The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16


ltFtes ana measuring successfully
lphx e1 and fnteiIectual swords
they LIST.
+ IL West Virginia is not yet rtcn
Ia money, she is rich In natural re
Esources varied and all but uniim-
Iifed awaiting their full fruit1on only
until our free school system fnclud-
ling the. university. its crown1ns
aeIory. points the scientific way to
Itfheir development IN detail and
TRAINS to eficiency in that way the
linen and women who ara to develop
Them.
A like service in every intellectu-
dal field the university ought 20: rem
.Eder all those who ere 70 evolve 2
sIgreafer. state.
These things ought to be done
there as well as they can be done any
where. Indeed. better Tor us Tor
being on the grouhd. There snogiu
lbe no half way place. no middle
tground. no mediocrity. Tor the INV
asity of West Virginia.
Here, In the city of Wheeling. our !.
largest city. but still only one OF
many cities OF the state. is the ONO
Valley General hospital, built by pri-
Eyate and local capital. DR.. Frank lie
i Moyne .44upp, whom saw two years
9ago elected president of the West
Virginia State Medical Society, ana
who spends large portion Of nearly
every year abroad visiting and stuoy,
ling hospitals wherever in the worn !
they are WORTH studying; mas sara 20. o.
the Ohio Valley General hospitaI:
7 is not the largest, but 1t is the most
perfect in all its appointments Oh any
lin the world"
I II one OF our many cities, Dy pr
yate and local.capitai, can bulio ,su ul
ia hospital, may not all our cities. To-
/ gether with all ou1 country, IN tne
Istate. build a university, not the
largest, but in all it's appointments
the most perfectly suited to our local
!, needs2
II. How the required means are
Ito he made certainly available.
j TO this end an imperative need II
I 4 policy to avail the university OF its
\ assets in men off the campus IN
money and in the good will OF e
i direct service: In men outside OF
! present university connections, not
lonly for their direct contact with and
Iinfitience on university students but,
also. for direct university and STU
dent contact with and influence on
Them as sentiment makers ana stats
\ nolicy makArs for the university: IN
! money, by a mill tax, certain, contln-
,uous and automatic through long
! period of years: In the good VIII
i Of loyal service that touches az
rectly at every point the inteuectu
activities of the state.
| These three classes OF university
assats-meh, money and good VII.
lof service-n1ay be made systemai-
Iically to act and to react on (eacn
/ other. as I am about to Indicate, 70
1.-THE end that the means may be maue
icertainly available for the due devel-
opment of the pattutfon.
! TIE Public.
| The general public. is an asset OF
\ the universitY Is. source Of sup
, port and patronage. To service, gen.
orally recognized. the public respond
1 most readily In good will support
and patronage. Between university
/ and public the service must be IN
part direct. In the future, state
\ university will not long be able TO
survive detached from the direct IN IN
| tercsts of the people who maintain
i ii. In the past such state univer-
! sty has hardly ever been a genuine
success The relation between uni
versity and people must be. not only
/ Indirect as through degree men ana
4 students. but 1t must also be direcl
1 with the general public and by loyal a.
4 service merit grateful support.
what we are coming to is stage
i Of development in which every pro-
/ fession. craft and industry viii pc
! conscious of a direct connection with
i the university and dependent upon
some branch OF its ervfce.
The university will be the power
Y house for the intellectual ACTIVITIES
of the state.
You are each assets of the univer-
sity. The university is an asset OF
YOURS. The university needs you ana
you need the university more enau
YOU know. Put up your wires Get
Different classes of the general
public are assets of the university IN
an especial sense.
Alumni.
In this special sense an asset OF
the university is it's alumni whether
degree men or not. They are gener-
sIly conscious OF their greater obliga-
tons to- the university and readlef
! than others to respond to Its needs
fTha Sunni can be efficient only In
i nronortion to the efficiency OF their
/ organization. There is need TOT
some one connected with the nntvSr-
sity whose business it would be 70
LaS, IN touch with all the alumni,
70 gather and publish Information
respecting them and. to organize
them into greater efiiciency IN the
/ service OF alma mater. the wnlte
mother.
| All the last alumni meeting res.
olutiori- approving the creation OF
] such an ofI1ce was pa ssed unanimous
Prospectus students. ~
| In this special sense an asset OF
lthe university Is its prospective stu-
fdents, q large majority coming from
the teaching profession. from the
/ high schools. normal schools ann
Eraduates from other colleges in the
state. The teaching profession ana
| these institutions should pc NOS
cInseiy articuiated with the univer-
- ~, .s.s ir,atf fuffons are not RIVALS