The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-18
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some1hing ..About oar schools and

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some1llfnE ,About our schools ana
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The Seventh Ward Public School
will be, when finished, a credit In every
respect to the city, 10 the Island, and to
those who are building 1t. In some re-
CARDS twill bethe most desirable build
ing Of the kind In the city. It is per-
fectly adapted 70 tie uses for which it is
intended, and has been carefully plan
ned for convenience and comfort. The
situation is commanding and the struc-
ture can be seen TO advantage from the
upper part of the city, from the other
side Of the river, and from most places
on the. island. It stands on a rising
plat Of ground 100 by 100 feet. The
building is q feet in length, by 81 In
width. It has four rooms, two on each
floor, . by 80 feet. It has one clothes
room, 10 by Is feet. The lower rooms
are u feet high, and the upper ones Is.
The hall Is 10 feet in width. There are
two separate play grounds for the bows
and girls, and the out-buiIdingsare neat
and substantial. A well for the use of
the school is being put down on the
premises. The lower rooms are design
ed for the primary department, and the
upper ones for the advanced scholars.
The building was planned by Mr. ID. E.
Donel, and Is a credit to his good taste.
The contracting carpenters are MeSsrs.
Brodie 81 HoTnisb. Henry Gunther
did the stone work and Jacob Hull the
brick work. Miller& AfcAdans are do
ing the painting. The house will be ready
for use in n short time. Its total cost,
including everything except the furni-
tuEe, will be about 5000. This latter is
m NJ
its estimated cost is $3.50. The Seventh
Ward people can justly feel proud Of
their prospective school. 1t will add TO
the Value Of property on the Island, and
be convenience that every family will
highly prize. -
The Second and First Ward people
are moving in the matter of a new
school house or houses. The building
In the Second Ward is sort of played
out hill side institution, and neither
Creditable or satisfactory TO the people.
The question Is, where shall a new
building be put upR There is n proiec
before the committee who represent the
Board of Education to purchase ground
either In the First or Second Ward, and
pnt up handsome, commodious and
thoroughly moderniZed school house
Two pieces OF property, both owned by
John Armstrong, Esq, and used by
MIN as board yards, nre In view. There
isn great deal of difference In the eligI-
blltty of the two yards ar school sites
The upper piece is in the First Ward,
just beyond the junction of the pike
with Market street, and lies midway be-
tween that street and Main, too much
under the hill as II would seem, and
the lower piece is in the Second Ward
on Market street, opposite the residences
or Alex Heymun and w. w. Shriver.
aud runs clear through from Main to
Market. An attractive building on the
Etf a
tage, 1.-the only question being whether the
situation is central enough TO satisfy the
people of the two warts.
The school building on the hill side.
now used by the Second Ward, IL Is
proposed to turn over to the coloreCl
people of the city as plnce for the edu-
cation OF ell the cOlored children, and
also AS Il place of worship for them II
needs be. 1t would suit them well
enough until their own enterprise and
means can afford them something bet
ter. Sec 18th of tho school law, as
amended at tho last session of the leg
tslAlure, requires each township board
OF education 10 provide school for the
education OF their colOred children when
said children exceed thirty In number.
The Second Ward School house would
very Wen accommodate all that class Of
population of schoOlable age in the city,
and might therefore very properly and
economically be turned over TO them nB
soon AS the new building projected is
ready for the white children.
There are many things we might
touch upon IN a curBory article of this
character in reference to our schools,
and { an other time we shall 20 more
Into detail. 1t cannot DO said TINT Wo
have yet settled system, excellent
us II IL in many respects. The question
OF dividing, grading or classifying our
schools into Primary and High Schools.
is mp for consideration. There are two
views of the matter, the one that the
grades now existing under the same
roofs are all sufficient, the other thnt
we should have equItably located
throughout the city three high schools
for teaching the Academic branches OF
education. It will thus DO seen that n
very considerable feeling ON school
matters Rntmntes our Board OF EducR.
ton, and we are glad to record The fact,
When tho new houses already under
way in the eth and 9Th wards. and un-
der contemplation In the LIST and I'd
wards, nre completed, the city will be
able TO boast of very superior educa-
tionnl establishments OF the elementary
sort, to say nothing OF our private
schools and two seminaries. Il is al
together meet, now TINT our community
Is progressing so briskly In wealth and
population, that our school system
should constantly expand and tSke in
allthe we'll tried improvements from
abroad. One OF the nOblest ideas of the
times Is how TO dlscipliniGe and educate
the Young In the tFuesL and most Mt
tLactiVo ways. Strange as It may seem.
discoveries are being constantly made
IN the human natures oTboys and girls,
ana we are learning how 10 deal with
the endless varieties OF mind present.
ed TO teachers In public schools.