Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-07-03
UNIVERSITY
ACTIVITIES
Summer School Faculty VIII
Include Many Noted Edu-
Gators and Lecturers
RIFLE TEAM IS SUCCESSFUL

Uramaeic CtuQ,e Ray Dig SUCCESS
Library Widens Its Field Of Useful.
ness-BasebalI Team Opens Season
With Two Victorles-coIlege Es
penses Compared.
Morgantown, w. Va.-This summer.
for the first time in the history of the
University Summer School. the Col
lege of Law will be open. Two mem
bers of the Law Faculty, namely Pro
fessor Wells and Mr. Hall, will be as
sisted by Hon. Jos. Moreland, Of thu
Morgantown bar, one Of the most emf.
nent lawyers of the state. 1t is hoped
and expected that a large number OF
young men will take advantage of this
opportunity, either to begin the study
of law or to go on with that subject
Professor G. F. Wells will be In charge
of the instruction In law, and all who
are interested should write either tc
him or to the director of the 6ummea
School
Eminent Summer School Teachers.
Heretofore 1t has been the custom
In the University Summer School to
engage number of eminent educators
to give few lectures each. of a semi
popular nature, to supplement the
work of the regular departments OF
instruction. This summer 1t has beer
thought better to have some of these
eminent and distinguished educators
from various parts of the country to
give actual class room instruction dat
ly for a period of at least six weeks
This class room work will be much
more practical and much more salts.
| factory in every way. DIR. E. A. Kirk
patrick, of Massachusetts, distin
| guished authority on child study; DR.
f. A. Millidge, of Virginia, perhaps
| the leading expert in geography in the
country; Dean William G. Ruediger,
of George Washington University;
| Professor Myron B. Cobb, Professor
of Agricultural Education in the Mich.
igan State Normal School, and-eth'
ers, have been engaged to teach two
| or three courses day for five days in
| the week for either six or nine weeks
These visiting instructors will, Of
course, supplement the work of the
| regular university teachers.
Public School Music.
"a Last summer the State School Book
Commission adopted for use through
out the State of West Virginia The
Congden Music Primer" The author
of this book is Professor G. H. Cong
don, of Chicago. Teachers of the state
will be delighted to know that Profess
sor Congdon has been engaged tc
teach public school music in the Uni
versity Summer School this summer
for the first two weeks of the Sum
mer School, and that his classes are
! to be carried on for four weeks longer
| by Mrs. Ann Dixon, Supervisor OF
/ Public School Music in the schools OF
| Des Moines, Iowa. Mrs. Dixon was
| selected by Professor Congdon him
| self to continue his work at Morgan
town. 1t will be great opportunity
| for teachers to learn the best meth
| DDS in public school music.
Rifle Team Wins Championship.
| After leading the league for weeks
the West Virginia Rifle Team won il
| Its final contests with the State Uni
versity Of Iowa, breaking all records
for intercollegiate indoor rifle shoot
ing. This victory gives WestY Virginia
/ University the championship in the
Western intercollegiate League ant
the team will now shoot with Harvard
University, the winners in the East
ern League, to determine the inter
collegiate indoor rifle championship o.
the United States for 1918.
West Virginia scored $50 points GU
of a possible 1000 In the contest witt
Iowa. The previous record stood a
973. The Iowa team, last years cham
pions, scored 962.
The University now holds the
league record not only for high team
score but also-for high individual
score, the latter being obtained in thu
shoot with Purdue when Ballou made
. score of 1913 out of possible 200.
The West Virginia team has i'm
proved steadily from the beginning
and under the guidance of Lieutenan
Archer there is every reason.to hope
that they may succeed in bringin,
back the scalp of the eastern team
The scores of the matches in tn,
order of time in which they were sho
off are given below: