The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-08-14
THE UNIVERSITY.
Interesting Talk With Prof. R.
W. Douthat.
Large Increase in Attendance OF stu
dents-Some Good Work by Waitman
Barbe-Dr. Douthat to Lecture on
Languages at the Chautauqua.

Prof. r. w, Douthat, who occu-
pies the chair OK Latin and Latin
literature at the West Virginia Uni
vefsity, was in the city yesterday
and will leave this morning for As
bury Heights, in Clay county, where
he will be one of the instructors at
the Chautauqua which will begin
there tomorrow. Prof. Douthat will
conduct the language course at the
Chautauqua and will deliver two
lectures during the next two weeks.
Asked as to the outlook for the
University the coming year, he re-
piled that he expected very large
increase in the number of students
over the past year. Two years ago,
when Prof. Douthat began his work
at the University. the number of
students was 2s3. Last year the at
tendance was 465, while the number
of Greek students had more than
doubled.
Five new professors have been
added to the faculty by the new
board of regents in anticipation of
an increased attendance. The board
of regents is now in session and will
probably elect the President, Direct
or of Experiment Station and pro-
fessor of modern languages, the only
members of the faculty not already
elected, within a day or two.
Prof Douthat attributes most of
the growth of the University to the
efforts of Mr.. Waitman Barbe the
field agent of the University.
The Falrmont Free Press has
these items which may prove inter
esting The darkey story is pref
ty strong one but the evidence seems
conclusive. An editor never sees
any thing unless it happens.
The register at the Tavern last
month is the largest ever made in
its history. l,043 people stopped
there during the month. Benny
prides himself in setting good
table which accounts for his i'm
mense trade.
The two big oil wells that recent
| ly came in Battelle district, Monon-
gala county are on the farm of Mrs
Sabina Sutton, the wife of Joseph
Sutton, and these wells, at the pres
ent price of oil, are bringing them
1920 day. Oliver j. Sutton, who
went to Carson City, New, to see
the Corbett Fitzimmons fight has
not returned to this county nor has
he ever been heard from since he
left,
Last Monday, passenger train No
| II going east on the Il. d o. struck
a colored man on the head while the
train was going at rapid rate, and
the darkey still lives. A freight
train had taken the siding at the
east end of Pennington switch, to
let II pass. The darkey laid down
on the outside of the rail, with his
head against the rail- When II
came along the engineer saw the
body of the man and put on his all
brakes, but he was too close and
struck the darkey square on the
head. 1t knocked him back and
across the track and over the bank
almost to the waters edge of the
creek, distance of some thirty feet
The train stopped and went back
and the passengers and trainmer
gathered him up and put him on the
train and he was brought to Fair
mont. Passengers and people stood
around and waited for the darkey
to breathe his last, but they had
reckoned him dead without the con.
sent of the injured. He didn't want
to be taken off the train but said
Grafton was his objective point
They carried him into the waiting
room where they supposed he would
pass away in few minutes, but il
is stated he got up and went out
and none knew where he had gone
!, The engine was not wrecked, nor il
the darkey seriously injured that We
have heard of. Later-He jumped
on freight and went west. The
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