West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-04-19
IMPORTATION WANTED.
And some interesting Information
Impaired.

OF those two generous gentlemen
who were kind enough to give the
State that handsome Pipe Organ.
and who up to this time are too
modest 10 permit their names 10 be
made public. This organ, which is
now being erected in Commence
ment Hall, is very handsome one.
perhaps the finest in the State and
II will be thing of beauty forever.
he Legislature did not think the
State needed it, but those two bene.
VIOLENT gentlemen, whose names are
unknown, concluded that the Uni.
versity would be failure without II.
made the donation. They are
certainly men of standing for the
builder OF the organ is putting il IN
on their guarantee. He should be
satisfied of their responsibility, for
unless public opinion changes very
much, IT will take a most powerful
lobby to get any Legislature to APP
propriate dollar to pay for that
organ.-l'airmont Index.
The above point is well taken, and
we had been intending for some time
to make a similar call for informa-
ton. We asked a number of promi-
nent citizens about Morgantown, and
even several parties connected with
the University, as to the identity of
the philanthropic 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
Raymond to have the organ whether
the Legislature appropriated money
for 1t or not, and that it would be
paid for out of some fund appropri-
ated for some other purpose.
since Raymond expended the Uni
versity appropriations to suit himself
and without furnishing any financial
statement for the benefit OF the Leg
lslature or the public. Parties in a
position to know what they were
talking about, said it would proba-
bly, be paid like the deficiency in
the expenses of the School of Music
for the first year. This has been
oae OF the Doctors pet hobbies, and
he established this department with
out any appropriation for it. The
Board of Regents were of course
unwilling to officially establish this
department of University work with
out authority and funds, but Presi-
dent Raymond made the proposition
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 "new departure" exten.
sively. He also publicly announced
that whatever was lacking in the ex.
penses of this department at the end
OF the year, would be paid by three
friends, who had obligated them
selves to that effect And they did
pay it all right enough, just as Dir.
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
Stureiss went down in their pockets
and liquidated the indebtedness. 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 for $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 a mo.
ton in regard TO some other bust.
ness, and the bill was politely ignored
and went over. At the next meeting
the same tableau-like performance
took place, and the blu was again
given the marble heart" But that
bill was like the ghost Of Hamlcrs
father, it wouldn't down, or. rather.
1t wouldn't stay down, and kept Sc.
renely bobbing up at every meeting
Of The Board, until they concluded
that like the poor, they would have
it with them always, unless hey dis
posed Of it. and the patience and
perseverance Of that bill was finally
rewarded, as the hard heart Of one
Of the members softened and ne
moved that it be taken up and al
lowed, which was done, and The
money returned whence IL came.
although President Raymond has
since Dragged about it being paid BY
"friends Of The University" without
goinB into the troublesome details
about The money being refunded.
if he is allowed to remain the nm
crowned Gar Of the University. be
could probably play thc same rame