The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26
THE STATE ENGINEERS
Will Hold Their Annual Meet
ing Here Next Week.

Wednesday and Thursday viii be Taken
Up With the Meeting Engineers
IRON All Over the State viii Attend.
Papers viii be Read and a Great
Amount OF Interesting things to the
Profession viii be Done.
The West Virginia society of civil
engineers win hold their animal
meeting at this place next week.
They will be our guests for two days,
Wednesday and Thursday. The meet
ing will be full of interest to the
members of the profession and partic-
ularly to the engineering students in
the University. Many of the old
graduates from this department will
be here and the reunion incident to
their presence will be greatly enjoyed.
The society is two years old and the
work they have done has been Of great
value to the members of the profess
sion. We shall welcome the engi-
neers to town with open arms and
hope that they may enjoy their visit
to us to the fullest possible extent.
The program as issued is as follows:
wEDEsDAY--l0 A. NJ.
Call to order by the president.
Address of welcome by Hon. George O..
Sturgiss.
Response by G. E. Krebbs, New Mar
tinsville.
Address by DIR. Jerome II. Raymond,
President West Virginia University.
Minutes OF the last meeting.
Report of the Secretary and Treasurer.
Report Of the Executive committee.
Unfinished business.
New business.
Communications.
Presidents annual address.
Noon.
Ii. M.-PAPERs AND DISCUSSIONS.
"Modern Trend of Engineering Educa-
tion," by John l.. Johnston, Professor
Civil Engineering, West Virginia Uni
versity.
Technical Education for Engineers, /"
by Elmer Leach, representative of the
West Virginia Engineering society OF
the West Virginia University.
History of the Steam Engine" by +.
L. Emory, Professor of Mechanics,
West Virginia University.
2:30 Pm.
Inspection of the Standard Oil Com
pany's pumping station and Monon-
gala county court house.
THURsDAY-10 A. M.--PApERs AND DIS
CUSHIONS.
Importance of Geology in Engineering
Problems, by /. G. White, State Cecil
ogist.
"The Coal Mining Industries of our
State" by j. W. Paul, chief mine in
spector.
"Change in the Iron Production Of the
Country" by s. b. Brown, Professor
of Geology West Virginia University
professional States and Ethics,n by G.
R. Jones, assistant professor of Me-
chanics, West Virginia University.
Noon
1P. M.--PAPERs AND DISCUSSIONS.
Public Road Improvement" by J. f.
Burnley, Moundsville.
"City Comforts and Rural Homes" by
Thomas e. Hodges, Professor Of
Physics, West Virginia University.
Election Of officers and selection of time
and place of next annual meeting.
300 p. IN.
Inspection of University buildings, etc.
The preset officers of the society in
cludes, president, A. L. White of Wheel
ing; j. B. Stuart, Of Huntington J. C.
Child, of Poca, and s. III. Reynolds, OF
Point Pleasant, vice presidents secre-
tary. William Streenberger, of Point
Pleasant.
Battelle Institute Program.
The teachers OF Battelle district will
hold an institute on Saturday, February
5, at tbs Wise M. E. church, beginning
at one o'clock p. m.
AFTERNOON.
First, Organization.
Devotional exercises conducted by the
president.
Music and quotations.
Address of welcome by teachers.
Talk by Tom Stiles, subject, School En-
vironments.
REGULATIONS by Charley Cummings and
May Morris.
Talk by Steve Mason, subject, Proper
Incentives in the School Room,
Talk by Sol Shriver, subject, The Home
Training of Child.
REGULATIONS by Alice Woodruff and
Mandy Harker.
Queries = Is Compulsory School Law
beneficial2 Should we have free text
books in w. Va? Would not read
ing charts greatly improve our
schools? These are to be discussed
by Minnie Bell, Mark Stiles, Ida
Six, Roy Lemley, Mason, White.
Fordyce and others.
Music
How to Teach Geography, by Rev. G.
w. Bent
Music.
Debate, by Charley Goodnight, V. T.
Tustin, (afiirmative) and Clarence
Hagans and M. G. Gross, (negative).
Question to be chosen by debaters.
Music and adjournment.
EVENING SESSION.
Music.
REGULATIONS by Cora Laughlin, Sarah
Robinson and Nora Staggers.
Talk by L. T. Eddy subject, Sticktuitive-
ness.
Talk by John E. Taught, The Ideal
Teacher.
REGULATIONS by Sallie Stiles ard Emma
wiley.
Music.
Talk by Michael Powell, subject, Salt
and Pepper.
Talk by G. s. Shriver, subject, ..ae wav
to Wisdom.
A broom drill.
REGULATIONS by Mandy Woodruff, Ida
Six and Ida Whithill
Talks will also be delivered by Esq.
Rose, Rev. Woodruff and d. B. Waters
County superintendent. Mr.. Rose
will speak of the schools of olden times.
Mr.. South will also address the audience
during the evening.
Let all the patrons. teachers and
friends Of education come and help
make this institute one OF the most
pleasant as we'll as profitable events
ever held in this community. We wish
every teacher present in the afternoon
and hope you may all feel this is your
institute.
LYDIA WHITEHALL,
Ida Six,
Teachers.