The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-05-25
A FINE WRITE UP.
The Wellsburg Herald's repre-
sentative gives US a good
Send off.

feopie- university Is justly praised
Papers published here come in for a
Number of Compliments-A visit is
Paid TO senator Milley-yery Nice
things said about cur ssGrand Old
Mnn"-Extracts from the Article in
Question.
II he Wellsburg Herald had rep
resentative here during the recent
session of the Editorial Association
and ON his return home he published
a very nice account of the trip and
things that he had enjoyed while
here. The article was very well
written and took up two columns
and a half of the paper.
Since it is so good and the things
that he has said about us are so com
plimentary we will give our readers
some extracts from the article and
know that they will enjoy reading
it. The extracts are as follows:
The Herald man has enjoyed at
tending another session of the West
Virginia Editorial Association, this
time at Morgantown. Morgantown
is the seat of the West Virginia I'm
iversity, is the county seat of rich
Monongalia, is the head of naviga-
ton Of the Monongahela River, and
is entering upon career of prosper
ity and improvement hardly antici-
pated even by those sanguine and
enthusiastic newspaper workers for
its advancement, the Post and New
DOMINION. when he writeth up
the people and that this man or
"that man was born there" these
chroniclers should receive high
need of praise for their patient Ia
borious town improvement efforts as
well as for the high standard of
newspaper ethics they have always
maintained. Almost from the time
we could say our a, b, c's we have
seen their neatly printed, bullying
columns of local news and have
sometimes wondered how they could
afford to get out such good papers
at the beggarly pay country newspa-
per men generally get for their work.
1t is now no mystery-like people,
like papers.
Morgantown has a fine future
ahead of it. The University has over
600 students in attendance and is
rapidly growing; growing in the
good opinion and confidence of the
people throughout the State The
president, Mr.. Raymond, is young
man of energy and hard sense.
While it seems that that there is
danger of undertaking too much and
that some of the extra machinery
may telescope itself the people most
concerned have implicit confidence
that the genius of their president is
equal to all requirements. The pre-
paratory department, an incongruity
to some as part of university, is
doing excellent work under the di-
rection of Prof. Thomas G. Miller,
who has many admirers among the
Brooke county teachers. Among
other professors well known locally
are L. c. Woolery, formerly of Beth
any, instructor in the Greek Ian
guage, and L. c. Atkeson, of the
Agricultural Experiment Station,
who has conducted farmers insti-
tutes in Wellsburg. They rank high
in public esteem. Morgantowns
prosperity does not depend upon the
university alone, for it has the man
ufacturing spirit well developed and
is the center of rich agricultural
section. The Seneca Glass Works
and the wooden mill are the leading
industries We understand another
glass works is to be built shortly for
which Nichols d Mathews, of our
town, have the contract.
Together with A. w. Brown, of
the Hancock Independent, the writer
called Thursday to pay his respects
to the venerable Waitman T. Wiley
ex-senator of the United States in
war times, ex-county clerk before
and since for 26 years, and one of
Gods noblemen. He is in his S7th
year, active, clear headed and neat
in dress and appearance. His home,
a typical, though modest, old Vir-
GINA mansion, is on the outskirts of
the town.
II
Mr. Wiley, on account of the in
firmities of age, has give up his
Sabbath School class but will make
an address at the Memorial Day SER
vices at Morgantown, May 30. This
may be the last public effort of
long and useful life. We hope there
may be many years yet before the
golden bowl BE broken" but our
advice to all who can is that they
should be sure to make use of this,
perhaps the last opportunity, to hear
this grand old man.