The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-06-01
The UNIVERSITY
A Very Nice Article Describing
the Institu ton.
Editor Thompson Pays the University a

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Visit and tells of His Impressions
A Very Interesting Account = Won.
ders that he saw and the Mighty
Maryels that We're Related to Him
That Microscope X Ray Ma
chine and others.
While in Morgantown we made USE
Of our opportunity to visit and exam
inc with such thoroughness as We
could several of the University. WI
regretted that we had not time. te
visit all of them. We spent an houl
or two in the department of geology
and paleontology under the guidance
Of Prof. Brown. He spared no pains
to make the visit one of interest and
profit. The Museum is fine one
considering the age and opportunities
of the University, but it ought to be
and will be much increased We hope
if any of our readers find fossils oil
mineral curiosties they will save
them for the museum Of the Uniyer-
sity. If they will bring them to us
we will see that they reach theil
destination.
But the department in which we
were, perhaps more than in any Other
interested, was that Of Biology and
its cognate studies, under the direc-
tion of Prof. Hartigan. The Doctor
is born naturalist an enthusiast in
his profession, and has gathered a
very fine outfit and is making an ex-
cellent use of it. The instruments
are of the latest designs and every
thing is up to date. Among the fine
instruments is microscope costing
about $3.50. With this the highest
class of work in microscopy and ami
NAL and botanical physiology can be
done, but even this is eclipsed by the
magnificent projectoscope. To Illus
trate the power of this instrument the
Doctor prepared slide with about
one third of drop of water. This
he placed in the projectoscope. TIC
the naked eye it was simply small
quantity Of apparently perfectly clear
water. The higher-powers of the
microscope revealed many forms of
animal life inhabiting it. But the
projectoscope magnified it to pool
ten feet in diameter, with leech-like
animals apparently as large as ones
little finger swimming around in it,
while various forms Of living Great
ures, some almost as large as the
first named and Others so small that
even when magnifled to the extent
| indicated they were so small as to be
visible only when in motion, and then
only as moving specks. We think we
could have spent a week in studying
the wonders of this department alone.
DR.. Hartigan has also very fine
X ray apparatus. We could look
through the horoscope and see the
bones of the hand as plainly as if they
had been denuded Of flesh, and when
we put our foot, encased in the
boot, on the support in front of the
| Crookes tube the Doctor at once told
us the cause of a trouble of long
standing with one of the toes 1t
was San eXostosis on the third pha-
LANCE of the fourth toe" One can
hardly imagine how much we were
relieved to know what to call the pes
tilent thing which had caused us SC
many hours of misery in the last
twenty-five years.
DR.. Raymond is young man, but
he is thoroughly well fitted for the
position of President, and is enthusi-
astic in his work, and from our obser-
walton we think he has very enthu-
siastic corps of teachers. They are
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