From All Things Work Together for Good to Them That Love God (pages 87-88)
In 1902 a building was constructed and called the Music Hall. It was a cheaply built unimposing three story brick structure with practice rooms for piano and voice students. It was soon dubbed by the students, “the music box” and other names not so elegant. Due to the sounds emanating from it, quite properly it could have been said that it was a “howling success”. At the first meeting of the Board of Trustees following the completion of the building, I happened to be standing by a window on the second floor when two of the dignitaries passed, Dr. R.A. Reger, who was on the building committee, and Mr. J.C. Bardall of Moundsville. The latter, a man with a rather thick German accent did not like the looks of the building, and was telling Dr. Reger his opinion. The doctor said, “Why, what’s the matter with it?” Mr. Bardall’s reply was, “Vats de matter mit it? Vat is it dat’s not de matter mit it!”
It still stands and perhaps it should for the service it has rendered. A few months later it proved its value when fire destroyed the main building. Classes were held in it, and what books were saved from the library were housed there until the present administration building was completed.