Dr. Jay Barton Setting up to Tape Lecture, West Virginia University
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'Dr. Jay Barton, (right) Chairman of the WVU Biology Department, outlines to TV cameraman John Stone of Morgantown, the 50 minute lecture, he will tape for the Biology I course. As soon as it is completed, Barton will have the opportunity to watch a re-play of the lecture and can, if he chooses, change parts of it.'
Professor of History and Political Science in the State University, at Morgantown, West Virginia., will address the Brotherhood on 'The Problem of World Peace' at the first M. E. Church Sunday, November 5th, At 2:30 P. M.'
'John Harrington Cox, 1863-1945; John H. Cox was a teacher of English in his native Illinois and in North Dakota before joining the faculty at West Virginia University in 1902 as an instructor. He held the position of professor of English philology from 1904 until his retirement in 1932. Professor Cox will be remembered for his establishment of the Beowulf Club at the University in 1908 as a means of arousing student interest in old and middle English Literature. The publication of Folk Songs of the South in 1925 was a climax of his achievement in collecting and preserving Folk Literature not only in West Virginia but in the whole Appalachian region. He translated and adapted for childrens use tales of chivalry from Old English, Old French, and Middle High German sources. Among these are Beowulf, A Knight of Artur`s Court, The Song of Roland and Siegfried. Dr. Cox was widely known through his writings in scholarly journals and his work in teachers` institutes in West Virginia and other states.'
