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university and town people from the steps of 

 one of the university buildings. 



This meeting, which was presided over by 

 Governor William E. Glasscock, being of an 

 academic rather than of a political character, 

 the President refrained from the discussion of 

 politics, and, after a few remarks of a con- 

 gratulatory character, spoke at some length 

 upon the subject of the "Judicial Settlement 

 of International Disputes." 



The next exercise of a formal character was 

 the "Educational Meeting" of Thursday 

 night, at which the State Superintendent of 

 Education, Morris P. Shawkey, presided. The 

 program consisted of two formal addresses and 

 several musical selections. 



The first address was by Dr. Fletcher B. 

 Dressier, of the United States Bureau of Edu- 

 cation, upon the " Duties and Opportunities 

 of the Modern Scholar." 



The second address was by President Edwin 

 A. Alderman, of the University of Virginia, 

 upon " The Universities and the National 

 Spirit." 



The exercises of Friday morning, presided 

 over by Retiring-President Daniel B. Purin- 

 ton, began with an academic procession of the 

 visiting delegates and the local faculties to 

 the assembly hall. 



After a musical number and the invocation 

 the delegates, more than sixty in number, and 

 representing institutions of learning and sci- 

 entific bodies from Maine to California, were 

 formally introduced by Dr. Robert A. Arm- 

 strong, chaplain of the university. The chief 

 part of the program consisted of short greet- 

 ings from eight or ten of the delegates. 



The actual inaugural exercises, followed by 

 a general reception at the Armory, took place 

 on Friday afternoon. Governor Glasscock 

 again presiding. After the entrance of the 

 academic procession, a musical selection and 

 the invocation, the charge to President Hodges 

 was delivered by Hon. Morris P. Shawkey, 

 president of the State Board of Regents, which 

 was followed by the acceptance by President 

 Hodges. 



The first address of the day was by Presi- 



dent Harry Pratt Judson, of the University of 

 Chicago, on " The University and the State." 

 This was followed by an address by President 

 William Oxley Thompson, of the Ohio State 

 University, on " The University and the 

 People." The dominant note of these two 

 addresses seemed to be " practical service " by 

 the state university to the taxpayers who sup- 

 port the university. 



Following these two addresses was President 

 Hodges's inaugural address. This was, to 

 some extent, a brief review of the history of 

 the institution and a statement of some of the 

 fundamental policies which he expects to fol- 

 low in the future. While he did not in the 

 least belittle the importance of the " practical 

 service " aspect of university work, he empha- 

 sized more than did some of the other speakers 

 the importance of and his desire to encourage 

 the pure sciences and the purely cultural sub- 

 jects. He expressed the belief that it would 

 be better policy for the university to endeavor 

 to build up existing departments rather than 

 to create new ones, though he expressed the 

 hope that it would not be long before it would 

 be possible to lay more emphasis upon grad- 

 uate work. 



On Friday evening was held a Pan Hellenic 

 Reunion, preceded by a torchlight procession 

 of students and alumni. This was, of course, 

 of an entirely informal character, and was in 

 charge mainly of the younger alumni of the 

 university. 



Saturday was called "West Virginia Day," 

 and the exercises consisted mainly of ad- 

 dresses by alumni of the university who have 

 become prominent in some phase or other of 

 the state's activities. 



The weather was almost ideal, and the en- 

 tire program was carried out without a single 

 hitch. 



With a president of force and energy, who 

 has the confidence alike of his faculties and 

 fellow statesmen, it would seem that a new 

 and greater era is about to begin for West 

 Virginia University. 



A. M. R. 



