The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-07
Work Of the Different Schools
and Departments at West
Virginia University
Law SCHOOL men MAKE GOOD
Engineering Faculty Visit the Miners
Instltute-chanse Is Made in Com
nnandants Of Cadet corps-mnsi'
School Is Growing-Y. N. c. A. In
stitutes College Carnival.
The School Of Music Is Busy.

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in the midst Of busy year, with ar
enrolment as large as ever before.
The various activities OF the schoo.
have brought out some good results Ii
the student concerts already given and
some splendid things are in course o.
preparation.
The first OF a series of three con
certs in the Swisher Theater was
given on December by the Masos
String Quartet OF Charleston, W. Va.
This proved TO be, aside from this
splendid educational value, most en-
joyable affair. This organization, with
a few more years experience, will
rank with the good ones, and 1t is
something that musical West Virginia
should be proud of.
The second concert Of this series IL
to be joint recital by Lucy Marsh
and AVIAN Williams, on February 4
and the third will be song recital BY
Alessandro Bonci, the famous Italian
tenor. This Is a fine series of con
certs and greatly to the advantage Of
University students.
The first Choral Society Concert was
given in Commencement Hall, on De
cember 10, and was gratifying e&
position OF what can be done for stu.
dents in choral singing.
The program was varied one, open
ing with parts of NIozart's Twelfth
Mass and including old English part
songs, folk songs, some wouren'S
choruses, and group Of negro re-
ligious songs. This last group proved
a most unusual innovation on such a
program and was heartily received.
The spring concert will be given
about Easter time, The work will be
the Easter cantata, "Olivet 20 Cal
vare," by Maunder.
The orchestra has in preparation
programs to be given early in the new
year.
This gives University students who
play strInged or wind instruments an
opportunity to play serious musical
compositions that are not met with
outside the orchestra.
The change in the theoretical de-
partment from twice a week TO daily
recitation. with full University credit
and fifteen hours of music allowed to-
ward degree in the School of Arts
and Sciences, has aroused great deal
of interest.
Another year will see that depart.
ment one of the busiest in the school.
The above report of this department
of the University gives ample proof
of the effectiveness OF the School Of
Music.
Campus Club.
With the advent of many new faces
among them in September 1t was
borne in upon the minds of some of the
faculty the necessity for an organiza'
ton composed of faculty people that
would serve to bind together the vari'
Gus members into more homogene-
Gus body-to create an esprit de coTps
and a realization of the fact that
they were all members of one body,
working for one purpose. So Presi.
dent Hodges sent out the call for an
informal gathering Of the faculty, with
the wives and husbands of the same,
at the Armory, on the evening Of Oc'
tober u. 1t was literally t;'faculty
mix" to borrow a phrase from S.e stu.
dents, and it served to Introduce every
body else, by means of the games, ETC.,
INDUCED in. During the evening 3 TEN,
porary committee, composed Of seven
ladies', was appointed to effect per,
manent organization: Out Of this was
born the Campus Club, which consists
OF all women connected with the Uni
versity as active members, the men
being honorary members. Monthly
meetings are held, four or five of
which are held at night, when the hon
orary members are entertained. Aside
from the social feature, it is hoped
that at these meetings may be intro
duced matter Of general interest in the
Universlty-such as Y. W. c. A., Y. NJ.
c. A. or Women's League matters. The
second evening meeting was held De-
cember when about one hundred and
twenty-five members assembled in the
Armory and gathered beautifully
decorated Christmas tree. Lieutenant
Weeks, as Santa Claus, distributed the
gifts, and great was the merriment as.
each one received the gifts most ap'
proprlate (O to him. Christmas re.
freshments of candy, nuts and cook
les, with cocoa and coffee, was served,
and the guests went home filled with
the Christmas spirit of Good Will"
Weights and Measures Law In West
Virginia.
The ever-increasing cost Of living
has forced the housewife to look In
every direction to stop the petty leaks
in the family pocketbook; and she Is
convinced that one leak is caused by
a lack OF uniformity Of weights and
measures in this state. This view Is