The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-11-03

Paragraphs About Some Of the Things
that are Being Done.

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young women who cannot attend col
lege, except in the summer. The first
summer quarter viii begin July |,
1898.
For many years there has been
growing demand all over West yir-
ginia that the preparatory school of
the State University open its doors to
young women. The regents have
granted this popular demand, and
every department of the University is
now open to young women the same
as to young men.
Col. Richard Randolph Mcmahon,
one of the regents OF the West Vlr-
ginia University, has offered four
prizes of S25 each, in gold, for % the
best essay by member of the senior
class on What Was Shakespeare's Re
ligion? ~ The best drilled cadet.
(3) The law student passing the best
examination. (4) The music pupil
making the best progress. This is
given prizes to that institution.
Judge G. p. Snyder, of Charleston,
who was recently appointed U. S.
Consul to Mexico, is studying Spanish
under DR.. Douthat Of the West Vir-
GINA University. He is taking il by
correspondence. DIR. Douthat has a
good class in that subject at the Uni
yersity. Our growing relations with
the Spanish speaking nations make
the study of their language important
to US.
Miss Russell McMurphy, a graduate
of the New England Conservatory of
Music in 1892, and afterward FOR two
years student in Germany under
Heinrich Barth, Royal Professor and
Court Pianist, Berlin, has been en-
gagged to teach piano in the newly Or
ganized school Of music at the West
Virginia University. Miss MeMur-
phys artistic execution and fine
teaching have already attracted ex-
traordinary attention.
The State University is taking great
interest in the proposed geological
survey of West Virginia and will help
the movement along in every possible
way. The State Geological Board
will have free headquarters at the
University from which the work of
making the survey will be directed.
Prof. Thomas e. Hodges, professor
Of Physics at the West Virginia Uni
yersity, with the aid of the X-Ray
apparatus, located bullet in young
mans foot the other day. The ball
had been in the foot for several
years, but the physicians were not
able to find it until Prof Hodges
brought his X-Rays into requisition.
There are multitudes Of people in
all parts of the country who would
like to pursue their studies under ex-
perieneed guidance, but who cannot,
for various reasons, attend college
or University. With view to help
ing all such, and thereby widening
it's field Of usefulness, the West Viz
ginia University at Morgantown will
hereafter offer instruction by CORE
spondence in quite a number of sub
jects and courses. Under certain
conditions work done in this manner
may be credited on work for a de-
gree, If the student should enter the
University. The University will
doubtless be able to help a great num-
Der of ambitious young men and
young women in this manner.
1t has been said that larger per
cent. of young men in West Virginia
can make a good speech than in any
other part of the country. In every
teachers institute or political conven-
ton there are always lot of young
men who know how to make a good
speech. Eloquence seems to flourish
among the West Virginia hills. The
West Virginia University intends to
cultivate this gift of public speaking.
Prof. Jas. p. Whyte, the new pro-
fessor of elocution, or of public speak
ing, as he calls it, took high honors
in this subject as student at Brown
University and at the University of
Chicago. He is delightful enter
tainer, and an excellent teacher of
this noble art.
Dean Okey Johnson, of the West
Virginia University Law College, says
that the number of law graduates this
year will be much smaller than last,
for the reason that the course has
been strengthened and extended to
cover two years. There are, however,
more law students than ever before at
this time of the year. Judge john
son makes two claims for the law col
lege: first, that it has the best sys-
tenn Of moot courts in the United
States; second, that there is no
stronger two years.. law course any
where.
There are already more young
women attending the West Virginia
University than during any whole
year DclUTt. L lit new SCuOUl Vi uluSlC,
the department of fine arts, and the
opening OF the preparatory depart
ment to young women will be sure to
attract large number of them.
The friends of the West Virginia
University, the farmers of the State
especially, will be pleased with the
encouraging outlook for the agricul-
tural department. There are now
twenty young men enrolled in its
classes, with every indication that
the number will be decidedly in
creased during the year. 1t is con-
fidently believed that the time is not
far distant when this will become one
of the most popular courses in the
institution. The young men who are
soon to become the leaders of thought
and action among the farmers of the
state, will be the young men who
have been educated to a broader and
more comprehensive view of the many
practical and economic problems that
underlie successful management of
agricultural operations, and there is
no better place to obtain such educa-
ton than at the University College of