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ginia University. The degree of A.
B. L. has been abolished and the LII
B. course in the future will cover four
years, two in college work and two in
law. This change, however. does not
affect any students now pursuing the
A. b. l.. or LII. B. course. The
University will keep its implied con-
tract with its students as set forth in
the catalogue.
Students who take the work for
merly given for LII. b. will be given
a certificate which will admit them
to the bar in West Virginia, but they
will not be given the law degree of
the University without four years
work in addition to their preparation
for admission. For those who do not
intend to be candidates for the law
degree, but want simply the certificate
which will admit them to practice,
there will be no special requirement
for admission.
The new requirements for the LII.
B. degree place the standard of the
West Virginia University Law College
among the highest in the country
Very few law schools have so high
standard.
The preliminary contest on the
Wiles prize at the West Virginia Uni
versity will be held April % to reduce
the number of contestants to six.
This is prize of one hundred dollars
offered by Mr.. j. w. Wiles, an alum
nus of the University, for the best
GRAFTON by member of the senior
class.
DR.. EdW. e. Barnard, astronomer in
charge of the great Yerkes observatory
at the University of Chicago, and for
merlY, for eight years, in charge of
the Lick observatory in California,
will deliver lectureon Photographic
Revelations in Astronomy at the
West Virginia University February 8.
Professor Barnard is one of the lead
ing astronomers in the country. The
Lick observatory had the largest tele-
scope in the world until the Yerkes
was built, and Prof. Barnard has been
in charge of both of them. His lee
ture is illustrated by means of the
finest collection of slides in existence,
of the moon, planets, comets, nebulae,
etc. This lecture is one of a regular
series of lectures being given at the
West Virginia University by eminent
specialists in science and other sub
jects, free to the students and public.
The subjects of Miss Jane Adams
lectures at the West Virginia Uniyer-
sity, beginning August II, wiz be
1.-THE Social Theories of Count
Tolstoi, " "The Non-resistance of Toll
stoi versus the Non-resistance of Je-
sus, ''Social Obligations of Citizen
Ship" and "English and American
Social Settlements"
The West Virginia University will
be an especially attractive place dur
ing the summer quarter for Young
physicians, medical students and stu
dents in biology. In addition to the
courses in antony, physiology, bota-
ny and zoology offered by DR.. Harti-
gan, Prof. Ernest B. Hoag, professor
of biology in Throop Polytechnic In
stitute, PASADENA, California, will be
present and give courses in bacteriol-
ogy and histology. Professor Hoag
has been a profound student and has
Investigated his subject in many re-
mote parts of the world and under the
most diverse conditions, having gone
to the Azores, the Sandwich Islands,
Alaska and elsewhere in pursuit of his
The Oratorical Association of West
Virginia and Western Pennsylvania
will hold its annual contest in May at
Waynesburg college. At the last con-
test the medal was won by the repre-
sentative of the w. V. U.
One of the most important steps
yet taken to place the West Virginia
University in line with the leading
and most progressive universities of
the country is the revision of the
courses and schedule of studies so that
as far as possible subjects will be
taken up and completed in one quar-
ter. Instead of scattering over sew
eral subjects for year or more, the
student will concentrate his energies
on two or three subjects, master them,
pass his examinations, and be ready to
take up something else. One Of the
great advantages of this modern sys-
tenn is that students entering the
University at the. beginning of any