Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-06-20
An old Fashioned commencement.


the past few months has brought
an old fashioned Commencement
The alumni are here; the parents
and friends of the students are here:
the music Is here. the old college
spirit is here, and tie old-fime dis
position to concentrate al the end
Of the college year all the social fea
lures that have been seeking vent
during the working time, and to
warm up the reunions aud tie fare
wells that arc SO much a part Of Col
lege life, are all here in full force to
make the occasion enc to ke remem
bered in the years to come
No one can criticisc this revival
of the Commencement season as a
going back to things that have been,
or ought to have, outgrown IN our
University life. We have e1iminat-
ed some things, and the history Of
every educational institution is that
Of sitting the methods and customs
of each succeeding year and dropping
out that for which something wiser
and more efficient is offered as a
substitute. But nothing has yet
taken the place Of the annual com
mencement season, and We are 10th
to relegate it to a place among the
things Of he past. A college year
without commencement season is
like calendar year without Sum
mer season.
We believe our State University
stands for, and will continue to as
pire to the highest and broadcast
progress along the lines OF modern
educational work. We will take all
that is good in the new, aud con
tinue TO use and cherish all that has
proved good in the old systems. a
thing will not be accepted simply
because it is new, nor rejected sim
ply because it is old.
An educational institution Is one
of the most complicated and sensi
tive pieces OF machinery III our
modern organization. 1t will not
bear unskillful and frequent read
justment. It must have INTEL
igent and careful manipulation un
der all conditions and for every pun
pose however commendahle. A single
simple change OF parts will some
times disastrously derange The
whole system.
We are glad to believe that under
the recent reorganization it has fall
en- into careful and prudent hauds.
We have a Board of Reeeuts Who
fully realize their responsibility aniA
will be conservative and far 81 ,te3.
They have chosen president haiS
not new to the situation. ant sim
will not blnnder along IN tie dag
at the expense of the state. Hewjt'
have comprehensive grasp Of tae
situation at the start, and an opp0f
tunity to do great work for aa VI
stitution he loves. II he does not
succeed it will not be for lack Of the
good will aud hearty support Of ev
ery friend OF the University The
favor of all the people Of che state
and of every member of the Gniver
sity is always naturally and sponta
neously with "a President They
want 20 see MN succeed. They are
eager to hold up his hands There
Is no adverse interest that would
profit by pulling him down. His
downfall is always a calamity to ev-
cry interest near or remote to the
University. 1t is only when he has
shown that he cannot or ought not
to succeed, that opposition arises.
The New DOMINION bespeaks for
the new president the hearty good
will and undivided support of every
friend Of the University. We believe
the institution is entering upon a
new era of prosperity and healthy
growth. It will become and ought
to become the chief pride Of the peo-
pie of the State A 80 far as this
journal can aid in promoting this re
suit it will always be found in the
future as in the past, its constant
friend and the unhincbino defender