Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-12-07
SCHOLARLY LECTURE
Was that Given by President
Purinton in Wheeling Friday.

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Made treat Hit with Big Audience
Some Notable Utterances at Banquet
Old trades Show Loyalty to Alma
Mater Major Uowden Presided :
CarrIgan and Hart Talked.
The lecture given by President Pur-
inton in Wheeling Friday was re-
garded as one OF the most scholarly
ever heard there. The Register re-
ports it in full and gives the following
account Of the banquet preceding:
1.-The people of this city and many
visitors from other cities were again
treated to rare intellectual feast at
the Court Theatre last evening, when
DR.. ID. B. PurintoE, the distinguished
president of the West Virginia Uni
versity, delivered one of the most
practical, profitable and interesting
lectures ever enjoyed in this city.
In recognition of the fact that DR..
Purlnton came to this city not oDl.' to
fulfil particular part OF the series Of
lectures, but as the president Of the
home University an an honored guest
OF ex-graduates and former students OF
that institution, complimentary
banquet was tenderId DIR. PuIinton
at the Hotel Windsor There were
present nearly thirty of the forme.
university students.
Major w. j. w. Cowden, member of
the board OF regents of the West Vir-
ginia University, presided as toast
master, and In few brief but well
chosen remarks introduced Or. Purin-
ton, who spoke for quarter OF an
hour or more in an interesting remin-
iscent vein. lie referred to his col
lege life at the university and outlined
the work OF the institution for the
past fifteen years. He said TO those
IN his presence that if they were to go
back to Morgantown with him they
wsuld notice some marvellous
changes. He said that fifteen years
ago the faculty included thirty
eight professors and there were about
two hundred students 10 attendance,
and that this year the enrolment
would reach over one thousand and
the faculty over hundred. He
dwelt at length on the excellent faeili-
ties Of the university at the present
time, and was greatly applauded at
the conclusion OF his remarks.
Major Cowden then called upon
Senator Charles e. Carrigap, who re.
sponded in his customary pleasing
style as TO what he saw while stu
dent Of the university, and how loyal
the alumni were to the alma mater in
the legislature, wherever the interest
of the university was at stake or 10
any matters pertaining to that worthy
institution of learning. He said that
the alumni were lined up to man in
tae legislature, and concluded his re-
marks by saying that the day is not
far distant when all the important
state offices will be filed with alumni
students, and just then Hon. Charles
Burdette Hart conceded with the
speaker by saying, "They are nearly
all filled that way now"
Toastmaster Cowden called Mr..
Hartto the floor, who spoke in highest
terms Of the university and congratu
lated the board of regents on securing
the valued Services Of President Pur-
inton, referring to his superior ability
and splendid manner in which he has
promoted the university's interests.
He said that the appointing OF Dr.
PuriDton to the presidency Of the
university marked new epoch 10 the
history OF that excellent institution.
The banquet menu card represented
the college colors, being printed in Old
gold on blue cardboard.
The gentlemen who enclrcled the
board were:
II. G. Ogden, Rev. d. W. Howard,
Dr. Purnton, d. e. CluYd, Charles
Burdette Hart, John Il. Day, G. r.
c. Allen, c. S. Morrison, Edward w.
Stifel, John F. Arbenz, Henry G. ST.
fel, G. e. Morris, John Wallace, Lo-
rain Fortney, Frank G. Cox, Lee f.
Dobbs, w. II. Z. Curtis, w. G. Meyer,
H e. Dunlap, A L. Sawtell, A. G.
Fickesen, S. S. Jacob, G. E. Carrigan.
The subject of the lecture was
1.-The New Education. The Wheeling
News says:
DR.. Purington tod his audience
that the new education was a recog
nlzed factor Of modern civilization,
people seem TO want scientific techno.
logical education, that is, gthe vast
majority of them do. Some want
classic instruction and should get it.
The scholar Of today cultiyates mar
row field but he plows prodigiously
deep furrow, said Dr. Purington,
conviction that impressed itself forci-
bly, On the minds of his hearers. He
emphasized one phase Of modern edu-
cation by saying that German lin
gust who spent his life studying the
Dative case Ia Latin, had no time
for the Cenetive. the Accusative, or
the Ablative. He spoks at length Of
the tendency OF the age to multiply
and increase its objects OF study.
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