Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-11-29
UNIVERSITY NOTES.
Paragraphs About Some Of the Things
that Are Being Done.


A young Chinaman, who came to-
this country few years ago, and has
since received an excellent English
education, has entered the West Vir-
GINA University to prepare himself in
engineering so that he may return to
China and take an active part in the
industrial awakening of the Chinese
Empire. Students from Japan have
frequently attended the University
enter.
The second tour of inspection TO
the Allegheny, Pa, city waterworks
and the engineering industries of
Pittsburg, was made by the engineer
ing students of the West Virginia
| University during the Thanksgiving
recess. In both of these visits the
students have had every opportunity
afforded them to take part in the
tests of the new water works pump
ing engines for the city Of Allegheny
The test was made by Prof. James
e. Denton and two students from the
Stevens Polytechnic institute, Hobo
ken, and Assistant Professor Jones
and six students from the West Vir-
ginia University.
Professor S. b. Brown, of the West
Virginia University, is preparing for
the1State Geological survey commits
sion a photographic and historical
sketch OF all the work that has been
done for the study of geology, biology
and the resources of West Virginia by
public and private effort.
4 Woman's League has been or
ganized by the young lady students OF
the West Virginia University, the OBJ
ject Of which is TO increase acqnaint-
ance and sociability among the MEM
bers, welcome new students, secure
lectures by women Of note, and in
general contribute to the intellectual
and social life OF the young women in
the University. Two meetings a
month will be held, one social and
the other literary in character. Mrs
N. II. c. Morrow, of Fairmont, will
address the league December IS, on
g The Ninteenth Century Woman
DR.. Harriet B. Jones, of Wheeling,
January 10, on Heridity:' Miss
Elizabeth J. Skinner, of Chicago, in
February on "American women in Ma
pies" The social feature will consist
Of receptions to young women stu
dents by the ladies OF Morgantown.
The ultimate aim OF the league is the
securing of a League House which
shall lead the way to a Woman's
Home
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.. r. ID. 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.. Willard
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
ent engineering practice in their re-
/ spectiye lines. The third lecture, De-
cember 3, is by Leon LIE Pontois, Phi.
/ D., 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, ssBeowulf,
the First English Poem.n 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.