West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

Text from Pages 1 - 294 of the 1902 volume:

Htbrar Stratum Mnilierstlu 378.7 54 W52m 1 QV illiiiiilliiiijililil 3 0802 101545954 ii- HI i m ■ l M ' This book must not be taken from the Li- brary building. IPS - L I I (JrKU. C. bTUKGlSS. THE MONTICOLA PUBLISHED+BY+THE JUNIOR+CLASS+OF+THE WEST+VIRGINIA+UNI: VERSITY++VOLUIVIE+IV Dedication, Jb o z. Geotge C. Sfurgiss, Whose ■ Un firing Zeal and de- votion as a Regent of His Alma iMater have Contributed latgely to tl e Advancement of the West ' Virginia Univetsify, this Volume is Gratefully dedicated. 252103 IN MEIiORIAIi. LEWIS CASS WOOLERY, Late Professor of Greek Language and Literatuze in iJ e West Virginia Univetsity, Died, June 25, igoo. Pkof. Wuulkky. tbe montlcola. Cake it ana treasure it, so wDen away JInd all tbat is present be flown, Tar in the future ' twill bring back today Hnd mark it again for your own. JI langb (and a sigb) for a ioke that is past, miti) a smile for some victory won; Cbus sball our ' Uarsity ' s memory last till tbe game of life is done. £igl)tly they ' ll spring from its pages to meet yoii, those who are dear to you here; Smiling, or frowning, as ever, they ' ll greet you, making the old good cheer. JI laugh- -and a sigh that follows it fast, mith a smile for some victory won, never forgetting the ioys of the past Or ever our life be done. Dearer than all that is dearest to you eiistens in memory ' s lights the halcyon oays of the m. U. U.— Hnd some overly merry ttights. I o m a a d d d a o S -|j d +3 c3 cS e8 +i a )H o cd _o c3 O o _o « o o a. 3 O a 2 ;:3 3 3 3 Pi o a s 3 a, 3 Ph o a 3 Pi ® 03 ® 0) Q) a 9 Q) O « P w fi K W W n w :5 2 ■fi .2 o tS o ji o -43 1 -f3 d jj S , • !—• S , .2 • 1— 1 iJ 1 +3 P— 1 -t-3 t I-H H a .2 c3 d CO (D c8 P3 Q O S -s Q P4 O S 43 ' ■S 05 O o •C! - • r-t 3 Pi -1-3 flj si a © . 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BERT HOLMES HITE, M.S., Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, and Chemist of the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. THOMAS EDWARD HODGES, A.M., Professor of Physics. ANDREW DELMAR HOPKINS, Ph.D., Professor of Economic Entomol- ogy, and Vice Director and Entomologist of the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. THOMAS CLARK ATKESON, Ph.D., Dean of the College of Agriculture and Professor of Agriculture. •On leave of absence till June 20, 1901. JOHN LINDSAY JOHNSTON, C.E., Professor of Civil and Mining Engi- neering. SAMUEL B. BROWN, A.M., Professor of Geology and Mineralogy. JAMES SCOTT STEWART, M.S., Professor of Mathematics. OKEY JOHNSON, LL.B., A.M., Dean of the College of Law, and Professor of Constitutional and International Law and the Law of Corpora- tions. FREDERICK LINCOLN EMORY, B.S., M.M.E., M.E., Professor of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics. CHARLES ALFRED ELLENBERGER, Director of the School of Music, and Professor of Music. RICHARD ELLSWORTH FAST, LL.B., Ph.B., Professor of American History and Political Science. FREDERICK WILSON TRUSCOTT, Ph.D,, Professor of Germanic Lan- guages and Literatures. CHARLES HENRY PATTERSON, A. M., Professor of the English Lan- guage and Literature. CHARLES CHOLLET, A.B,, Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literature. FREDERICK PHILIP RUHL, D. V. S., Professor of Veterinary Science. JAMES MADISON BURNS, Major U. S. Army, Professor of Military Science and Tactics, and Commandant of Cadets. LUCY CELESTE DANIELS, Ph. M., Associate Professor of European History. CLEMENT ROSS JONES, M. M. E., Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. RUSSELL LOVE MORRIS, C. E., Assistant Professor of Civil and Min- ing Engineering. JAMES DAVID THOMPSON, A. M., M. Sc, Assistant Professor of Mathematics. 10 a H PEEDRICK LAWRENCE KORTRIGHT, D. Sc, Assistant Professor of Chemistry. EDWIN BINGHAM COPELAND, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Botany. HANNAH BELLE CLARK, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Domestic Science and Dean of Women. JOHN BLACK JOHNSTON, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Zoology. WILLIAM SEAGROVE MAGILL, A. M., M. D ., Acting Prof essor of Bacteriology and Pathology. DENNIS MARTIN WILLIS, LL. B., Instructor in Book-keeping and Commercial Practice, and Principal of the Commercial School. EVA EMMA HUBBARD, Instructor in Drawing and Painting. RUSSELL McMURPHY, Instructor on the Piano. BENJAMIN GRAEPF PRINTZ, Director of the Gymnasium and Instruc- tor in Physical Training. THEODORE CHRISTIAN RUDE, Instructor on Stringed Instruments. LLOYD LOWNDES FRIEND, A. B. Instructor in English. JOHN ETHAN HILL, Ph. D., Instructor in Mathematics. WILLIAM JACKSON LEONARD, Instructor in Pine Arts. GRACE MARTIN, B. M., Assistant on the Piano. ELIZABETH LEE WHITESCARVER, Assistant in Shorthand and Type- writng. DANIEL WEBSTER OHERN, A. M., Assistant in Greek. SIMEON CONANT SMITH, A. B., Assistant in Rhetoric and Elocution. ELIZA JANE SKINNER, Librarian. 11 FELLOWS OF THE UNIVERSITY. ALLEN WILSON PORTERPIELD, A. B., Fellow in German. ELEANOR BROWN MORELAND, A. B., Fellow in Domestic Science. THOMAS ZEPHANIAH ATKESON, B. S., Agr., Fellow in Agriculture. ALBERTA CLAIRE McVICKER, Fellow in English. JEANNETTE EVA CARTER, Ph. B., Fellow in Romance Languages. CLARENCE POE, A. B., Fellow in History. GEORGE WASHINGTON CONLEY, A. B., Fellow in Physics. HENRY HALL PARKE, M.S., Fellow in Zoology. THE FACULTY. GRADUATE STUDENTS. Collese of Arts and Sciences. Brand, Willa Norvklla, Morpfantown. A.B., West Virginia University, 1898. Browning, Bertha Cleland, Wellsburg. A.B., West Virginia University, 1900. Bush, Ira Benton, Auburn. A.B. West Virginia University, 1900. Butcher, Willa Hart, Fairmont. A.B., West Virginia University, 1900. Carter, Jeannette Eva, Fairmont. Ph.B., Adrian College, 1889. CoNLEY, George Washington, Craigmoor. A.B., West Virginia University, 1900. Ebers, Charles H., Ben wood. A.B., West Virginia University, 1900. Fortney, Lorain, West Liberty. A.B., West Virginia University, 1900. Frank, Harrison Jules Louis, Wheeling. A.B., West Virginia University, 1900. Gallup, William Henry, Morgantown. A. M., Allegheny College, 1885. Gorman, M. E., Morgantown. A.B., West Virginia University, 1895. 13 Henderson, James Flinn, McKeesport, Pa. A.B., Washington and Jefferson College, 1900. Hughes, William Wellington, Weston. A.B., West Virginia University, 1900. Hunt, Caroline Louisa, Evanston, Illinois. A. B. Northwestern University, 1888. Jamison, Gillian, Morgantown. A.B., West Virginia University, 1900. Jones, Hannah Louise, Morgantown. A.B., West Virginia University, 1900. Johnson, Thomas Carskadon, Morgantown. A.M., West Virginia University, 1900. Johnson, Drusilla Victoria, Morgantown. A.B., Bethany College, 1900 Lough, Myron Carleton, Fairmont. A.B., West Virginia University, 1900. Marley, John Tilton, Morgantown. A.B. St. Stephens College, New York, 1894. McChesney, Alexander Gallatin, Charleston, A.M., West Virginia University, 1900. McCuTCHEON, John Lewis, Morgantown. A.M., Rochester University, 1888. McViCKER, Alberta Claire, Morgantown. A.B., West Virginia University, 1900. Meredith, William Melvin, Huntington. MORELAND, Eleanor Brown, Morgantown. A.B.,, West Virginia University, 1898. Morris, Robert, Morgantown. A.M., West Virginia University, 1900. Naret, William Frazier, Morgantown. A.M., West Virginia University, 1900. Ohern, Daniel Webster, Morgantown. A.B., Drake University, 1898; A.M.,W. Va. Univ. 1900. Park, H. H., Sycamore, Illinois. M.S., University of Michigan, 1900. 14 THE FACULTY. PoE, Clarence, Grafton. A.B., West Virginia University, 1900. Pollock, William McCally, Morgantown. M.S., West Virginia University, 1900. PORTERPIELD, Allen Wilson, Bedington. A.M., West Virginia University, 1901. Raymond, Mrs. Josephine, Morgantown. M.L., University of Wisconsin, 1897. Reynolds, Ethel Toy, Morgantown. B.S, West Virginia University, 1897. RiGHTMiRE, Ina, Morgantown. A. B., West Virginia University, 1901. Robe, Wilbur Lawrence, Morgantown. A.B., West Virginia University, 1900. Ryan,Wm. D., Morgantown. A.B., Drake University, 1898. Smith, Alpheus Wilson, Philippi. A.B., West Virginia University, 1900. South, Walter Haines, Morgantown. A.B., West Virginia University, 1900. South, Winifred O., Morgantown. A.M., West Virginia University, 1898. Wallace, Ira Melvin, M organtown. A.B.,Thiel College, 1894. Warman Aliha, Morgantown. A.B., West Virginia University, 1893. Whitham, William Henry, Morgantown. A, M., West Virginia University, 1900. White, EstelleS., Morgantown. A.B., West Virginia University, 1895. The College of Agriculture. Atkeson, Thomas Zephaniah, Buffalo B. Agr., West Virginia University, 1899, B. S., ibid, 1900. 15 Johnson, Thomas Carskadon, Morgantown. B.S. Agr., West Virginia University, 1896; A.M., ibid, 1900. Naret, Wm. Frazier, Paw Paw. B. Agr., West Virginia University, 1898, B.S. Agr., ibid, 1899, A. M., ibid., 1900. Pollock, William McCally, Morgantown. A.B., West Virginia University, 1899. TlIJi FAtULTY. ' r ' , CLASS OFFICERS President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Poet, Historian, Matthew Mansfield Neeley. Willie Haldeman Bayles. Rebecca Lupton Norris. Frank Pickering Corbin. Chas. Frederick Tucker Brooke. John Dexter Vannoy. IT becomes our duty to take up the pen once wielded so well by our poet- ical historian, the immortal Pat, and continue to record a few of the annals of the Class of Nineteen Hundi ' ed and One. This is the third time we have had the opportunity of presenting ourselves in a Monticola. When we appeared last year we were Jun- iors, but we are glad to announce to our friends that we are Seniors now. This will, therefore, be our last appearance as a college class. We should like very much to take a retrospect of the famous career of the class, and trace the personal history of each member of the class and 18 SENIOR CLASS. note the honors each has scored on the roll of fame, but the size of the class and the number and variety of its achievements preclude any such under- taking in the short space allotted to this work. Many of our members commenced their career in the long past but never forgotten region of Prep- dom, and they have been gaining honors all the time. In foot-ball and base-ball we have furnished some of the star players. In the field of liter- ary contests we have been represented, in essay, oration, and debate, in which we have gained not a few honors. One of our members modestly took the first prize in Greek two years ago, and every prize yet awarded to the best student in the University has been given to members of our class. The reader can see further what the members of our class have been doing, by referring to the class roll. Although we have been eminently successful, and peace, harmony, and good will have reigned among us, yet all has not been peace. The powers that be (were and are not) fought against us. We were called upon to stand together like Spartans in order to sustain an attack which threatened to rob us of some of our best men. The conflict is over, the din of battle has hushed, the smoke has cleared away, and Moreland, Corbin, and Neeley are with us yet. Our class is one of the largest that the University has ever graduated. Our number will remain an unknown quantity until the learned committee on theses shall have passed their verdict. We regret that some of our num- ber are by sickness prevented from taking their degrees with us. Cupid too has treacherously thinned our ranks. We enjoy the unique honor of being the first fruits of the twentieth century. The variety of our gifts and attainments is only excelled by the variety of our ages, measures, and physiognomy. The century is before us with its wonderful opportunities, and if we may judge from our past achievements we may reasonably anticipate an equally honorable future. Historian. THE ROLL OF THE SENIORS. College of Arts and Sciences. Willie Haldeman Bayles, A. B., Gladesville, Entered University fall term 1897; preparatory education in preparatory depart- ment. Vice-President Parthenon Literary Society, spring term 1901; vice-presi- dent Y. M. C. A., 1899; English Club; Cadet Corps. Winner prize in Regent ' s Prize Declamation Contest, commencement 1897; winner first medal and marksmanship target practice 1899; winner Geo. W. Atkinson prize for best all-around student 1900. Tutor Department of Rhetoric and English Literature 1901. Charles Frederick Tucker Brooke, A. B Morgantown, Entered University fall 1896; preparatory in preparatory department. Winner Freshman Greek Prize, 1898. Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Price Winfield Cooper, A. B r Entered University spring term 1898; preparatory education at Marshall Col- lege and Glenville Normal School. Vice-President Parthenon Literary Society fall term 1900; debater Parthenon for commencement contest 1901. Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. Frank Pickering Corbin, LL. B., A. B Ellenboro, Entered University Oct. 1898; preparatory education In preparatory department. President Parthenon fall term 1900; member Delta Tau Delta Fraternity; adjutant Cadet Corps since Oct. 1, 1900. Winner Regent ' s Prize Essry 1896; winner second prize Regent ' s Declamation contest 1897—1898; winner second medal for marksman- ship 1900. Ora Octave Colebank, A. B Stewartstown, Entered University 1896. John Harden Connell, A. B Wellsburg, Entered University fall 1896. Preparatory at Wellsburg High School. W. V. U. Dramatic Club. Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. Howard Ralph Crossland, A. B., New Haven, Pa, Preparatory at New Haven High School. Baseball team (second baseman) 1900- 1901. Manager football team 1899. Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity. James Thomas Dailey, A. B., LL. B Buckhannon, Entered University spring term 1899; preparatory education at West Virginia Con- ference Seminary. Member Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity. Charles Edward Derbyshire, A. B Huntington, Parthenon. Joint editor Athenaeum 1900-1901. Sigma Chi Fraternity. Raymond Dodson, A. B Spencer, Entered University fall 1897; graduate Glenville Normal School. Parthenon; English Club; lieutenant Cadet Corps 1901; Athletic Association. Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. Rachel Jane Hagans Dille, A. B Morgantown, Entered University fall 1896; preparatory in Morgantown High School. Given honorable mention in connection with first Greek prize contest, 1899. 20 SENIOR CLASS. Harey Alpheus Garrison, A. B Mor antown, Entered University fall 1895; preparatory education in Morgantown public school. Business Manager W . V. U. Dramatic Club 1901. Representative W. V. U. In Central Oratorical League 1901. Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity. Beulah Brock Hubbard, A. B Morgantown, Phi PI Alpha Fraternity. Sarah Waugh Johnson, A. B Morgantown, Entered University fall 1897; preparatory at National Park Seminary, Washington, D. C. Treasurer Woman ' s League ' 97- ' 98 and ' 98- ' 99. Secretary Parthenon fall term 1899; critic winter term 1900; vice-president winter term 1901. Beta Gamma local fraternity. Frank Miller Lardin, A. B Masontown, Pa., Entered University fall 1897; preparatory in preparatory department. Right guard football team 1898-1901; manager football team 1900-1901; director Athletic Association 1901. Phi Kappa Psi and Theta Nu Ep.silon Fraternities. Elizabeth Valeria Lewellen, A. B California, Pa. Entered University fall term ' 98; preparatory Southwestern State Normal, Cali- fornia, Pa. W. V. U. Woman ' s Glee Club; German Club. Tutor in German, 1901. Ernest Daniel Lewis, A. B Johnstown, Center football team 1900. Sigma Chi Fraternity. Henry Shaw Lively, A. B Weston, Entered University fall term 1896; preparatory Weston public schools. Colum- bian. Captain Cadet Cori)s. Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity. Arlington Bliss McCrum, A. B., LL. B Aurora, Entered University fall 1897; preparatory at Central High School, Washington, D. C. Vice President Athletic Association 1899-1900. Banjo club. Athletic editor Athenaeum 1901. Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Herbert Frank McGregor, A. B., LL. B Cairo, Entered University 1896; preparatory in preparatory department. Football team 1898-1900. Baseball team 1900. Walter Howard Meyers, A. B Shepherdstown. Columbian. Athletic Association. Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. Gilbert Benton Miller, A. B Kearneysville. Entered University fall ' 97; preparatory at Shepherd College. Columbian. Winner Inter-Society prize for essay, 1900. Associate editor Monticola 1900. Joint edi- tor Athenaeum 1900-1901. Phi Kappa Psi and Theta Nu Epsilon Fraternities. Irene Miller, A. B Alderson. Entered University fall 1899; preparatory at Allegheny Collegiate Institute, Aider- son. Parthenon; secretary 1901; essayist Inter-Society Contest 1901. Alex McVeigh Miller, Jr., A. B., LL. B Alderson, Entered University fall term 1899; preparatory at Allegheny Collegiate Institute. Censor Parthenon fall term ' 90. President Junior Law Class 1900. Athletic Asso- ciation; tennis club; golf club. Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. 21 Jacob Franks Miller, A. B Oldframe, Pa., Entered University fall 1897; preparatory In preparatory department. Parthenon. Y. M. C. A. Charles Nathan McWhorter, A. B., LL. B Lewisburg, Entered University fall 1895. Baseball team 1897-1901; captain 1900-1901. Foot- ball team 1897-1900. Hundred yard dasb winner 1898. Sigma Cbi Fraternity. Jerome Case McMurphy, A. B Oak Park, 111., Entered University fall 1898; preparatory at Racine College. Mandolin and Guitar Club. W. V. U. Orchestra. Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. Jas . Rogers Moreland, A. B Morgantown, Entered University fall 1897; preparatory in preparatory department. Correspond- ing secretary Y. M. C. A. 1898 1900; delegate to Northfield Student Conference at Northfield, Nass., 1899. Parthenon. President W. V. U. Debating Club 1900. Cadet corps 1894-1901; Cadet major commanding 1900-1901. Kappa Alpha Frater- nity. Matthew Mansfield Neeley, A. B Smith ton, Entered University fall 1897; preparatory at Salem College. Medal for best drilled cadet; Cadet Corps W. V. U. 1899. Columbian Inter-Society Debater 1901. Presi- dent Senior Class 1901. Second lieutenant Cadet Corps 1900-1901. Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity. Rebecca Lupton Norris, A. B Glenville, Entered University fall 1897; preparatory at Glenville Normal. Secretary Senior Class 1901. Beta Gamma local fraternity. Grace Lillian Russell, A. B Skow began, Entered University spring term 1901. Harold Frantz Rogers, A. B Moundsville, Entered University fall 1896; preparatory Moundsville High School and Waynes- burg College. Chairman Devotional Committee Y. M. C. A. Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. Ross Chalfant Shriver, a. B Wadestown, Entered University 1898; preparatory in preparatory department. Chairman Social Committee Y. M. C. A. Athletic Association. Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. Columbian; secretary winter term 1901; chaplain spring term 1901. William Winfred Smith, A. B Ceredo, Entered University July ' 98; preparatory in Ceredo High School and Marshall Col- lege. Assistant librarian. Parthenon; censor spring term ' 99 and winter term ' 01; president spring term ' 01. Y. M. C. A.; vice president 1900-1901; president 1901- 1902; delegate Student ' s Conference at Northfield, Mass., 1899. Athletic Associa- tion. Winner Eegent ' s Prize Essay 1900 and W. C. T. U. of Morgantown, Prize Essay 1900. Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity. Madison Stathers, A. B Almo, Entered University fall 1899; preparatory at West Virginia Conference Seminary. Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. Harry Alonzo St. Clair, A. B Jaco, Entered University fall term 1896; preparatory in preparatory department. Cadet Corps; principal musician 1897-1900; first lieutenant 1901. 22 SK IOK CLASS. Benj. Franklin Shuttleworth, Jr., A. B Clarksburg, Sigma Chi Fraternity. John Dexter Vannoy, A. B Morgantown, Entered University fall 1896; preparatory at Glenville Normal School; graduate Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1897, with degree of Th. G. Parthenon; representative Inter-Society debate 1900 and 1901; president winter term 1901; del- egate to Student ' s Convention at Cleveland, O., 1898. George Robins Whitham, A. B., A. M Morgantown, Entered University 1896; preparatory West Liberty Normal. Athletic Associa- tion. Tutor in iChemistry. Chauncey DeWitt Willey, A. B., LL. B Morgantown, Parthenon; winner Inter-Soclety Declamation Contest 1895 and 1896. Phi Kappa Psi, Theta Nu Epsilion, and Phi Beta Phi Fraternities COLLEGE OP AGRICULUURE. Harry Davis Correll, A. B Lewisburg, Aurora Chapter West Virginia Grange. Elbert Jones, B. Agr Rivesville, First lieutenant Cadet Corps, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MECHANIC ARTS. Dana Blackburn Burns, C E Morgantown, Engineering Society. Member State Geological Survey. John Eoss Eakin, C. E New Martinsville, Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Ray Vernon Hennen, C. E Morgantown, Engineering Society. Columbian. Walter Force Holland, C. E Morgantown, Entered University 1895. Engineering Society. Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. Emory Ison Ireland, B. S C. E White Oak, Entered University fall 1898; preparatory West Virginia Conference Seminary. Columbian; president fall 1900. Young Men ' s Christian Association. Inter-Society Contest Debate 1899; Inter-Society Contest Oration 1900; president Y. M. C. A. 1900-1901. Member University Lecture Committee 1899-1900 and 1900-1901. Dele- gate Y. M. C. A. to Northfleld, Mass., Convention, July, 1900. John Gilmore Ross, C. E Morgantown, Engineering Society. Member State Geological Survey. Wm. Louis Six, C. E Wadestown, Engineering Society. Illustrating editor Monticola 1900. Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity. Robert Calvin Yoho, C. E Rosby ' s Rock, Parthenon. Engineering Society. Sigma Chi Fraternity. 23 fkif ff i Class OfScers: President Fred R. Burke. Vice President Frank D. Hutchinson. Secretary Miss Ernie Pearl Taylor. Historian Miss Mary L. Yager, Motto:— Post nubela Phoebus. Yell. — Rah, rah, rhu, Cadet grey and blue, Whoop ' er up, whoop ' er up, Nineteen two. HISTORY OF THE JUNIOR CLASS. THE JUNIOR CLASS was organized November 15, 1898, its first president being one of our most highly esteemed classmates, Mr. Frank Bowman, under whose administration the class was pros- perous, and proud of its organization and officers. The second president was Mr. F. W. Cushwa, who also governed wisely. The Class met for reorganization this session on a bright moonlight night in the early part of October, and elected a president whose beaming countenance can now be seen in the picture of the Sophomore class. 