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4Jnauguratiuu nf Jrrsibinit i■ n c5 AXIEL KOARD.MAX I ' URTX- TOX, Ph.D.. LL.D.. resisrncd the presidency of West Viffrinia I ' ni- vei-sity at the June meetint; of the Board of Retreiits. 1!)10, the re.sitrnation to take effect at tlii close of the next college year. September 1. IKll. . t a nieetinor of the Board of Kc ' ents. Sept. 23. iniO. Thonia.s Edwa rd IIodLrc.s. D.Sc. LL.l)., wa.s chosen a.s the eiglith pr( sident of West Viririnia I ' niversity. i ' rofessor Hodges was at that time a iiieiii- hcr of the State Board of Control of West N ' irginia. and had been for more than a year. P -oiii 1806 to 1009 he wa.s head of the department of physics in West Vir- irinia I ' niversity. Previous to this time lie bad been pnnci]ial of Marshall ( olleare. State Normal School, lluiitiniiton, We.st ' irjrinia. for eleven yeai-s. In these educa- tional positions he had shown unusual in- terest ill administrative problems and had unusual success in dealing with them: and in all these places he had shown executive abilit. ' of a hi h order. ITis selection was received with entbusia.sni by the faculty of the riii -ei-sity and by the University eon- stitiiency. It was the opinion of the Board of Re- gents that Pre.sident-elec ' t ITodges sliould be inducted into office by a formal installa- tion. The date set for the ceremony was Xovember 3. 1011. Accordingly a commit- tee was appointed to arrange for and have charge of the exercises of the inaugura- tion. The Board of Kegents was repre- sented by its Presidimt, Hon. M. P. Shaw- key, and Superintendent Oeorire S. Lnid- ley; the .Mumni. by : rr. Walter IT. South. Judge Frank Cox. and Kev. IT. 0. Stoet- zer; the Faculty, by Professors James M. r ' allahan. Frank B. Trotter, and Robert . . Armstrong. Professor Armstrong was chosen chairman and Professor Callahan secretary. Lieutenant William S. Weeks. University Commandant of Cadets, was appointed marshal for the day. In addi- tion to the members of the original com- mittee and the marshal. Professors John IT. Cox. and Fred W. Tmscott. Mr. C. E. Tlilborn. and Air Clenn Hunter rendered valuable .service on the entertainment com- mittee. Tlu ' music niM ' i ' ssarv for the |)ro grams was |)ut luider the charge of the Directoi- (if Music of the University. Pro- fes.sor Ixinis Black. When it was leai-ned that President Taft would sjx ' ak at one of the nuH ' tings of the in;iuguration pro-rram. the Board of Trade iif Morganlnwn apjiointed a committee, as did the city ( ' uncil. to co-operate with tile University committee in giving proper re- cognition to the visit of the I ' resident of the United States, and in arninging to make the da.v both an academic and a civic festival. The Board of Trade was repre- sented by Dr. I. C. White. Dr. A. M. Buchanan. Dr. D. H. Courtney. Mr. A. J. (iarlow. Professor R. !i. Morris. .Mr. !lcnn Hunter, Mr. (ieorge ( ' . Baker. Dr. Henry S. ( Jreen. and Hon. (Jeorge ( ' . Stnrgiss; the citv Council bv Mavor E. C. Donlev. Mr. A. ' II. McBec. ' and Mr. P. R. HarneV: the Public Schools i)v Su]ierintendent Ceonze M. Evans, Dr. U. s. Broik, and Mr. W. II. Baiiev; and the Merchants ' A.ssociation bv .Messi-s. (ieorge C. Steele. P. P. Reiner, and I ' rank L. Bowman. Invitations to lie re])resented at the in- auguration were sent to almost all the hiudier institutions of learning in the United States and Canada, and to all edu- cational institutions in West Virsrinia. In- vitations were sent also to all tlie Alumni of the Universit.v. to all the school super- intendents and principals, and to many of the professional and business men of the State. To insure a large attendance of the old graduates, particularly of memliers of the ;reck fraternities, a Pan-Hellenic reunion was planned. The result was a reunion of more than five hundred of the students of former .vears. At 8: 0 on Tuesday morning President Taft ' s private ear an ' ived at the station. He was welcomed at the station by a dele- gation in which the Universit.v was repre- sented by President Hodges and Professor Armstrong, and lessrs. G. A. Xorthcott and Earl W. Oglehay of the Regents, while the citizens were repre.sented bv Oovernor
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