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View of smoke rising out of the steeple of the Monongalia Academy as it burns and passersby watch.
'This honored old institution was founded in 1814, and was the direct predecessor of West Virginia University.  The first sessions of the University were held in this building, which stood where the Morgantown Public School now stands.  It was later used as the Morgantown public School, until it was destroyed by fire in 1896.'