24 LIBRARY JUNIOK CLASS. Another meeting had to be called, at which the class spirit was highly manifest. Mr. Fred Burke, a full-fledged Junior, was elected to the Presi- dency of this noted class; but subsequently had to leave our ranks for the present year, on account of ill health. The members of the Class have made themselves famous, not only by their good conduct and other equally good charactertics, but some have carried off a large share of the honors from the institution. They have held the field in the literary line, the majority of the class being efficient workers in the societies where the problems of the day are fully discussed. Nor has the Class been idle on the athletic field. All the interclass con- tests in ball games were very spirited , and ' 02 was covered with glory, especially in basket ball. Among the Class of 1902 we have orators, whose eloquence will some day equal that of Chauncey M. Depew; singers, with siren-like voices; debaters, who at some future time you will see sitting in the halls of the Legislature deciding questions on which the welfare of -the country will depend. Those who are now seeking education here in these college walls, and have already reached the Junior Class, are preparing themselves for the service and the blessedness of the new century now begun; and unless I mistake the signs of the times, there dawns a day in which you will see these young Americans winning influence and gaining distinction as authors, teachers, preachers, physicians, lawyers, statesmen, business men, invent- ors, reformers, or whatever might be their choice of occupation. All have eyes to see and hands, hearts, and brains to do and dare. May all be inflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue, stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God and famous to all ages. Historian. ROLL OF THE JUNIOR CLASS. College of Arts and Sciences. Clyde Alexander Morgantown. Push on, keep moving. Samuel Brecht Bayle Waterford, Pa. Thus let me live, unseen, unknov?n. Leila Henklo Bitner, B F Kearneysville. Charms strike the sight but merit wins the soul. Prank Lewellyn Bowman, t E K Charleroi, Pa. Yea, he opened his mouth wide and said . Eobert Hanson Boyd, A ' 2 ' Martinsburg There is much to be said on both sides. Robert Morrow Brown, P K ' F New Cumberland. Where there is no wood, there the fire goeth out. Dorr Clayton Casto, J 9 Parkersburg, Yea, beg a hair of him for memory. Linnie Belle Cobun Morgantown. A face like a benediction. Frank William Cushwa, iP K ¥ Martinsburg. He seemed a cherub who had lost his way and wandered thither. Harding Lemoyne Duval, K A Wellsburg. The world knows only two, that ' s Rome and I. Robert Rodman Greene, S N Morgantown. What ' s in a name? Frances Clyde Herod, B 9 TT Morgantown. The first warbler whose sweet breath preluded those melodious outbursts. Lucien Anselm Hill, $ S K Hinton. He danced without theatrical pretense. Hayes Harold Keener, B 9 TT. Morgantown. Oh, what may man within him hide. Though angel on the outward side. Leo Loeb Charleston. Chase not the fading rapture. Dwight E. Miller, IX Morgantown. We cannot answer for our courage when we have never been in danger. 2 Frances Livermore Miller Monongali ' The sweetest noise on earth, a woman ' s tongue. Lawrence Paxton Miller, ATA Alderson. There ' s sore decline in Adam ' s line If this be spawn of earth. Hortense Morris Harrisville. Oh! nothing is too late Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate. Harry P. O ' Neil, B 9 TJ Pittsburg, Pa. When he spoke the wind « grew still. William Ewin Parsons Morgantown. Drummer, strike up, and let us march away. Lena Hague Provence, B F Masontown, Pa. She looks as if butter wouldn ' t melt in her mouth. Edgar Ulysses Eichards, K A New Cumberland. Every man for himself and God for us all. Delbert Thomas Robinson Grafton. Spat kommt ihr— doch ihr kommt. Mary Virginia Saunders Maidsville. Her modest looks the cottage might adorn. John Hoffman Schissler, r Z Morgantown I am not in the roll of common men. Maud Savilla Sennett Morgantown, Oh, her smile is like to wine And her words are like to bread. Elizabeth Mattingly Stalnaker, K A Martinsburg. O! woman, lovely woman. Ernie Pearl Taylor Morgantown. This is the flower which smiles on every one. William Merle Watkins Grafton. Not stepping o ' er the bounds of modesty. Sidney Schloss Morgantown. Ben Battle was a soldier bold. Charles Wilbur Stump, ATA Charleston. No sooner met, but they looked; no sooner looked, but they loved: no sooner loved, but they sighed; no sooner sighed but they asked one another the reason. 27 Prances Belle Waugh, K J Wellsburg. Angels are painted fair, to look like you. Edna Earle Wertz Huntington. There is no person who is not dangerous to some one. Mary Louise Yager Wheeling. Her voice was ever soft, gentle and low. College of Engineering and and Mechanic Arts. George Harmon Bayles Easton. An harmless flaming meteor shown for hair, Fred Ross Burk Pittsburg, Pa. Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air. Frank David Hutchinson, B 8 JT Keyser. Stones have been known to move, and trees to speak. Richard Huffman Killingswoith Truebada. Despatch is the soul of business. Thomas Simeon Lang, $ S K Bridgeport. Everyone is as God made him, and often a great deal worse. Frank Walker Muldoon Morgan town. For discords make the sweetest airs. Ralph Rogers, S X Morgantown. Once he saw a youth blushing, and addressed him: ' Courage, my boy, that is the complexion of virtue. ' Walter Ambrose Swallow K I Pittsburg, Pa. Meme quand I ' oisseau marche on sent qui ' il a des ailes. Ernest Corban Tabler, Ben Martinsburg. He was a man of an unbounded stomach. CLAoS OFFICERS. President, - R. V. Trapnell. Vice President, jiss ilairgaret Potts. Secretary, Miss Ethel Provence. Treasurer, - - W. M. Baumgardner. Historian, -------- W. H. Kendrick. Class Poet, Miss Beulah Dawley. Class Motto. Per aspera ad astera. Class Poem. Widely open all th3 doors To the world of ancient lores. For this class of Sophomores ! Brave young Trapnell leads the throng. 29 See him boldly step along, Cheering us with merry song! Closely after him we come,— Not with noisy beat of drum, — But with study ' s busy hum. Two steps up the stairs are we; Half way to the great degree That will mark us, you see, With the coveted A. B. In our march we ' ve come to know How the buds of friendship grow Into blossoms pure as snow. High aloft our colors fling! Let our voices loudly ring, As we in their praises sing! Class Song. Our colors, behold them ! Royal purple and white. The rarest that Nature Ere flung to the light. The purple ' s of lilacs Sweet, perfumed, and swinging In hedges of beauty. Where red birds are singing. The white ' s of the roses, Rare roses of June, How they touch all our hearts, And our souls set in tune. May the rose of each June, And the lilacs of May, Cast fragrance about us For a year and a day. 30 c M t=1 HISTORY OF THE SOPHOMORE CLASS. In the fall of ' 00 there assembled in the various halls a number of most forlorn, yet hopeful looking students, all extremely handsome, with dis- tinctly Grecian features, betraying minds eager for the ideal and thirsting for a draught of the Pyrean Spring. The faculty was favorably impressed with the lookout. Congratulations were the order of the day. Messages were immediately wired to the leading institutions of the land. Elegant banquets were indulged in and merry rang the walls of the Varsity. These were destined to launch for a three-year ' s voyage, of college life, to struggle through the crisis of a second year, and to accumulate enough momentum in the third to insure a safe entering into the harbor of rest. And indeed our class is not without celebrities. Poetry has thrived admirably under our invigorating influence. Already we have sent forth songsters who are warbling with success in other fields, yet we have in cultivation, at present time, certain ones of even sweeter tones. As that time draws nearer, when the events of ' 01 will have become history, it is with pleasure, mingled with regret, that we anticipate the coming year. Pleasure because we shall have passed on to higher attain- ments, and regret on account of separated friendships. When the aspiring youth in future years reads the scroll of West Virginia University ' s illus- trations sons and daughters, may there be found a due apportionment in the class of ' 01. ROLL OF THE SOPHOMORE CLASS. College of Arts aad Sciences. Allen, Horace Darwin, Ridersville Baumgardner, William Michael, Elk Lick, Pa. Beall, Clarence Hough, Morgantown Bennett, Lawrence Edward, Ireland Boutwell, Louis Eugene, Cherry Creek, N. Y. CoUett, Albert Jackson, Beverly Conaway, Oran B., Alma Coplin, Mary, Boothsville Cooke, JeanValjean, Morgantown Corbin, Blanche, Fairmont Cox, Boaz Baxter, Morgantown, Crago, Eva Laura, Wheeling Craig, Georgia Phillips, Shippensburg, Pa. Dawley, Beulah, Silver Creek, N. Y. Dawson, Daniel, Charleston Freshwater, Philip, Penrith 31 Hervey, Henry Jacob, Jackson, Jas. Henry, Jones, Bettie Cook, Kendrick, William Henry, Koonce, Darrell Kenneth, Kunst, Frank Batsou, Largeant, Robert Joseph, Lawrence, Benjamin Franklin, Leech, Fannie May, Morris, Tusca, McKinney, Jane Etta, O ' Neil, Harry Fi-ancis Parsons, Wm. Ewin, Peck, Herbert Cromwell, Potts, Emma Margaret, Proeger, Minnie, Provence, Lida Ethel, Rhoades, Geo. Carroll, Richards, Frederick Franklin, Shaw, Wm. Roy, Trapnell, Richard Watkins, Shelford, Victor Ernest, Whitehill, Elizabeth Wilson, Wilson, Virginia Farragut, Wood, Florence Arnold, Yoke, Frank Roy, ENGINEERING Christy, Cyrus Moats, C. E., Cole, Emmet Luther, C. E., Gibson, Wm. Herbert, C. E., Howe, Jas. Vance, C. E., Lewis, John Clyde, C. E., Lucas, Arthur Maple, C. E. , Maxwell, Earl Cooke, C. E., Moore, Charles Larkin, C. E., Nelson, Martin Emmet, C E., Patton, Benjamin Franklin, C. E. Robinson, Carel, C. E., COLLEGE Atkeson, Karl Clark, B. Agr., Click, Andrew Leopold, B. Agr., Morgantown Jane Lew Morgantown Antioch Mills, Ky. Halltown Pruntytown Paw Paw Bluefield Morgantown Metz Fairmont Pittsburg Morgantown Philippi Huntington Greensburg, Pa. Masontown Dallas New Cumberland Terra Alta Charles Town Morgantown Morgantown Morgantown Morgantown Morgantown AND MECHANIC ARTS. Belmont, Pa. Morgantown Tunnelton Morgantown Grafton Morgantown Wheeling Brownsville, Pa. Halleck , Harrisville Charleston. OP AGRICULTURE. Buffalo Cottageville. 32 CLASS OFFICERS. Walter Philip Ballard, Ada Rebecca Colbert, John Clyde Lewis, Rector Romeo Hug hes, Edgar Bullock, President. Vice-President- Secretary and Treasurer. Poet. Historian. YELL ! ! I Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Roar! W. V. U., 1904! COLORS. Cardinal and White. 33 HISTORY OF THE FRESHMAN CLASS. Morgantown, W. Va., Feb. 30th, 1901. Dear Charlie; — I thought I would take up my pen and answer your letter and let you know I am well. Morgantown is a good place to keep well, only you get typhoid fever sometimes. It ain ' t because the college ain ' t all right, but these new fangled water-pipes running under ground git backterias in them. I supjiose you don ' t want to know about them. We don ' t want any on the farm, because they are too enormously expensive. Well, I was going to tell you about we freshmen. I am one of them, and there ' s a whole lot of us. I didn ' t want to be one, but the Perfesser he said that everyone that comes here has got to be a Freshman. The boys call us Fresh and say we need salt. They saj ' at some colleges they salt them down some way or other. I don ' t know how they do it. The Fresh- men (or Freshies ' ' as they call us) cut a big figger. The girls all smile at us. They did at me the tirst day, and I thought I was the only pebble on the beach (or some famous specimen). It however wore off after a while and they don ' t look at me much now. There ' s the pertiest lot of girls here I ever saw, but they ' re awful stuck up some of them. I ' d like to have my girl Georgie down here and see the hang of their dresses so as she could make one. They ' re terrible handsome. Well, I guess I was talking (or rather writing) about our class. Well, we had a class meeting the other night and made ofiQcers (they ' re the ones that run it). Well, we was going to put in a good boy to be our President. Well, when we got there the Sophomores (Perfessor says that means more wise ) had made that same fellow their President. We was perty mad about it, because he would make such a good President, and I s ' pose that ' s why the Sophs wanted to get him. The Sophomores is the class you get into after you ' ve been here the first year. They think they are tremendously smart, but they can ' t keep up with the Freshmen. We don ' t pretend to be so big and wear high col- lars and big blue cuffs as they do. We ' re a good looking class too. The other day we had our picture taken and the photographer said it was the best picture he ever took. His name is Rogers. [ wish we had him up in Penury Centre to take our cows. He ' d be good at it. I forgot to tell you we had a motto (that ' s something a class has.) It ' s somethind about gods and men and everything, so I guess it ' s all right. We got a yell too. It sounds like Indians, so they won ' t let us yell it outdoors. But we can yell it indoors all we want to. A lot of boys got to yelling and got tired out of school last year. So we are going to keep in. We are going to have a history they say in the Monticola. (That ' s a book that tells every- thing about you that you don ' t want them to.) We ' ve got a historian that keeps track of all the class does. The Freshman class never had a history before. I reckon they never had anything to write about. I 34 don ' t get homesick much any more. Ma used to worry about me a good deal when I tirst got here and I s ' pose that ' s one reason I got so homesick. Why, I used to get awful homesick. I believe I felt as bad as Noah when he saw all his old friends drowning during the big flood when everybody was killed off but Noah and his wife and some near relatives. We ' ve got Prats here that cheer us up a good deal. (A Prat ' s a society.) When I first got here I thought I was calling a good deal of attention my way and some of the best looking fellows in school used to come up and say, Howdy do? just like they meant it. Well, I caught on after a time that they were Greeks. (A Greek is one who is not a Barbarian. ) Well, they asked me to join and so I joined. Well, they ' ve got the biggest goats you ever saw. Regular old Billies and they ' re powerful. The girls have Prats, too, but they ' re Lady Prats, anr) they won ' t let the boys join or go to their meetings. They don ' t have Billie goats. We don ' t let the Per- fessors in. We ' re afraid the goat ' ll hurt them. The Perfessors struck me so funny. I supposed a Perfessor was a big man, with a big hat, that wouldn ' t speak to you. But they ain ' t. They ' re just as common as can be and just as harmless as a kitten. Some of them are big and some are little. Some of the little ones know just as much as the big ones too. I ' ve been to church every Sunday just like I do at home. Ma told me I must and I ' ve stuck to it. I despise those boys that study all day Sunday and never think of church. Well, I must close with best wishes. It ' s a big effort to write such a long letter. I hope you are well and I long to get home and see all the folts again. Take good care of your health. Tell all the girls I send my love and believB me, Yours respectfully. Historian. THE ROLL OF THE FRESHMEN. College of Arts and Sciences. Adkins, Asa Williams, Huntington. Auvil, Jesse Herbert, laeger. Baumgardner, Alberta Caroline, Elk Lick, Pa. Bowman, Thos. Armstead Bradford, Valley Purnace. Brady, Jas. Benjamin, Berkeley Springs. Buchanan, Joseph Kerr, Morgantown. Bullock, Edgar, Penn Yan, N. Y. Burns, Laviga Washington, Meadow Bluff. Colbert, Ada Rebecca, Martinsburg. Cummins, John William, Wheeling. 35 Cutts, Hattie, Egbert, Ella Elizabeth, Dent, Herbert Warder, Dornan, Wm. Gibson, Duke, Walter McGarry, Embleton, Tennyson LeMoyne, Hall, Emily Elizabeth, Hall, Estella, Han , Levi Brooks, Herd, Ch: s. Thomas, Hc-ivfy, Henry Jacob, Hodges, Warren Hampton, Hughes, Rector Romeo, Kincade, Cora Eleanor, Lawrence, Benj. Franklin, Marrs, Leola Ethel, Martin, Nella, McCuUough, Wm. Turner, Mcintosh, Elizabeth Orr, McMillan, Russell Henry, McMillan, Julius Ray, Moore, Solomon Granville, Parsons, Delos Emmons, Reinhart, Chas. Hugh, Saunders, Helen Maud, Scott, Wm. Emmett, Smith, Bertha Jane, Snyder, Louis Clarke, Tapp, Elizabeth Louise, Watson, Clyde Emil, Wayt, Wm. Henry, Wilson, Mary Brent, Wright, Mattie, Montgomery. North Hector, N. Y. Grafton. New Cumberland. Bakerton Charleston. Keyser. Morgantown. Fairmont. Morgantown. Morgantown. Morgantown. Spencer. Point Pleasant. Bluefield. Huntington. Parkersburg. Charleroi, Pa. Parkersburg. Masontown. Masontown. Belington. Huntington. Shepherdstown. Maidsville. Lewisburg. Sistersville. Morgantown. Morgantown. Kingwood. Fanlight. Morgantown. Uniontown, Pa. Engineering and Mechanic Arts. Alexander, Wm. Frank, Ballard, Walter Philip, Brannon, Earl Holt, Leonard. Prank O., Smith, Robley Tom, Snyder, Earl Baily, Sperow, Brown Ferdinand, M. E. Mannington. M. E. Fullen. C. E. Glenville. C. E. Buckhannon. M. E. Weston, C. E. Uniontown, Pa. C. B. Hedgeville. College of Agriculture. Arthur, Theodore Joseph, Babb, Samuel Melvin, Babb, Haven Chester, Ellison, Addison DunJap, B. Agr. Reedsville. B. Agr. Falls. B. Agr. Medley. B. Agr. Greenville, 36 HWiVtS To those, unversed in the genus and who know him only through supposition, the Prep is cringing and down-trodden, filled with meekness and humility; one who looks with awe upon the mighty Seniors and is trampled upon and scorned by those gentlemen. It is not so! Seniors, whose girls have gone with a handsomer Prep; Juniors who have been vanquished by them at the pool room and Turn- verien; Sophomores, Freshmen, and Co-eds, all restify that it is not so. The Prep is an altogether different proposition — he is blatant, loud voiced and unresting; he is as the gamin of the streets — devoid of reverence, with respect for none — a kingdom to himself. The Prep is wild and untamed; whatever else he may be, he is neither meek nor insignificant. Now, all this riotous confusion of life and energy contained in the nor- mal Prep is power — and it is the business of man (especially Seniors) to direct power and make it of use. So, following time-honored custom, the Preps were tamed and civilized by Seniors and Freshmen. Their unbridled audacity was cast down and they were man-handled generally till they lost their heedless confidence of Prepdom. A few trips, by night and blind- folded, up the Hick-House steps (assisted by paddles), or aome importunate but fruitless demands of the quartermaster for stamps (see K. H. Graham) were highly influential in attaining such an end. Thus it was in the past. But of late when an unusually large consign- ment of Preps, Brannon and Jack Trapnell included, arrived, the Seniors 37 and Freshmen, already handicapped by hazing regulations, stood at gaze No, they said, we have been tamed ourselves, and we have tamed many others but — ! They knew they were up against it. It was up to them; a case of put up or shut up, so they resigned. They explained that the nerve of the Preps was out of all reason and passed all control; that the tail bid fair to wag the dog and that they wanted to get out from under before something dropped. Thus, in the cour ie of human affairs, it became necessary to abolish the state Prephood — like Rome who found defeat in her victories — so the Preps reaped destruction from their growing arrogance and power. The Legislature carrying out tbo constitutional provision against cruel and unusual punishments and seeing that tlie limits of human endurance were exceeded, abolished the Preps utterly off the face of the earth. Selah. HISTORY OF THE SENIOR LAW CLASS. The Law: It has honored us, may we honor it. IF to descend from noble ancestry is any mark of greatness, the senior law class of 1901 is indeed of enviable origin. The junior law class of 1900 enjoyed the undisputed reputation of being the superlative of all classes that had ever graced the classic halls of West Virginia University; — a studious, hard-working set, yet so happily constituted that they could occasionally lay aside their cares and burdens and indulge in a short hour ' s pleasure with ' the same zeal and earnestness which characterized their most solemn performances; of that peculiar type which could stand un- moved and apparently uninterested under words their instructor had sup- posed would sweep them from their feet, and yet be stirred to hilarious applause by the most commonijlace lecture or occurrence, having minds with that characteristic mark of genius that their deeds at one moment were bordering upon the sublime and the next indicating insanity; a class which The Judge said had given him more pleasure and more pain than any which had ever come under his tuition. The senior class of 1901 is the junior class of 1900, dignified, refined, with a few of the less energetic filtered out and a few choice specimens supplied. To see the senior law student of 1901 as he solemnly wends his way along the streets, or engages in learned political palaver to the edifica- tion of the public, or gravely addresses judge or jury ia the moot court, you would discover little to remind you that he was a promoter of the Lavelle 39 Demonstration, had graced a night-shirt parade, or once wore so war lik a visage that when he showed an iachnatiou to congregate, the Mayor of Morgantown hastily swore in an extra squad of policemen. During the year now drawing to a close, beyond a demonstration in honor of the Knights of Pythias, some slight wanderings after the gods of politics, and an occasional skirmish with la grippe, nothing has occurred to interrujit his steady progress toward the goal of his young ambition. His exuberance has been pruned by the keen and searching questions of Pro- fessor Willey; his demeanor has been polished by the polite and scholarly example of Doctor Brooke; he has been taught how to gain the public ear and touch the people ' s hearts by the open, sincere methods of Judge John- son. He has been trained to every trick and nutured in every science essential to the business of a true and worthy disciple of the blind