Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-09-07
THE PRESIDENT ARRIVES.
DIR. Partition and Family at Morgan
sewn-Farewen Reception given
mt Evansville.

DR.. and Mrs. Purinton arrived at
Morgantown Friday afternoon togeth-
err with their children They will re-
main there permanently from this
time on and will occupy the home OF
DIR p. Il. Reynolds. 1t is determines
by the board Of regents to erect for
the President an official residence.
This will probably come up at the
next meeting of the board which
tskes place in short time
They have been greeted by large
number CT friends since their arrival
and feel perfectly at home in the place
where they formerly resided and
where they have so many and so true
friends. Speaking of their departure
the Granville Times has the follow
ing to say
DR.. and Mrs. D. B. Purinton enter
tanned their friends last evening from
six O'Clock until nine, at their farewell
function.
The aaffir was brilliant success,
and will long be remembered by the
long series of social triumphs achieved
by the most hospitable of hostesses.
The reception was held ON the lawn
which was brilliantly lighted by cleo
| tricity, and made comfortable and
cosy by the generous use of rugs. pill
lows and easy chairs, while sufficient
shelter from the dew was afforded by
the interlacing branches of the veneer
| able trees.
| AT the west side of the lawn was
placed the large tent where dainty
and delicious refreshments were serv-
Ell during the evening, under the min
| istring care of a number of pretty
| girls. The tent was converted into a
veritable bower of beauty, where the
kindly forethought and good taste OF
the hostess found free expression. 1t
was festooned with Dension red, gar
landed with vines and branches light
ed by decorative lanterns, and the
| ever reliable incandescents' and as
a concession to indoor elegance, the
centre table was decorated with q
handsome bunch of fragrant lilies
and several dishes of delicate ferns.
| Many of the guests present at this
farewell reception, recalled the time,
nearly twelve wears ago, when they
assembled the hill in the direction of
DIR. Gilpatrick's home to greet the
new Presto ent and his wife. and they
found it difficult TO realize the fight OF
time. or truly the hostess, as she
stood by her husbands side to wei
come for the last time in this place
| the large circle of true, sincere and
admiring friends, seemed as youthful
and as charming as the modest girlisf
little lady who twelve years ago sc
| bravely faced the unknown and con
| verified tho>e two or three hundred
total strangers eventually into valued
friends.
Truly the community have cause tc
mourn the departure of this family,
| for the University loses one of its fin
| est executives and the town one of lti
most charming hostesses. They vii
be missed in all departments-ii
school, in church, in club work al
well as in social circles DIR. and Mrs
! Purinton during all these years have
dispensed a generous, lavish hospi
tality, and that, under conditions OBJ
| tanning in small town where help
is almost as scarce as the proverbia
"hens teeth is saying volumes. The
exacting social duties of their respon'
! sible position have ever been dis
charged by them gracefully, graci
ously and becomingly.