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~======:=========7The Week at Institute

THE DAILY SCHEDULE

Rising Bugle 5:30 a. m.

Breakfast 6:30

Study Period J •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 7:00-8:05

Chapel 8:30

Recitations " ." 8:30-12:00

Dinner , 12:10

Library 12:45-1:16

Recitations , 1:30-4-10

Military Drill...................................................... 4:15-4:45

Supper.. . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . .. .. . . .. .. .. . .. . ... . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . ... 5:00

Evening Study Period................. . . . . . . .. .. . .. 6:30-9:30•

Lights Out .... '. .. .. . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .. .. . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . ... 10:00

THE WEEKLY SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY EVENING PRAYER MEETING 6:30

LITERARY SOCIETIES-FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS 6:30

THE SABBATH DAY

Young Men's Christian Association 8:15 A. M.Sabbath School 9:30" "Young Women's Christian Association 1:20 P. M

I Song and Prayer Service................................. .. 6:30 "" I&= ~

~ Summer School !m AT THE WEST VA. COLORED INSTITUTE .~~~~ ..~mwi Begins June 15, 1914 ~lW and Lasts Six i~ Weeks mW ~ffiWQ Teac!!'.? R!~a~~!'onaJ. m~ EXPENSES LOW ~

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THE : INSTITUTE : MONTHLYVOLUME VI NUMBER IDEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE WEST VIRGINIA COLORED INSTITUTE25 Cents the Scholastic Year 5 Cents Per Copy

Contents for October, 1913

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A List of the New Students 6

Necrology 7

Conference of Representatives of the Negro Land Grant Colleges 7

The W. V. C. 1. Courses Strengthened 8

Our School Crowded 8

A Letter from Prof. R. W. McGrannahan, Pres. of Knoxville College 10

The Editor of ••The National" writes to Pres. Prillennan 11

State Summer School for Colored Teachers Closed its Session 12

Around the Institute 15

N. B. Communications for publication should be given or sent to the Editoror Managing Editor. All news will reach these columns through the Editors

EDITOR BYRD PRILLERMAN

MANAGING EDITOR S. H. GussBUSINESS MANAGER _ - J. M. CANTY

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THE MONTHLY introduces to itsreaders Miss S. M. McKinney of

Washington D. C., and Miss CorneliaSpears of Powelton W. Va., instructress inEnglish, and matron respectively.

These ladies fill the positions lately heldby Miss Della M. Stewartof Oberlin, Ohio,.and Miss Kate Carter of E. Orange, N. J.

Miss McKinney is a graduate fromOberlin College, and holds a B. A. degree.She is a teacher of experience, and comeswell recommended for efficiency and4:haracter.

Miss Spears is a graduate of this School,

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EDITORIALS

AGAIN THE MONTHLY renews itsmission of service in the interests of

the West Virginia Colored Institute. Ithas heretofore attempted to do this, bypresenting to its readers interesting dataabout the work of the school, the servicesthat its graduates were givingto the state and nation, and the upliftinginfluence that its spirit was promoting forthe public good.

Throughout the current scholastic year,we shall not recede from our establishedpolicy of placing the school squarely be-fore our coterie of readers. We wanteveryone of the 65,000 negroes of thestate to know that here is the greatest op-portunity for them to secure an educationfor life.

The institution has taken on new growthand higher ideals. She has outgrown herswaddling clothes, and has assumed thedignity of a molder and maker of men.

THE MONTHLY caters to no sect. Itpromotes no private interests. Its creed is,The Wcst Virginia Colored Institute-thegreatest force for the making of characterand citizenship, among our people, in thestate.

As of yore, our columns are open forthe free and frank discussion of questionsthat are of interest and benefit to the In-

. stitution. We solicit contributions fromour alumni and friends.

We like better to tell our readers whatyou are doing that is worth while, thanyou like to let us know the excellent·

things you are doing.Tha~ the minds of the patrons of Negro

education are beginning to recognize thisschool as a serious and leading factor inthe development of practical citizenship isemphatically evidenced to one whosepleasure it is to see the crowded condi-tion that prevails here at the present.

A measure of pride is naturally felt bythose who have worked for, prayed for, andguided the affairs of the School for years.Tne current year promises to be the ban-ner year in results accomplished, as wellas in numbers.