god- dess. The names of Taltarum and Sergeant Mooie to him have become household words, and the Rule in Shelley ' s case and the meaning of dying without issue are as familiar as the Lord ' s Prayer and the Ten Command- ments. His rapid progress and wonderful feats of learning have been a matter of surprise and delight to himself as well as to his instructors. This is due, in part, to the fact that the law school has been moved to new and more comfortable quarters, and he has the advantage of the new law library. This latter has been ' already so nearly absorbed that the Legisla- ture found it necessary to make an appropriation for other books in order that the minds of future classes might not languish for want of sufficient reading matter to keep them busy. The aforesaid senior law student has become so skilled in argument that he easily convinces the presumptuous collegian of the supposed to-be more learned departments that a certain professor walking up the street steps farther with one foot than the other, and although Professor John- son be looking directly at him when he commits some breach of decorum, he convinces that venerable ex-Judge of the Supreme Court either that he acted with good motives and for justifiable ends, or that some other fel- low and not himself is the guilty party. Whether pleading before a jury in the moot court, contending for the point before the judges in the literary societies, or worshipping at the shrine of some fair young ' lady his appeals seem equally eloquent and irresistible. As proof of the latter, one gentle damsel left home and kindred, and with one of our most valued members winged her way to the obscure regions of an unknown part of the West. Another so loved our brother that she conceived the romantic idea of joining herself to him in the holy bond just as the clock registered the hour which marked the dividing line between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. But it is not alone the power of the brain and tongue of the senior law student of 1901 that is felt, but he is prominent as an athlete. Whether 40 Si o c ; strolling round the diamond or scrambling on the gridiron he holds his own, and he has no equals in the gymnasium in applying the boxing-gloves and skinning the cat. The sterling worth and genuine importance of the senior law class is universally perceived and admitted; but owing to their greater opportunity for knowledge no one places a higher estimate on that body than its own individual members, each of whom has such high regard for the welfare and reputation of the class and is of such a modest nature that no one could be found who would voluntarily assume the responsibility of repre- senting so illustrious an organization, either as a class officer or on com- mencement day, except with the explicit understanding that his name and fame should not be unnecessarily paraded before the public, for which reason both are for the present withheld and permission given to the pub- lic to credit all glory up to date to the class at large; but after June 20th, although our fraternal feeling will still remain, the public is charged that it must hold each one responsible as the architect and builder of his own individual fame and fortune. Historian. OFFICERS OF THE SENIOR LAW CLASS. President. W. A. McGlumphey. Vice-President, A. G. McWhorter. Secretary, - - Haymond Maxwell. Treasurer, - - - - - - - T. E. Pownall. Historian, - - - - - - - A. L. Craig. ROLL OF THE SENIORS. Beltzhoover, Geo. Morris, Jr., A. B., Shepherdstown. West Virginia University, 1900, LL. B., Bland, Robert, C., Bland ville. Bowman, William Byrne, C, Rowlesburg. Brown, Albert Gallatin, C, Worley. Butler, Seaton Garland, C, Parkersburg. Cason, Philip Alonzo, 0., Eockville, Md. Chapman, Alexander Campbell, B. S., West Alexander, Pa. Bethany College, 1898, LL. B., Christner, Braden Hurst, C, Moyer, Pa. Cochran, Wm. Lynn, C, St. Albans. Corbin, Prank Pickering, LL. B., Morgan town. Craig, Arden Llewellyn, C, Summersville. Oandldatefor Certificate. 41 Crockett, Geo. Peery, C, Outright, Lyman, C, Dailey, Jas. Thomas, LL. B., File, Ash ton, Jr., C, Priedberg, Joseph, C, Harper, Jacob Milton, C, Hendrick, Thos. Wm., C, Hodges, Milton Stanley, A. B., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1899, LL. B., Hoff, Silas Marion, A. M., West Vir- ginia University, 1900, LL. B., Ice, Elias Clark, C, King, D. Harlan, LL. B., Koonce, Darrell Kenneth, C, Lehman, John Lee, C. , Laing, Thos. Kay, A. B., Hampden- Sidney College, 1899, LL. B., Lardin, Prank M., A. B., Leonard, Daniel Blake, 0., Long, Ed. Leslie, C, Maxwell, Haymond, A. B. , West Vir- ginia University, 1900, LL. B., McCrum, Arlington B., A.B. ' OOLL.B. McGlumphy, Walter Alexander, A. A. B. , West Virginia University, 1900, LL. B., McGregor, Prank Herbert, LL. B. , McVey, Elmo, C, McWhorter, Charles Nathan, LL. B., Musgrave, Frederick Gerald, C, Powell, Samuel Alfred, C, Pownall, Thos. ' Edwin, C, Ramsey, Robert L. , C. Sayre, Harold Ross, C, Stewart, Terrence D. B., C., Stump, Chas. Wilbur, C, Tiernan, John Holt, C, Townsend, To. Chasteene, C, Tustin, Valentine Tilden, C, Willey, Chauncey DeWitt, LL. B. Wooddell, William L., C, Wolverton, John Marshall, C, Bluefield. Sago. Buckhannon. Mt. Hope. Uniontown, Pa. Spencer. Plum Branch, Va. Keyser. Auburn. Mannington. Morgantown. Hall town. Fairmont. Sun. Masontown, Pa. Parkersburg. Alma. Clarksburg. Aurora. Rocklick. Cairo. Payetteville. Lewisburg. Pt. Pleasant. Morgantown, Rio. New Cumberland. New Martinsville. Charleston. Senior. Wayne. Payetteville. Wadestown. Morgantown. Addison. Big Bend. 42 OFFICERS OF THE JUNIOR LAW CLASS. President, Alex McVeigh Miller, Jr. 1st Vice-President, - - P. M. McIntyre. 2nd Vice-President, w. L. Armstrong. Secretary, H. W. Houston. Treasurer, E. D. Lewis. Historian, ----...--- D. C. Casto. Colors — Red. Yell: Rah, rah, rhu, W. V. U., Junior Law Class, 1902. 43 HISTORY OF THE JUNIOR LAW CLASS. ACCURACY and truthfulness are inseparable attributes of written narratives in order that they may be believed and prove the superiority of some over the rank and file. The history of the Junior Law Class is not exempt from the application of this rule but the events attending the as yet short life of the classe su- perieur, if narrated in fullness, would indeed be a voluminous record if it even attempted to portray the glorious achievements, the stirring adventures and the hairbreadth escapes of its many honored members (from the wrath of the Morgantown Police force) were it made in- to one chronicle. When opened its perusal by the public would wreathe too large halos of glory around the laurel-meriting heads of its members. Futurity would cherish the record as does the law class of ' 01 the memory of its candidate for state treasurer. Men of all classes would with interest and admiration read of the greatness of character, the breadth of mind, and the sterling worth of this august and learned assemblage, while with deep- est emotions and solemn reverence philosophers would exclaim: Ye gods, it doth amaze me That men of such noble temper should So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone. In many archives would this book be preserved with greatest care and copies of it would be placed in the hands of every student in the nation that they might be inspired to look upward and onwai ' d to those who had pre- ceded them in the mazes of the law. Alas! modesty and reticency — two predominating characteristics — for- bid that so great a contribution to the literature be made as to hold out to laymen ' such annals as would cause these winning qualities to become too well known and give us even greater trouble in the future than we have had in the past in keeping undeserving persons from claiming our ranks as their own. Early in the present year strong marks of predominance and superior- ity began to make themselves manifest in this class, and ofttimes would the noble and dignified seniors appeal to this brilliant body for aid and counsel. Many more times did the puzzled prep accost us with tears in his eyes and implore us to bestow upon him the secret of acquiring so much knowledge but of course such knowledge cannot be comprehended by the youthful minds nor could they even ever hope to. We are known to possess a promising actor, a budding poet, a future politician, a probable philosopher, a promising orator, and a corps of offi- cers large enough to supply the demands of the armies of the powers of the world for the next three decades. 44 We are accused of having other talent hidden within our camp but again our natural reticency impels us to retain that knowledge inside the fold until some later date when it is sure to make itself manifest. It sufiSces to say that from such startling proclivities honors will eventually flow as freely as does money from a prep ' s pocket during the first few days after his entrance among the other equally spendthrift preplets. The roll of this aggregation of future legal lamps — beatoe memoriae — show these men to have been smiled upon by Dame Fortune and permitted to worship at the same hallowed shrine and to form this the elect of the chosen band of Gideon. Coming from several different states as the diff- erent men have in former times we have stepped beyond the old bounds and have included not alone Americans but have one member from the sunny shores of Bulgaria. Historian. ROLL OF THE JUNIORS. Allen, H. D., A. B., Archer, Lewis Danford, C., Armstrong, Wm. Lee, C, Barnhart, Wm. Gray, C, Brady, Jas. Benjamin, A. B., Brant, William Hyacinth, C, Burchinal, Ira Grant, C, Casto, Dorr Clayton, LL. B., Cooke, Fieldon Clarke, C. Conway, Wickliffe M., LL. B., Cuppett, David Ear l, C., Eddy, Levi Thomas, C, Enslow, Prank, C, Gorman, M. E., A. B.,West Virginia University, 1895, LL. B., Held, Chas. Wm., C, Hughes, Alvaroe Glenn, A. B. , West Virginia University, 1900, LL.B. lams. Prank Victor, C. , John, Wm. Scott, A. B., W. V. U., 1900, LL. B., Kenna, E. B., LL. B., Lewis, Ernest D., A. B., Lively, Henry Shaw, A. B. , Loeb, Leo, LL. B., Miller, Alex McVeigh, Jr., A. B., Ridersville. Georgia. Sutton. Red House. Berkeley Springs. Waynesburg. Smithfield, Pa. Parkersburg. Norwood. Bristol. Glade Parms. Brave, Pa. Huntington. Morgantown. Towson, Md. Ravenswood. Waynesburg, Pa. Rosedale, Pa. Charleston. Johnstown. Weston. Charleston. Alderson. Candidate for Certificate. 45 Moreland, Jas. Rogers, A. B., Means, Thos. Hollander, C, Mclntire, Thayer Melvin, C, Morris, Tusca, LL. B., Neeley, Matthew Mansfield, A. B., Patterson, George, C, Pendleton, John Randolph, C, Powell, Michael, C, Sperry, Clarence B., C, Snodgrass, John Glen, C, Sommerville, George Greene, C, Stone, Jas. Frederick, C., Theodorff, Meroslae Geo. Pope, C., Wayt, Wm. Henry, A. B., Withers, Horace, C, Yost, Ervin Henry, C, Morgantown. Percy, Pa. New Martinsville. Metz. Smithton. Percy, Pa. Ingleside. Blacksville. Clarksburg. New Martinsville. Clifton. Pt. Pleasant. Morgantown. Fanlight. Buckhannon. New Martinsville. SPECIAL LAW STUDENTS. Armstrong, Gideon Byrne, Callaghan, Dennis Milton, Cooley, Geo. Walker, Greene, Chas. Francis, Grooms, Robert Arthur, Hall, Chas. Leonard, Hall, Clark Leslie, Hobbs, Henry Clifton, Houston, Harold Wilkins, Lovett, Harold Hampton, Moran, Henry Eldorah, Moore, Sheridan, Nash, Robert Alin, Jr., Pierce, Carleton Custer, Shriver, John, Smith, Lewis Oscar, Sutton, Felix Oren, Sutton, Oley Ord, Williams, Homer W., Wilson, B. K., . Sutton. Beaver. Strasburg, Va. Confluence. Gerardstown. New Martinsville. Charlotte. Lexington, Va. Parkersburg. Albert, Frisco. Wheeling. Ravens wood. Rowlesburg. Morgantown. Plum. Flatwoods. Flatwoods. Brown. Huffman. 46 THE UNIVERSITY MOOT COURTS. Woe to him,   who has no court of appeals against the world ' s judgment. THE CIRCUIT COURTS. Court No. 1 Judge Okey Johnson, Judge. Court No. 2 Prof. WiUiam P. Willey, Judge. Court No. 3 Prof. St. George T. Brooke, Judge. Clerk of the courts Haymond Maxwell. Deputy clerk C. N. McWhorter . Sheriff E. C. Ice. Deputy sheriff H. F. McGregor. Crier ... J. M. Wolverton. Deputy Crier Geo. M. Beltzhoover. THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS. Judge Johnson, Prof. Willey, Prof. Brooke. Clerk of the Court T. W. Hendrick, Deputy Clerk H. W. Williams. THE JUSTICE ' S COURT. A. G. Hughes, Magistrate. The Moot Court Oath: You do solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and everything but the truth, so help you Jacob. 47 iauh-irpf THE ROLL OF PREMEDICAL STUDENTS. Bonar, Wm. Porter, Conaway, Benj. Franklin, Cooper, Frank Scott, Cox, Hugh Workman, Downey, John Otho, Hayes, Russell Alexander, Lilly, Milton Judson, Mitchell, Ralph Cadwallader, Moore, Phoebia, Orris, Chas. Summer, Pemberton, Edward Milton, Richards, Dellroy, Ridenour, Dora, Scott, Stanhope McClellan, Steele, Harry Geo., Glen Easton. Mannington. Red Star. Morgantown. Martinsburg. Morgantown. Dunn ' s. Glade Farm. Mannington. Blkins. Charleston. New Cumberland. Clarksburg. Terra Alta. Keystone. i The Case of Taltarum- (From the Notebook ot a Junior Law Student.) Well, sir, Mr. T. — er — yes — however, sir, I believe he ' s not here. Well, now, Mr. S., can you tell us something about common recovery as first laid down in Taltarum ' s case, sir ? That is, sir, you ' ll remember that after the statute De Donis Conditionalibus this was the method commonly used in barring or alienating a fee tail. Just a word now as to the statute De Donis. Well, sir, I ' m afraid it ' s rather trite to you. I suppose you ' ve heard it so often before. But at the risk of boring the seniors, who are quite familiar with Blackstone, I ' ll review briefly the old law. As is so familiar to you all, this statute of Edward the First converted conditional fees into fees tail. All done by the omnipotent power of Parliament, which, as you all know so well, can do anything but make a man a woman or a woman a man. Perhaps it ' s not a fair question, but, however, sir, Mr. Blackstone so says it here, so, Mr. S. , will you please tell this class what you understand by a conditional fee ? Mr. S. — Why sure, sir, it was a fee that was conditional. I don ' t recall exactly so, sir, Mr. S. ; that ' s not very complete though. However, your definition would be a very natural conclusion of a man who hadn ' t read the text; but all the same, sir, it ' s not exactly — er — correct. You will observe that as Mr. Blackstone says — and it is quite familiar law — a conditional fee is just simply one granted to the donee and the heirs of his body exclusively. Such an estate, sir, did not admit of alienation in fee simple, so to speak, a very grievous burden. Perhaps I am encroach- ing a little on the senior lectures, but — however, to remedy this the courts held that birth of issue fulfilled the condition and the estate became abso- lute for three purposes, one of which being alienation. But after a while the English Lords said to the judges, ' You can ' t do that any longer, sirs. ' So they set about to pass this statute absolutely barring alienation, which was accordingly done by the division of the fee into a particular estate and reversion as you already know so well. Per- haps I ' m not very clear, but a question will bring it out. Speaking a little figuratively, this method of solemn jugglery was a sort of a pious fraud to defeat the statute — in fact, sir, a kind of a parlia- mentary magic to evade the law, The seniors will pardon me, as they are so familiar with Blackstone, but the facts were something like these. The tenant was sued for the realty, in an action by the prospective purchaser, who claimed by a title paramount to his. Thereupon the tenant vouches another, who accord- ingly undertakes to warrant his title. However, the vouchee makes de- fault and the realty is recovered to the plaintiff by judgment at law. 49 A question please, Dr. ? Yes sir, Mr. L . Could this judgment be made the conclusion of the suit ? Oh, no, sir. I don ' t under stand that you could so do. The tenant who has thus been apparently deprived of his lands obtains judgment for damages against the defaulter, who would not defend the title. Not only this, but of course it would not be exactly fair to allow the tenant the pur- chase money from his collusion and damages in addition. So to evade such a contingency the warrentor is usually a regular man of straw— worth no more than a peppercorn, sir. Now as to the condition of estates tail in Virginia, both before and after Jefferson ' s famous statute — but see code, sir, see code. You remem- ber — but, however, sir, I beUeve it ' s time to stop. S-e-e c-o-d-e. DUAL SOVEREIGNTY. Judge Johnson (after reading his lecture on ' Dual Sovereignty ' to Dr. Brooke: Well, Brooke, what do you think of it? Dr. Brooke: Oh, it ' s alright, sah, but there ' s no such thing as dual sovereignty, sah. BEFORE A LAW EXAM. Senior, producing his pony: After three months of innocuous desuetude these laws are brought forth. AFTER THE EXAM. Senior, upon the barely possible presumption (of law as well as fact) that he has ' flunked: The Law is a sort of hocus-pocus science, that smiles in yer face while it picks yer pocket; and the glorious uncertainty of it is of more use to the professor than the justi ce of it. — From the French. DEMOCRACY IN EVIDENCE. Professor Willey — Would an account of a murder in the Pittsburg Dis- patchhe admisible as evidence? Lively — An account in the Pittsburg Post might be. 50 A CAMPUS VIEW. A QUESTION OF BAILMENTS, The point under discussion was whether a railroad company would be liable in damages for the killing of a cow at a railroad crossing. Victim of Quiz — It would be liable unless it had taken all proper pre- cautions. Prof. Willey (earnestly) — Well, suppose there had been a sign at the crossing? Victim of Quiz (with equal earnestness) — I don ' t suppose the cow could have read it, anyhow. Ten minutes suspension of hostilities. STONE QUOTES SHAKESPEARE. Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch; Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth; Between two horses, which doth bear him best; Between two girls, which hath the merriest eye; — I have perhaps some shallow spirit of judgment; But in these nice sharp quillets of the LAW, Good faith, I am no wiser than a daw. PROSPECTIVE TEXT-BOOKS BY PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS OF THE WEST VIRGINIA BAR. Moreland on Military Law. Beltzhoover on Assault and Battery. Butler on Collection of Debts. Casto on Polar Law. Friedburg on Gas. Hoff on Real Estate. Hoff on Infancy. Koonceon Social Relations. John on Courtship. Lehman on Combinations. Leonard on Breach of Promise. McGregor on Domestic Relations. Stump on Domestic Relations. Powell, S. A., on Corporations. Brady on Irish Home Rule. Held on Courtship by Mail. Morris on Election Laws. Stone on Ponies. 51 Theodoroff on Evidence, Kenna on Contracts under Seal. Sutton, 0. O., on Analysis of the Law. Neeley on Mandamus. Moore on Equity lams on Pennsylvania Law. Lively on Pleading. Harper and Cooke on County Superintendents. Williams on The School Law. JIKMBKiiS OF liETUlING BOARD OF REGENTS. The is ' ory of a Quadrennium I I T seems appropriate in the fourth number of the Monticola, an officially recognized publication of the West Virginia University, to briefly re- view the progress and work of the University during the quadrennium ending with the present year, especially as that period covers the administration of the Board of Regeuts just retiring, ttnd the term of President Jerome Hall Raymond, a period that will always stand out with prominence in the history of the Institution. The close of the preceding administration, ending in the summer of 1897, showed an enrollment of 465 students, and the employment of 29 Professors and instructors, in all departments, after an existeace of thirty years. Considering the history of the state, its impoverished condition at the close of the Civil War, the necessity of providing for the expenses of the new state government and of housing the executive, legislative and judicial departments, erecting buildings for Normal schools, penitentiary, and reformatory schools, and newly created public schools of the state, it is occasion for small surprise that the University and higher education had to wait a little on public appropriations for buildings, equipments and sal- aries. But at last the more pressing needs of the state being supplied, the population and wealth greatly increased, and the untold natural resources of the state, in part developed, and demanding scientific training for their further exploitation, public sentiment demanded that the University should take higher rank, and contribute in a larger degree to the educational and material development of the state. At this fortunate period, the newly appointed Board of Regents, consisting of James F. Brown, A. H. Kuust, R. R. McMahon, James M. Lee, Jas. L. Hamill, John A. Camp- bell, W. E. Powell, T. C. Atkeson, and Geo. C. Sturgiss, took office, and as rapidly as possible, inaugurated many changes in the policy and man- agement of the University. President Raymond was elected and installed and with indefatigable industry, coupled with high ideals of what a University should be, entered upon his duties. S3 CO-EDUCATION. Women students were admitted to all departments of the University upon terms of equality with their brothers, with stimulating and refining influences upon both sexes, and without scandal or discredit thereby to any. The enrollment of women students by years, is as follows, and shows the increasing confidence in and popularity of this policy: 1897 None 1898 128 1899 188 1900 240 1901 (to this date) 231 THE ELECTIVE SYSTEM. The system by which, within reasonable limit, and under the advice and guidance of the Professors, students are permitted to select the stu- dies which they will pursue, and the courses which they will take, has been fully adopted. In this respect, the University has followed the exam- ple of Harvard, Cornell, Leland Stanford, the State University of Indiana, and other first class Universities, and with the best results. Each student thus takes the course most suited to his taste, ability, previous prepara- tion, and the life work in which he expects to engage. No fundamental studies are permitted to be neglected, but special prominence is given to those in which the student will most certainly excel. HONORARY DEGREES. These empty honors which have fallen into disrepute, and brought no credit to the recipient, or to the institutions conferring them, have been abolished, and degrees earned by actual and honest work done, are the only ones conferred. This will give a distinctive value to any West Vir- ginia University degree. THE SUMMER QUARTER. The four quarter system was adopted in Oct. 1897, and since that time the University has been practically in continuous session. By this arrange- ment students may take such quarter for vacation as they may deem best, or as their particular circumstances may require. Neither Professors nor students are required to remain in attendance all the year, though allowed to do so if they desire. An average of about 200 students have been in attendance during the summer quarter. It is to be regretted that the failure of the Legislature to make appropriations for this quarter will compel its abandonment for the present. 