The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-15
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"WEDNESDAY eyening saw TIE btts open.
ia for the printing ofs the Uniyetsit
Ecatnloguei The MorgantoWn Post wa
the lowest on the list and will get the
work ms bids varied very greatly,
there beng q difference Of over 1G0
Eper cent. In some Of them. II ts llo
small job, the printing Of the catai
iog,le, and It requires two months q
work The book will be out some time
during the spring term, and it will be
somewhat larger than twas last year,
lI6bn Reed, representing the Wheeling
News and ntelligencer, was here look
Ing after the bids of both these papers.
Moot court has been organized for
the coming six months, and cases
have been assigned the embryo bar.
risters Of the senior law class. H. H.
Rose, president Of the class, was made
clerk For a few weeks to come the
court will meet every Wednesday, but
later will hold two sessions week.
Every kinl Of a case imaginable will
lbe.up before the court. Court consists
Of Profs. Brooke, Wiley and Maxey,
IF the law school.
An examination of former occupa-
lions of the law college develops the
rather Interesting fact that four out
Of every five have been country school
teachers. or the remainder there arr
five who have been engaged in the
strenuous field Of newspaperdom, two
Of whom have owned newspapers.
There is one Presbyterian minister,
graduate Of Princeton. With but few
exceptions the students are going
through the University on money they
have tollel for themselves.
Physical Director Anthony Chez
el4tes that he will likely give the an,
nusl gymnastic exhibition on February
10. 1t will take place in the armor3,
and allthe classes, including the class
of goods, will take part. The pro.
gramme will be Of more than ordinary
/, lerest, and it will be an exhibition
Of the daily work Of the classes. Mr..
Chez is the originator of the idea Of
an annual exhibition. He is at pres
ent taking one of the dissecting
courses in the medical department so
as to become more familiar with the
muscles.
Labbi Leon Harrison. the noted Jew
ISL divine Who was to have delivered
lecture at the university Wednesday
ni;Lt. wired that he would not be
able to come and the students failed
to hear what he had to say in "a De,
Tense Of sLylock." To take his place
the I'm. c. A. secured Mr.. Laurence
OFT, who delivered very interesting
lecture on "sour Grapes" This lee.
ture was held Friday night,
Last September a young lady stu,
dent by name of Miss Mary Edwards
badly sprained her ankle by fall
which was occasloned by the city leav-
hf street in bad condition. Attor-
ney John Purinton, son of President
Purinton, presented bill to the city
of Morgantown to pay the damage
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Miss Edwards had sustained, Now
City Solicitor Lew Yeager says the
city was not to blame for the accident
anu that it will not pay the bill. 1t is
understood suit is to be brought. Miss
Helen Darst, daughter Of Senator
Darst, the tax reform leader, was with
Miss Edwards when the accident &C.
cured,
The Sym" thief is active again. DC.
casionally students who 'leave their
clothes hanging in the dressing room
in the gymnasium find their pockets
have been rified. Frank Knoke, a last
years Wheeling high school graduate,
and a son OF Councilman William Knoker
II the Eighth ward, lost a pocketbool;
containing a small sum Of money in
this manner a short time ago.
Judge A. G. Dayton will be a contrib.
utor to the college magazine, the Mon
cngaltan, and will have an article on
the timely subject in the next issue Of
that periodical: The well known jurist