The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29

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) haps, SIS. One SiinIay al i1aoora iis
word leaked out III
+ sers We're about To secure he Ell ire
i property by right OF law The9DTfcIt
layers told the carp ana the car
: penters carried the news To- tie ma
sons and the roofers. BY I9 I,ck
! all the workmen were Hi Iii 81 aoslsy
near the University, but their Scotch
: irish bringing up would not ALLOW hem
J. to go to work until Mono sithg
! one hour for good measure, they start
\. ed to tear down the bull ssf Ass
y NJ. The windows. the doors. IL ne stairs
ways and: the floors we're all removed
and carted away by daybreak, but az sss
light brought crowd Of curious
i pie and. what was worse. III INN uf
the law. the village constable ys III
came with much so1emnity lust asss
the workmen had begun to fp he
slate from the ROOT.
There We're arrests and a str lib $safs
! Butler, the county seat. accpnauanfeds
by the constable ana ne prosecutor
Arriving there in the evening the pri
oners informed the officar iii HE the
were going to a hotel lead of
and to see laWyer inst cad or
sheriff. The prosecutor and tie COZ.
stable fastened to the jail flor tls & sh 5sls
If and a posse. but the sheriff tiought
1t was unnecessaryS3. Til prosectft Hui
attorney and the sheTin exchanged
some warm Language and 81 ri u
ragged high. but the Slippery rock ar
tisans never went Ito of ia f. 81
fine. But they never got dill
more from the Ones tnd snsr5sa
The building was secured fiass
farm owners, and for years has beer
utilized as q horse barn Ilieh leads
the facetiolls ones rem
horses and ponies are fnesi
juncts Of "a college. There ofscA til
voice at the II stu ie:at ssS
claimed the odes OF Iorace. sofil III ahs
sound of crnnching oats nj
heard for 20 years. and & now I'll af iss$
silenced. The prirn. strai 81 III as.ase Ia
walls are melting aW ana sssss
time this paper reaches It's rasidsTsss
there viii be nothing left of the ID
Study University but al rsIb bish faaa
no, more than that iii sreaI far frs5as @
this humble school here i1ayes spTsI
two large Institutions ofsIearni iii
The educational spf as
in the neig hborhood few
the creek, at Pine Grey Gun
schoolmaster defined Cd D Fate
starting little academy, al III NJ
many Of the Hem1ock S prin q TIC cent
journeyed More came, an 80 IA aanaesEsa
kindled by the crush red ss sae
a
spread. j became college yeo3sn M
buildings gave way blie
and md a few weeks We ag o5ssa opaned
finest dornaitory for worneli On
American continent. The oan
schoolnaaster who took Lee.
is Dr.. Isaac G. Keller presi dent
Grove City College. s.sss
The Immediate mel. -Sbcrfood sof
Hemlock Springs never gave up
lesire for an Institution of learn if1s.
IN the late sos, two bachelors 81 Il
Patterson and George Maxwell
John Bingham, DR.. Bard and
'thers set about the estabifs hnenf
! school. The project was being
:ussed In the village store. and d al
ner remarked that his town Ilasi Stri 20
o get normal school. but there aa
me in the district and the prp1sct Ind
'een abandoned w not orsnaI
chool in slippery Roe1e? comm
ee was fastened to burr.
y was raised. Every bod
nd young. poor girls conf Ited s8Hs
nd 500, and he farmers subscribed
literally Today tlie lorna
here has building WIFI ch COS
er of milIion, over 500 stud enfs
team heating plant its
as wells aand even coal a1itls sss aicl
ill be opened If the gas ey
It is a far cry From e Il.
prings uniVersity To great sfolle
uildings and libra les
nd Slippery Rock
and students, but Prot thou
cad, sounds it.
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