54 INSTRUCTION BY CORRESPONDENCE. This method of extending the usefulness of the University has been inaugurated, and in many instances has led to the actual attendance of the correspondent student. Over 140 persons received instruction by this method during 1899-1900. Instruction by correspondence makes it possi- ble to complete a college course by studying in residence for a part of the year, and by correspondence for the rest of the year, and enables the stu- dent to keep in touch with the life and spirit of the University. FELLOWSHIPS. The establishment of fellowships has been much criticised, because misunderstood. Ten fellowships have been authorized, and have been filled from among the most accomplished graduate students of this Univer- sity, or other universities of equal standing. A Fellow is paid $300. 00 a year, by which he is given an opportunity and expected to pursue post-gradu- ate work and is required to assist in instructing in the department to which he has been assigued. Tlius the State gets value received for the salary paid ; encourages a promising graduate to continue his studies along the higher lines of his chosen field of research, and he acquires experience as a teacher and fits himself for permanent employment as a Professor. THE SCHOOL OP MUSIC. This new department was established upon a guaranty fund created by President Kaymond, Vice President Armstrong, and Regent Sturgiss, who were ultimately reimbursed for the expenses they had incurred out of the earnings of the school and State appropriations. It is one of the most pop- ular and highly appreciated schools of the University, and has an enroll- ment of over 140 students in its several classes The Pipe Organ, the gift of Regent Geo. C. Sturgiss and Hon. James M. Guffey of Pittsburg, adds much to the attractiveness of the chapel exer- cises, public gatherings, and the school of music. DOMESTIC SCIENCE. This school was established and is wholly supported out of the ' ' Morrill fund , a grant from the National Government, and is without cost to the state, further than the use of the rooms in which it is conducted. It gives most comprehensive, exact and thorough instruction in general and public hygiene, home sanitation, food materials, and their economic value, prin- ciples of cooking with practical illustrations, household economics, art and architecture. DEPARTMENT OF ELOCUTION. This department has been created; a professor, an assistant and a fellow elected and placed in charge of instruction. Students are admitted to its 55 courses of instruction without extra charge. The University has been admitted to the Central Oratorical League, composed of Cornell University, Ohio State University, Ohio Wesleyan University, State University of Indiana, State University of Illinois, and West Virginia University. The University of Pennsylvania is expected to become a member this year. This is a goodly company in which to be enrolled. The students under instruction in our department of Elocution may be expected to acquit themselves with credit in the annual contests of the League. DEPARTMENT OF DRAWING AND PAINTING. This department, created in the fall of 1897, has now two instructors; large classes, and a well equipped art room, containing many fine models, paintings, drawings and casts. It is one of the most attractive and valued departments of University work. THE GYMNASIUM. An instructor, giving his whole time to physical culture and athletic training, has been elected Director of the Gymnasium, and the latter fairly well equipped with apparatus and paraphernalia, baths and furniture for the work here done. The excellent results of this new department are shown in the improved health and endurance of students; the increased interest in athletics and physical training, and greater College pride. COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. In order to secure from the Association of American Medical Colleges recognition of the work done in the University, in Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, Bacteriology, Materia Medica, and allied subjects, so that stu- dents taking this work here, might be credited with it in the Medical Courses offered by the various Medical Colleges comprising the Association, and in pursuance of the instruction of the Association, the College of Med- icine of West Va. University was organized, and application for member- ship in the Association made, which it it believed will be favorably acted upon at its next meeting. If this is done, the two years work of the Col- lege of Medicine will be accepted as the equivalent of the same number of years ' work required by any other reputable Medical College. A State Anatomy Law was asked for by the University, and enacted last winter, in order to enable the College of Medicine to teach human anatomy by dissection of the human body, without compelling any one to resort to unlawful means to procure bodies for dissection. A Cmirse in Pharmacy has been arranged, with the approval of the State Board of Pharmacy. Students who complete this Course will be admitted to practice Pharmacy in this State without difficulty. VETERINARY SCIENCE. This department in the College of Agriculture was created, and a S6 specialist put in charge, for the purpose of giving such instruction in Vet- erinary Science as will enable students to diagnose and treat intel ligently the common diseases of domestic animals. ANCIENT LANGUAGES. These were formerly taught in one department, but have been sepa- rated into the departments of the Greek Language and Literature and the Latin Language and Literature. MODERN LANGUAGES. These, no longer grouped together in a single department, are divided into the Germanic Languages and Literatures, and the Romance Languages and Literatures. The establishment of the new schools and departments, and the enlargment of the scope and range of work in the schools and departments already in existence have resulted in an increase in the number of Pro- essors. Instructors and Fellows, till the total staff of instruction now includes 65 persons- A small observatory for use of the students in astronomy has been con- structed, and instruments mounted, but much remains to be done in this direction. The State has never made any specific appropriation for the work of this department. The Library has been greatly enlarged; regular annual approrpriations secured from the State, and purchases made from the Morrell fund, till over 16,000 volumes fill the shelves and crowd the limited quarters occupied by it in Martin Hall. Over $7,761.00 have been expended on the Library during the four years just ending. But the most striking improvement has been in the complete classification and cataloguing ot the books, and the employment of a professional librarian, a trained and accomplished expert who is as familiar with the books and their contents as a mother with her children, and regards them with almost equal interest. With two assistants, the library is kept open from 8 o ' clock, A. M. till 10 o ' clock P. M. thus increasing the usefulness of the library many fold. The Laiu Library has been put upon a permanent footing by regular annual appropriations, and is growing steadily in volumes and value. REAL ESTATE PURCHASES. Notwithstanding the discouraging neglect of the State to appropriate for the additional land needed, although often appealed to, the Regents nevertheless felt they would be derelict in their duty to the interests com- mitted to their care if they failed to purchase the land required for the present and future use of the University, while it could be had at reasona- 57 able prices. Under the leadership of the President of the Board over $25, 000 worth of land has been bought, and in part paid for, and the purchases ratified and approved by the Legislature. These include the purchase of the new Agricultural Experiment Station farm, and the sale of the old farm. The latter was illy fitted for the work to be done, and was in an obscure location. The new farm is larger, well drained, better in every way and located upon one of the most public highways of the county, where its experiments and operations can readily be inspected and serve as an accessible and conspicuous object lesson in agriculture, stock and poul- try raising, horticulture and related subjects. The sites of the Library and Museum building, and of the Mechanical Hall, were purchased, and the new buildings are being rapidly erected thereon. The Fife land was bought, and will furnish many eligible sites for the other buildings which the rapid growth of the University already demands. NEW BUILDINGS. The north wing of University Hall, the Library and Museum, the Mechanical Hall, and the Armory have all been put under contract, and the first named completed, by the retiring Board. These contracts amount in the aggregate to over $200,000, exclusive of the land purchases, and do not include the new barn and other buildings of the Agricultural depart- ment. PERMANENT PLANS. Heretofore the location of new buildings, streets and wal ks, and the planting of trees and shrubbery, grading and other improvements have been done in a hap -hazard way, without any regard to unity of purpose, harmony of design, economy of space, certainty of purpose, or regard for the future location of buildings, walks, ways, drainage and embellishment. This was felt to be so great an evil that the aid of experts was ' called for. Olmstead Bros., of Boston, Landscape Architects, were employed, and a com- plete topographical map of the lands prepared from accurate surveys, giv- ing contours, location of drains, buildings, roadways, and all natural objects. After several visits of inspection, and many weeks of study, Olm- stead Bros, submitted a. report, with a complete map and plans for the future improvement and embellishing of the grounds; location of roadways; proposed new buildings; changes of grades; system of drainage, and plant- ing of trees, shrubbery and location of gardens. Thus a permanent plan along artistic lines, combining beauty, utility and real economy, has been secured, which will control the future improvements of the University property. 58 This brief and imperfect sketch of the work done and planned by the out-going administration shows a record unparalleled in the history of the University, that will require the utmost liberality, greatest zeal, and wise exercise of executive ability, with high conceptions and ideals of the true mission of a great State University, to equal in the future. But it is con- fidently believed that the impulse thus given will find willing hands and hearts and brains to accelerate its growth and usefulness, and that this greatest of all the enterprises and interests of the State will keep abreast of and lead the triumphant progress of the most richly endowed State in the grand galaxy of our National Union. d HUNTIN ' TIME ' S A COMIN ' . untin ' time ' s a comin ' , For I hear the phieasants drummin ' , And the chestnut burrs is turnin ' on the south side of the ttee. And the whicker, wl icket, Akicker, Of a raspin ' screamin ' flicker Comes a driftin ' from tke mount ' in top across tf e crick to me. B ob Wliites are a wl istlin ' , dAnd cizclin ' hawks are listenin ' , Where tf ey slowly sail a wafchin ' all the country underneatli. Tlie hazel nuts ate tutnin ' An ' my hungzy heart ' s a burnin ' For tke whirr of birds, the bark of guns and tl e broom sage coveted heath. W My ' twas this vety motnm ' . That I had a sign— a watnin ' , Tkat squirrels are here a cuttin ' wherever mast is found. For I found, and wasn ' t ttyin ' , A kickoty nut shell lyin ' . Fresh cut and eaten follow, right in tlie foot-ttod gtound. 60 L ord! I ' m glad tliis time ' s a comin ' . For tliete ' s lots of fun a bummin ' Tlirougli the autumn woods a dreamin ' an ' a huntin ' all tlie day, When a fellet ' s kind of lazy dAnd the golden days ate liazy, dAnd the whispetin ' breeze has conjured all l is troubles far away. y es, ttie huntin ' time ' s a comin ' . For I heat the pl easants drummin ' , cAnd the chestnut burrs is turnin ' on the south side of the ttee. To the woods my tl oughts are turnin ' dAnd my l ungiy heart ' s a yearin ' Fot the woods where man is master and liis evety thougtit is fzee. -EDWfIRD B. KENNA. The New Univer l ' y. By Prof. Frederick L. Emory, Director of Buildings and Grounds. IT is now thirty odd years since the United States government in its wisdom established through tlie various states the land grant colleges. The beneficial influence of this act has always been felt and acknowl- edged as one far reaching because of the underlying principle involved. By the acceptance of its provisions the various states must provide instruction in the arts of peace and likewise of war. The results have been the development of a people who now rank in the front for industry and independence. Not only must the Land Grant Colleges give instruction in Agriculture and the Mechanic arts, but they must also provide instruction in military tactics and science. The former has singularly only until recently been established at this University, while the latter has been given from the earliest. The military department has indeed had a varied experience as to accommodations. The present Experiment Station was its first home. The demands of the Experiment Station soon crowded it out and it was nec- essary to build a small she 1 for the armament in the rear. This, too, was soon found to be hardly si;£cient for its use and a new building was built to serve as an armory below and hall above. Again the growth of the institution made it necessay to ask a new home for the gymnasium, when a small shed was erected on the rear of the present new quadrangle where the guns of war were peacefully housed between times of peculiar wandering. Again improvements encroached upon them and their roof was moved over their protesting metal to the place they now occupy. This last move, it is hoped will be their last, for it was to make room for a pretentious Armory shown in the sketch. Here, when completed, the dogs of war can rest as veterans may upon their previous good work. The new Armory is a spacious building designed expressly for the needs of the cadets and the Military Department. It is to be a one-story structure with high ceiling and in the rear a clear floor space of 60 by 120 62 O a M O a n yg ' feet will permit drilling to be carried on during any weather. The front of the building is arranged for offices, so that the Military Department will have a home second to none among State Universities. The building is of neat design with castleated front. The material is stone and brick with stone trimmings. The building will face the new rectangle, to which it will be a decided improvement. With so fine a field immediately in front and on the same level the Battalion will have accommodations of the best and all are awaiting with pleasure the completion of the most perfect plans for development in this quarter. The new Library is another case of growth which has been met by the people of the State in a magnanimous manner. The first library was housed in what is now Prof. Hare ' s room in Martin Hall, when chapel was held in the present library room. It soon outgrew its dimensions and the present library room was turned into its present use, while the chapel was moved to the third floor in University Hall, where it remained until Com- mencement Hall was fiaished. The present library room is poorly designed for such use and a new building is the result. On the old ground near Commencemeat Hall is now being raised a stone building of handsome proportions facing on the main street. The main building is 138 by 60 feet with a stack room as an L in the rear. It has spacious storage in the basement in which also are two toilet rooms. The first or main floor has President ' s and Regents ' rooms, two large reading rooms, deliy- ex ' y room and large logia. Stairs to the second floor lead to the left from the latter to large rooms on the second floor, in the center of which is an open well looking down to the delivery desk The finish inside is panel work wrought iron trimmings, and decorations of mosaic and marble complete the artistic design. To the right of the new Armory and on the same grade is the new Mechanical Building. The destruction of the old building by fire was a great loss to the University which has been replaced by a new building of more extensive design. The cramped condition of the first building has lead to wiser proportions for the new. It has been the universal exper- ience of institutions that they have built Engineering and Scientific build- ings too small, which fact becomes painfully apparent after a few years of use and growth. The front part of the building is 16 ft. by 44 ft., being three stories in the center portions and two stories on either side with a full basement story under all. The first floor line is 5 ft. above grade so that the basement is abundantly lighted and much space is obtained for laboratories. In this main building are laboratories, class rooms, lecture rooms and drawing rooms. In the rear of the main part are the one story shops and power, plant, boiler room, etc, which are abundantly lighted by lanterns above 63 which also afford excellent ventilation. By this arrangement the forge and foundry are on the ground floor and in a separate part from the more delicate tools and apparatus, so that the work of one department may not interfere with that of another, as is the case in many city school shops where ground floor space is so expensive as to necessitate placing class rooms immediately above such shops. Between the front and rear parts or structures is an ample lavatory. The exterior of the building is stone up to the first floor and brick above with terracotta trimnings. This building also faces the drill ground or rectangle and with the two other new buildings will give a greatly increased accommodation which will facilitate all the work about the University. When these are done classes may not be obliged to meet in basement rooms, and the crowded condition of various departments may be relieved. a O — £j- : ;J-:s-8r ■ i Gommiifee fo file TJLni ' a2irsifi|. yyll F ELL, said Simon, choking down the last of his pie, since yer ' ve •• Ml axed me ter tell yer ' bout the visit of the legislative cummiddy as II wus up here ter investergate the Yuniversitee, I gess ' twouldn ' t ' ' be no mor ' n perlite ter comply with yer invitashun. Course, yer couldn ' t hardly expect me ter be teetotally accerte, as my memery never wus none uv the best. But if yer will jes ' try ter cummiserate any miner inaccersies o ' detale an ' sich like I ' ll go on. ' ' Firs, I gess yer would be cur ' us ' bout knowm ' how an indervidyel uv my stashun in life happened ter be along witJi sech distinguished gentle- men. Ef yer ' ve ever sojourned in Charleston round about the time the Leg- islacher wus meetin ' you ' ve no doubt hyeerd uv the third house. Briefly speakin ' , the third house is a sort uv ex-erfisheo aggergasshun whut con- sists uv statesmen sufEerin ' with perlitical dispepsia an ' slippery inder- vidyels as they call lobsterists er some thin ' similer, with a sprinklin ' uv gentlemen uv leeshure like myself. Well, ter return ter the point from which I degressed, when the Yuniversitee rumpus come up afore the Legislacher an idy struck me. Thinks I, Simon, yer simpleton, hyeer is the opportunity uv yer existence ter get an eddication. My skeme was about like this. I would apply ter the cummidy fer permishun ter accompany it in the capacity uv valay,axin ' nuthin ' fer my services ' xcept a railroad pass an ' the incidental considera- shun uv a f ellership in the Yuniversitee. I went right off to the cummiddy an ' axed ter be hyeerd . ' Very -v ell, ' 65 says wun uv ' em — I won ' t mention no names — ' very well, ' said the afore- said nameless statesman, ' speak! ' ' Gentlemen says I, arter I had ben given this honor, ' I am ambishus ter get an eddication but my means is limited and I would like ter get a fel- lership in the Yuniversitee . I then perceded tur outline my skeme. When I concluded wun uv them says ter me: ' May I axe yer a question? ' ' With pleasure, ' says I. ' Where did yer git yer eddycashun? ' ' Horseneck, ' sed I. The cummiddy all smiled an ' one uv ' em sed, says he: ' Wa ' al, gentlemen, I guess he ' s good fer a fellership if not a perfessership. ' ' ' Well, it didn ' t take me loug ter get ready, and afore I knowed it we wus on the way ter Morgantown. At last, thinks I, I ' m on the road ter Fame. And right hyeer I want to remark, that ef a feller ' s got ter change cars as often ter git ter Fame as he has ter get ter Morgantown he ' d a durned sight better stay at home. Fact is, to tell wun on myself, when we ' d ben a travelin ' so long thet I ' d lost all track of time, and all of a sudden the conductor yelled ' Montani ' I jumped up all skeered fer fear thy ' d carried me past my destination. I ast the conductor whether he wus near California. He laughed and said I was still in West Virginia and thet it was Montani station on the B. . O. and not Montana State. But we got there somehow or nuther at last and made a bee-line fer the Yuniversitee. They wuz a few stoodents at the depot and they pointed out the varus objects of interest as we went along. The firs ' place they halted at wus a sort uv meedievil-like struc- shure. Fer all I know it might ha ' been Noah ' s Ark. Fact is, it looked ter me like wun uv them hanted houses you read about. What made the illu- shun the more graffic wus the emination uv diverse an ' sundry shriekin ' s an ' gronin ' s as wus calcilated ter make a feller ' s blood run col ' . As I stood there tremblin ' with horrible misgivin ' s I hyeerd ringing ' in my ears thet old refrain, ' This house is hanted, ' This house is hanted. ' Imagine my conternashun, then, when wun uv the stoodents told me this wus the Skule uv Musick. ' What ' s all