by Prof j. NJ Be-
land. of this city. who has been travel
ing some in the interest of the College.
Mention of Prof. Dourhatt's name re-
calls the joke of Governor MacCorkle
at the last alumni dinner at Morgan
town. Some reference was made to q
toast of Prof Douthatt. the speaker
saving that the Professor spoke fluent
IL some six or eight different languages.
Il doubt that statement" interrupted
the Governor. and it was not until it
was seen that the Governor was pun
ming on the Professors name that the
Joke was appreciated, and everybody
laughed.
II is believed now that whatever i'll
| feeling may have existed among the
faculty of the University, has been done
away with. that from now on matters
will all move on tremendously and that
nothing will occur to deuact from the
usefulness of our State University
Our better halves say they could not
keen house without Chamberlain S
Cough Remedy. 1t is used in more than
half the homes in Leads. Sims Bros,
Leeds. Iowa. This shows the esteem in
which that remedy is held where it
has been sold for years and is well
! known. Mothers have learned that
there is nothing so good for colds,
Group and whooping cough, that it
cures these ailments quickly and perma-
nelly. and that it is pleasant and safe
| for children to take.