Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-08

ed-lmpreSSl0nS IN Mexico ana the
States of the Southwest.
President Raymond OF the Uniyer-
sity has arrived from the western
trip which has taken up the time
since the first OF July. He left here
together with Mrs. Raymond by way
of Chicago for California Mrs.
Raymond stopped on the way back
in Illinois to visit her mother and
will not be back IN Morgantown for
a week or ten days
One OF the chief reasons for the
trip taken by DR.. Raymond was to
aid in the selection of a number OF
new men for the faculty of the Uni
versity. Chairs to be filled are as
follows
Domestic Science, History, Biolo-
gy for one year during absence OF
DR.. Hartigan who will take a year
off for higher investigation, Materia
Medica, Physiological Chemistry
Stringed instruments and assistants
in Vocal Music, and.Chemistry. The
professorship in Mechanical Engi-
neering will not be filled this year
but Prof Jones has been promoted
in this department and the fact that
there will be no work done IN the
shops will relieve the pressing nee
essity of man to take Prot Al
drich's place for the time being.
Prof Emory will have general
charge. Later it is the intention
not only to elect man in the Me
chanical department but also in
Electrical Engineering.
The Burlington Route was taken
westward from Chicago through
Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Colora
do to Denver. The first part of this
trip was delightful being through a
garden. The latter through desert
of sand. Then south over the Den
yer and Rio Grande through the
Grand Canon most beauOlluI
scenic route and one full OF the most
absorbing interest
Leadville was one oil the places
visited on this part OF the trip.
There were no Indians nor other
savages at Leadville and the travel
ers were interested at finding that
the state of Colorado produced an
nually more gold than silver al
though it is usually thought of as a
great silver producing state.
From there the road went into
Utah and here some OF the most DIES.
olate parts of the United States were
seen. Salt Lake City and Ogden
were the only towns of any size en-
countered. The people were peculiar
and the institution of polygamy is
not only not dying out but is spread
ing. The President of the Agricul-
tural College of Utah is a man hav-
ing three wives and seems rather
proud OF that fact
The railroad ran around two sides
OF the Great Salt Lake and the effect
of the basin on the eyes was very
hard The basin is composed OF
sand and alkali. it's white in color
and the reflected light was awful
Utah was a desert except for the
oasis at Salt Lake City and Ogden.
Passing into Nevada the sage
brush, coyotes and jack rabbits
made up the landscape. The desert
was something awful and the scenes
Of desolation were understandable.
For hundreds of miles there are no
trees, no grass, no water, nothing
but wastes of sand covered With the
things mentioned above.
The Humboldt river was one OF the
many peculiar things about this sec
tion of the country. 1t flows paral-
lei to the railroad tor forty or fifty
miles and then disappears. 1t sinks
out OF sight in the sand according
to the people out there but the prob
ably true explanation Of it is that it
eyaporates. Along this river there
are some pretty places but back Of
it the sand has every thing.
In California the meeting of the
Association of Agricultural Colleges
and Experiment Stations together
!. with the meeting of the National Ed
vocational Association were attended.
The former met in San Francisco
and the latter in Los Angeles. At
the former meeting there were but
one hundred and fifty delegates.
Prof. Hite was very highly spoken of
by the delegates and it was found