the racket about? ' I ast. ' That ' s musick, ' said he. ' Thankee, ' says I, ' I wus just asting for information. ' Thet stoodent must have reported my disapperbashun, which my wisage must have betrayed; fer I ' ve hyeerd sence thet they ' ve mooved the musick skule into the attick uv the law deprtment. I ' ve never ben able to learn, though, whut sin the law stoodents committed to make them deserve sech a cruel fate. I cen hardly think of it without feelin ' a little affected. But I gess it ' s all fer the bes ' , an ' I ' m sure it ' s none o ' my concern. The next place we visited wus a big brick buildin ' with little windows 66 near the roof like pigeon holes. Over the door wus the words ' BREW- ERY. ' My blood, which had been a little chilly ever sence we left the hanted house, now got warm. Thenks I, this ain ' t sech a bad hole after all. In fact, thenks I, a Yuniversittee whut makes its own beer must be purty up to date. But it wusn ' t long afore I wus disillushunned. Imagine my bitter disappointment when I wus informed thet this wus the Chapel and jimnasheum combined. ' A sort uv cu-operashun skeme a-twixt body and soul ! ' I remarked to wun uv the stoodents. ' No, ' says he — he wus a law stoodent I presume — ' it ' s whut Jedge Johnson would call dooal soverenty. ' I ain ' t pretendin ' ter be able ter elucidate that thing. Sure enuff, it turned out ter be jimnasheum in the cellar, Chapel ovehead — kind uv an ascendin ' arrangement from this wicked world ter Heaven. As I stood there contemplatin ' it I couldn ' t help but admire in my mind the extreme buty uv the idy. While I wus in this pohectic state uv mind a wenerbel lookin ' gentle- men come to the door. I learned afterwards that he was Doctor Dancer, physeshun ter the President, I presume, from the title, er some sech dig- netery. He smiled grashuss-like and ast us ter come in. ' Ther hanvastigashun commiddee, I presume, ' says he. ' Com rhight in, gintlemen, and latt me inthrodooce yoo ter Perfesser Printz — ha ' s the boss hyeer. ' Well, thet wus the firs ' time I wus ever in a jimnasheum. Lud! whut a sight it wus. I thought I ' d split. Ther wus a couple o ' dozen stoodents in ther cuttin ' all sorts uv capers. Hyeer wus a feller trying to twist him- self around a couple uv perillel poles. Hyeer wus anuther tryin ' ter pull the walls in two with a couple uv ropes. But the funniest uv all wus wun tryin ' ter knock the stufi n ' out uv a pig head apparatus — it wusn ' t a stoo- dent, as you might have supposed — hangin ' from a board. I ' ll ' fess up thet I wus rattled, and it ' peared ter me as ef some uv the rest uv the cummiddy wus a little numbplussed. But as the cummiddy wus too dignified to appear cur ' us, it revolved on me ter axe about it. So I turned to a fresh looking stoodent, and says I: ' Is that a prep? ' I had hyeerd sutthin ' about preps, and it ' curred ter me thet thet pig-headed apperatus might be wun uv them objects. The stoodent looked at me a little peculiar. ' A whut? ' says he. ' A prep, ' says I. The stoodent commenced a snickerin. ' ' Mhyno, ' says he. ' Thet ' s a punchin ' bag. ' ' Thankee, ' says I, with my hawtiest air. ' I wus just astin ferinferma shun. Per all I knowed, ' I added, with bitin ' scorn, ' fer all I knowed preps •College tradition has It that upon a certain occasion several years prior to the date of these episodes a crowd of mischievous students painted over the door of the chapel the word Brewery. As It was found Impracticable to remove the paint the bricks themselves were removed and others were substituted for them but the Impression of the word ' ' Brewery still remains in the wall. 68 might ha ' ben speakeasies er footballs er jackpots. ' Then I sed: ' Are you a prep, young feller? ' ' I am, ' says he. ' Then, ' thenks I ter myself, ' yer hash is cooked. ' And actin ' on the idy, I ast ther cummiddy fer a moment ' s conference and diwulged my skeme. ' Gentlemen, ' says I, ' I gess this is a presumshun on my part, but with yer kind indulgents, I ' d like ter make a suggestion. ' Ther wus no objec- shun, and so I perceeded. ' Gentlemen, ' says I, ' thet fresh youngster as I wus just speakin ' to is a prep. Prima fashee, a prep is a noosence in a place like this. I manetane thet it ought ter be abolished. ' Course, you know thet the cummiddy advised thet the preps be per- lightly fired. Maybe it ' s sort a fad uv mine, but I ' ve alius believed thet thet little speech uv mine in the jimnasheum wus responsible fer it all. After this we left the jimnasheum ter continue our investigashins. As we wus goiu ' out Doctor Dancer sed grashusly. ' Call agin.gintlemen, call agin! Anny toime accept Towsdays and Thursdays between thraa and foive-- thim ' s laadie ' s daays. ' Now wun uv ther cummiddy-- 1 won ' t menshun no names- as is re- puted ter be a ladies ' man and who wusn ' t fermiler with all ther regil- ashuns, spoke up and says, says he: ' It would afford me great pleasure to call on the ladies at the hour menshuned. ' A horrified eggspression came over the wenerable doctor ' s face. ' Graashuss no! ' he exclamed, throwin ' up his hands with a hawe-struck jesther. ' Graashuss no! The laadies will have no hanthrooshuns, even f rom hanvestigashun coomiddees ' Next we visited anuther brick buildin ' across the campus whut wus in them days uv preps known as ' Prep Hall. ' We went upstairs to a big room filled with books. I s ' posed it wus a library but I wanted ter make sure, so I axed a stoodent. Lud a ' mercy, if yer cud ' ave seed that stoodent look! I really feared he wus goin ' ter collapse. ' What ' s the matter? ' I sed. ' For Heaven ' s sake! ' he says. ' D-O-N-T T-A-L-K. W-H-I-S-P-E-R! ' ' Oh, a pantermine circus, I gess, ' saays I, and moved on ter let the stoodent cudgitate on that flash of sarcasem. We wus then interdused to the librarians, who showed us around and pointed out the var ' us objec ' s uv interest, which didn ' t interest me nigh as much as some uv the purty gals whut wus pertendin ' ter be readin ' . Afore thet I never did approve uv co-eddication, but I want ter remark right here thet ifs aU right so long as the gals is purty. ' ' Wun uv the librarians explained to us what she called ' the card sys- tem. ' The cummiddy wus very much interested, fer the reason, I s ' pose, 69 thet they thought she wus goin ' ter put them on to a new game — well, say- whist. But, uv course, she didn ' t mean nuthin ' like thet. Wun uv the cum middy wus a lawyer and he ' peared ter be wery much interested. ' A var-ry ex-cel-lent sys-tem, ' says he, in his most charmin ' manner. ' I have two books in my library and I have always had considerable difficulty in finding the wun I want. When I return I home I shall adopt this system. ' I have no dout thet the ladies wus highly flattered by this compli- ment. The cummiddy then went ter call on the President, but as I s ' posed they would take occashun durin ' the wisit ter menshun me my modesty kept me from accompanying them there. So I strolled around the campis. At the fur end uv it wus anuther big buildin ' whut seemed ter have just sprouted a new wing . I wus told thet this vdng wus some twenty years, more or less, a growin ' . I went in andast a stoodent how a feller cud find the law department. ' You don ' t need ter look f er it, ' says he. ' Yer can hear it. ' And thet wus no lie. ' ' When I got back to the cummiddy they wus pickin ' flowers in the Yuniversitee preservatory. I axed them whut they wus doin ' thet fer and wun uv them — the wun whut wus the ladies ' man-- he sed: ' We aire making a wreathe. ' Which remark affected us all so much thet it wus decided to pos ' pon ' further investigations tel mornin. ' Then the funniest things of all happened. Bein ' as I wus just an ex- erfisheo member uv the cummiddy I didn ' t presume ter inquire whut wus on the bords fer the day. All T knowed wus thet ther wus goin ' ter be a meetin ' uv the cummiddy and the stoodents and the perfessers in the Chapil at 11 o ' clock. So I went out and axed a stoodent whut the meetin ' wus fer. He kind a ' looked at me peculiar like, and then said in a subdued whisper: ' It ' s Prexy ' s funrel. ' I then went ofE to look through the neckerlogecal reports in the morn- in ' papers to see ef I could find anything about the life and death uv Mr. Prexy,but ther wusn ' t nuthin ' about him. Enyway I decided to attend the last sad rights over the mortel remanes uv the deceased gentleman, and so I went to the Chapil, wher they wus billed to come off. The Chapil wus full uv people. They wus gals and fellers and per- fessers and cadits and uther things. Whut struck me as curus wus thet they didn ' t look as sankemonus as wun wud expect on sech a sollem occa- shun. They wus laffin and talkin ' and rubberin ' jes ' as though it wus an oppery. I won ' t say fer shure, but seems to me as ef they wus a few fel- ler tryin ' ter make whut they calls ' googoo eyes. ' Thenks I, ' This is the doggonest liveliest funeral ever I seen, ' Course, the perfessers wus sober — not meanin ' ter insinyuate as they wus ever utherwise — and wery dignefied. 70 THE MONARCH OF THE CAMPUS ' ' Promptly at the appointed hour, as the noospapers say uv weddin ' s, which I have alius observed ter be very much like funrels, the funrel cor- dage, consistin ' uv Mister Kidd, Mister Swisher, Mister Lanham, Mister Jarrett, President Ramond, et cetera, entered the Chapil to the inspirin ' strains uv the death-march, which wus peelin ' out uv the organ, and ad- vanced soUemly to the pullpit. I s ' posed thet the cummiddy wus honery pall- bearers and thet the coffin wus comin ' along behind. It wus a soUem junkcher. The congregashun had got so quiet yer cud almos ' fancy yer hyeerd the librerians breathe. But, ter my astonishmen ' no coffin come, and afore I knowed it the preacher wus readin ' from the Scripters. He wus very cam-like, without eny simtoms uv funeral orashuns. Then it occurred ter me thet perhaps the coffin wus outside. Thenksl, ' Ef thet ' s the way they holds funrels hyer they might as well stick the poor feller in the groun ' right off and then ' phone him whut the preacher has ter say uv his virchews and failin ' s. ' But I finally give the dang thing up and settled back in my cheer ter listen ter the services. They wus wery brief, and when they wus over, dodblast my skin! ef them stoodents didn ' t git up and yell like a lot uv heathen man-eaters. It wus the durndest outlandish- est thing I ever hyeerd. It started with suthin ' about ' rah ' and ' ruh ' . I guess they thought they wus at a Fourthofjuly celebrashun. Then it went ' sis-booh-ma ' — I s ' posed they wus cryin ' fer ther mas and sisters. Then all at wunce they yelled ' TIGER! ' Gee! but I did jump. Thenksl, ' Maybe sutthin ' has broke loose in the skule uv zoology. ' But when nobody else seemed skeered, thenks I agin, ' Pshaw! maybe them fellers wus jes ' thenkin ' about blind tigers, ' what is occashunly found in Morgantown. I wus ' xspectin ' ter see snakes next. That war-hoop hadn ' t no mor ' n subsided when they begin yellin ' ' Kidd! Kidd! ' Says I with bitin ' scorn ter the stoodent sittin ' next ter me — he wus a prep — says I: ' Pears ter me as though they wus enufE kids here already. ' Well, they kep ' a yellin ' fer Mr. Kidd tel thet gentleman wus forced to come forward on the pullpit and make his aknoUedgments. He made whut the noospapers call a werry happy little effert, windin ' up with a cordyell invitashun ter the ladies ter come ter him fer any infermashun whut they might desire uv the commiddy. Next them hyenees yelled fer Mister Swisher, the only gentleman on the cummiddy whut wore his hair parted in the middle. He toll ' em he wus interested in ethletics. and promised to get ' em a big ethletic appro- bashun. Next they yells fer Mister Lanham, and he toll ' em some more jolly things, and the hyenees all yelled agin. • Simon probably refers to the speak-easles which, no doubt without any foundation whatever, are said to exist in Morgantown —The Editor. 71 Last but not least, as the sayin ' goes, come Mister Jarrett. I didn ' t quite cetch all uv his orashun but I thenks I cen recall the drift uv it. ' As long, ' says he, ' as these butiful rivers run down and these butiful moun- tens point up to the ski, so long may you remane hyer to enjoy the bless- ings of this Yuniversitee,wich God has given ter his feller creachers! ' Sum uv the boys objected and sed they wanted ter git out uv college some time. But enyway, they give him a rousin ' applause, too, and then everybody made a bee line fer the door. Thet wus the last thing of interest in the cummiddy ' s visit, and it won ' t take me much longer ter git through with my nerretive. You ast me whether I got my fellership. Well, no, I didn ' t, but I got my revenge. When I ast the cummiddy thet night whether I wud get it, they said I wudn ' t, as them Yuniversitee guys had sed I didn ' t have no bachelor ' s degree. I flew up and tole the cummiddy thet I never wus married in my life, but they jest laffed and sed thet wus all right and promised to get me a janitership in the Capitol at Charleston instid. As you know, when the cummiddy went back they told the Legislacher thet the fellerships ought ter be abolished, which wus done, and I have alius thought thet the cum- middy did thet ter get even with them Yuniversitee guys fer refusen ' ter give me thet fellership. The cummiddy made some uther recimmendashuns, but as I ' m not conwersent with them I ' U not discuss them. Afore I conclude, though, I want ter read yer a little pome which I have written. Of course, my mod- esty ferbids me sayin ' much about it myself, but I ' m sure you ' ll pronounce it a gem. Here it is: THE PASSIN ' UV THE PREPS. The preps is a-goin ' where the woodbines twine, And they ' ll never comeback no more; O! my heart grows sad and my speritspine, And my sole with misgivin ' s is tore. Fer whut will they do when the preps is gone, And ther flutin ' voices is still; The girls, poor things, will all get wan. And ther harts will cease to thiill. When the buguU blows the revelee call No preps to drill will come; O ' er empty seats the shaders ' U fall, Wher the preps wus taught to sum. 72 ' ' And the trees will shed ther leaves f er woe, And the flowers will droop and die; The pool-rooms will ' ve grown quite slow, When the preps has all passed by. But while we ' re sheddin ' tears uv pain, Let ' s yield not to despair; Whut ' s us folks ' loss is others ' gain, And we ' ll meet the preps Up There. L. L. T A WITHERED LEAF. .WAS such a day as heaven lends earth But once in many a year; A day when the earth seemed fair and good, And heaven seemed very near. The soft white clouds lay heaped up high In the dark blue depths of the autumn sky. I N softened glory the forests glowed Through an Indian Summer haze; And earth in solemn silence spoke The great Jehovah ' s praise. Far off, unreal, seemed life ' s mad rush; My soul was thrilled by the holy hush. HEN I asked the Great Master some lesson to teach, Some thought to ennoble my life, Some message divine that would give me new strength To withstand the worry and strife. As I spoke I looked out o ' er the landscape wide To find the message it seemed to hide. B UT lo! a leaf came fluttering down, As if to answer my prayer; It fell to my lap — a withered leaf — And lay before me there. What lesson for life could possibly be In that withered leaf from the buttonwood tree? HE maple leaf ' s crimson and gold could tell — And the thought would come at first sight — Of the added beauty that hallows the close Of a life that is pure and bright. I looked at the leaf that had just fluttered down. No beauty was there, it was withered and brown. 74 O UT swift as a flash it illumined my mind, The beautiful heaven-sent thought: In the tiny cup in the end of the stem Was the hidden message I sought, — The message that now I could plainly see In the withered leaf from the button wood tree: HAT tiny cup had sheltered the bud That in coming years would grow; And spreading limbs and a million leaves The winds would sway to and fro; And seeds would grow and riiien there, That would rise into new trees tall and fair. T °° cherish aught that will bless the world, - And through coming years will last? What noble purpose does your life hold. That will live when your life is past? And this was the message that came to me Through the withered leaf from the buttonwood tree. The First Experiment. By Judge M. H. Dent, ' 70, Member of the Court of Appeals of West Virginia. DN 1866, we boys of the Monongalia Aca demy were filled with explo- sive joy when it was announced that our humble institution was to cast off its swaddling clothes, dingy with age, and put on the knee breeches of a real college — not an ordinary college, but an agricultural college where we were all to become educated farmers. Boss farmers who toil not and plow not but arrayed in the wisdom of Solomon and with all his glory direct the future farming of the nation. The change came about gradually. Woodburn Seminary, the beautiful abode of the fair, had its lovely denizens evicted and was converted into a boarding house for uncouth boys who with their many and boisterous pranks soon drove away its spirit of gentleness, and the scent of the fra- grant perfume of beauty and peace that once filled the place, no longer clung to the broken vase. After we had become settled and accustomed to the name college the conscientous faculty one morning at Chapel, which we all faithfully attend- ed, announced with a flourish, that it was necessary, in order to keep faith with a generous Congress, that something purely agricultural must be done. A felt vacuum existed which must be filled. So an earnest call was given for a Volunteer Labor Corps. The beauties of tilling the soil were duly extolled and the glory of sowing seed and reaping a harvest was painted in glowing colors equalling the variety, warmth and beauty of the rainbow, including the fabled pot of gold at the ends thereof. The majority of the boys were afraid of a spider ' s parlor and refused to walk in. After much coaxing sixteen responded to the call of duty and walked into the web glittering with promise. Here are the names of the immortals: John C. Adams, Charles M. Babb, Marmaduke H.Dent, William D. Hayes, Lucian L. Hagans, James V. Martin, James W . NicoU, William F. Porter, Charles A. Prichard ' William A. Pitzer, James S. Reed, John W. Scott, Benjamin W.Smith, William J. W.Teter, WilliamD.Chadwick and James W. Vandervort. The Class of 1870 joined in a body at that time, being Sopho- moric, while all the others belonged to the preparatory department, recently Flrst graduate of the University. 76 ft; ransferred to Keyser, in the future still unexplored. In a few days that portion of the college grounds now occupied by Beechurst Avenue and the melancholy ruins of Mechanical Hall was broken by the plow and divided into plots fifteen by twenty feet more or less. Each hero was furnished seeds and tools and by lot assigned a plot. We went to work in earnest while the faculty and delinquents watched us with sympathetic eyes. Some contented themselves with planting potatoes and corn alone as easy and productive crops requiring the simplest kind of farming, while others elaborately laid off their plots in all manner of artistic shapes and planted all garden vegetables including onions, lettuce, beans, radishes, and toma- toes. Some planted the seeds so deep that if they sprouted they could not reach the surface during the season, others so shallow that they might sunburn. After we had finished planting we had an inviting looking gar- den and retired from our labors in happy, hungry triumph, as the table which we shortly surrounded could well bear testimony. In the night the storm came, the winds blew great gusts and the rain fell in torrents. It was a regular gully washer. The early morning light revealed a scene of havoc. All our beautiful beds were in common ruin. Great seams made by the waters traversed them in all directions and the seeds, except the deep plauted, were either washed away or lay scattered over the sur- face. We however were not to be daunted but soon renewed our labors. Although our plots were not so handsomely decorated they were more carefully protected from the wash of the hillside. In a few days before the plants appeared the weeds began to arrive in squadrons. No spot was barren of them. Every evening we labored strenuously to keep them down while the other boys walked down beyond the old seminary. We did not sow weeds yet they were much more persistent, healthy and prosperous than the things we did sow. As we watched and worked we often thought: It were pleasure indeed to sow the seeds, If fair Co-Eds would pull the weeds. As mother Eve the first of wo-men. Fooled father Adam the first of hoe -men. We kept our plots well hoed and the vegetables in good trim until our June vacation, and having no Summer quarter to cause us to linger, we departed for our homes. When we returned two months later a dreary waste of weeds ripening in the September sun hid from view the few sur- viving and decaying vegetables. As we looked upon our departed hopes we could not help but think that this is the seeming result of all man ' s labor. He journeys from youth to old age full of great expectations and wonderful things to be accomplished. At the eventide of life he looks back over the past seeing nothing but maturing weeds concealing all the 77 fruits of his labors. While thus musing over the vanity of life and the fickleness of fortune our good landlord, Kinsey Fife, now gathered to his fathers, came forward and handed me $2.50, saying: Out of your plot during the summer I used produce to this amount. How much he gave to the others I remember not. This brought to me a realization of the truth that while our labors may appear to ourselves in vain here, others we know not of may be in full enjoyment of the fruits thereof, and in the hereafter happy angels may remove the veil from our eyes. This closed our connection with the labor corps of the Agricultural College. Next year it budded into an embryotic University, of which three of the members became graduates, to wit: Hon. Charles M. Babb, of the class of 1873, now a RegentiBenjamin P. Smith of the class of 1872, a Minnesota lawyer, and the writer, of the class of 1870, still farming some, all of whom some day hope to be honora- bly remembered in the annals of their loved Alma Mater, not alone in song and story or Monticola, but in the hearts of the ever increasing roll of her illustrious sons and daughters. May their name be legion in numbers, fearless in trouble, untarnished in honor, and may the seeds they sow with their labor and water with their tears, produce a beautiful harvest of endless good to all mankind. If in goodness we sow, tho ' we may not know What the harvest will be; In the fulness of time, our fruitage in prime. Yet, in joy we shall see. HIS PHILOSOPHY. Drink! and the world drinks with you! Swear off! and you go it alone! For the Bowery bum, that rushes your rum Has a quenchless thirst of his own! (Remembered spiel of T. R.Horner.) This speech is paauliidy toaihiaa: In view of fchie receat victo- rious crusade superinduced by Mrs. Nation and her hatchet. SWEATER LIFE. Just think! exclaimed the first sweater, after three month ' s steady wearing I am going to have a lay-off tomorrow. That ' s nothing, rejoined the second sweater, my master puts on a white shirt every time he writes to his girl — once every two weeks. 78 COL JAMES M. GUFFKY. JAMES M. GUFFEY. James M. Guffey, of Pittsburg, to whom, jointly with Hon. George C. Sturgiss, of Morgantown, the West Virginia University is indebted for the fine pipe organ that graces Commencement Hall and adds so much to Chapel exercises and all public entertainments, was born in Westmoreland County, Pa. , January 19th, 1839, of Scotch parentage, the youngest but one of a family of six children. He passed his boyhood upon the ancestral farm and received a good practical and commercial educa- tion. At eighteen he entered the service of the Louisville Nashville R. R. Co., at Louisville, as clerk to the superintendent. He resigned after several years to accept a more responsible and lucrative position with the Adams Southern Express Company at Nashville. In 1872, attract- ed by the wonderful development in oil production in his native State, he returned to Pennsylvania, and with the dash and energy which have always characterized him, soon became a prominent actor in drilling and producing oil. He was soon identified with every oil field in Pennsyl- vania, started development in Kansas, took a large part in developing the oil and gas fields of Ohio and West Virginia, piping gas to Pittsburg, Johns- town, Wheeling, Indianapolis, and hundreds of smaller towns. He was the pioneer operator in the Texas fields and is the owner of large interests there. The Texas gushers are producing at a rate of 70,000 bbls. per day. He is to. day the largest individual oil producer and operator in America, had immense holdings of coal land and gas lease holds in West Va., as well as in his own state, and is the owner of gold and silver mining interests in Idaho and Colorado, in California and Nova Scotia. He is associated with many manufacturing and banking corporations; his advice and co-operation are much sought and highly valued in many business enterprises, includ- ing railway and other transportation lines. He is the officially recognized leader of the Democratic party in his State, and a member of the National committee. He stands for ballot reform and good government. He is a trustee of Washington and Jefferson College, and his interest in education and the younger generation is shown by the fact that when the Univerity was in need of a Chapel Organ, in a moment and without hesi- tation he promised his contribution for one half the sum required. GEORGE a STURGISS. George Cookman Sturgiss, retiring President of the Board of Regents of the University, to whom this volume of the Monticola is dedicated, was born at Portland, Ohio, Aug. 16th, 1842, of New England stock. He received a common school education in that State and came to Morgantown in the 79 all of 1859 on a visit, but was persuaded by that magnetic man and edu- cator, Rev. J. R. Moore, Principal of Monongalia Academy, to remain, studying and teaching, till the Civil War broke up that school. He read law with the late Senator Waitman T. Willey, was first Superintendent of Public Schools in Monongalia, serving two terms, served three terms in the Legislature, eight years as Prosecuting Attorney, four years as United States Attorney, and was unanimous choice of the Republican party for Governor in 1880. He was the first secretary of the Board of Regents of the University, on its organization in 1867, serving for about thirteen years, and was a member of its Executive Committee for about the same length of time. He was appointed a Regent by Governor Atkinson in 1897, and served four years as president of the board. During his Presidency, real estate was purchased to the amount of over $25,000 for the University and Experiment Station farm, and new buildings and extensions were put under contract to the extent of $225,000. WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS. He came from the heart of nature, where artificiality, including hot air heating, is unknown, I like my room all right, he told a friend, but for one thing — the heat comes from a crack in the wall. Give me an old-fashioned wood- fire. TURN VEREIN SOCIETY. Student to Co-ed — That is my most enjoyable dance of the evening. Co-ed — I heard you tell one of those K. M ' s. the same thing ten min- utes ago. EXTRA! Prof. Patterson — Close your papers now, we ' re going to press. Lewis to Miss Taylor— Let ' s print a large edition. Miss Taylor — He! He! All right, but let ' s wait till the morning extra. A LIMIT. What is done by Mother Nature Can ' t be altered by the Legislature, BREAKFAST TABLE LOQIC. A horse eats much oats. A student eats much oats. A student is a horse. It is pertinent to note here that a former student of the University has written to a friend that, thanks to his college training (in the forts) he now boards at a livery stable. 80 SUPPOSED SPEECH OF PROP. JACK HARE TO THE C ESAR CLASS. AN INVECTIVE AGAINST THE PBEPS. How long. O stupid ones, will you abuse my patience? How long will your ignorance escape me? To what end does your unbridled audacity insolently display itself? (You, Miss, — if you can cook no better than you can decline Latin verbs, I pity the man that gets you for a wife.) Will noth- ing in these daily meetings in the hall of Prepdom, nothing in my vigilance, nothing in the fear of my wrath, nothing in the assembling of all Preps, move you? (You notice that Caesar had a bald head — I am bald myself — it comes from teaching Prep Latin — and I think, sir, you will find that Caesar taught First Prep Latin in Rome, which was the cause of his baldness.) O Times! O customs! The Seniors know them; the Juniors behold them: nevertheless they live. Live? nay, more — they even come into our ' Varsity, taking part in public recitations , noting and Of a truth, if this class ever learns the use of participles, I will go out on the campus, stand on my head, bald as it is, and yell. Glory be to God. Ad mortem te O Prepi, duci jussu Prexis yam pridem oportebat.in te conferri pestem istam, quam tu in nos machinaris. Exactly so. L. P. M. 81 % Athletics at the University have received a decided stimulus during the past college year, from the re-organization of the old athletic associa- tion, which occurred March 8, 1901. On that day in response to a call issued by Prof. Green, who is actively interested in local athletics, a large mass meeting of students was held in the chapel. An amended constitution, which had been prepared by a committee previously appointed for that purpose, was adopted. Under this amended constitution, a Board of Direc- tors, consisting of the officers of the association, two members of the Faculty, and two of the Alumni will have control of the finances and admin- istration of the various teams. The election of officers was practically unanimous. Messrs. Crossland, Lardin, and Hodges, together with Miss Edith Grant and Miss Hubbard, were appointed a committee on mem- bership. Several hundred members were enrolled without difficulty. The meetings of the association are to be held annually on the third Friday in February. OFFICERS OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. E. L. Cole President. Roscoe Brown Vice President Prof. Thos. E. Hodges Treasurer. Miss Edith Grant Secretary. D wight Miller Property Manager. X BOARD OP DIRECTORS. E. L. Cole - Roscoe Brown. Prof. Thos. E. Hodges Miss Edith Grant. Dwight Miller - - H. L. Swisher. E G. Donley Prof.H. S. Green. P. M. Lardin. 83 a; THE TEAM OF ' 01 OFFICERS. Capta in, M. g. Hodges. Manager, F. M. Lardin. Coach, John E. Hill. Members op Team. E. D. Lewis, c. P. M. Lardin, r. g. T, K. Laing, r. t. H. H. Keener, r. e. Roscoe Brown, r. h. b. C. N. McWhorter, q. b. B. P. Patton, 1. g. M. S. Hodges, 1. t. E. H. Cole, 1. e. P. H. McGregor, 1. h. b. L. O. Smith, 1. h, b, Snodgrass, f. b. Substitutes. C. E. Watson, S. G. Butler, H. D. Wiant, G. C. Winans. 84 Scores of Games, 1901. Western University Pennsylvania 5, Monessen Athletic Club 6, Marietta College 19, Ohio State University 27, Ohio Wesleyan University 5, California Normal 6, Washington Jefferson 36, West Virginia University 6. II 24. II 6. II 0. II 6. 1. 11. II 8S f BallaJ of Ue ( pJl|-or|. Line up, pass her back, keep the ends in check. When the umpire ' s back is turned slue: ' em in the neck; Paste a fellow when he ' s down, grind him with your boot. Break his head if necessary — scoot, brother, scoot. Tackle ' em below the knees, gouge ' em in the eye, Kick ' em in the abdomen and leave ' em thereto die. H ear your alma mater ' s cheers above the rising din. Anything to win, boys, anything to win. Never mind a rib or two, smash a collar bone, Sweeter than the sweetest music is a dying groan; Mother sits up in the stand anxious for her son, She won ' t recognize her babe after we have done; Slug him once again for luck, break his Grecian nose. Make him lose an ear or two, amputate his toes; Don ' t forget our motto, boys, do your level best, Now for God and country, boys, and — well, you know the rest; Just another rally, boys, give it to ' em hot, • Lay ' em out upon the swarth just as soon as not; See, we ' re almost over now — yonder is the goal; Kill ' em if you must — Lord have mercy on his soul. X t-l THE TEAM OF 1901. Catcher — S mith. Pitchers — Bowman and Kenna. First Base — Miller. Second Base — Crossland. Third Base — McWhorter. Short Stop — Thornton. Left Field— Peck. Center Field — Kenna and Bowman. Eight Field — Morris. Substitutes — Snodgrass and Wolf. a: THE TEAM OF 1900. The base ball team of the West Virginia University of 1900 was the best nine that has ever represented this institution. W. V. U. claims the col- lege championship of Ohio, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania. The team lost but two games to college teams, and one to professionals. It was composed of the following men: Peck — Catcher. Bowman — Pitcher. Miller— First Base. Crossland — Second Base. McWhorter — Third Base. Deming — Short Stop and Left Field. Printz — Center Field. Hodges— Right Field. Yeager, Brown, Neale, McGregor — Substitutes. 87 H W O Q 03 O H Q J a, n J o o g H M w O o en eoI CO MNaO- G li-(«Di-HCO(MI lO 1I|IIIII.HII,-I||| .2 -i .a o a e3 o I Pi fl o -e . o . o D P9 w I i3 a, (-1 o a . .3 a: I- o . 2 aj 2 q3 o O a te «3 ® !-i o oJ u2 3 += TO J § O i O ( -3 q 1-5 c3 a O 3 +3 o a o m u a ' Tl- — I ■ : IQDlOO(M«Dl Q00JC0OTH0qQ005 (M ©q tH iH iH 1-1 iH .-( Svl CO 1 3 l-S A Faculty Jaunt. Scene ' Pittsburg, Pa. Time, March 50, 1901. ACT I. Scene I. Corner 5th Ave. and Forbes street. 9 A. M. (Enter Patterson and Smith, smoking.) Smith. — This beats the time I lost my pants, eh Pat! (Enter Swallow.) Pat. — Delighted to see you. (Presents left hand and drops cigar with his right.) [Eocit severally. Scene II. Corner 5th Ave. and Smithfield street. A Cigar Store. 9:15 A. M. (Enter Patterson and Smith.) Smith. — Give us some two for a quarter cigars, please. 90 ACT II. Scene I. Corner of 5th Ave. and Wood stree . 9:30 A. M. (Enter Patterson and Smith smoking.) Pat. — Well, Smith, I suppose we ' re safe this time. (Enter Swallow.) Smith. — Glad to see you. (They drop cigars.) [Exeunt. Scene II. Corner of 2d Ave. and Wood street. A Cigar Store. 10 A. M. (Enter Patterson and Smith). Smith. — My salary of forty cents a month won ' t stand much more of this. (To cigar dealer) Give us five cents worth of stogies. ACT III. Scene I. Corner 2d Ave. and Smithfield street. 10:30 A .M. (Enter Patterson and Smith, smoking.) Pat. — You see, Smith, you must never be discouraged at one or two failures. (Enter Swallow.) in III III [M Scene II. B. 0. Station. 10:35 a. m. (Enter Patterson and Smith.) Pat. I - j gQ QQg jjQ jjgjj; train leave for Morgantown 7 The Old Gold and Blue. Alr.- The Red, White, and Blue. Our old alma mater, we love thee, And sing now a song to thy praise; Prosperity hover above thee, And gladden and brighten thy days! Ah, ne ' er shall our hearts from thee sever; May we in devotion prove true. Upholding in reverence forever The banner of old gold and blue. We ' ve sat at thy feet and attended, While lessons of life thou has told; We ' ll treasure till life ' s course is ended Thy precepts more precious than gold. We ' ll love thee and give thee protection And honor and praise that are due; And ever with tender affection, We ' ll gaze on the old gold and blue. H. F. R. PHI KAPPA PSI. Alpha Chapter. Founded at Old Jefferson College, now W. J., in 1852. Iratres in Urie: Rev. a. M. Buchanan, A. M., D. D., Pastor Presbyterian Church. B. M. Laughead. C. N. Ridgway. Fratres in Facultate. Wm. p. Willey, a. M., Professor of Jurisprudence and Commercial Law. Frederick W. Truscott, Ph. D., Professor of Germanic Languages. Lloyd L. Friend, A. B., Professor of English. Allen W. Porterfield, A. M., . Assistant in the Germanic Department. ' 01. Fratres in Universitate. E. Leslie Long, Gilbert Benton Miller, Madison D. Stathers, Chauncey D. Willey, Frank M. Lardin. Robert M. Brown, Carel Robinson, ' 02. Frank W. Cushwa, Alvare G. Hughes, A. B., ' 99, LL. B., ' 02. Edward B. Kenna. Edgar Bullock, Oran B. Con aw ay. ' 03. TuscA Morris. Cyrus M. Christy, Daniel Dawson, ' 04. Delos E. Parsons, Charles H. Reinhart, Clyde E. Watson, Joseph K. Buchanan, Pledge— Robert D. Hennen. 94 W ►a PHI SIGMA KAPPA. Colors — Silver and Magenta. Pounded 1873. Delta Chapter: Established 1891. Fratrea in FacuUate. James H. Stewart, A. M Director of Experiment Station. Russell L. Morris, C. E. , Instructor in Civil Engineering. Clement R. Jones, M. E., Instructor in Mechanical Engineering. Dennis M. Willis, LL. B., Principal of Commercial School. George W. Conley Fellow in Physics. Fratres in Urie. Edgar Stewart, LL. B., Lawyer. Arthur L. Boyers, DD. S. , Dentist. James C. Frazer, LL. B., Lawyer. Charles E. McCoy, C. E., Civil Engineer. Fratres in Universitate. Haymond Maxwell, A. B., ' 00. 1901. 1902, Matthew M. Neeley, Thomas S. Lang, Harry Garrison, Henry S. Lively, Terrence D. B. Stewart Frank L. Bowman. William L. Six, 1903. James Thomas Dailey, Prank B. Kunst, William L. Wooddell, Robert Koblegard. LuciAN A. Hill, 1905. William W. Smith, D. Raymond Rogers, John L. Lehman. Everret Casto, Everrette B. Moore, Charles S. Orris. 95 SIGMA CHI, Mu Mu Chapter. Justin M. Kunkle, H. L. Swisher, W. E. Glasscock, Fratres in Urbe. j. h. donahey, Lew a. Yeager, Joseph Henry McDermott. Fratres in Facilitate. P. L. KoRTRiGHT, R. E. Fast. Fratres in Universitate. M. E. Gorman, A. B. 1901. John Hoffman Schissler, Charles Nathan McWhorter, Benjamin F. Shuttleworth, Carleton Custer Pierce. Robert Calvin Yoho, Charles Edward Derbyshire, Ernest Daniel Lewis. Dwight Edmund Miller, Prank J. Enslow, Jean Valjean Cook, Earl Bailey Snyder, 1902. 1903. 1904. Earl Cook Maxwell. Ralph Rogers. MWooD Crim Peck. Walter Philip Ballard. ROLL OF SIGMA CHI CHAPTERS. Alpha Miami University. Beta University of Wooster. Gamma The Ohio Wesleyan University. Epsilon , Columbian University. Zeta Washington and Lee University. Eta The University of Mississippi. Theta Pennsylvania College. Kappa Bucknell University. Lambda Indiana University. Mu Dennison University. Xi De Pauw University. Omicron Dickinson CoUege. Rho Butler College. Tau Roanoke College. 96 ■ ' o Phi Lafayette College. Chi Hanover College. Psi The University of Virginia. Omega The Northwestern University. Alpha Alpha Hobart College. Alpha Beta The University of California. Alpha Gamma Ohio State University. Alpha Epsilon The University of Nebraska. Alpha Zeta Beloit College. Alpha Theta Mass. Inst, of Technology. Alpha Iota The 111. Wesleyan University. Alpha Lambda The University of Wisconsin. Alpha Nu The University of Texas. Alpha Xi The University of Kansas. Alpha Omicron Tulane University. Alpha Pi. Albion College. TUpha Eho Lehigh University. Alpha Sigma The University of Minnesota. Alpha Upsilon The University of S. California. Alpha Phi Cornell University. Alpha Chi Pennsylvania State College. Alpha Psi Vanderbilt University. Alpha Omega Leland Stanford, Jr., University. Gamma Gamma Randolph- Macon College. Delta Delta Purdue University. Zeta Zeta Centre College. Zeta Psi The University of Cincinnati. Theta Theta The University of Michigan. Eta Eta Dartmouth College. Kappa Kappa The University of Illinois. Lambda Lambda Kentucky State College. Mu Mu West Virginia University. Nu Nu Columbia University. Xi Xi The University of State of Missouri. Omicron Omicron The University of Chicago. Sigma Sigma Hampden- Sidney College. Phi Phi The University of Pennsylvania. PHI KAPPA SIGMA. Alpha Oamma Chapter. Colors— Old Gold and Black. Roll of Members. Frater in Urbe. Edward Gregg Donley. Fratres in Universitate: SENIORS. Howard Ralph Crossland, John Ross Eakin, Arlington Bliss McCrum, Daniel Blake Leonard. JUNIORS. Robert Hanson Boyd, Walter Ambrose Swallow, John Glenn Snodgrass. sophomores. John Otho Downey, Luther Emmert Cole, Charles Larkin Moore. freshmen. John Clyde Lewis, Charles B. W. Neale, George Clark Winans. medical. Benjamin Franklin Conawat, Stanhope McClellan Scott. 98 £ WS!6H-F HiLA ■id BiiiBiMiB- PHI KAPPA SIGMA. THE Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity was founded at the University of Pennsylvania on the 16th day of August, 1850, by Colonel Samuel Brown Wylie Mitchell, the founder of the Loyal Legion of America. With him were associated A. A. Ripka, Duane Williams, J. T. Stone, Charles Hare Hutchinson, J. B. Hodge and A. V. Dupont. The Phi Kappa Sigma is one of the oldest and most conservative of the American College fraternities. For over fifty years the government has remained the same and the high standard as set by the founders has been ' followed. It has had, during its existence, thirty-five chapters on its roll but was extremely unfortunate in the loss of all but four of the Southern chapters owing to the civil war. At present there are fifteen active chapters all of which are in a flourishing condition. The fiftieth anniversary of the fraternity was made the occasion of a jubilee celebration which was held at Philadelphia, October 17-20th, 1900. There were ten of the West Virginia University men present. The Alpha Gamma Chapter was established January 15th, 1897. In its four years of existence it has had forty-one members, many of whom have already held enviable positions both in and out of college. The chapter has never sought numbers but has endeavored to act conservatively and cau- tiously in the election of its men. No higher tribute could be paid the fraternity than is expressed in a recent work. Greek Letter Men of Philadelphia: There is one claim that the fraternity can make without challenge, and that is that it has nev- er for one instant deviated from the path of honor or connived at any act unworthy of an organization of gentlemen. The Phi Kappa Si gma has ever striven to stand for what is best and truest in fraternity life and she yields to none in her ideal of what a fraternity should be, or of what a fraternity can be made by the united efforts of true and honorable men. 99 KAPPA ALPHA. Pounded at Washington Lee, Dec. 12, 1865. Alpha Rho Chapter. Established March 10, 1897. Colors — Old Gold and Crimson. Flowers — Red Rose and Magnolia. Frater in Facultate. Thomas E. Hodges, Prof, of Physics. Fratrea in Urbe, Thomas Ray Dille, ' 98, William J. Snee, ' 00. Fratres in Universitate, Charles F. T. Brooke, Roscoe Brown, Herbert W. Dent, Hardin L. Duval, Albert G. Halleck, Allen L. Hawse, Harry Otis Hiteshew, Harry W. Houston, William A. McGlumphy, Jas. R. Moreland, - Clarence Poe, D. R. Richards, E. U. Richards, .Richard W. Trapnell, Homer W. Williams. Pledge — Robert Sterrett. 100 DELTA TAU DELTA. FOUNDED 1857. Gamma Delta Chapter. ESTABLISHED 1900. Flower— Pansy. Colors— Purple, White and Gold. Fratres in Urbe. George C. Sturgiss, (Delta Prime.) Judge Joseph Moreland, (Gamma.) Frater in Facultate. Simeon Conant Smith, (Beta Mu.) Fratres in Universitate. Post Graduates. Wm. Scott John, A. B., Walter Forse Holland, A. B. 1901. Frank P. Corbin, Price W. Cooper, Ross Chalfant Shriver, Raymond Dodson, Harold Prantz Rogers, Alexander McVeigh Miller, Jr. 1902. Lawrence Paxton Miller. 1903. Charles Wilbur Stump, Walter M. Duke, Herbert Cromwell Peck, William M. Baumgardner. 1904. Darrell Kenneth Koonce, Rector Romeo Hughes, Ben K. Wilson. 101 DELTA TAU DELTA. Roll of Active Chapters. Southern Division. Lambda — Vanderbilt University. Beta Epsilon— Emory College. Pi — University of Mississippi. Beta Theta — University of the South. Phi — Washington Lee University. Beta Iota — University of Virginia. Beta Xi — Tulane University. Western Division. Omicron — University of Iowa. BetaRho — Leland Standf ord, Jr., U. Beta Gamma — U. of Wisconsin. Beta Tau — University of Nebraska. Beta Eta — U. of Minnesota. Beta Epsilon — U . of Illinois. Beta Kappa — U. of Colorado. Beta Omega — U. of California. Beta Pi — Northwestern University. Gamma Alpha — U. of Chicago. Gamma Epsilon — Armour Institute of Technology. Northern Division. Beta — Ohio University. Beta Alpha — Indiana University. Delta — University of Michigan. Beta Beta — De Pauw University. Epsilon — Albion College. Beta Zeta — Butler College, U. of In- Zeta — Adelbert College. dianapolis. Kappa — Hillsdale College. Beta Phi — Ohio State University. Mu — Ohio Wesley an University. Beta Psi — Wabash College. Chi — Kenyon College. Gamma Delta — West Virginia Univ. Eastern Division. Alpha — Alleghany College. Beta Lambda —Lehigh University. Gamma — Washington and Jeff. Beta Mu — Tufts College. Rho — Stevens Inst, of Technology. Beta Nu — Massachusetts Institute of Upsilon — Rensselaer Polytechnic In- Technology. stitute, Beta Omicron — Cornell University. Omega — U. of Pennsylvania. Beta Chi — Brown University. (Total number of active chapters 41.) Alumni Chapters. New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Indianapolis. o BETA THETA PI. Beta Psi Chapter. Colors — Light Shades of Pink and Blue. Flower — The Rose. Fratres in Curatoribus Universitatis. Dr. C. E. Haworth, Hon. J. B. Finley. Frater in Facultate. Waitman T. Barbe. Fratres in Alumni. Robert Douglas Roller, ' 00, Benjamin R. Roller, ' 00. Jerome Case McMurphy, ' 01. Fratres in Universitate. ' 01 Milton Stanley Hodges, B Walter Howard Meyers, John Harden Connell, Valentine Tilden Tustin. ' 02. Ernest Corban Tabler, Francis Clyde Herod, Hayes Harold Keener, Harry Francis O ' Neil, Lewis Oscar Smith, Horace Holt Withers, Frederick Franklin Richards, William Henry Kendrick. ' 04. William Gibson Dornan. Pledges: James Farquer, John L. Jenkins, Kline H. Graham, 103 BETA THETA PI. THE Beta Theta Pi Fraternity was founded at Oxford, Ohio, in 1839. John Bailey Knox, ' 40, and Samuel Taylor Knox were the organiz- ers. Most of the chapters of this fraternity have been formed from local fraternities; and two unions have been made with national fraterni- ties, the Alpha Sigma Chi in 1879, and with the Mystical Seven in 1889. The fraternity has a roll of sixty-four chapters, with a membership of eleven thousand nine hundred fifty-three, being second only to Delta Kappa Epsilon. Beta Psi of Beta Theta Pi was granted a charter in August, 1900, and was installed Sept. 15, 1900. Their ' s was the first petition granted in seven years. :x DIRECTORY OP THE FRATERNITY. DISTRICT I. Harvard, Brown, Boston, Maine, Amherst, Dartmouth, Wesleyan, Yale, Bowdoin. DISTRICT II. Rutgers, Cornell, Stevens, St. Lawrence, Colgate, Union, Columbia, Syracuse. DISTRICT III. Wash-Jefl ' n., Dickinson, Johns Hopkins, Pennsylvania, Pa. State College, Lehigh. DISTRICT IV. Hampden-Sidney, North Carolina, Virginia, Davidson. DISTRICT V. Centre, Mississippi, Vanderbilt, Texas. DISTRICT VI. Miami, Cincinnati, Western Reserve, Ohio, Ohio Wesleyan, Bethany, Wittenberg, Denison, Wooster, Kenyon, Ohio State, West Virginia. DISTRICT VIL De Pauw, Indiana, Wabash, Hanover. DISTRICT VIIL Michigan, Knox, ■ Beloit, Iowa, Chicago, Iowa., Wesleyan, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Minnesota. DISTRICT IX. Westminster, Kansas, Denver, Nebraska, Missouri, Colorado. DISTRICT X. California, Leland Stanford. 104 rwD V ea(CVi c-M- -e , £ - fepcr l ' N.AA BETA THETA PI. KAPPA DELTA. {Local Fraternity.) Established 1899. Colors — Crimson and Blue. Alumnae. Carrie Dent Armstrong, A. B., 1899, A. M., 1900. Grace Lunspord Brahm, A. B., 1900. Soror in Urbe. Evelyn Pratt Hite, A. B., ' 98. Sorores in Universitate. Post Graduate. Bertha Cleland Browning, A. B., 1900. WiLLA Hart Butcher, A. B., 1900. 1901. Flora Ray Hayes. 1902. Elizabeth Mattingly Stalnaker, Frances Belle Waugh. 1903. Blanche Corbin, Edith May Grant, Hannah Elizabeth Grant, Emma Margaret Potts. 1904. • ;■ Ada Rebecca Colbert, Jane Stewart. 01 His Alma Mater. Mother ofm manliood ' s earliest yearning To tk ' embracement of that fair goddess untevealed Save to those who, lieatt and spirit buttling, Seek her ' mong the truths that are concealed, — To thee, who taught me fizsttliat wisdom ' s truth — He ceased— and dteamed- -while night bells pealed cA resurrection of his - outb. L. L. PHI PI ALPHA. {Local Fraternity.) Established 1899. Colors — Purple and Lavendar. Flower — Violet. Lucie S. Brown, Elizabeth B. Davis, Grace E. Bering, Jeanette C. Hayes, Florence W. Hayes, Louise Hopkins, Beulah B. Hubbard, Julia McGrew, Elizabeth W. Whitehill. Love in a shower safe shelter took, In a rosy bower beside a brook, And winked and nodded with conscious ptide To his votaties drenched on tlie other side. Come hither sweet maids, ttiere ' s a bridge below; The toll-keeper. Hymen, will let you tilrough. Come over the stzeam tome. BETA GAMMA. {Local Fraternity.) Alberta Claire McVicker, Fellow in English. 1901. Sarah W. Johnson, Euby L. Norris, Leana H. Provence. 1902. Leila K. Bitner. 1903. Beulah Dawley, Ethel Provence, Fanny Leach. 1904. Brent Wilson, Jessie Morgan. The Old Prep Clock. (( UT very few people seem to care much for me, though I really try to please everybody, said the old Prep Clock talking on its hands. I stand here all day long, week after week, year -lafter year, never opening my mouth; and yet the people seem to regard me as a sort of brazen, quadruple-faced, heartless time-keeper, with wheels in my head. Well, after all, I don ' t care much. They can ' t look down on me any- how , no difference what they think about me. I never get thirstj and bother others for a drink, for I always keep my mam-spring with me; I have the power to second my own motion when I please to do so; I never sleep, though I could wind myself up, take a dose of my own regulator, close my II (eyes), and settle down on my own ticks for a nap; I never need a secretary to keep my min- utes for me; I can ' run my face, ' as the boys say, when- ever I please, and that ' s some- thing not many people can do. Then, too, I can go ' on a strike, ' and have the people and newspapers dis- ' cuss ' me on all sides, if I choose: but I won ' t do that, I ' ll use my fig- ures to set a better example than that. Just at this point the clock stopped soliloquizing, and looking down to the cam- pus and seeing that I was watching, it said: Say if you think I have a slow time of it, just take the elevated stairway sometime and spend a day on the bal- cony with me. You ought to — — ' ' ' ' ' ' ' see the co-eds gazing at me. They sometimes look at me two or three times in going from Science Hall to University Hall, and I often see some of them peeping out of the win- dows at me during the recitations. But say,you know-oh, of course you do. I forgot that you are a Freshman ' A Freshman knows everything. Why shouldn ' t a man that ' s just in ' fresh. Ill E LT. from the country know everything, before the Professors have an opportu- nity to get his thoughts all mixed up and his brain muddled? After a fel- low has been in college four years the Professors decide th at he doesn ' t know anything and so they send out word to the fellow ' s parents to come in and ' Seen yer ' son graduate. I wish I was going to school again. If it wasn ' t for holding this ' Prep ' building down, I would, but I heard a student say the other day that a fellow couldn ' t be in two places at once, and I reckon he knows, for he had a cigarette in his mouth, and wore a loud, warm looking red tie and a very high collar. ' Doc ' Dancer — everybody knows ' Doc ' — well, as I was starting to say, Doc ' s pretty dogou ' d funny. He tickles me a terrible sight sometimes. He talks so funny. The boys all like ' Doc ' though; and I reckon when the Printz dies Doc ' ll be the head cook of the gymnasium — not the ' head cook ' either, for that ' s Miss Clark over in the ' Broomstick Science Department, ' I believe they call it. ' ' But as I was going to tell you, the most fun is to watch the folks of nights down on the campus ' spooning. ' I ' d tell you all about it if I hadn ' t promised Mr. Vangilder not to. Mr. Vangilder is the night watchman, you know, and was afraid the Committee on Student Affairs would find it out and take some action in the matter, and so he put up a notice ' No Spooning Aloud on the Campus. ' And since that they haven ' t spooned aloud. They never once think of my seeing them, — because I keep my hands over my face, I suppose. Wait a minute till I call down to ' Doctor ' Hill and those others that its time to dismiss their classes. Here the old clock struck eleven, and I made signs with my hands that I had to go to class, and as I hurried across the campus toward Commence- ment Hall, the friendly old clock said: ' ' The first time you have an evening off, come up and spend an hour or so with me. B. 0. K. o summer in Kana vha. Oh! summer in Kanawha, you have this heart of mine, When purple grapes are bursting into ripeness on the vine, When sweet peas light the trellis like a rainbow gone to bloom, And flood the dozing garden with their subtle, sweet perfume; When bees are softly humming round the apples on the trees, And purple morning glories nod a greeting to to the breeze; When far across the meadows the rippling waters gleam Like the lazy, mazy, hazy recollection of a dream. Oh, summer in Kanawha, when skies are azure hue. My heart is burning, yearning, ever turning home to you. Oh! summer in Kanawha, when standing at the gate And hearing far across the fields the partridge call his mate, ' Tis sweet to think the world all love, with not a thought of hate, To dream the dear old dreams again before it is too late. Oh! life is worth the living in the golden dewy morn. When field larks pipe their silver notes across the tasseled corn; And life is worth the living in the drowsy summer noon. And dreaming more than dreaming ' neath the gleaming summer moon. Oh, summer in Kanawha, whenever skies are blue My heart is burning, yearning, ever turning home to you. Oh! summer in Kanawha, when twilight shadows fall, And floating from the mountains comes the night bird ' s triple call — ' Tis then the dreams come thronging like the ghosts of happiness And evening breezes soothe me like a mother ' s dear caress; And I see you, sweetheart, standing at the old familiar place And I catch the graceful glimpses of the moonlight on your face. Oh! my thoughts go ringing swiftly through the slowly lapsing years Till my eyes are burning, swimming, dimming fast with mist of tears. Oh! summer in Kanawha, whenever hearts are true My heart is burning, yearning, ever turning home to you. Edward B. Kenna. University Prizes The following prizes are open to students in various departments of the University: The John W. Wiles Prizes in Oratory — First prize, $100; second prize, a gold medal. The N. B. Scott Prize in Declamation— $100. The S. B. Elkins Prizes in Greek— First prize, $60; second prize. $40. The G. W. Atkinson Prize for the best all-round man student, $25. The Mrs. G. W. Atkinson Prize for the best all-round woman student —$25. The James F. Thompson Prize in Anatomy and Physiology — $25. The Woman ' s Christian Temperance Union Essay Prize — $25. The Regents ' Inter-Society Prizes— $115. The Regent ' s Essay Prize— $25. The Regent ' s Prizes in Declamation — First prize, $15; second prize,$10; third prize, $5. The Edward Thompson Com] any Prize in Law — A set of the American and English Encyclopaedia of Law. The James O. Thompson Prize in English — $10. The Alston G. Dayton Prize in Domestic Science 5. o R G A N I Z A T I O N S, Prof. Chas. H. Patterson Stage Manager. Prof. S. C. Smith Musical Director. Harry P. O ' Neil Treasurer and Asst. Stage Man. Harry A. Garrrison General Manager. Miss Daisy:B. John Miss Craig Mrs. A. R. Whitehill Miss Blanche AUender Miss Ella Utt Mrs. Leila Prazer Miss Jessie Morgan John H. Gonnell Dan B. Leonard P. C. Herrod H. A. Lively Braden Christner. 1-3 a K W m w z w z •2 o H H O g w « Honorary Members. Professor Charles Henry Patterson, Professor Waitman Barbe. Simeon Conant Smith, President, Lloyd Lowndes Friend Alberta Claire McVicker, Secretary, Bertha Cleland Browning William Haldeman Bayles Leila Campbell Bitner Lawrence Paxton Miller Frank William Cashwa ' • -.Francis Clyde Herod : ' 4 Raymond Dodson. DEUTCHEE VEKEIIS ' . The Deutscher Verein was organized Feb. 2, 1901. The purpose of the Verein is to formate the social welfare of the students of German, to increase the number of German books in the University Library, and to advance the interests of the department of Germanic Languages and Literature in general. Officers for 1901-02: President Vice President Secretary Treasurer A. W. Porterfield Miss M. L. Yager Miss E. M. Stalnaker Miss E. V. Llewellyn Charter Members: Elizabeth Stalnaker Hannah Jones Mary L. Yager Bertha C. Browning Elizabeth V. Llewellyn A. W. Porterfield. 119 Professor E. B. Copeland Miss Russell McMurphy Professor M. D. Thompson President . Committee on Grounds. THE TENISHS CLUB. (ORGANIZED MAY, 1901.) F. F. Richards Miss Edith Grant President. Treasurer. 1 W. y. U. GLEE CLUB. Prof. C. A. Ellenberger Clyde Herrod Jas. T. Dailey Geo. C. Rhoades D. L. B. McBride Jas. L. Grimes Dan B. Leonard Lute Cole Kline H. Graham S. G. Butler Walter Swallow T. Getz Hill. g s a H B O d 1:= W. V. U. MANDOLIJS AND GUITAR CLUB. Prof. Theo. Chas. Rude Geo. C. Rhodes Jas. L. Grimes D. T. B. McBride Wilbur Stump T. Getz Hill. W. V, U WOMAI ' S GLEE OLUB. Miss Mary Gregg Mrs. Gertrude Friend Mrs. C. A. Ellenberger Mrs. Martha Dawson Miss Elizabeth Llewellyn Anna Johnson Frances Miller Nella Martin Gertrude Hayes Gillian Jamison. itfrsj Rah! Rah! Rhu! W. V. U. Sis Boom Ah! Tiger! Rah! Rah! Rhu! Old Gold and Blue! Whoop ' er up! Whoop ' er up! W. V. U. One ah zip! Two are zip! Zip! zip! zam! West Virginia ' Varsity ! Don ' t give a Hooray !!! :x Rah for Mary! Rah for the Lamb! Rah for the teacher, that didn ' t gave a Razzle! Dazzle! Sis! Boom! Ah West Virginia ' Varsity! Rah! Rah! Rah! Chew tobacco! chew tobacco! Chaw! chaw! chaw! Eat tobacco! eat tobacco! Rah! rah! rah! Drink a lager! drink a lager! Drink a lager beer! West Virginia ' Varsity ! We ' re all here! 125 The W,V,U Cadet Band Organized April 4, JSOi. T. Getz Hill, Chief Musician and Piccolo J. V. Cook, Drum Major J. Fred Stone, E fiat Clar. A. E. Crago, 1 B flat S. A. Smith, 2 B flat Kline H. Graham, 3 B flat J. W. Humble, E flat Cornet A. P. Freed, Solo B flat Cornet H. H. Keener, D.B.Burns, 1 B flat H. R. Muldoon, 2 B flat P. H. Martin, 3 B flat Carroll Martin, Solo Alto A. R. Bloom, 1st F. W. Muldoon, 2d G. H. Bayles, 1st Tenor G. C. Winans, ... 2d Trombone G. C. Rhoades, 3d Trombone G. E. Graham, B flat Baritone W. J. Ruble, Tuba. The Old IDaslTin;gt0n House. -) N tl is rude but historic old cabin Gerieral Wash ingtor| Is said to t-|ave passed a nigj-it duririg a jourrjey tl rougl tl e Morjorigahiela Valley. It is situated about two rriiles from Morgar|towri, and Is ar object of Interest to all rjew comers. OFFICERS, President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Cor. Secretary, Treasurer, Y. M. C. A. 19004901. E. I. Ireland, W. W. Smith, P. L. Bowman, J. R. Moreland, E. U. Richards, COMMITTEES. 1901-1902. W. W. Smith. F. L. Bowman, B. P. Sperrow, W. C. Bonar, P. O. Leonard. Work for New Students, Membership, Religious Meetings, Bible Study, - B. P. Pinance, Intercollegiate Relations, W. Missionary, Social, - . - - Attendance, W. E. Albig, C. A. Ellison, J. E. Lareu. T. S. Boyd, P. P. Richards, P. L. Bowman. H. P. Rogers, L. L. Priend, W. A. Swallow. Sperrow, W. P. McCullough, Daniel Dawson. P. O. Leonard, E. U. Richards, E. C. Tabler. P. Bonar, J. R. Moreland, A. W. Porterfield. W. H. Bayles, J. P. Miller, S. G. Moore. R. C. Shriver, S. A. Smith, B. G. Printz. J. D. Vannoy, G. R. Whitham, A. D. EUison. THE Fraternal Order of Patrons of Husbandry is made up of local, State and national Granges. The first Grange was organized in Washington, D. C, on the 4th day of December, 1877. In a very short time State Granges were organized in most of the States and the order has now a membership above 2,000,000 in this country, and with age and experience has grown in stability and influence. It has a substan- tial membership in this State, and Prof. T. C. Atkeson, of the University Faculty, is now serving his third term as State Master. Auroi-a Grange No. 372 was organized at the University in October, 1899. It meets every Tuesday night in the lecture room of the Experiment Station. AUROEA GEA:N GE, NO. 372. (Patrons of Husbaadry.) OFFICERS. Master, Elbert Jones. Overseer, H. D. Correll. Lecturer, Thos. Z. Atkeson. Steward, Rembrandt Morgan. Assistant Steward, A. L. Click. Chaplin, Charles Pell. Treasurer, - - Karl C. Atkeson. Secretary, S. M. Babb. Gate Keeper, Robert Sterrett. Ceres, - - Mrs. Cordelia Atkeson. Pomona, - - - Miss Annarie Willis. Flora, Miss Genevieve Douthat. Lady Assistant Steward, Miss Cora E. Kincade. Totol number of members forty-two. Y. W. C. A. OFFICERS. President, Miss Mary Yager. Vice President, .--... Miss Virginia Sanders. Recording Secretary, - Miss Laura Crago. Corresponding Secretary, .... - Miss Oora Kincade. Treasurer, - - - Miss Anna Wliite. COLUMBIAN LITERARY SOCIETY, Motto— Vita Sine Litteris Mors Est. OFFICERS FOR SPRING TERM 1901. President, V. T. Tustm. Vice President, -...-... Clyde Herod. Recording Secretary, .._... Miss Mary L. Yager. Critic, Miss Ina Rightmire. Treasurer, - - J. Fred Stone. Censor, - - - - -■ . . . G. C. Sumcnerville. Corresponding Secretary, .... Miss Hortense Morris. Marshal, - - - - Mr. Davis. Chorister, .-.-.... Miss Laura Crago. CONTESTANTS INTER- SOCIETY CONTESTS. Declamer, ......... Clyde Herod. Essayist, ........ Miss Addie Ireland. Orator, L. W. Burns. Debaters J M. M. Neeley, L eDaters, . j Hendrick. Prof. William P. Willey, Prof. Waitman Barbe — Honorary Members. C. B. Speii ' y, J. G. Snodgrass, Leo Loeb, Dorr C. Casto, G. B. Armstrong, Victor H. lams, R. M. Brown. THE PAETHENON LITERAEY SOCIETY. President, W. W. Smith. Vice President, ...... . . W. H. Bayles. Secretary, - - Miss Irene Miller. Censor, - J. H. Callison. Critic, . - - - - - - - - W. M. Conaway. Marshall, .._.... . . J. D. Vannoy. INTER-SOCIETY CONTESTANTS. Orator, Frank L. Bowman. Declaimer, - Dan B. Leonard. Essayist, Miss Irene Miller. Debaters, P. W. Cooper and J. D. Vannoy. IS  I A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE. OFFICEKS OF CADET COKPS. Major J. M. Burus, U. S. A., Commandant of Cadets. FIELD AND STAFF. Cadet Major James R. Moreland, Commanding Battalion. Cadet Captain Clarence Poe, Artillery Officer. Cadet First Lieutentant Prank P. Corbin, Adjutant. Cadet First Lieutenant E. L. Cole, Quartermaster. Cadet First Lieutenant T. Getz Hill, Chief Musician. Cadet First Lieutenaut Elbeit Jones, Sieniil Officer. First Sergeant Major E. C. Tabler. First Quartermaster Sergeant W. H. Bayles. First Ordnance Sergeant H. . Duval. First Principal Musician Jean V. Cooke, Drum Major. First Sergeant H. R. Muldoon. COMPANY A. Cadet Captain G. H. Bayles, Commanding. Cadet First Lieutenant H. A. St. Clair. Cadet Second Lieutenant C. Alexander. COMPANY B. Cadet Captain T. S. Lang, Commanding. Cadet First Lieutenant F. D. Hutchinson. Cadet Second Lieuteiiant R. Dodson. COMPANY 0. Oadet Captaia H. S. Lively, Commanding. Cadei Pitst Lieutenant R. Rogers. Cadet Second Lieutenant M. M. Neeley. 16-186 o a w o c The Athenaeum, Edited Bi-weekly During the College Year in the Interest of the Stu- dents of the Wes t Virginia University. §?£n ' S ' SL ' ?:(M « «« ' s ' = ' ' i ' °- ASSOCIATE EDITORS. Prof. L. L. Friend Alumni Notes Willa Hart Butcher . Locals J. Fred Stone Columbian Literary Society L. P. Miller Parthenon Literary Society H. P. Rogers Y. M. C. A. Notes Miss Eleanore Moreland Y. W. C. A. Notes A. B. McCrum Athletics tb JUonikoh. Published bp tbe Junior Chs§ oftbe tinwerslt Volume IV. fe €« I, Brown. KeKJTEK, EDITOR-IN-CniEF. Yagbk. Bowmah, Richards, BtrsiNBsa manaobb. Mili.be. Taylor, board of editors monticola. LOEB. IBallad. The castle walls stood grim and lone, Their pennon floating high; Above them grimmer still a tower Rose darkly to the sky. Upon them moved a foreign host, In great and glorious state; Its chieftain to the ramparts came, And shook the mighty gate. Prom out the frowning tower there rang, A wrathful warning shout: Ye who would die, enter; Ye who would live, stay out. Nay! cried the chieftain undefied, Ye cannot fright us so; ' And on the warriors rushed with vim, Defeat to find, and woe. For few did part where many met, Behind those frowning stones; The few who ' scaped, alas! they seemed Scarce more than skin and bones. And still from out the grim old tower, Oft comes that warning shout: Ye who would die, enter; Ye who would live, stay out. L. L. THE PRESIDENTS OF THE WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY. Dr. Alexander Martin, D.D., LLD., organizer of the University, 1867 1875. Rev. John Rhey Thompson, A.M., 1876 1891. Wihiam Lynne Wilson, LL.D.,18821883. Afterwards postmaster gen- eral of the United States during the second administration of President Cleveland and late President of Washington and Lee University. E. M. Turner, LL.D., 1885-1893. J. L. Goodnight, D.D., 1895 1897. Jerome Hall Raymond, Ph.D., 1897-1901. 140 CALENDAR. 1900 September 17, Monday Fall Quarter begins. September 17, 18 and 19, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.. . . . Entrance Examinations. September 18 and 19, Tuesday and Wednesday Martriculation and Registration of Students. September 19, Wednesday, 7:30 P. M Quarterly Convocation, September 20, Thursday Recitations of Fall Quarter begin. November 29, Thursday, to December 1, Saturday inclusive.. Thanksgiving Recess. December 12, Wednesday Last Recitations of Fall Quarter. December 13, Thursday, to December 15, Saturday, inclusive, Final Examinations of Fall Quarter. December 15, Saturday Fall Quarter ends. December 16, Sunday, to January 1, 1901, Tuesday, inclusive, Quarterly Recess. 1901. January 2, Wednesday Winter Quarter begins. January 2, Wednesday, 7:30 P. M Quarterly Convocation. January 3, Thursday First Recitations of Winter Quarter. February 2:2, Friday Washington ' s Birthday; a holiday. March 19. Wednesday Last Recitations of Winter Quarter. March 20, Thursday, to March 23, Saturday, inclusive Final Winter Quarter Examinations. March 23, Saturday Winter Quarter ends March 24, Sunday, to March 31 , Sunday . . Quarterly Recess. April 1, Monday Spring Quarter begins. April 1, Monday, 7:30 P. M Quarterly Convocation . Api il 2, Tuesday Recitations of Spring Quarter begin. May 30, Thursday Memorial Day; a holiday. June 12, Wednesday . Last Recitations of Spring Quarter. June 13, Thursday, to June 15, Saturday Final Examination of Spring Quarter. June 20, Thursday Commencement 141 ' - ' « ' -t . - Do You know That Cushwa has sold his building blocks to Parsons? That Derbyshire has learned (?) to dance? That Crossland has become devout and often says grace? That Ed Kenna was seen through a telescope and he had — a Pan? That Corbin is an orator? That Garrison and O ' Neil are stars? Where McCrum joined the Buffaloes? How much a prep knows? That Levi P. Harr is hunting a wife? That O ' Neil is going to put Garrison on next year? That Lewis writes HER initials P. E. T? That Miss Morris wants three fellows? That Prof. Copeland turned down a thesis on account of bad spelling? That Kid Walton and Pig-eye Moore contemplate starting a chicken farm? Leaf From the Diary of a W. V, U. Girl. Tuesday, April 9th. We girls ran off last night and went down to a dance at the Turn Ver- ein. Oh dear! but it was swell, and we just had the nicest time, but my! we were worried. I shall never go to another without Mama ' s permission. The boys treated us just lovely and the music was just divine. Oh yes, I forgot to put down who gave it. It was given by the men in the Seneca Glass Works. One of the girls pushed a baby buggy while the mother of the baby danced, but she said that she now had to look after the interest in the store, and calmly remarked, Business is business. During the merry whirl of dancing one of the other girls lost her fellow, and he could not be found. I felt awful sorry for her, but what could I do? I was wor- ried all night and to-day the girls told me they were, too, for I don ' t care, I would ' nt have it come out in the Morgantown dailies for the world. I am so anxious to see the paper. There is to be a dance at Municipal Hall to- night but I dont think I can go. I am in hopes that I will be invited. His Pony Papers. Pat. (Tune— The Battle Hymn of the Republic.) 