The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-06-05


on next Saturday evening at s O'Clock
in Commencement Hall. The tria
promises to be exciting and interesting
The public is most cordially invited
and large crowd will undoubtedly
attend.
A WOMAN has just been elected
President of Broaddus College
the Baptist institution of the
state, located at Clarksburg. She i:
Miss Bertha b. Stout. She has beer
an instructor in the college for many
years. The Board Of Trustees added
several instructors to the faculty OF
the institution, among them being
Miss Ethel earle as Instructor
in Music, and Rev. e. e. Williams,
Instructor in Greek. Miss earle is at
present in the University.
The University Daily will appear
next week with Messrs. Romine and
Carney as editors. The Daily this
year will be larger than 1T has been
heretofore, and it is the aim of the
editors to make it spicy and up to
date in every particular. Besides a
complete account of the commence
ment exercises, it will contain ora
lions, essays and articles by several
members of the faculty. 1t is the
intention to publish the commence
ment day orations and essays in
full.
The Senator from Monongalia-
Col. Fast is, ON the committee re-
yising the constitution, what he
was in the State Senate-one of its
foremost members. In both posi-
tions he has shown himself to be one
of the strong men of the State. Mo
mongolia is and should be proud of
him, and her neighbor Marion, will
not yield to her much in admiration
for him. BY the wuy, where could
we find better man than he to sue
coed Governor Atkinson? 1t is a
little early to be looking around for
gubernatorial timber, but we found
this without any effort. Formont
Republican.
ter of common remark that on ac-
count of reckless jumping of trains
some one would be killed The ques-
ton was often asked why the law re-
lating to such offenses was not en-
forced. Last week some half dozen
offenders were arrested on evidence
furnished by a B. & O. detective and
nj n6 no hn fT ri
of them was discharged on account of
his being but little more than a
baby, another because the evidence
against him was not sufficient and
the rest were given good salty fines.
All law-abiding people are glad to see
this evidence OF the intention to
break up train jumping and hope that
it may prove successful.
GIVE your newspaper man a
chance to help you. He wants to
assist you and frequently does so
without your knowledge or consent.
He is in his office writing a compli.
mentary eulogistic notice about you
while perhaps you are at that very
moment abusing him behind his
back. Ifyou are doing your duty to
your fellow man you will court the
editors favor and assistance hoping
thereby to do him good as well as
yourself. But if guilty of some I'M
seemly improprieties yourself then
put forth your best endeavors to
ruin the editors reputation for
truth and veracity. This is the pop
ular route.
The delinquent tax list in this
county seems long to some people
but a short investigation will show
that 1T is a very modest onei The
one just published shows total of
about $50 names. Many of these
are people who have removed, or
were enormously assessed or who
had died. The total number of dead
beats is probably not over 40 out of
this list. A glance at some other
counties will reveal delinquent lists
as is delinquent lists. For instance
Mason county can boast of 100 de-
linquents. The Point Pleasant Reg
lister not without cause gives some
very caustic comments on the shock
ing condition of affairs. 1t says that
the vas majority of these dead beats
are voters and advocates law to
compel man to pay his taxes be-
fore allowing him to vote.
SENATOR Waitman T. Wiley has
written for the June number of the
West Virginia School Journal val
liable historical article, which will
be read with much interest. 1t is
entitled, THE Final crisis in the
Struggle for Statehood and details
in a most interesting manner the diff
ficulties encountered in breaking
away from the Old Dominion and
the formation of our new Mountain
State. 1t is the intention of the pub
fishers to make this particular issue
of the School Journal special West
Virginia edition. There will be, also,
articles by Prof. RIA. Armstrong of
the chair of English at the w est
Virginia University, by ex-Gov.
MacCorkle, on the Material Re
sources of West Virginia; Hu Max
well, the Tucker county poet, on
County Formation in West Virginia
and others whose names have not
been made known. The June num-
Der will be out about the 10th inst.
A VERY great compliment to Prof.
Aldrich and striking testimonial to
the esteem in which he is held was
paid him some time ago. Mention
was made Of the trip of the Professor
and several of the engineering stu
dents to Pittsburg to test the large
boilers in the new water works. The
plant is one of the largest and most
complete in the United States costing
a million and three quarters dollars.
Few schools succeeded in gaining adj
mission to witness the tests which
Prof. Aldrich not only got in but had
the boys make the tests under his~su-
pervision. They are to go back In a
short time to make the tests of the
pumps. This win be done in short
time. Prof. Aldrich is at the very
head of his profession and already has
a national reputation. His opinions
are always In demand and he has just
attended the meeting Of the American
Society OF Mechanical Engineers at
Hartford, Conn.,, where he read q pa
per which received much favorable
comment, No member OF the Uni
yeraity faculty e better equipped