Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-09

Sidering the matter.
A thousand people listened to the bac-
ca.laureate sermon this morning. Rev.
j. Ramsay of New York, who deliv-
cred the sermon is fluent speaker and
the sermon was considered one of the
finest ever delivered here. While in
town Rev. Ramsay will be the guest OF
Hon. Joseph Moreland.
The contest drill this afternoon be-
tween Companies A and B of the cadet
corps was witnessed by several hundred
people and was highly enjoyed. The
best drilled company will have the
honor OF carrying the cadet colors dur
ing the next year. The judges were
Col c. B. Smith, Maj. J. w. Hartigan
and Capt Macker Bah. The decision
| OF the judges will not be made public
until Wednesday afternoon. The corps
has reached high state OF proficiency
under the instruction of Capt. C.. c.
Hewitt, U. S. A, the commandant.
1t is understood that Prof. ST. George
Brooke, of the law department, has ap-
piled for chair in the law school of
washington and Lee University of
Virginia, and that his application is now
being considered by the trustees of that
institution. Prof. Brooke is one Of the
most popular men in the University
and fine Instructor. He still holds his
chair here and will continue in it unless
he resigns Of his own accord.
There is no truth whatever in the
Item IN the Wheeling paper stating that
DR.. P. b. Reynolds would resign his
chair in the University. DR.. Reynolds
has not intimated to any member of
the Board that he had any intention
whatever of resigning.
The Alumni Association will hold
business meeting Wednesday after
noon, but will forego the usual alumni
reception, which has heretofore been
one of the chief social features of the
commencement week. Regent James
H. Stewart is president of the Associa-
ton, but the secretary, Prof. f. L.
Armstrong, is confined to his room
with a broken leg received two weeks
| ago by fall from his bicycle.
There are probably more graduates
here than have ever before attended
commencement, and several matters of
| interest to the University and the work
of the alumni in its behalf will be
acted upon at this meeting.
The Board of Regents this afternoon
divided the chair of chemistry and ply
sizes. held by Prof A. R. Whitehill. and
made Col. Thomas e Hodges. principal
of Marshall College, and q graduate of
the University, Proiessaf Of Physics.
Professor whbehill retains the chair of
chemistry. James VI. Johnson, of Nor
gantown, son of the late Col Dan D.
Johnson, and who graduated from the
! University in 1894, and is now taking a
| postgraduate course at Cornell was
elected Assistant Professor Of Agricul-
ture. All the professors in the various
departments OF the University were re-
| tanned.
An effort is being made to have a
Chair of Execution established and
Prof. w. S. Allen. of the Waynesburg,
Pa, college, and native of Wheeling,
is a candidate for the chair.
The Regents recognize the need of all
instructor in Elocution, but are cramp-
| ed for money. Several important mat
ters will be acted upon by the Board to-
| morrow.
Mrs E. NJ Grant and daughters gave
| an elaborate reception tonight which
was attended by about $50 young ladies
and gentlemen of town and visitors.
A large number of people came in
to-day for the exercises.
| It has been very warm here. but a
| hard rain this evening has laid the dust
and cooled the atmosphere, making it
| much more pleasant for those
who attend the performance
and social functions.
AS stated in the Register to-day, a
motion was made before the Board re-
Quiring that all boys who enter the
preparatory must have knowledge of
arithmetic, spelling and geography, in
fact, the common branches, before they
| will be admitted. The motion was
virtually carried, but the rule has not
as yet been put in shape This will
keep out boys who should be in coun-
| try schools or the lower rooms of the
| town public schools. Free admission
to the University has crowded the pre-
| paratory with youths who have. on en-
| tering, no knowledge whatever of the
| common branches taught in the free
| schools.
| Gunther's orchestra, of Pittsburg, ar
rived this evening, but as yet no pro-
! vision has been made for brass band,
and the students. visitors and citizens
are alike indignant and not overly par
ticular in expressing their opinions Of
the powers that be" for what they
look upon as unnecessary parsimony.
The action of a recent meeting of the
Regents making Prof. Aldrich dean of
| the engineering department, was re-
| cinded to-day.
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