The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-12-01

Naples" The social feature Will con-
sist of receptions to young women stu
dents by the ladies of Morgantown.
The ultimate aim of the league is the
securing of League House which
shall lead the way to a Woman's
Hall.
A nonresident engineering lecture
course has been inaugurated at the
West Virginia University. The first
lecture was delivered by one of the
Uniyersity's own graduates in engi-
neering, Mr.. Il. d. Lynch, class Of 81,
assistant naval inspector, stationed
at Homestead steel works, near Pitts
burg. His subject was 1.-THE Manu-
featuring of Steel Castings for the
United States Navy" The second
lecture was delivered by Mr.. William
Kent, consulting engineer of ma
tional reputation and associate editor
of Engineering News, New York.
His subject was 1.-THE Iron and Steel
Industry These lectures were illus
trated by charts and diagrams, and
they brought to the engineering stu
dents the very latest features of pres
emit engineering practice in their re-
spective lines. The third lecture, De-
cember 3, is by Leon LIE Pontois, Phi.
D., a French electrical engineer, who
was formerly one of Edison's assis-
tants. His subject is edison and
his Discoveries. Other nonresident
engineering lectures will be given
from time to time.
A series of literary and sociological
lectures by specialists IN various sub
jects is being delivered at the West
Virginia University. The initial
lecture was given by Mr.. Clyde B..
Furst, of The University of Pennsyl-
vania, his subject being, "Beowulf,
the First English POEM" Professor
Charles Zueblin, of the University of
Chicago, will lecture December % on
@ Culture and Education.
An electric bell signal system is be-
ing put into all Of the lecture rooms
of the several buildings of West Vir-
ginia University; also Western Union
electric time service, by which all the
University clocks and signals are
timed with the United States Naval
Observatory at Washington.
At the close of the Fall quarter at
the West Virginia University, there
are more students in attendance than
were enrolled during the whole of last
year.
A Students Dramatic Club has been
organized at the West Virginia Uni
versity with Prof. James p. Whyte,
professor of elocution and public
speaking, as director. The object OF
the club is tostudy Shakespearean and
other plays and to give one or more
performances each year.
The West Virginia University
School of Music is intended to be self.
sustaining, and the indications are that
it will pay all expenses. even the first
year. The large number of music
students proves that West Virginia
was ready for a first class school OF
music, and the fees for instruction
will pay for the equipment and main
tenance of the school. Its founding
was made possible by three or four
liberal gentlemen who guaranteed
certain sums of money. When the
College of Law was started some years
ago DIR. Brooke lectured a whole year
to just one student: now it is one OF
the strongest departments of the Uni
versity. The School Of Music starts
off with as many students as the law
college had after several years of exis-
tence.
DR.. p. b. Reynolds has just finished
notable course of lectures under the
auspices of the Y. M. e. A. of the
West Virginia University on 1.-The
Influence of Religion on Human At
fairs" These lectures have attracted
wide attention. Other courses before
the Y. M. G. A. will be delivered by
different professors during the year.
Hereafter, in the Law College of the
West Virginia University, each branch
of law will be completed in one quar-
ter and an examination on that SUBJ
ject will be held at the end of the
quarter, so that if student enter at
any quarter he will find beginning
courses in various branches of the law
which he may take up and complete
in that quarter.
The new physical laboratory in Sci
ence Hall at the West Virginia Uni
yersity has been fitted up with sup
ply of the best and most modern APP
paratus and is one Of the busiest of
the many busy places about the Uni
versity. Professor Hodges Is getting
ready to give some courses in practical
electricity during the summer quarter.
The athletic season of the West
Virginia University closed with the
Latrobe, Pa, game on Thanksgiving,
with great credit to the W. ". U.
team. 1t was defeated only twice by
college teams and at least one of them
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It defeated Washington and Lee Univ
ersity, Marietta College, Westminis-
ter College and the Ohio State Univ
ersity, and tied Pittsburg College.
1t lost to Washington and Jefferson
college and protested the game with
Ohio University at Athens. But even
better than this, they made a record
everywhere for gentlemanly conduct
and reflected credit on the University.
This years series Of popular lectures
at the West Virginia University in
cludes lectures by Russell H. Conwell,
Jahu Dewitt Miller, Byron w. King
Ell Perkins, DR.. John Riley Thomson,
and Waitrnan Barbe.
President Raymond, Of the West
Virginia UHsyersity, will be one of
The Judges - The annual tsqntest q