0, Pat upon the pupils keeps his ever-watchful eye, And he piles the work upon them while we sadly question-Why? Yes he heapeth on the agony until thsy groan and sigh, For Pat is marching on. He has given such lessons as no mortal man can beat. He is sifting out our weaknesses before his judgment seat, O, be swift my wit to dodge him, be swifter yet my feet, For Pat is marching on. O, the would-be bummer gets it where the chicken got the ax, For Pat his careful vigilance wi ll never more relax. And he learneth through his watchfulness wherein the bummer lacks, For Pat is marching on. I Wonder Why The Beta Gammas tell about each other being engaged? John Connell sent to Boggs Buhl for dress samples? Summerville does not settle on his Province? Ed brown nose it all? The girls call O. B. Conway Turkey ? Miss Floyd attends the ball games but doesn ' t know the score? Lewis goes to Sunnyside? Miss Morris has a far-away look? Anna Johnson takes Prep History? Porterfield doesn ' t write to That Old Sweetheart of His ? Harry O ' Neil and Harry Garrison do not take a roJe with Stephen Crane? Did You Ever See Dent miss a free lecture? Hear Dodson clear his throat? See Tustin have the same girl twice? See Jean Cook play drum major? Hear the new Cadet Band? See the Kenna edition of the Athenaeum? Hear Jones from Wheeling tell how to make maple syrup by boiling miipl j cord-wood? . Kitioa THE SOCIETY OF THE II SUPPKBSSIBLES. (Organized 1901.) Shield. — Three mosquitoes rampant. Motto. — By the rubbish in our wake And the noble noise we make Be sure, be sure, we ' re going to do some splendid things. Fratres in Urbe. S. A. Posten. Cooper, the cop. P. J. Wright, Jr. Doc. Hill. Frater in Facultate. BiUy Cummins. Jim Smith. Friedburg. Brannon. Fratres in Vniversitate. J. Fred Stone. Theodoroff. Jim Howe. Alumni, G. M. Beltshoover. H. D. Correll. Names proposed for membership. Corbin. Neeley. LITERARY MISCELLANIES, Regent of spheres that locks our fears. — Prof. Patterson. • ' And vexed with mirth the drowsy ear of night. — The Beanery. I ' ve a neater, sweeter maiaen in a cleaner, greener land. — Held. I hare stated it plain and my argument ' s thus, There ' s only one corps that is perfect — that ' s us! — Major Moreland None but himself can be his parallel. — Theodoroff. ' ' Much may be made of a Scotchman if he be caught young. — BealL Just because she made those googoo eyes. — Stcme. A sudden thought strikes me. — Miller, Z. P., Equity is a roguish thing. — Flunked Senior Law. A library is but the soul ' s burial ground. It is the land of shadows. — Diplomacy Student. We have been long together. — Lieut. Jones and the Cadet Corps. I do but sing because I must. — Vocal Student. But, ah! what hath been will not be forgot, Never, ah! never, in the years to follow. — Ben Brady. My best thoughts always come a little too late. — Butler. If thy mind were as brilliant as thy socks a smart man thou wouldst be. — i. 0. Smith. Music hath power to charm a toiler. But mine hath power to burst a boiler. — Member W. V. U. Cadet Band. Much study is a weariness of the flesh. — Tip Lardin. Rare is the worthiness of authorship. — Derbyihire, Won by waiting. — B itler s Degree. And still they gazed and still the wonder grows. That one small head can carry all that nose. — Conaivay, O.B. His fame is on the lips of all men. — Neeley. There is nothing half so sweet as love ' s young dream. — Tustin. ' ' A low soft voice is an excellent thing in woman . — Miss Hubbard. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. — Miss L. Brown. Jolly little girl she is. — Miss Burns. Baffles description. — Daisy John. His tongue speeds on with wanton heed. — Manager Brown. I ' ll fight till from my bones my flesh be hacked. — McCrum. Ul IVERSITY DOXOLOGY. Praise Reynolds fron whom all peace doth flow, Praise him all students here below, Praise him above, ye heavenly host. Praise him and Collett — but CoUett the most. 148 Did You Ever See Brannon when he was not talking? Benny Printz when he was not grouchy ? Hoff with small feet? Lively lively? Koblegard awake? Major Moreland loose his dignity? Neeley without his windmill? W. W. Smith smoke a cigarette? McWhorter with a wig? Corbin swell up? Garrison look like Sir Henry Irving? Tip Lardin in tights? Dave Long dance? Vannoy drunk? Jack Downey pleasant? Derbyshire without a scheme? Athenaeum twice a month? A Mouticola like this one? Dr. Tfuscott without his cane? The Preps do society? Manager Brown walk? Jim Howe wtthont four I ' u ' . ' i o! legs? Ragtime ' ' R imsi ' v miss ;i --liow? O ' Nfir.s ii:;e!i ti-oasers? Hafo]d Rogers at the Turn Verein? Crosslaiid at chui :!i? A Preventative for Colds. H. — Captain, why don ' t you get your hair cut? Captain. — It always gives me a cold. H. — It has been a long time since you have had a cold, hasn ' t it? Over the ' Phone. Mrs. Brown (Clarksburg.) — Hello, is that 160, Morgantown? Mr. D. — (Answers the ' phone,) Yes, ma ' am. Mrs. B. — Is Koscoe there? Mr. D.— No. Mrs. B. Do H — ' s have a ' phone? Mr. D. — I think so. Mrs. B. — I will call him up there, then. HOTH OOLLA, ' An Incident of the Cadet Trip to Washin on. ' Deed, ain ' t It the truth? Studies In Shakespeare. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, . more than any man in all Venice. — Jack Trapnell. Eftoons they heard a most melodious sound. — Woman ' s Olee Gulb. And she is fair, and fairer than that word, Of wonderous virtues. — ? — My library was dukedom large enough. — Miss Skinner. Come not within the measure of mylwratb. — Beltzhoover They say best men are moulded out of faults. And say, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad. — Z C«y htudent. Small cheer and great welcome.makes a merry feast — TJie Forts. I never saw so young a body with so old a head. — Twcfcer Brooke. The game is up. — Fi-eps. Too much of a good thing. — Bed Tape. It goes much againstmy stomach. — Fort Grub. Let the world slide. — Calamity Jane. This is a very midsummer madness. — Summer Quarter Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. — President of W. V. U. A dish fit for the Gods. — Fort Oatmeal. Words, words, words. — Oration Contest. I know a hawk from a handsaw. — Friedburg. A politician, - - one that would circumvent God. — Tusca Morris. A bold, bad man. — W.W. Smith. PROBLEMS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS. [All inquiries must have full name and address of the writer. Corres pondents enclosing stamps or addressed stamped envelopes, will be an- swered by mail.] John H. .Connell— Send to the Butterwick Publishing Company for their little book, Fashionable Coiffures. Mr. Wolf— We cannot inform you as to which fraternity you will be most welcome. Bertha.C. Browning— Bailey, Banks and Biddle have a good line of monagrams suitable for picture frames, prices cheap. Dave Long— A golf suit would not be becoming to your style of beauty. Frances Leach- Good form requires one to recognize acquaintances on the street. ISO LIBRARY Lost Harry Garrison — My chance for fame. Levi P. Harr — My skull cap. Ed Kenna — Control of my voice. Collett — My reputation. Jim Moreland — A chance to get drunk. File — My first case in Moot Court. Stone — My egotism. Trapnell — My hair. BRIBES OFFERED THE MONTICOLA. By the Faculty: — Three courses credit to each member of the staff if no roasts on, the faculty appear. By. Mr. Smith: — Three pairs of brand new pants if the Monticola doesn ' t mention his old ones. Prof. Patterson: — Five extra subscriptions if it says something definite. By a suffering public: — Everlasting gratitude if it roasts the band and glee club. By notoriety seekers: — Their ill will if they are not mentioned. UNFERMENTED. Dusty Roads — I had some great wine this afternoon — just fresh unfer- mented, you know. j - HYes, of course, it was unfermented, or you wouldn ' t have touched it. What was it made of? Dusty — Elderberry blossoms. A Faculty Pun. Prof. Chollet — We are supposed to have a law class in this University but it is the most law-less class I have ever kuown. Self ' Congratulations. Stone — I have behaved myself for once, Judge. Judge— You have reason to congratulate yourself. Stone Plays Hamlet. The world is indebted to Mr. J. Fred Stone for a new conception of Hamlet. Up to the time of Mr. Stone it was not on record that the ' ' Melan- ancholy Dane ever made goo-goo eyas, or that the Prince of Denmark ever pointed over his left shoulder with his right thumb. 1 -168 O o o Acknowledgments for art contributions to the Monticola are made to the following: Mr. Leonard, Instructor in Art. Mrs. Hubbard, Instructor in Art. W. G. Milligan, Miss Addie Ireland, Charles L. Moore, Miss Maud S. Sennett, Perry W. McMillen, , Miss E. L. Tapp, H. F. Rogers, J. G. Cooke, Mrs. C. W. Stump. Advertisements, Dr. S. B. ALLEN, Dentist My work has been so much appreciated and so satisfactory that my practice has so increased as to compel me to secure an as- sistant. Office 0pp. Postoffice. WflLKER HOUSE. 218 West PiKe St, Clark sburg, W. Va. SWAGER ' S Fine Confec ionety, Fanc Creams and Ices. 238 W. Pike Street, CLARKSBURG, WEST VA. Dr. W. E Stewart, THE OLD FIRST-LASS RELIABLE DENTIST. The Same Several Kooms, NO. 231 MAIN STREET, MorgoRtown - West Va. LAZIERS! That Means the Best Ice Cream in Town. n he Only Hotel ' SKinner ' s Cavern. f AIRMONT, WEST VA. MARIETTA HOTEL... RATES, $2.00 PER DAY. Fairmont - N) est Va. The T. F. Watson, Fairmont W. Va. New, cModem, Fitst-Class. Hates, $2.00 and up. meals so cen s-Cry U Dr. B ITL VdnVoorhis, Dentist OFFICE: cMonis ' building. Ctown and ' bridge Work a Specialty. Teeth extracted without pain. All work Guazanteed. ell Phone 328. ROGER , In finest . Grades of Modern Also Scenic and Mechanical Photography. The Illustrations in this Book Were Made by Us, THE BEST STUDIO IN THE STATE. AT 22 1 SOUTH STREET, MORGANTOWN, W. VA. Only Place in the City. You Have Seen us Grow- eoOdsweSeir ' ooks Bibles Stationery Magazines Cameras Kodaks Atf letic Goods Graphophones Typewtiters Office Supplies Fancy Goods Leathet Qoods Cutlery Fine Cf ocolates and Cigars. We are stm Grow ing. Those who have watched the progress of the Acme Book Store have seen it grow from a very small re- tail store to the largest in this section of the State. There must be a reason for this. There is a reason for it. We have studied the wants and tastes of our cus- tomers. We have supplied their needs. We have al- ways given the lowest prices consistent with good business methods. We ask only a fair profit and cus- tomers are given the bene- fit of all the good bargains we make and we make many good bargains in buying. Let us show you how well we can supply your wants. The Acme Publishing Co., 1T5 Walout Street, H L SWISHER, Prop MorgaQtown; West Va. Th t VXtst xx inm Vinxntxmti f Comptises the following Colleges, Schools and Departments: I. The College of Arts and Sciences. II. The College of Engineering and Mechanic Arts. III. The College of Agriculture, IV. The College of Law. V. The School of Music. VI. The Commercial School. VII. The Preparatory Schools (one at Morgantown, one at Mont- gomery.) VIII. The Department of Pine Arts. IX. The Mil itary Depa rtment. X. The department of Physical Training. XI. The Department of Domestic Science. The Faculty Oonslstsofslxty-flve instructors, graduates of the following schools: Leland Stanford Junior University; University of Halle, Germany; Harvard University; Johns Hopkins University; Univer- sity of Minnesota; University of Berlin, Germany; University of Chicago; University of Wisconsin; West Virginia University; Smith College; University of Marburg, Germany; University of Michi- gan; Northwestern University; New England Conservatory of Music; Kentucky University; Dickinson College; Princeton University; Cornell University; Emory an d Henry College; Bethany College; Pnl- verslty of Cambridg , England; Victoria University, England; Indiana University; Worcester Poly- technic Institute; University of Leipzig, Germany; Bellevue Hospital Medical College; Tuft ' s Oollege: Drake University; Hampden-Sidney College; University of Nashville; Union College; Ohio State Uni- versity; University of Upsala, Sweden; Columbia University; University of Gottlngen, Germany; University of Vienna, Austria; Yale University; Clark University; and the American Veterinary College. TUITION IS FREE TO WEST VIRGINIA STUDENTS. For catalogue and information address— P. B. REYNOLDS, Acting President, MORQANTOWN, W. Va. Look fere Students! Dawson IS THE PLACE TO GET A DELICIOUS AND A COOLING GLASS OF ICE CREAM SODA. GENERAL HEADQUARTERS FOR STUDENTS ' SUPPLIES. ALL THE LATEST MAGAZINES, CIGARS AND FINE CONFECTIONS. OFFICERS. T. MOORE JACKSON, PRES. DR. FLEMING HOWELL, V. PRES. C. SPRIGG SANDS, CASHIER. L. S. HORNOR, ASST. CASHIER. THETRfqOERS NATIONAL flANK, CLflRKSBURG W. Vfl. Visitors and Friends treated politely and always welcomed. Interest paid on time deposits. We employ the best methods of doing all things for the hlghestcredit of this banlc and for the greatest safety ' to our Customers. WEBSTER ' S INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY WEBSTER ' S [iVTERKAnoNALj DICTIONARY . NEW EDITION. 25,000 ? 7.r.2:iVc. Prepared under the dire Stoendsion of W. T. HARRIS, Ph.D., LL.D., United States Commissioner of E jIcatioo, assisted by a large corps of competent specialists and editors. ' ' New Plates Throughout. Rl Bindlngs. 2364 Pages. 5000 Illuatrations. Better than Ever {6p Home, Scho ol, and Office. Also Webster ' s Collegiate Dictionary with a valuable Scottish Glossary, etc. First class in quality, second class in size. Nicholas Murray Butler. G.fit t-MERIilAM CO., Publishers, Springfield, Mass., U. S. A. We make tlie most stylish best titting To your measure at moderate prices. Write for samples. An up-to- date assortment of ready to- wear clothing hats and furnishings. Jones Munl er General Outfitter Steubensville, Ohio. f m j HK: The Ghourki Hosiard Llewellyn Swishet, Editor. A NEW MAGAZINE THE FIRST ISSUE OF WHICH WILL APPEAR IN JULY. UNLIKE ANY MAGAZINE ON EARTH, 24 PAGES 4x9, PRINTED ON STRAW PAPER SUCH AS COUNTRY STORES ONE TIME USED. THE OBJECT OF THE MAGAZINE IS NOT YET KNOWN BUT IT IS HOPED IT WILL INTEREST AND ENCOURAGE THE FOLK AMONG THE HILL TRIBES WHO THIN:K AND WRITE SENT FOR A YEAR FOR 25c. -- ' ■ ' - ' ADDRESS, THE CHIEF OF THE ■ TRIBE OF QHOURKI, Morgantown, W. Va. SINCE 1899 Every year since 1899 we have printed the Monticola. This is only one of the thousands of jobs we have done that have given satisfaction. We print books, catalogs, pamphlets, booklets and a general line of job work. We do bindmg too. Specially ruled blank books made to order. When you need printing or binding ask us about it. Estimates cheerfully furnished. I he Acme Publishing Company, 223-227 Pleasants Street, H L. SWISHER, Pres. Motgantown, W. Va. 1 o 00 o o 2 C ) o o S3 H S s o I On CO c a. o s 5 3 3. S- Ct. X ' - m f ; fS ti t £ o v? ' •««. . fW x; f nT N p 5 2 Oo 1 s 2 5 C J O O ■ £i S 1 € Ci s C fV 5- 1 i- Co ? £ m • • • C) ■s On ri o O o 5. § y. § C5 1 Q 5 • H • • « §- £i o o Cn J Cl On O C5 d 1 ■« . E, J . TJ. KIEXjUij K. Sz OOm AVorgantovfcrn, AI. a. Dry Goods, Fancy Notions, Ladies ' and Gents ' Furnishings, Ladies ' Tailor-Made Suits and Fine Dress Goods a Specialty. 99 Cor. IWeiln and U alnut St. WRIGHT, KAY COT Manufacturers of High Grade Fraternity Emblems, Fraternity Jewelry, Fraternity Novelties, 140-142 Fraternity Stationery, Woodward Ave. Fraternity Invitations, Detroit, Fraternity Announcements, Michigan. Fraternity Programs. Vh t %Uzxtl untB i utisxrm] Bank 0f tn at lUf rginia;, at CTarksliMrg, Capital lOO.OOO. R. T. LOWNDES, President, S. R. HARRISON, Cashier. THOS. W. HARRISON, Vice-Pres. W. H. LEWIS, Asst. Cashier. UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY. The fidelity Mutual Life Inwunce (ompany, Of Philadelphia, Pa. INCOBPOBATED 1878. If you want Life Insurance, or if you want employment as an agent, write C. GRAHAM, Fairmont, W. Va., MANAGER FOR WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND HARRY A. GABLER Manufacturing Pharmacist. Finest line of Drugs, Brushes, Syringes, Soaps, Stationery, Cigars, Candies and Perfumes. Prettiest soda fountain and best ice cream in town. HOT SODA. : : GABLER ' S COUGH CURE CURES. : : 186 Pleasant Street - - - Morgantown, W. Va. The BEST Clothing, Shoes, Carpets, Dry Goods, Gent ' s Furnish ings at T. PICKENPAUGH ' S. UNIVERSITY HEADQUARTERS COR [INE Tailoring NoUiy Hiilienldsliery, HiiDiin Queen Qiiiility Shoes, Stetson dod KflOK hats. HIRCHMAI ' S Tie Big Store. C W. C3-I E 3-C3- GROCER Fresh and Cured Meats, Ice Cream Soda Water Confectioneries, j: c3 « id 00 Sh C3 Q, « O lO CQ in m Mike Rich, FRUIT CONFECTIONS, SOFT DRINKS, MILK SHAKE, POP CORN PEANUTS, NORTH END ALL KINDS OF FRESH AND CURED MEATS. FISH AND OYSTERS IN SEASON. J. p. Hodges. NEW HOTEL CANS. JOHN C, LANTZ, Prop ' r, Fairmont, West Va. Student s, WE SOLICIT YOUli PATRONAGE. Cbe W cca. F. A. HEiNisrEisr. FURNITURE, MATTRESSES, SPRINGS. OFFICE WARE ROOMS, FRONT ST., Morgantown, W. Va. Jewelby, Watches, Clocks, Silver Novelties, Diamonds, 153 Walnut Stbeet. Bell Telephonb No. IB. GEO, C. HAYES CO., Leading Jewelers. RUSSELL A. HAYES. Optician. Morgantown, W. Va. PILSON SON ' S STUDIO. The up to date Studio in Eastern Ohio. Platinum and Carbon Photo, Sittings by Appointment. COR. MARKET 4th ST., STEUBENVILLE, OHIO, JOS. HORNE 6i CO. Pittsbuf gt Pa. Jl lyaU ' Ctntuiy as a Dry Goods Store, and in these modern times all that that implies, has brought us friend- ly relations with citizens in every state in the Union. We have a Mail-Order Department that has a fine clientile. We stop at this point, and go to the interesting question of Rulblic Accommociations. Tor tbc 6emMl Public this Store d s • A Restaurant which is highly appreciated by its patrons, especially by ladies una3companied. It occupies a large section of the sixth floor and is reached by speedy elevators. People visiting the city for a day are not obliged to carry around with them any packages they may have. There is a checking room where wraps and grips may be left in perfect safety. We have a public parlor where any one is invited to go and rest as long as he or she chooses; also a retiring parlor for women. For those who wish to send word home there are writing materials; if a telephone message is necessary, there is a public station. Episcopal d lf One of the best equipped places for students in town. The Hall has a most desirable situation and is about five minutes walk from the University. It has a good Library and Reading Room and pleasant Parlor, and such material comforts as bath rooms, well ventilated bed rooms, steam heat, and electric lights. There are accommodations for about forty students. y Terms for rooms, table board and lights, are from $3.25 to $3.75 per week, payable in advance. The charge of $8.75 per week is for those occupying if single rooms. For further information address the Proctor, or y Warden, Rev. Jno. T. Marley. y Wm.C marsball, Proctor. A 4 M M -JX ' DO YOU KNOW AJNYTECDSTG WANAMAKERl BROWN. ' W O HAVE) OLOfrSBD SO MANY W. V. U. BOYS? The Engravings in tilis Book were made by the Electtic City Engraving Co., Soy to 5l5 Washington St., Buffalo, N. Y. Tlie largest Engrav- ing House for College Plates in tlie States. Write for samples and prices. Morgantown Cleaning, Dyeing Pressing Co. GENT ' S RATES, Suits Cleaned and pressed from 50 cents to $1.00. Dyed $1.50 LADIES ' RATES. Skirts cleaned and pressed, from 25 to ?5 cents, Silk Sb ' irt Waist 25 to 50 tents. Skirts Dyed, $100, Jome people know a good thing when they hear of it, some not until they see it. We will tell you of it and after you you have it if you don ' t feel that it ' s a profitable investment then it ' s your privilege to cancel your contract. Our plan is this: To clean and press your entire wardrobe as often as de- sired, every day it necessary, at a cost ol $ 1 .00 per month. Think of the saving in a year ' s time. 110 Sturgiss Slreei CALL us BY BELL ' PHONE 286 OR BY POSTAL CARD. M GD O o « E K. O KELLY, Merchant Tailor, Student ' s Best Friend Be sure and give us a trial A organto A n, A . Va. Greetings to ' 0 1 and ' 02 Intercollegiate Bureau of Academis Costumes, COXRELL LEONARD. 472 TO 478 BROADWAY, ALBANY, N, Y. Wholesale makers of the CAPS AND GOWNS to the Hm rkan llnmrsitks and Colleges. Outfits rented for Special Occasions. Illustrated bulletin. Samples, etc., upon application. Qo to A. G. SMITH for tlie coolest and smoothest shave in the town. Corner Walnnt and Main. Drs. Conn Bros,. DENTISTS. I, O, 0. F, B ' LD ' G, MORGAOTOWN, W. Va, RYAN ' S FORT, WILLY STREET, GOOD BOARD AND A CONVEN- IENT LOCATION. Joseph Moaeland, S. F. Glasscock. MORELANDJ GLASSCOCK, Attorneys-at-Law. Office at Front door of Court House. A sugg-estion for , A Woods Companion ILINREPEATER You can furnish many hours of fine fun for your ; friends and for yourself by taki a 22 cal. MARLIN I on your vacation The only repeater I made that will op crate three differ ent cartridges in one rifle. You use I the shorts for short range, the longs I for medium and the long rifles for long distances. [This trip, try a IMARLIN 120 p. Cattlot, 300 1 Uluttrit ' nt, colored cov- I er by Frcd ' k Remington, I (or 3 stamps. MARLIN FIRE ARMS CO. NBW HAVBN, OONH. K tiirfnon , e il C frritfHti Mie { €l l Cem SliiiYin$ Parlor. Hot and Cold Baths BROWN, The Barber. WALNUT STREET, Opp. pranklln Hotel. cihciwnatT ' ■ J SS5T0N PHILADELPHIA WASHINGTON. ST. LOUIS. COPlRIGMTtD CUCtNC BdNINCHIUS G. . W. E, PRICE, nanufacturers of Hardwood Mantels Dealers in Tiles, Grates and Gasburners. $36 Trent St, • morgantown, Ules Ua. T. W. ANDERSON, Real Estate and Insurance, Residence and Building lots for Sale, Property for Rent. 2ND FLOOR, ODD FELLOWS B ' L ' D ' G. MORGANTOWN, W. VA. SKOilD NATIONAL BANK. MOROANTOWN, W, YA. A. J.ICARLOw, Pres. V. C. ARNtrr. Cashier. ' $$0,000 • 13.000 w. C McORCW, V. Pres n. S. GARRISON. Assl. Cashier I Ut ' : -m