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

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Dr. Haughl. the younger man at this time, lias watched Wesleyan grow and become the school it is today. He served as Dean from 1909 to 1929. Then, in Wesleyan ' s youth, its football team was able to win from West Virginia University, just as t lie basketball team of 1940 did from the same school, their greatest rival. And this was the orchestra. Time has shown the widening interest and development students have made in all branches of music. Play casts of earlier days made a slight- ly different im- pression from those of today. This cast in T h e District School, w a f under the di- rection of William S. O ' Brien.

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A seminary served as its first means of promoting ed- ucation. What a contrast to the methods of travel of today. These ministerial students of years ago are leaving for their various charges.

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2 £ 2 9 G llfv IME was when West Virginia Wes- leyan College was a weak, struggling group of conscientious faculty and stu- dents. The first quarter century of her existence was spent in a search for per- sonalities possessed of the qualities nec- essary to strengthen her position. Such men were fortunately found. Their tire- less energy and undying devotion have made West Virginia Wesleyan College outstanding among smaller educational institutions of the country.