West Virginia Wesleyan College - Murmurmontis Yearbook (Buckhannon, WV)

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This building is the gift of Mrs. Virginia Haymond as a memorial to her late husband, Col. Sidney Haymond, who for years was a trustee of the college. This build- ing is a combination of the best features to be found in a number of such buildings upon other college grounds. It has a frontage of over a hundred feet and extends one hundred and thirty feet to the rear. The massive entrance is to be of Bedford stone, and the walls of a light colored pressed brick with stone trimmings. The building will be ready for use in September, 1913. Wesleyan can boast of having the finest gymnasium in the state. It has a frontage of one hundred and ten feet, extends back one hundred and fifteen feet to the athletic field. This building, when completed, will contain lockers, dressing rooms and shower bath rooms for both young men and young women, storage rooms, baseball cage, swimming pool, gymnasium and basket ball room, and a running track.

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TO JUDGE HENRY C. McWHORTER, of whom it can be truthfully said, he is a lover of all things good and pure, the ninth volume of the murmurmontis is sincerely and respectfully dedicated by the Class of 1914. Judge Henry C. McWhorter, LL.D., was born in Marion County, Ohio, Feb. 20th, 1 836. He is a great grandson of Henry McWhorter, a veteran of the Revolu- tionary War. His maternal grandfather, Joseph Kester, was also a veteran of the Revolution. He enlisted in the Union Army as a private in September, 1861, was mustered as Second Lieutenant September 20, 1861, and promoted to a Captaincy March 1, 1862. He resigned on account of a wound September, 1863. In December, 1857, he was married to Mary Hardman and to this union were born four children. He was admitted to the bar in 1866; six terms he was a member of the West Virginia House of D e l e g ates : one term be served as Chairman of the Judiciary Com- mittee, and one term as Speaker. In 1 868, he was Delegate-at-Large to the Republican National Convention at Chicago. From 1869 to ' 73 he was Prosecuting Attorney of Kanawha County; in 1870, he was City-Solicitor of Charleston, W. Va., and Post- master 1891-93. In 1896, he was elected to the Supreme Court of West Virginia for a term of twelve years, serving three years as Presiding Judge. In 1905, he was chosen as an elector of the Hall of Fame of Syracuse University, representing on the Board of Electors the Supreme Court of which he was a member. Twice he has been a delegate to the Methodist General Conference. He has been a member of the Board of Trustees of West Virginia Wesleyan College since its inception, serving as President of the Board since 1897. He is a member of the Ohio Commandery Military Order of Loyal Legion, a Mason, Knight Templar, and Shriner. (Note — Since the dedication of this Annual Judge McWhorter has been called to meet his Master, whom he served so faithfully.)

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Jlrpfarr N undertaking the publication of this the ninth volume of the Mur- murmontis, we did it with some fear and trembling. The race is now run, we have done our best, and whether we have succeeded or not will be left to you. If the book meets with your approval, we will have accomplished our chiefest aim. However, if it is otherwise, please do not consign it to the lower regions, for you may have it to trouble you forever. SSE HK