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Domestic News August 19, 1903

The New Dominion

Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia

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The Alumni Record of West Virginia University has been published, providing biographical sketches of about 750 graduates since 1867. It lists their vocations including college presidents, professors, judges, doctors, and more, their residences in 37 states and several countries, and notes that 37 have died.

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Graduates of the University and their Vocations.

The Alumni Record of West Virginia University has just been published containing brief biographical sketches of all of the graduates of the University since its founding in 1867. Not counting the members of this year's class the total number of graduates is about seven hundred and fifty. Among them are five college presidents, forty seven college professors, three State Superintendents of Schools, ten Normal School principals, twenty five Normal School teachers, twelve Judges, ten Bank Cashiers, forty five preachers, twenty eight doctors, six United States Army officers, one United States Senator, four members of Congress one governor, one Attorney General, one State Geologist, ten State Senators, about twenty five members of the House of Delegates, sixty five engineers (civil mechanical and mining) forty three Superintendents or Principals of High Schools and schools of similar grade, sixteen editors, about twenty five business men and farmers, and something more than two hundred and twenty five lawyers. The list includes also the first Sheriff of Manila, a clerk of the Supreme Court of the State a clerk of the State Senate, a clerk of the House of Delegates, a Chief Mine Inspector, a Weather Bureau Director in South America, and the most famous football coach in the United States.

These Alumni live in thirty seven states besides Austria, Mexico, Japan, Siam, India, The Argentine Republic, Bulgaria, and the Philippine Islands.

The list shows that thirty seven of the graduates have died.

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Education

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West Virginia University Alumni Record Graduates Vocations Biographical Sketches

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West Virginia

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West Virginia

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Since 1867

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thirty seven of the graduates have died

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The Alumni Record of West Virginia University has just been published containing brief biographical sketches of all of the graduates of the University since its founding in 1867. Not counting the members of this year's class the total number of graduates is about seven hundred and fifty. Among them are five college presidents, forty seven college professors, three State Superintendents of Schools, ten Normal School principals, twenty five Normal School teachers, twelve Judges, ten Bank Cashiers, forty five preachers, twenty eight doctors, six United States Army officers, one United States Senator, four members of Congress one governor, one Attorney General, one State Geologist, ten State Senators, about twenty five members of the House of Delegates, sixty five engineers (civil mechanical and mining) forty three Superintendents or Principals of High Schools and schools of similar grade, sixteen editors, about twenty five business men and farmers, and something more than two hundred and twenty five lawyers. The list includes also the first Sheriff of Manila, a clerk of the Supreme Court of the State a clerk of the State Senate, a clerk of the House of Delegates, a Chief Mine Inspector, a Weather Bureau Director in South America, and the most famous football coach in the United States. These Alumni live in thirty seven states besides Austria, Mexico, Japan, Siam, India, The Argentine Republic, Bulgaria, and the Philippine Islands.

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