The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-14
CONFERENCE SEMINARY.

Cln''ng EtcnrciSrs OF Comm pnosmC
Week ut This Popular InatiiniIon-Con
ccrt aud lAternry Contosts-Tho Sow La.
dies Homo happily Approaching Com.
plotlpn.
Special DhDdichD Rc mttl!geirer.
liucEnASSoH. W. Va, June l3.-Prot.
BonnOtt. who has boon connected with
tho W0St Virginia Conference Seminary
Tor tho past three years, goes 10 Leland
Stanford Junior University nOxt yuar
TO thkp n post graduate courbc. Ills
work horo has boon much appreciated,
nlid 1t 10 with u good deal Of regret that
tho institution parts with him. Much
bnsincsa Of importance haa boon trans.
ncied by lilo trustees relating TO tho now
Indies home. Tho brick work 10 about
completed and tho roof 10 bOing put on,
and tho plastererB aro ut work. NJ. +.
Gic5oy, tho architect, OF Wheeling, waa
hero yesterday inspecting tho building,
and pronounced II iirst-clasa. When
completed II will DO tho iinost building
oil It's kind In tho state, and will com.
paro i1Yorably with any other elsewhere.
Already rooms aro being engaged for
next fall. aud doubtless by September |,
whom tho building IL TO DO ready for oc.
cupaucY, it will have nearly oil tho
rooms engaged.
lilo commencement exercises oil tho
senior class this morning woto eXcup.
tiona!ly good aud elected tho warmost
praisc. AS previously announced tho
c!asa consisted OF seven young non and
iivC Young ladies. Mr.. Thomas W..
lioncht, Of Conway. w. Va, Il former
student ut tho SEMINARY, but now n stu
tdent ut tho state university, was also
awarded n diploma in tho classical do.
partmons, ranking rs II mombor OF tho
cIasH OF 1894, no having completed tho
course OF study. This ycar's class con.
sisted OF tho following pessOns: Guy
W. BillinGsley, OF Middlcbourno, ".
Frank jenkins. OF Weston, lewis K.
Mcmillan, Of Good Hope, and Edward
RohrbouGh, OF beverly, classical course:
Misses Minnie Carpcr, OF BuckhAnnon,
and Myrtle Parrioit, OF Cameron, att
course; Will l.. Hammond, OF Mounds.
vile, Bruce Mckinley. oil Pullman, sci.
ontilhc course; Misse4 Lolio 81. ttapP, oil
Washington. ID. g., and lone NJ. Stone,
Of kinEwood, literary course; james /.
karlckhoIl. OF rcck's Run, normal
course, and Miss Kalc Winchester, OF
Duckhannon, music course.
Tonight tho faculty Gaye n reception
10 the students and v~isitora which was
much enjoyed. and formed aftting close
to tho most pleasant occasion OF its kind
IN tho history OF the school.
Tuesday night tho seminary audi
torium waa filed with an appreciGtivo
audience of over several hundred. The
occasion was the annual concert OF tho
music department under the direction
OF Mrs. b. ". llUchinson. principal oil
the department, and Misc DINA PcndeI!,
teacher OF music.
Part one consisted oil n vocal solo by
Miss May Brown, piano solos by Misses
kit,ie Leonard, Eleanor Rider aud
Dina Pcnde!I, vocal trio md piano
quartet. Part two consisted Of vocal
solos by Mrs. {. l. Barlow and Miss
Peudcll, 4 piano duet by Mrs. llu,chin-
son and Miss Poudell, 4 piano solo by
Miss kathorino Winchester, and many
other choice selections. lhc concert
was OF m exceptionally high grade and
reflected credit upon tho department
and the school in general.
The Inst chapel exercises were held
yesterday morning. and quite n number
OF distinguished visitors were present
and mado short addresses. Among
them were Judge Woods, OF Phllippi;
Prof. 4. l. Wade. OF Morgantown, and
q number Of the trustees and visitors.
The contest between the societies was
held Wednesday night, resulting in a
victory for the Excelsior society, they
gaining three OF tho four decisions. Tho
successful contestants were Miss EstelIC
Hall. OF Warrington. recitation; Miss
Cora Coon, OF Buckhannon, essay;
Thomas L Fiorner, OF Dayton, Grafton.
and q. T. Williamson, OF Holly Grove.
debate.
The trustees have been in session and
some important busines, has been trans
acted, among which has been the selec-
ton OF the faculty for next ycar. These
are the appointments: Rev. B. ".
hutchinson, \. NJ. b. D.. president,
psychology and ethics; Frank b. Trot-
ter, A. B., Latin, German and French :;
". J. Shawkev. mathematics and
natural science; Miss Dora }. Dadmun,
Greek, history and literature; Rev.
William j. Holt, i. s., shor, hand; W.
A. Hagger,y, English and normal
branches; D. VI. McIvcr. business col
lego; Mrs. K. Z. Hutchinson, Mus. B.,
music department.; Aliss NJ. +. Dina
pcndcII. N. B., piano and voice culture;
Mrs. Alma G. MclYer. chorus and pinno;
Mics Pcrsis II. l%iee-nans, art depart
mont; Miss Lcni l. McWhorter. clocn-
ton and deiaarte; Roy Rcgcr arithmc-
tic and grammar.
Tho only change is in the science de-
partmcnt. Prof. bennett, who has been
in charge Of this department, resigned
to attend school next year, and Prof. W.
F. Shawkey, OF Reynolds. North Dakota,
was appointed to fill hi. place The
latter gentleman comes highly recon-
mendcd. being n graduate OF the Ohio
Wesleyan University, and having had
several years experience as a teacher.