The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-30
WINTER TERM
CONvOCATION
AT UNIVERSITY
Dr.. j. j. Stevenson
Will DeliDer
Address

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Virginia University will be delivered
Tuesday evening. January 4, by Or
John J. Stevenson, Professor of eeol'
ogy in New York University and for.
p1erIy president Of the Geological So
c:ety Of America. Or. Stevenson was
professor of Geology at Morgantown
good many years ago.
Or. Albert Bushnell Hart, head Of
the Department. Of History in Har.
ward University, has been engaged to
assist in the next session OF the Uni
versity Summer School. a number
of othcr outside assistants will ne SC.
cured ard wiIl be announced shortly.
At the opening Of the winter term In
the University Two new members Of
the faculty will begin theh' duties
here. One Of them Is A. [. Darby,
A. M. assistant professor Of French,
and the other is Robert Bruce Brins-
made, M. e., professor Of Mining En-
eineer;rs. Professor oaray comes
from Wayresburs College; he is a
graduate Of the University of Chi
caqo, and has studied extensively
sGroad. Professor Brinsmade comes
frou. St. Louis; he is graduate Of
washington University, Missouri, and
of LeElah. He has had wide praeti.
Cd. experience in mining operations as
we'll as In teaching the science. He
was formerly head of the School Of
Mines at PIatteviIIe, Wisconsin.
Through the generosity of the Gen.
cral Education Board of New York
City the University is to have the ear
vices ef.a Professor of Secondary Edu.
cation without any cost to the State.
LIoys iLowndes Friend, A. M, West
Virginia and Columbia, has been ap.
pointed to this position and his ser.
vices will hegin at once. MIR. Friend
is at present Assistant State Superin.
tendent Of Schools. He was formerly
an instructor IN the University Pre-.
Paratory School at Morgantown and
later principal of the Preparatory
School at Keyser. For the present
Professor Friends duties will be chief.
Iy to promote and organize high
schools throughout West Virginia, and
for this purpose he will have an office
at Charleston as we'll as at the Uni
vsrslty. He has the confidence of all
of the school men Of the state, and
h?. appointment is considered an ex.
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Or. j. NJ. DeahI- head of che Depart.
ment Of Education is at Charlotte,
North Carolina, attending the South
ern Educational Association.
DR.. j. M. Callahan, head of the De.
rartment of History, is in New YORK
attending the annual meeting Of the
american Historical Society.
Professors kortrieht, Wasgoner and
tiite and Director Stewart are :, 6os.
ton attending the annual meeting Of
the American Association for the Ad
vaneement Of Science.
Governor Glasseoek. President Pur-
linton and members Of the State Board
Of Control and State Board of Regents
except early in January TO take a trip
Of inspection TO certain Iealinu Instt'
tuticns Of learning n the northwest.
They will probably include Ohio State
University at Columbus, the uniVer.
sity Of Wisconsin at Madison, the
Michigan state Normal College at
YpsiIanti and some other such like In.
stitutlons. The purpose Is to learn
more aecurately the methods employ
ed In these successful Institutions and
the service they renlef to their several
states.
This highest grade made by any
student in the University during the
past fall term was made by c. e.
sloan, civil engineering student from,
EleadviIIe, West Virginia; the second
highest by p. r. KIser mechanical
engineering student from sherrard,
Marshall county, and the third highest
by E. r. Cooper a medical studens
from Auburn, Ritefiie county.
Preparations are being made for the
rubIleatlen Of an official Alumni Rec.
ord, containing reliable Information
about every graduate Of the urIyer.|
atty since II was founded. The see-
retary Of the editorial! board Is send.
Ing out Inquiries and collecting lnfers
llatlen.
The School Of Music OF tine uniyer.
s;ty finds itself exceptionally torttI-
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