Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-17

The Annual Moot Court Was tho
Usual Great Success,

MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEG
PIE WE'RE INTERESTED LIS
TENERS AT THE ENTERTAIN
MENT-DEBATE BETWEEN THE
LITERARY SOCIETIES ON THE
EXPANSION QUESTION HELD
LAST NIGHT THE PR o.
GRAMME ARRANGED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE COM
MENCEMENT WEEK.
Special to the Register.
MORGANTOWN, June 16.-Com-
mencement exercises are now under
full Roadway at the University. There
was public moot court trial last
night which was attended by more
than one thousand people. The trial
was murder case in which Mr.. G. E..
Martin was accused of having murder
ed his wife after the style Of the Lieut.
CERT case in Chicago, and after the
murder case of the corpus deficit Of NJ.
D. Post, of Wheeling. The fact was
brought out that the corpus deficit may
be proven without the production OF
the dead body, and the accused was
found guilty. He was sentenced to be
hanged by Judge Johnson, dean OF the
law school, who presided. Mrs. j. c..
Frazer was attorney for the State. She
was assisted by Mr.. A. II Sawtelle, OF
Wheeling. The attorneys for the de-
tense were Messrs. W. B. Lindsay, R.
A. Welch and H. K. Drane.
Tonight the annual debate between
the two literary societies of the Uni
versity took place in Commencement
hall. The attendance was very large
and the interest intense.
For the first time the debate was
given seperate evening from the rest
of the inter-society contests. Four
debators appeared. They were well
prepared and delivered impassioned
speeches for and against the expansion
policy. The question for debate was:
Resolved, That the best interests of
the United States demand the extern
sions of territory beyond the North
American continent
The Columbians had the affirmative
and the Parthenons had the negative.
For the affirmative Messrs. William
Wellington Hughes and Emory Ison
Ireland spoke, and for the Parthenons,
Messrs. Robert Emmett Guy and AL
pheus Wilson Smith.
The audience was large and the in
terest intense. The inter-society con-
test on Defamation, Essay and Ora
ton will take place on Tuesday night
of next week.
The judges tonight were Hon. o. S.
Marshall, of New Cumberland; Rev. L.
w. Barr, of Fairmont, and Prof. A. w.
Lorenz, of Morgantown. The Column
bians got the decision.
The School of Music furnished the
music for the occasion, as they do for
all University events. They have an
excellent department and are able to
give the best selections of music.
The following musical programme
was rendered by the students from this
department.:
"Impassioned Dream .Rosas
University Orchestra.
P1anO-'LOVeS Dream .............. List
Miss Rose Howe
Song Stream of Silver Moonbeams"
Mems Giee Club. e''e'
Piano-'"The Two Skylarks'. .Leschetizdy
Miss Houston
Song-'G ondoliers' Song" .Graben- Hoffman
Womens Glee Club
The weather is delightful and the at
tendance on the various events has been
very greatly increased on this account
The base ball team has returned from
Waynesburg, where they defeated the Col
lege team at that place by score of ten
to six. having five errors and ten hits to
Waynesburg's thee errors and eleven hits
Only three of the Varsity team played in
the game. Two games willsbe played here
tomorrow with d. C. and A. c., of Pitts
burg. Two others will be played with
Waynesburg on Wednesday and Thurs
day of next week.
The programme for the rest of the exer-
cises is as follows:
Saturday evening, Regents prize dec
lamation contest open to the students in
the preparatory department only
Sunday morning II O'Clock, Baccalaureate
Sermon by Rev Benz. Terry, of the Uni
versity of Chicago. Sunday evening SER
mon by DR.. Terry to the Y. NJ. c. A
Monday. p. m, closing recital of the
school of music.
Tuesday, 8 a. m. to p. m, annual ex-
hibition of the department OF drawing and
painting.
p M, competitive drill for individual
medal on parade grounds.
$50 p. m, open air concert by Turner's
band on campus.
2:S0 p M, field day exercises.
$3.50 p. m, bicycle road race.
s p m, lntersociety contest between Par
thenon and Columbian Literary Societies
in defamation, essay and Grafton, Com
mencement Hall.
Wednesday, a m. to p. m, annual ex-
hibition of Department of Painting and
Drawing.
10 a m, company competition for corps
colors, parade ground.
$3.50 p. m, base ball game with Waynes-
burg college.
$50 p. m, open air concert on campus by