The lack of quarters, and": a sufficientteaching force has aroused the activesympathy of those who are able to rectifythese conditions, and steps are on footeven now, tor relieving tnese, conditions.

THE society receptions in honor of ne.wstudents. referred to elsewhere 1D

these columns, were steps in the rightdirection. Too much can not be done, bythese religious or moral societies, towardsdoing something to enlist the interests ofthe student body in the good they are try-ing to do. These functions tend to

h· andestablish a feehng of comrades IP,sociability, that goes far to uncermine thefeeling of aloofness, that seems too often.to exist between the old and the n~wsocietlestudent. We hope that these s . g. .' carrYlnmay be persistently energetic III ts

t den .their principles tojeacn one of the s U

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of the class of 1905. She is a teacher ofability, and has assumed the functions ofher position with tact.

pROF. J. Frank Marsh, assistant to theState Superintendent, was a business

visitor the 3rd inst. Mr Marsh took occa-sion to confer with the Normal Facultyconcerning a contemplated extensionmovement of the Normal Department.

THE MONTHLY readers will be furtherinformed about this innovation as theplan is developed.

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A List of the New Students

Russel Carpenter, Virginia.Mabel Cundiff, PennsyvaniaGuy Tyson.Arthur Whirles, West Virginia.Sarah Williams,Clara Brown,Hester W. Ferguson,Harry Dixie,L. E. Fairfax,Queen Harris,Eugene Holmes,Alphonse SimpsonElizabeth Brooks,Virginia Cobbs,Minne Turner,Cedris Friend,Theodore Johnson,Tazewell Johnson,Mamie Burks,Gussie Wells,John Lockett,Willie Mae Hicks,G. R. C. Crawford,Caroline MillerMrs. Alma Price,Doyle Foster,William Spearman,Lucy McGhee,Wendell Chiles,Cornelia Gray,Abner Campbell,Ophelia Kates,Essie Scott,Garnett M. Harris,Sedalia Jones,Max Westerband, Danish West Indies.Herbert W. Alvis, Ohio.Madge Banks,Henry Fleming, South Carolina.Adelaide Crawford, Virginia.Mozetta Miller,

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John H. Letman, Jamaica.Martha Brooks, Maryland.Earnest dlazai, South Africa.Mary Louise Smootz, West Virginia.Bernice Brown, "Dandridge Brown,rver L. Smith,Dennis Smith,Cecile Miller,Nevanah Miller,Henry Paynter,Ross Peters,Mary L. McGee,Sadie Sprow,Estelle Holt,Laura E. Owens,Albert R. Randolph,Ballard Early,Florence Edwards,Theresa Washington,Sallie E. Hale,Marailoyd Snyder,Cecilia E. Saunders,Mabel Saunders,Marie Turner,Oliver Hayden,Mamie E. Wade,Cambridge Sheffey,Charles Page,Eva Bibbs,Carrie M. Watts, "Ethel Brown, rr

Flayvil\a Prill erman, "Maxwell Evans,Nannie Martin,Alice Brown,Daisy Saunders,Myrtle Shelton,Emmett Cunningham, "Eula Allen, "Addie Foster, OhioWilliam Colbert,Lee C. Scott,Anna L. Watt,

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Dolly Blue,Bessie Handy,Nannie Stout,Russell Lewis,Rosa Riddle,Agnes Vaughn,Virginia Harden, VirginiaMildred A'tkins, West VirginiaInez Spurlock,Mabel Cardwell,Verna Harvy,Helen Cross,Walter D. Clarkson,Lilly Kelly,Iren Bowe,Amaza Harris,Gloria Turner,Henry Coles,Aaron McKenneyFrank Noble,Eugene Evans,Isiah Bausley,Maceo Simpson,Clarence Hill,Eva B. Collins,Mattie Thornton,Etta Henderson,

PennsylvaniaWest Virginia

New JerseyWest Virginia

•The time has come when the

earnest and thoughtful whitepeople of the South have deter-mined to face the problems in-volved in race relationship, and tocooperate with each other, withthe colored people themselves, andwith friends in the North, in pro-moting better conditions than have<existed since reconstruction :lays.

-JAMES H. DILLARD, L.L. D.

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Conference of Representativesof the Negro Land Grant Colleges'

Representatives of the NegroLand Grant Colleges will hold aConference at the Yonng Men'sChristian Association building,1816 Twelfth Street, N. W., Wash-ington, D. c., Wednesday andThursday afternoos, Nov. 12 and13, 1913.

