The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-03-01
The COMMITTEES REPORT,
What the Visitors thought of
the University.


What the Visitors thought of
the University.
TBes. give tse Eesislaidrs a lew Facts
In relation to It-Increase due to the
Wisdom Of the Board and the En-
pIoyment Of Special Agent--Adver-
Using the Keynote TO Increasing the
Attendance-Th Abolition Of the
Prep Department is Urged for the
near Future Purchase OF Real estate
Recommended Experiment Station
and Its Work.highly Endorsed.
The report of the visiting commit
tee which was here at the University
for two days during the recent ses-
sion of the legislature viii make in
teresting reading for many IF our
readers and ne take pleasure in Civ
ling Il 20 them. The full report is
as follows and is taken from the
journal of the House:
Mr.. Bennett from the Joint Special
Committee to visit the University
submitted the following report,
REPORT or THE epECIAL COMMITTEE
l.. no Fisrr THE UNIVERSITY.
70 the President of the Senate and
Speaker of the House of Delegates;
The special committee to visit and
report upon the University at Morgan
town, beg leave to report;
/ They visited said institution Oh the
18th and 18th instants, and inspected
the grounds. buildings, and manage
mcnt thereof, They found the school
in a growing and fourishing condition,
with much larger enrolment or stu
dents than at any previous year. The
betterments that have been in process
Of building up for thee past ten or
twelve years whereby the facilities for
enlarged educa ton, aud increased IA
cilities in the way Of teachers and APP
paratus, have justified the .expecta,
lions and judgment Of the Beard Or
Regents, whose direction ordered them
among these betterments may be
enumerated the additional buildings
and their equipment for service; the
remission of all charges for tuition,
and the opening o. the doors to female
students upon the same terms as to
males Under the stimulus OF these
advantages, the increase in the roster
Of students, beginning about 1875
When l07 marked the total Ia attend
ance, until 1878, with the high
water mark at s74. The increase
noted has been somewhat accelerated
during the past two or three years by
the employment Of special agent,
who canvassed the State soliciting
students, and making known the splen-
cid opportunities for education afford
ed by this establishment. With a
proper effort at advertising the capac-
ity of the University for finished
education, it is believed That the
growth of its patronage is assured.
The preparatory department which
has been maintained up to now as q
necessity owing to the lack of prepa-
ratory schools elsewhere-has done
good work and justified its establish
ment; but with better schools through
out the State to prepare students tC
enter the classes at the University, il
may be well to admonish the Board OF
Regents that the time is approaching
when this department should give
way to the pressing necessity for room
and opportunity for those seeking
more advanced study.
The regents recommended the pur
chase of some additional real estate
to meet the early necessities of the
University for expansive growth IN
buildings and room for the Cadet evo
buttons and drill, which it may b,
well to acquire. They also ask appro
priations for additional buildings
which it is possible the school will
need by the time they can be built
OF course the necessary room must b,
supplied, or the work there will b.
hampered.
We found the work of the Agricul-
tural Experiment Station in goot
hands and well conducted. Man,
useful experiments have been finished
and others are in process or well ad
vanced, the results of which will b,
useful and interesting to the farmers
graziers and fruit growers of thi
State. The requests for appropria
tions for this department-and especi
ally for funds to pay for publishing
results in Bulletin form for genera
Observation-Disclosures be fully met
The sums asked for are moderate an(
absolutely necessary.
| We found the faculty and instruc
tors apparently working in harmon,
and efficiently, and we commend tn,
institution as worthy of the fostering
care of the State.
| q. D. DoTsoN,
E. G. PIERsoN,
c. E. MILLENDER.
e. A. BENNETT,
]. A. OLDF'IELD.