The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-09-20
UNIVERSITY NOTES.
Personal and General Mention OF Do
ings on Mergantown's Acropolis.


President Raymond has returned
from business trip to Pittsburg.
Prof. Emory, superintendent OF
Grounds and Buildings, has given
Martin Hall a new coat of paint and
paper, and he is making many i'm
provements.
The paving and grading of the
street through the campus will be
an important improvement. Prof.
Morris has charge OF the engineer
ing work and he is doing fine job.
DIR. and Mrs. John b. Johnston
are boarding at Mrs. Browns on
Wiley street.
Professor Ellenberger will be home
next Saturday from his summer out
ing.
Miss Lucy Celeste Daniels, Pro-
fessor of European History, is spend
ing few days with friends in the
West.
Adjutant C. w Waddell is look
ing after the correspondence and
other matters relating to the cadet
corps during the absence of Col.
Fast. The latter will be home be-
fore the opening of the Fall Quarter.
Prot. Hodges expects to take in
the Dewey festivities in New York.
Prof. Armstrong has been at his
old home in Upshur county for few
days.
Rev. L. A. Core, of India, has
been miugling with old University
friends the past few days.
DIR A. d. Hopkins has been elect
ed Fellow of the American Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Sci
enee. DIR. Hopkins is just now en-
gagged in preparing some exhibits
for the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture at the Paris Exposition
The new Elective System which
is to go into effect October first
promises to be immensely popular
with the students. They will have
an opportunity to study the sub
jects which will best prepare them
for their work in life
Lee Smith, of Uniontown, Pa. AL
len W. Porterfeld, of Jefferson coun-
W, w. Va; Silas NJ. Hoff, oil Richie
county, W. Va. and Charles f.
Trembly, of Preston county, w. Va,
will receive their bachelors degree
at the Fall Convocation, Monday,
October 2.
The work of the Summer Quarter
has practically closed The attend
ance was exactly $50, representing
Ia different States besides 3S coun-
ties in West Virginia The attend
ance last summer was 1873. The in
crease shows that the Summer Quar-
ter is heartily approved by the peo
Pile, especially by teachers and Others
who cannot attend during any other
time of the year. The unanimous opin-
ion of the Summer Quarter students
is that the Summer Quarter exactly
fits the conditions in West Virginia.
Next summer the attendance will
doubtless reach at least 800
The Experiment Station is en-
gagged in the scientific investigation
of sugar beet culture in West Vir-
ginia. Two or three thousand sam
Piles of sugar beet grown in the
State will be analysed during the
next few weeks.
The new department OF Domestic
Science will open October 1st under
the direction of Miss Hannah B.
Clark, A. b., Phi. D. 1t is intended
to be both scientific and practical
Everything relating to home making
and housekeeping will be taught. Nc
extra fees will be charged for in
struetion in this department, and
the young ladies ought to take ad
vantage of it. It is quite as impor-
tant to know how to paint picture
or read Latin.
Beginning with the Fall Quarter
the Pre- medical Department will COW
er the first two years of the work in
regular medical colleges.
The Fall Quarter will begin with a
sermon Sunday night October 1st in
Commencement Hall by Rev. DR.. A.
M. Buchanan of the Presbyterian
church.