The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-18

Mrs. Eya Hubbard Of Wheeling Elected
Instructor in Art-well equipped
for the Position.

The executive committee of the
University on Saturday elected Mrs.
Eva E. Hubbard, of Wheeling, to the
position Of Instructor In Fine Arts in
the university. This action Of the
board confers a merited honor and ex-
hibits sound wisdom on the part of
the Regents Of the institution and
will be beneficial to the University
and especially TO the young ladies OF
the state who are and who will attend
the university during the coming years
and give them an opportunity, not
within their grasp heretofore The
study of fine arts in painting will
make our young ladies better wives
and give them the means within
themselves to beautify their own
homes at little expense.
Mrs. Hubbard is a graduate of the
Morgantown Female Seminary which
institution was burnt few years ago.
This school had no superior in the
Eastern states for thoroughness of
instruction, sending out to the world
many highly educated women to make
it better and wiser.
After graduating at the seminary at
| this place in 1876, Mrs. Hubbard in
1856 spent year under the teach
ing and instruction OF Prof Carl Heck
er, that distinguished German teacher
in the art department of Cooper insti-
tute, New York city, he being profess
sor of Fine Arts in that institution.
After taking that course in New York
she returned to Wheeling to reside
and she has been constantly engaged
in the same work and teaching paint
| ing, crayon work, pastel, drawing, etc,
with the exception of five seasons at
Mountain Lake park, where she was
engaged by the Mountain Lake Park
Association to teach the Art Depart
ment.
During the past three years she has
been instructor OF arts In the select
school Of Mrs. M. S. Hart, mother oil
Hon. G. B. Hart, OF the Intelligencer,
Mrs. Hart being one of the best and
most talented educators of the coun-
try whose school is so widely known in
northern West Virginia, Eastern
Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Hubbard comes to our univer
sity well equipped after 20 odd years
Of study and preparation, under the
best masters of the country, to teach
in our university and the young ladies
of the school should congratulate
themselves upon this acquisition.
She is prepared to teach the theory
of painting &C., and to then put il
into actual execution and create a life
like portrait or TO place upon the can.
vas from nature our beautiful land
scapes.
Our young ladies as we'll as oul
, young men, should at once enter this
, department of drawing and painting
whether they take any other depart
ment Of the school or not for In estab
fishing this school any one may take
2 this course separate from the other.
laid down.
Mrs. Hubbard is assigned by tn,
board room No. II, in the scientific
building on first floor and the uniyer
: sity furnishes casts, equipments, etc,
and the school is very well prepared
, at the present time for this new de
parture.
: We predict for the university ;
larger attendance by reason of thi
, action of the board and it evinces ;
disposition of the regents to broader
q the field Of the university and it.
material usefulness.