The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-09-27
MR.. BARRIE TALKS.
On The Elective System at The
University.

He Thinks Its advantages are obvious
Expects a Thousand Students This
Year-Congressmau Dayton viii offer
Prize to The Girl Who Can Prepare
The Best Dinner-Hrs. Atkinson viii
Also Give Prize.
Wheeling Intelligencer.
West Virginia university has. put
itself in line with the most progress
lsive universities OF the country by
adopting the elective system in its
full extent" said Prof. Waitman
Barbe to an Intelligencer man last
night. ''By a recent order of the fac
ulSy students may hereafter practic-
ally elect their entire course, choosing
the subjects in which they are most
interested and which will do them the
most good. For example, the student
who abominates mathematics and
never expects TO teach that subject
or use it in any other way win no
longer be compelled to devote several
hours day for several years to thaB
subject, but he will have the privilege
of choosing some other subject in
which he is interested and which he
he expects to use.
"This new elective system will %
into effect with the opening of the
fall quarter, October LIST. The require
ments for admission TO the freshman
class have also been changed to con-
form to the elective system, the re-
quirements being as high as before,
but much more lIberal.n
''For several years, continued MI.
Barbe, cit has been possible to get
the A. b. degree at Harvard without
knowing word OF Greek, and hereai-
ter this will be true of West Virginia
university, although the study OF
Greek and Latin etc, will be encour
aged as much as ever. The new sys-
tenn promises to be immensely popt-
lar
"How about your new 'cookin !
school?' was asked.
"The department of domestic scr
ence will be opened with the begin
ming of the fall quarter. Ii will he
in charge of Miss Hannah b. Clark, 4
thoroughly trained woman. She is
an A. b. and PHI. D., and in add
ton to her work Ia the domestic sci
ence department she viii be dean Of
women. Congressman Dayton told
me yesterday that he intends TO Offer
a prize TO the girl in the domestic SCI
ence department who can cook the
best dinner
''This reminds me that Mrs. At
kinson, wife of the governor, has Of
fered prize of S25 for the best al
round young lady student in the uni
versity. Last year there were over
two hundred young lady students,
and there will be more this year."
is the cadet corps full?a
Nearly SO, | think, but many Of
the cadets have TO drop out during
the winter to teach school, and
worthy young men can take advantage
of these vacancies. Judge John A.
Campbell, of New Cumberland the
regent for this district informed ~
to-day that he has large number Of
applicants, but that he will do the
best he can TO give appointments to
young men who deserve them and
who apply for them at once. Cadets
get their books and uniforms free and
have no fees at all to pay to the uni
versity. 1t is a great opportunity
for West Virginia boys"
"How many students are you ex-
pecting this year?"
ut is hard to tell how many, Of
course, but If the usual rate of in
crease continues the number will be
nearly thousand.
Mr. Barbe goes from here to Latrobc
Pa, to examine the Latrobe high
school which has applied to be placed
on the list of accredited high schools
of the university. Last year Penn
| sylvania sent about seyenty-flve stu
dents down to theWest Virginia uni
versity to be educated.