Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-10-21
DEDICATED HALL
New Music Room the Scene of
Brilliant Recital.


son Indicates Progress of School
Gift of S25, 900 for 100000 Music
Building.
The new recital hall of the Uni
versity School of Music was dedi-
Gated last night with appropriate
exercises The program consisted
of short addresses by President
Purinton, Hon. Geo. G. Sturglss and
Dean Wrightson, and musical num
bers by Prof. Wertime, Dean Wright
son and Mr.. Spence. About three
hundred people were present by in
vitation, this being ali that the room
will seat omfortably.
The recital hall is situated in the
third floor of Woodburn Hall. The
room is well known to the public as
the one formerly occupied by the
premedical department OF the Uni
versity and used before the days OF
the armory for the military and
commencement dances. The entire
third floor was formerly. in one room
but it has been cut in two by parti-
tom and the eastern end is the re-
cital hall. 1t has been transformed
by the decorator and is a beautiful
room. All this has been done with
out cent of cost to the University.
The dedicatory exercises were be-
gun last night by DR.. Purinton, who
made a saort address OF welcome.
He spoke in a most happy vein, re-
ferring to the music school as the
youngest member of the educational
household She was corn, he said,
only six years ago, but in that time
had grown from infancy to maiden
hood, and even now had attained the
usefulness and Importance OF woman
hood. She had been Graded in the
old hos pital building on High street,
but now, for the first time in her
life, had set up housekeeping for
herself, and was "at home tonight
to her friends DR. Holmes had
once tacetiously remarked: Man,
kind is divided into three classes
the saints, the sinners and the
Beechers. The whole University
was divided into three parts-the
S students, professors, and the school
of Music.
Mr.. Sturgiss followed Dr. Purinton
with what he was pleased to call an
informal talk. His remarks, also,
were in the entertaining vein OF the
after-dinner speaker. He closed
with a prophecy that in few years,
the School of Music would have a
100000 building. If Dean Wright
son would 90 to Charleston with his
instructors and musical organiza
tions, he believed he could charm
the ducats out of the state legisla-
ture There were enough rich men
in the state who owed their opulence
to the natural wealth of the West
Virginia mountains to make this
100000 building possible Mr..
Sturgiss paid q high tribute to the
enthusiasm and energy of Dean
Wrightson.
Dean Wightson gave some re-
markable statistics showing the
progress of the school, When be
came here. the total enrolment Of
the School OF Music was 142; it is
now 316. Then the income outside
OF state appropriations was $4,000;
now it is over $4,000. There was q
faculty then of five instructors; now
there are eleven. Then there were
three pianos in use, now there are
thirteen. Five rooms were then
used, now eleven are used.
Dean Wrlghtson announced the
gift of $4,000 towards building tc
cost 100000. The donor is 8
wealthy West Virginian, who does
not care to have his name used. Mr.
Julian Fleming had given a piano tc
the school as memorial to his
daughter, Miss Bessie Fleming. The
instrument was the one used by her
He had also loaned fine violin
dated l7l5, which the Dean thought
would turn out to be a genuine
Stradivarius OF great value. The
budukS VI bue sNhDOl are uuS ~ Lue
VIM. Knahe piano company, for their
generosity.
Following these remarks, the
musical program was rendered. The
first number was sonata tor piano
and violin, OPP. 45, Griee, bv Mr.
Wertime and Mr.. Spence. The an,
dience will not soon forget its in
tOxicating sweetness.
Mr.. Wertime was heard later II
five selections from Chopin, covering
a wide laoee. md atfofdiag him tn,
best opportunity tor the use of his
remarkable powers The impression
made upon the audience was deer
and convincing Mr.. Weitlme's
place IA pianist ip the estimation
OF the public is secure.
Dean Wrioh:son sang six song
during the evening. Two of thes
were Longing" and Sweet Love
now / Must Leave Thee nv RicharC
Strauss ''Popples'' by De K oyei
and ''TheA Shall Hunger no NJ ore.
hy Neidlinger, we've the audi ence'
;avorites. The Dean was at hi $ hes
lasl night, and never made "a m OF
decided hill with a Mor08ntoW