Byrd Prillennan, Chainnan,Institute, W. Va.

B. F. Hubert, Secretary,Orangeburg, S. C.•r .. -,

L_N_e_c_r"",,~_lo_g_y_.JMCVEY JOHNSON.

McVey Johnson, son of Jacoband Mattie Johnson, was born atTalcut, W. Va. June 4. 1892, anddied at Institute, W. Va., Sept. 18,1913, age 21 years, 3 months, and14 days. He was a student of theWest Virginia Colored Institute,three years. He belonged to thepresent Junior Class.

McVey had been suffering fromtuberculosis for several monthsbut he was patient. He realizedthe end was near, and professedfaith in Christ several days ago.

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their various trades this summer,some as carpenter, some as black-smiths, some as cooks and seams-tresses, and others on the farm.A member of the last year's classhas been employed as teacher ofblacksmithing in the Stale Schoolof Delaware.

Many parer.ts in the state areawakening to the great advantagesoffered at the State School nearCharleston, and are beginning tobuy land and build houses in theimmediate vicinity of the school.There is reom for a great manymore. An interurban line nr wruns from Charleston to St. Aibansand it is a very easy matter for oneto cross the liver and take linefor either town. The interrurbanline between Charleston and Dun-bar promises to be extended toInstitute wi. bin few months. Per-sons who wish to give their child-ren the best educational advant-ages possible will do well to takeadvantage of the opportunity tobuy land near the school while theprice is reasonably low.

given for her training in dress-making at the West VirginiaCJlored Institute. The Normalcourse has been so improved as torequire 12 units of academic work,9 units of industrial work, and 4units· of professional work. Inkeeping with the demand of theUnited States Goverment. Stu-dents who go out from The WestVirginia Colored Insittute are re-quired. to have thorough trainingin Agriculture and Domestic Sci-enpe and Arts. Almost any girlwho spends two years at the insti-tution is prepared to make her owndresses. There is quite a growingsentiment among the young wo-men in favor of making their ownclothes. Their interest in reduc-ing the cost of· their clothing isquite noticeable. A member oflast year's class had a patternof blue serge which a tailor offeredto make up for $22.GO. Thisyoung woman then decided tomake up the pattern herself, thecost to her for the entire drees be-ing $10.00. It was noticeable thatone of the graduates attending areception of the Summer Schoolhad on a dress of her own makewhich cost her 49c. This sameyoung lady had another receptiondress of her own make which sheoffered to sell for 39c. Many ofthe young graduates worked at

Tbe West v: Colored InstituteCourses S~rengthened

He leaves a mother, father sixsisters, and four brothers to mournhis loss.

The West Virginia Colored Insti-tute opened its fall term Wednes_day, September 17, with the largestenrollment in the history of theschool. On the second day, therewere registered 260 as against 200the second day in 1912. OnOctober 1, just two weeks afterschool had opened, the registrationhad reached 314 students fromnine states of the Union and threeforeign countries.

The fact that graduates of TheWest Virginia Colored Instituteare admitted to the freshman yearin the leading universities of theNorth and West on their recordsfrom Institute is bringing the insti-tution in great favor with coloredyoung men who wish to preparefor college or the professions.Last year three graduates fromour state school pursuing coursesof study at the State Universityand the Ohio State University atColumbus. Mr. Basil Braxton ofFayette county, who graduatedfrom the West Virginia ColoredInstitute in 1910, finished a threeyears' course in pharmacy at Michi-gan University in two years. Mrs.Nellie Lewis-Brown took a coursedesigning at the Mclrowell Schoolin Boston, and full credit was

Our School Crowded.

The West Virginia colored Insti-tute is crowded to its utmost ca-pacity. The registration for thefall term has reached 322 against277 for the entire of last year.Every room in all the dormitoriesis taken. Five girls sleep in theMatron's parlor, and uv-: m thePresident's house. The Board ofControl has ordered the steamlaundry in the girls domesticscience building dismantled inorder to make sleeping room inthis building for girls. More than100 of these students are new. Itis quite noticeable that the lowestclasses in school are the smallest.The senior class numbers morethan 40. There are still many newstudents and old waiting to enteras soon as room can be made forthem.

Great stimulus was given to thework of the institution by the re-cent visit of Governor Hatfieldand members of the State Boardof Control and State Board of Re-gents.

