Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-04-23
WHO ARE THEY?
Another Paper Would Like to
Know About the
Organ.

ciSed in another Partieular-Some
Funny Business abou, the Big Organ
is Probably TO be Concealed Other
Instances ef this Kind.
Before President Raymond leaves
the University he should be consider
ate enough to divulge the names OF
those two generous gentlemen who
Were kind enough To give the State
that handsome Pipe Organ, and who
up 10 this time are too modest to per-
nit their names TO be made public.
This organ, which is now being erect
ed in Commencement Hall, is a very
handsome one perhaps the finest in the
State and it Will be thing of beauty
forever. The Legislature did not
think the State needed il, but those
two benevolent gentlemen, whose
names are unknown, concluded that
the University would be a failure with
out it, and made the donation, They
are certainly men of standing for the
builder Of the organ is putting it up
on their guarantee. He should be
satisfied OF their responsibility, for
unless public opinion changes very
much,it will take most powerful
lobby to get any Legislature To appro-
pirate a dollar to pay for that organ.
--Fairmont Index.
The above point is well taken, and
we had been intending for some time
TO make similar call for informa-
tion. We asked a number of promi-
neDt citizens about Morgantown, and
even several parties connected with
the University, as TO the identity Of
the the philanthfopic gentlemen who
are paying such high tribute to the
memory OF Apollo and Euterpe, and
everyone declared their belief that no
such parties existed, and that it was
simply scheme Of President Ray
mond TO have the organ whether the
Legislature appropriated money for it
or not, aud that It would be paid
for out of some fund appropriated
for some other purpose, since Ray
mond expended the University appro-
prlations TO suit himself and without
furnishing any financial statement
for the benefit of the Legislature or
the public Parties in position TO
know what they Were talking about,
said it would probably be paid like
the deficiency in the expenses of the
School OF Music for the first year
This has been one OF the Doctors pet
hobbies, and he established this de-
partment without any appropriation
for it. The Board of Regents were of
course unwilling to officially establish
this department OF University work
without authority and funds, but
President Raymond made the propo-
sition to the Board that three friends
Of the University had agreed to make
up any deficiency in this department
at the end OF the year, so the Presi-
dent was allowed to go ahead and get
teachers and advertise this branch and
s'new departure" extensively. He
also publicly announced that whatever
was lacking in the expenses of this
department at the end of the year,
would be paid by three friends, who
had obligated themselves to that eff
feet. And they did pay it all right
enough, just as Or. Raymond said
they would. At the end of the first
School of Music year that department
was in the hole $500, and President
Raymond, Vice President Armstrong
and President Sturgiss went down in
their pockets and liqnidated the in
debtedness. So far, so good, but
there was a sequel, as there generally
is, and this part OF it has never been
explained by the President.
At the next meeting OF the Board
this bill fer $500 was presented for
payment. Well, the members re-
membering the Doctors plain propo-
sition, looked out the windows and
up at the ceiling and failed TO see the
bill, and some one made motion in
regard to some other business. and
the bill was politely ignored add went
over. At the next meeting the same
tableau-like performance took place,
and the bill was again given the
marble heart But that bill was
like the ghost Of Hamlet's father, it
wouldn't down, or, rather, it wouldn't
stay down, and kept serenely bobbing
up at every meeting Of the Board, I'M
til they concluded that, like the poor,
they would have 1t with them always,
unless they disposed Of it, and the
patience and perseverance OF that bin
was finally rewarded, as the hard
heart OF one of the members softened
and he moved that it be taken up and
allowed, which was done. and the
money returned whence it came, all
though President Raymond has since
Dragged about it being paid by
'sfriends of the University, without
going into the troublesome details
about the money being refunded.
If he is allowed to remain the un-
crowned Car Of the University, he
could probably play the same game a
second time. at his leisure, and have
few points to spare, but if he has to
pack up and leave while the June
roses are blooming, be will hardly
have opportunity for another musical