The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-11-25
THUSED ALL DAY LONG

On Athletic Field.
Celebration Kept Up Without FlaggiBg
from a. m. to IL Midnight-A Mon
ster Bonfire - War Dance and
Speeches-30OO People Participated.
All day yesterday. the ST. dents
of the University alumni and fol
lowers oil the fortunes of the Univer-
sity Athletic teams rejoiced in the
victory of the VARSITY over W. &
j. To the observer from another
city, who was not touched by the
infection, it must have seemed that
the city had gone-mad. All day long
the streets were crowded in one see
ton Or another with groups in fan
tastic costume, shouting and singing
blowing horns, and waving banners.
All day long the explosion of fire
works was heard from different parts
of the city. Every street car that
passed along the tracks exploded
hundreds OF torpedoes. Here some
dragged red and black bunting
through the muddy streets while
others waved aloft the banners OF
the old gold and blue. Here a crowd
of young ladies, covered with w. V.
U. pennants, and ribbons drew a
wagon up the street with the noisiest
portion OF brass band
These same young ladies' captured
the members of the Varsity eleven,
and one ON either side of each player
paraded up and down the streets.
They swooped down on Mayor Nc
Grew and Major Burns and made
them purchase horns for the bunch.
They captured Col. Grant, and he
had to take them around the loop on
street car.
Happy Hooligan, Gloomy Gus
"BIainy Bowers and ali the rest Of
the comic family of the Sunday pa
pers were in evidence. Hundreds
of the jewellers were masked, and
wore the most remarkable costumes.
Wagons as they were driven along
the streets were captured, and for
ced into service.
This sort of thing was kept up
without interruption all day long.
When the crowd would dissolve in
one place and noise cease for an in
slant it would break out anew at
some other point. And everybody
took everything good naturally. Act
after act which ordinarily would
place the perpetrator in jail was toll
Grated and the victims Joined in the
laugh, and lent their lungs to swell
the yells, and songs of victory. In.
deed in many cases the more serious
business of life was forgotten.
While this was going on down
street, hundreds of eager hands were
piling barrels, boxes, trees, panels
of tense, old steps and in fact every
thing combustible and loose, for The
higSest bonfire they ever blazed il
Morgantown. Four or five teams
were kept busy all day long hauling
the stuff and when night came a pile
of stuff higher than the Armory
and almost as big, had been accum
ulated. In the center a telephone
pole spliced with two long pieces o
scantling was erected, to the top O
this was fixed triangular red an6
black pennant, with the letters "W
IL j."
If the days celebration had beer
remarkable for its enthusiasm, Ii
cense and abandon, the night,
was doubly so. An hour before
seven o'clock, the hour for the par
ade the streets were blocked at som,
points with the crowd of "thusers
The fantastic costumes, masks, ant
sight shirts were more in evidenc,
than ever. Red fire was carried by
hundreds, confetti was thrown anC
fire works let of.
A parade was formed headed by
the cadet band. The Varsity FOL
lowed in carriages. Hundreds o
students and people of the towr
Enthusiastically dressed were in the
procession, which moved through
the principal streets of the city, an6
disbanded at the Athletic Field.
When Captain Seamon applied
the torch to the big pile of com
bustibles, oyer which two barrels O
oil and tar had been poured, fully
three thousand people had collected
in the grand stand and on the field
1--we field guns were manned by
artillery squads from the cadet corps
and dozen shots were fired. Tn,
flames OF the bonfire leaped through
the pile rapidly and in few moments
it was pyramid of flames. Two
circles of students in night shirts OF
duck suits were formed, and danced
around the fire. The members o.
the eleven were carried around the
pile on the shoulders of students
When the flames shot up the pole
and caught the w. q j. banner 6
mighty cheer went up from three
thousand throats.
A stand had been built near the
western goal, facing the grand stand
and President Richards introduced
DIR. Purinton as the first speaker
He congratulated the team and the
University on the victory over the
"Pennites." and compared the grid
iron battles between the two colleges
to the experiences of Rome with
Carthage and Hamilcar. 1--WE are
the victors, "he said, s'and can afford
to be generous. Let us forget what.
ever there has been ofenmity against
w. Il j."
DR.. Purinton was followed by
Prof Morris, Prof. Hodges, DR.
Maxey, Coach Trout, VIM. E. Glass
cock and L. A. Yeager, all of whom
bad something to say which brought
cheers from the crowd. M. Glass
cock delivered w. Il J.'s funeral
grafton.
After the speeches, and some
cheers led by Flenniken, the crowd
dispersed, but the revelry was kept
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