West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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High and Willey Street intersection, 1923. Sabraton Street Car Line. 14

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Hicki go bliddle, go blinkerty blate! We ' re on the deck for 98! Or how about One ah zip! Two ah zip! Zip zip zam, W. Va. varsity don ' t give a — hooray! The striking out of certain words in the above cheers was strictly according to University rules which were clearly stated in 1868: No profanity, smoking, drinking, dancing, biUiards, and theatricals. By 1900 the students flaunted the smoking restrictions and put cigarettes in the president ' s desk. An injunction against singing Dixie gave it immediate popularity which it has never lost. The same rules applied to the faculty too, and also another one in 1 879 forbidding the hitching of horses on campus. Such a bonfire like the one pictured at right was frequent to stir up enthusiasm for the arch rivals in football, W J. The theatricals rule was dropped when Richard III was presented to help pay for football uniforms. Athletic programs were aimed at all students, and such intramural exercise programs in 1904 were one of the few in the nation at that time. To add to growing Mountaineer spirit, the YMCA in 1915 offered $150 for the best college song, and Deem, Miller, and McWhorter came up with Hail West Virginia. Fraternity row is behind the bonfire on Armory Field. First forestry class, 1907. The old Armory and adjoining grocery store, about 1915. .1 4 13

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Morgantown traffic problems weren ' t new in 1923, as High and Willey Streets get a paving job at left. High Street became the center of town and the center of all traffic. A survey 40 years later showed that 80% of all High Street traffic was passing through without shopping stops, etc., and it is hoped that the Interstate 79 completed by 1972 will divert traffic from downtown, as well as the proposed Allegheny-Cumberland Parkway. Back up at WVU, business was booming too. In 1927 the Board of Governors replaced the Board of Regents. In 1930 a graduate program began. In 1940 a laboratory elementary school opened. University Senate and Council of Administration were added. Income reports were not so good, though, because one of the weakest fund-raising projects was tuition — around the turn of the century, West Virginia residents could come to school free of charge. Board of Governors, 1927. i«,gn Iw yntt. 3t. An 1 868 view of Morgantown from Westover. An early football game on the Armory Field, looking toward North High Street. The original Sunnyside Bridge, Stewart Street, and Falling Run Road, 1900. V r fJ Cl« eJi - ' • «!£