•"Heaven is not reached by a

single bound,. But we build a ladde by which to

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A LETTER FROM PROF. McGRANAHAN,President of Knoxville College.

Knoxville, Tenn.September 23, 1913.

To the President of theWEST VIRGINIA COLORED INSTITUTE.

Dear Sir:. Your lett~r came telling me that the two representatives, Prof

Spriggs and MIss Eubanks, would be here at our Conference. We havshad one of the best Coferences !ever attended anywhere. I am so gladthat you sent these representatives. I beleive it will bear good fruit inyour school, as they took a very deep interest in the work and will bea?le to carry back to you the best of the Conference. They are splen-did people an~ I am so glad to get acquainted with them. How I wishI coul? come mto closer touch with your Faculty. I do hope thatsometime I may be able to stop as I am going back and forth. But as Ihav.e my hands full. together with my teaching as well as with otherduties I do not have much opportunity in that line.

I want to thank you very heartily for sending these two repre-sentatives.

Hoping that your work goes on prosperously in I mevery way, a ,Most sincerely yours,

R. W. McGranahan,President Knoxville College.

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THE EDITOR OF The National WRITESto President Prillerman.

Boston, Mass.September 26, 1913.

o the President of theWEST VIRGINIA COLORED INSTITUTE.

ear Sir:Your kind favor at hand and contents noted. It will be a great

easure for me to visit your institution if time will permit while I amCharleston, October 7. I remember very well your contribution toe National and am looking forward to meeting you on my trip toest Virginia, and am counting on your enthusiasm and hearty sup-rt in making the West Virginia state number of the National onethe best we have ever published. Will have about 60 pages of il-

strated material and will want a sketch concerning your institution.With best wishes, believe me

Yours sincerely,Joe Mitchell Chapple,

Editor lVatiollal Jlfagazine.

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ST ATE SUMMER SCHOOL for COLORED TEACHERSClosed its Session.

The state ummer school for col-ored teachers at the West VirginiaColored Institute closed its 4th ses-sion"Friday, August 1, 1913. Theseven weeks' session, which beganMonday, June 16th, was full of in-terest from the first day to the last,and had a fitting climax in a musi-cal concert given on t ie last day bythe Tuskegee Institute band. Thissplendid organization, consisting of47 members, had made a tour of Ok-lahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana,Ohio and Kentucky, and PresidentByrd Prillerman is to be congratu-lated on securing their serviceswith which to close the summerschool.

There were 54 teachers in attend-ance upon the summer school fromthe states of West Virginia, Ohio,Pennsylvania and Virginia. Therewere 68 enrolled in the teachers' in-stitute besides a number of visitingteachers. Among these were someof the best trained and most capableteachers in the state-Prof. J. Ru-pert Jefferson of the Sumner highschool of Parkersburg; Prof. J. W.

Robinson, A. M., of St. Albans; RevE. C. Page, of Montgomery; Mrs. E: .M. Dandridge, one the oldest teach-ers in the state; Prof. L. R. Jordonprincipal of the Water Street IiighSchool, Clarksburg; and Rev. J. J.Turner, of Mt. Carbon. Theseteachers were very earnest, andhave undoubtedly returned to theirseveral fields of labor much betterquailfied for their work than whenthey entered the summer school.

The new features of the summerschool this session were domesticscience under the direction of MissMary Eubank, and public schoolmusic under the direction of MissEthel B. Spriggs. Great interestwas shown in these two subjectsboth on the part of the Instructorsand those who took the subjects.The other instuctors were Prof.Kelly Miller, dean of College ofArts and Sciences, Howard Univer-sity, Washington, D. C., sociology;Prof. J. D. Coleman, of the BluefieldColored Institute, elementarybranches; Prof. E. A. Boiling, of theLewisburg public school, elementa-

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board of regents, who had just re-turned from an extensive tour ofEurope.

