Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-05
University MATTERS.
The Report of the President on It's
Co,aIt,on other Morgantown

Special to the Reg.s'eI.
MORGANTOWN, W. Va, January 4.
The report Of the President of the
University on the condition of affairs
here had some interesting points in it.
This report was read at the convocation
exercises. The main features of the re-
port were as follows;
The President began his report -
an introduction Of Prof Alfred Edward
Thayer, who had been elected Professor
Of Bacteriology and Materia Medica
since the last convocation. DR.. Thayer
was here and had begun his work in
the University.
The selections Of the plans for new
buildings for the library, museum,
armory and mechanical arts have all
been selected and the contracts let as
far as there were funds available for
the erection of these buildings. The
work was to begin on April first, which
is as soon as it can be done in our
climate. They will be pushed as rap
idly as possible. They will be much
superior to anything that we have at
present in the way Of buildings.
1t was also announced that the sub
scriptions to the pipe organ fund had
grown large enough to insure the erec-
ton and installation of the organ. Two
donors who wished their names to be
kept a secret had donated $1,000 each to
the fund, and the organ is now being
built.
The Boston Organ Company, of Hart
ford, Conn, is building it. 1t will be
magnificent three-manualled affair and
will be the largest and best organ in
use at any university. The organ will
be ready for use by the next convoca-
ton, on April first.
The next convocation address is to
be delivered by President David Starr
Jordan, of Leland Stamford, Jr., Uni
versity, who has consented to be here
at that time.
A prize Of $25 which has been offered
by Congressman A. G. Dayton, of this
district, for the pupil making the great
est progress in the school of Domestic
Science, was announced. This prize
will be given out at commencement
and each year hereafter.
The enrolment Of students was as
serted to be at present SO2, which was
an advance over the same time last year
of 152, the enrolment at that time be-
ing 644.
The growth and usefulness of the
library was discussed. Two thousand
eight hundred and sixty volumes have
been added to the $4,000 that composed
it two years ago. 1t is very largely
used by the students at all times of
day and evening.
The remainder Of the report was
made I'D Of a defense OF the system of
electives that have been introduced into
the university.
The police OF Pittsburg have notified
the relatives of William Wilmington.
at this place, that a letter has been
turned into the Office Of the chief of
police. This letter had endorsed on the
back: ''Picked up on the bank of the
river, having been dropped by a man
who Jumped into the river There was
nothing else about the case and no one
knew where the letter came from. 1t
was on the desk of the chief when he
inspected the papers lying there The
letter had been written by John B.
Sweeney, of Wheeling, an insurance
agent, to Whittington, telling him about
filing out an enclosed blank in order
to get insurance. The blank had not
been filled out. The relatives of the
young man are very much worked up
over the matter. They have heard
cnlv once from him since he left here
after his failure. He then threatened
suicide He came here from Charles
Town, which was his former home
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