The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-06-08

Day Exercise by MISS Eliener More-
land.
We, the class of '9s of the West
Virginia University, being frail in
in body but for the most part Of
sound mind and disposing memory
do make and publish this our last will
and testament, hereby reyokiDg and
making void all former wills by us
at any time heretofore made:
| This is to say, We direct that our
| bodies be not inferred in any burying
ground whatever, and that our funer-
al be conducted III manner cores
ponding to our estate and situation
in life: And as to such worldly es-
tate as 1t has pleased God to entrust
us with, if any, we dispose Of the
same as follows: First, We direct
that all our debts and funeral ex-
penses be paid as soon after our de-
cease as possible, out Of the first mon
eys that shall come into the hands
of our executor from any portion of
our estate real or personal, and in
case we leave no money to pay said
debts and expenses, we request that
our said executor shall furnish the
money himself: sAlso we direct that
fair valuation or appraisement be
made by three judicious props, OF all
our said estate, including our old text
books orations, essays, monkeypapers,
and ponies, and after being signed
with their names, that copy of the
same shall be given by them to each
| - a thQFanf
be spread upon the minutes of each
literary.
| As to our real estate, we have much
Cole and more land, and we givesand
devise the same as follows. AS coal
is contraband of war, our Cole shall
| not be Sold but our executor herein
after named shall turn the same over
to Schley and Sampson with which
to coal their fleets, West Virginia
coal being the finest in the world il
will bear transportation. More land
is not wanted at this time for love or
money.
We give and bequeath to the Jun
Tor class our places in chapel in the
vain hope that they may I'LL them
half as well as we did.
Our interest in the special chapel
features we give and bequeath to
those students who may enter the
University for the next term, that
they may enjoy it, profit by it and
study during it as we have done.
We give and bequeath to the Jun
| ior class our caps and gowns, know
ing that they will enjoy and be proud
of even our s'old clothesl" They will
stand in our shoes, old or new.
To the Law Glass we will Mr.. Fred
Davis guitar as this is the nearest we
can come to Tyre.
We give and bequeath to Mr.. Rob
ert Hieronomous of the Junior class
the grafton belonging to and formerly
delivered by Mr. S. II. Bowman,
which grafton though little thread
bare is yet as good as new.
We give and bequeath to Mr. w.
G. Clements the dress suit belonging
to Mr.. Lee Post and which has been
worn by him on so many occasions
during the years spent in Morgan
town.
We will and bequeath to M. Ed.
Law of the Junior class our Lovers
Guide the result of the experiences
of our classmate Mr.. Roy Roger. We
hope that Mr. Lgw may read this
masterpiece earthly and apply the
principles therein laid down for
though himself well versed yet he
may be able to gain from it a few
points.
We give and bequeath to Prof.
Miller our Joke Book with notes and
additions by e. f. Goodwin, which
contains several of the funniest things
ever heard, and will we hope prove
Of inestimatable value to Prof. Miller
in his work in the classroom.
We give and bequeath to Mr..
Krebs the base ball suit worn by Mr..
Bert Lawhead. This suit being a
better fit for Mr.. Krebs than for any
other man in the Junior Glass, it
shall be worn by him whenever he
shall appear upon the diamond, par
ticularily upon the occasion of the
class games, and will be found to
bring good fortune to the wearer as
it cannot endure defeat.
We give and bequeath to Mr.. Floyd
Frum the cardcase and monocle here
to fore used by Mr.. Friend Clark. Mr..
Frum as is well known is quite the
most stylish man in the class and
these may prove useful to him in
keeping up the reputation of our sue
ceSSorS.
We give and bequeath to Mr.. Van
Ara Barackman the stentorian voice
belonging to Mr. l.. d. Arnett which
we think will greatly improve Mr.. Bar
rackmans already wonderful oratorical
ability.
We give and beqeath to Mr.. Por-
terrified of the Sophomore class the
"Spellers Companion" now used by
Mr. Charley Elliott, that with care
and study Mr.. Porterfeld may in
time attain that remarkable degree
of proficiency in the art that Mr.. |
Elliott now enjoys.
We give and bequeath TO Mr.. @. +. !
Holden the Senior hat belonging to
Mr. Ed. Baker, fits the largest head in
our class. Should this hat prove too
small for Mr.. Holden, we desire that |
it be given to Mr.. w. M. Pollock to
be worn by him during the Senior
year.
We give and bequeath to Judge
Okey johnson the handsome volume !
from the pen of Mr.. W. S. Deffen-
baugh, entitled "Dancing in twenty |
lessons The instructions in said |
book to be followed carefully and the
result will be a dancer as skillful as
Mr. Deffenbaugh himself.
We give and bequeath to Mr.. Hen |
ry White the Bible Literature belong |
ing to Miss Villa Brand and recon- |
mend to Mr.. White a careful study of
said literature. from which he may
reap abundant profit.
We give and bequeath to the Senior
Preparatory Students, three books from
our ample library, ''The Grumbler's
Guide" by t. r. Ollie, 9The Orators
Manual" by Mr.. Harry Shaw, and |
prestige with the Ladies' by Mr.. w. |
O. Kilmer. These three books if stud |
led carefully in the reverse of the or
der named will enable any ambitious
young man to become almost as sue
cessfpl as the ihustrious authors them |
selves.
Our Beans from the Beanery, Il
work of fiction, il four octave volumes |
with notes by Mr.. Sheerin of the senior
class we will and bequeath to the Ath-
letic School of the West Virginia Uni
versity, with the request that it be
read and digested, with the hope that
thereby their physical man will grow
as did the beanstalk of nursery rhyme
notoriety.