The following is a list of those inattendance:

Miss Theresa Wall, Hill Top; MissLouise Smithers, Hinton; Miss Nan-nie Adams, Staunton, Va. Miss Ger-aldine Leggins, Coshocton Ohio'Miss Margaret L. J oyce, Ca~bridge:Ohio; Mis Mary E. Jones, Charles-ton; Mrs. E. M. Dandridge, Insti-tute; Miss Johnsie Lowrie, Key-stone; Mrs. Emma Griffin, Beckley;Miss Bessie Cundiff Homestead, Pa;Mrs. Hassie Gray, Charleston; MissAmelia Wilcher, Charleston; Mr.Summer Mills, Kile; Miss" MamieHopkins, Charleston; Miss InezJohnson, Instituter- Miss RebeccaM. Peck, Ronceverte; Miss RevellaHughes, Huntington; Mrs. OllieWhitlock, Institute; Miss LillianFoster, Institute; Miss Alice Mead-ows, Institute; Miss Maude Viney,Charleston; Miss Clara Hill, Alder-son; Mrs. Amanda Brown, Institute;Mr. Thomas Taylor, Buckhannon;Miss Etta B. Hall, Montgomery;Miss Katie Brown, Montgomery;M~s3Hattie Peters, Sissonville; Mrs.C.W. Lee, Concord, Va.; Miss AdeleFreeman, Shepardstown; Mrs. V.B. Edwards, Bluefiield; Miss MaryDickerson, Huntington; Miss Cath-erine Booker, Hinton; Mrs. F. D.Railey, Montgomery; Miss Henriet-

ry branches; Mrs. Fannie Cobb-Carter of The West Virginia Col-ored Institute, methods and manualtraining; Prof. J. W. Scott, princi-pal of the Douglass high school,Huntington, English; Prof. A. W.Curtis, of The West Virginia Col-'ored Institute, agriculture; Prof.Charles E. Mitchell, of the WestVirginia Colored Institute, book-keeping and manager of the board-ing hall, and Prof. Byrd Prill erman,director of the summer school.

Lectures were given by Prof. L.J. Corbly,president of Marshall Col-lege, Huntington, W. Va., Mr. B.B. Ezell, farm demonstrator forKanawha conty; Hon. M. P. Shaw-key, state superintendent of freeschools; Dr. Harriet Lounsbery, ofCharleston; Dean E. D. Saunderson,of the College of Agriculture, theWest Virginia University; Dr. R. L.Jones, of Charleston; Miss EthelGrose, teacher of elocution andhistory in Philomouth College,Oregon; Dr. J. N. Deahl, dean of thedepartment of education, WestVirginia TTniversity; Dr. H. F.Gamble, of Charleston; Mrs. NellyLewis-Brown, 01 Boston, Mass.;Mr. J. H. Arnold, specialist in farmmanagement, of the United Statesdepartment of agriculture, yvash-ingto D. C., Mrs. Charles Siphax,of Ho' ard University, and Mr. J.Frank Marsh, secretary of the state

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ta James, Red Star; Miss JosieBarnett,Huntington; MissFlorenceHurd, Huntington; Miss Lena Rice,Charleston; Mrs. Julia Wilkerson,Montgomery; Miss Ethel Brown,Montgomery; Miss Nannie Cobbs,Keystone; Mrs. Fannie Anderson,Mt. Hope; Miss Carrie Fairfax,Powellton; Miss Cornelia Spears,Holden; Mrs. Mary Williams, Char-leston; Mrs. Florence Bolling, Lew-isburg; Mrs. Frances Bradley,Moorefield; Miss Ida Jackson,Lewisburg; Miss Rhoda Wilson,Charleston; Miss Grace Roberson,Charleston; Miss Aileen Harper,Keystone; Miss Lottie Claytor,Fayetteville; Mrs. Emma Irving,Charleston; Mr. E. A. Bolling, Lew-isburg; Mr. Hugheston Brown,Hugheston; Miss Georgiana Brown,Sun; Miss Memphis Carter, Ennis;Mrs. Ettice Clemons, Red Star; Mrs.Janie Calloway, Mt. Hope; Mrs. M.E. Davis, Red Star; Mr. GeorgeHurt, Institute; Mrs. Minnie Hurt,Institute; Mrs. Hassie Howard, In-stitute; Miss Myrtle Irving, Charles-

ton; Prof. J. R. Jefferson, Parkers_burg; Mr. Jas. McHenry Jones, In-stitute; Miss Eva M. Jones, Colum,bus, Ohio; Miss Evie L. JohnsonHuntington; Mrs. Arthelia Jordon:Clarksburg; Mrs. Lucy F. LowryInstitute; Mr. DeWitt Meadows'Institute; Miss Lucy McGhee, Hunt~ington; Miss Emma Meadows, Insti-tute; Mrs. Nicey M. Moore, Buck- .harmon: Mr. W. J. Napper, Insti-tute; Mrs. Zanphra Napper, Insti-tute; Rev. E. C. Page, Montgomery;Mrs. Eva Pack, Institute; Rev: J.W. Robinson, St. Albans; Miss EvaRotan, Fayetteville; Miss SedoniaRotan, Fayetteville; Miss BerthaRotan, Fayetteville; Mrs. AgnesSinclair, Bancroft; Miss LorenaSinkford, Keystone; Rev. J. J. Tur-ner, Mt. Carbon; Mr. ThomasWoodley, Institute.

