The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-22
READY 10 GO.
Investigating Committee are
Through with Their Work.


Part OF Them have gone aad the others
will Leave this EseHiag--A very nice
Time while herc-Dinner and Rece,
iiyn st I,r and Mrs. Raymond's- "a
vorable impression Of the fown and
University Received usher Notes on
Their VISIT Charleston Impression
Of spprup, iafioas-
F,..ln III .i.s 5 Daily.
The Investigating committee has
been having very nice time in Nor
gantown, although two OF them have
been forced to leave for Charlestown
on the noon train. The Others will
go this evening and the Investigation
will be thing of the past.
OF course the gentlemen who came
in were very much pleased with what
they saw. They will not get back in
time to place very much of value be-.
fore the Legislature until the enI of
the session shall be on them. But
they have had pleasant trip. They
have met the people here and we have
had the pleasure of their company for
two days and who will say that this Is
not enough to pay for all the expense
| incurred?
The committee spent the part of
the day they had here on Thursday
looking over the grounds and several
of the buildings. Friday they went
over the rest of the buildings aud took
a more careful inspection of the
grounds. They Of course would not
express themselves to any great ex-
tent on the report that they would
make or the impressions that they
had received but that these were ia
yorable is without question.
Thursday night they were dined at
six o'clock at DR.. and Mrs. Raymond's.
Besides the members OF the commit
tee, Hon. George @. Sturgiss, DIR. 1. c.
White, DR.. s. V. Leech, Director
Stewart and Prof. Whitehill were
present.
At eight the members of the facnl-
ty were received by the doctor and his
wife in honor of the visitors. Each
member OF the teaching force Of the
University except those who were
kept away by illness were there. The
evening was delightful one. A very
fine concert was given. Misses Nc
Murphy and Martin rendered num-
Der of very pleasing selections and
while this part of the evenings enter
tainment was being carried out the
Glee Club and the Orchestra came in
unannounced and supplemented it.
The visitors and faculty were very
much pleased with this courtesy.
The committee leaves Morgantown
with the best wishes of every one who
has met them and the feeling that
they Wilde the right thing by the in
stitution which they have just investi-
gated.
DOWN AT CHARLESTON.
In this connection the following
special from Charleston will be of in
terest:
The committees on taxation and
finance of both houses are at work on
the appropriations. A bill will be
presented in each, embodying prac-
tically the same provisions. Thus
far the amount asked is 100000
A memt er of the house committee
stated yesterday to your correspon-
dent that 81, 10000 would cover all
the appropriations that can be al
lowed. 1t is impossible, he said, for
him to state as yet how this will be
distributed, but necessarily, no in
stitution can get as much as it has
asked. The Home for Incurables
alone wants 100000. If it gets a
fourth of that it will be doing well.
President Raymond, of the state
university, made an eloquent plea
the other day before the senate com
mittee, on behalf of the appropria-
tions asked for the university. He
was listened to with marked atten-
ton, but it was intimated to him
then that the legislature cannot pos
sibly allow the university all it asks