The next session will begin June15,1914.

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AROUND THE INSTITUTE

The enrollment to date is :122,The number of states and foreigncountries represented in this en;-rolIment are not tabulated yet,but this information will be givenin the next issue of the Monthly.

The students occupy every bitof available space about the school.A number of trunks have an abid-ing place-roomy if not secured-on the porches of some of thebuildings.

Mr. C. E. Mitchel, business man-azer is on a business trip to Wash-i;gt~n D. C. and other points.

Quite a number of distinguish~dvisitors were present at the Lin-coIn Bust unveiling Septemberthe 29. Among them were Drs.Gamble, Jones, Ellis, lawyer Carter,Professors Boyd, Clarke, Editor.Gilmer, State Librarian, Sanders,and Rev. Carrol of Charleston.Prof. Railey and Rev. W. Brownof Montgomery were some of tnedistinguished visitors from other

. points.The thoro repairs made on At-

kin son Hall gives quarters decided-ly more comfortable and cleanly toto the boys and teachers in thebuilding. A well will de sunk inthh immediate vicinity of thisbuilding, thus adding to the con-veniences of the boys.

The old boys, had their handsfull for a week or more showingthe new boys the ropes and break-ing them in to the written andunwritten customs of the boys',dormitory.

The new crowd of boys presentsome likely looking timber for thefoot-ball and baseball teams. A-bout 30 boys have come to try forthe elevens. Sub-coach "Davis isputting the' squads thru mildpractice'

The various Societies have or-ganized, and have about settleddown to business. The names ofthe various officers will be givenin a later issue of our paper.

The reception given by the Y.W. C. A. to the new coeds on thenight of the 25th of September was

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a social success. An enjoyableevening was spent, and the newgirls were "••elcomed and made tofeel at home.

The Y. M. C. A. entertained inMcCorkle Hall for the new boyson the evening September 26. Aprogram, was rendered. A. C.Ellisof the president's office welcomedthe young men quite cordialy. Theresponse for the new boys, wasmade by H. M. Paynter.

The Faculty Reading Circle wasorganized Monday evening the 6th.S. H. Guss was reelccted for thethird year the director of same.MissesAmanda Gamble, and Char-lotte Ruth Campbell, respectively,were elected Secretary and treasur-er for the current year.

Dr. R. L. Jones, the school phy-sician read an instuctive paper on"Some Foods and their uses". Thedoctor's thesis, was highly appre-ciated by the Reading Circle.President Prillerman introducedthe doctor and was acting chair-man of the evening.

Joe Mitchel Chapple,Editor, au-thor, orator, was a distinguishedguest of honor at the Institute fora short time the afternoon of the7th inst. Great credit is due thePresident for prevailing on Mr.Chapple to pay the Institution a

short visit.Mr. Chapple is the famous edi-

tor of the "National Magazine", theauthor of "Heart Throbs" and oth-er works. He is an orator of na-tional reputation.

Tne school regretted very muchthat he could not prolong his visit..

Prof. Benjamin F. Hubert of theState Schoolin Orangeburg, S. C.;and Rev. John W. Quinton of Jeff-erson county, West Va.,visited theWest Virginia Colored Institutewith a view to studying· themethods pursued by that In-stitution.

Mr. Hubert is pursuing a post-graduate course in Agriculture atthe University of Wisconsin, andon his return home stopped to vis-it the West Virginia Colored Insti-tute. President Byrd Prillermanand Pori. Hubert are Chairmanand Secretary, respectively, of theConference held annually by therepresentatives of the Negro LandGrant Colleges. The next meet-ing will be held in Washington, D.C., in November, and they arefurthering their plans to make thismeeting the best one yet held.

"0 what a tangled web weweave, when first we practice todeceive. "

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