The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-09-18

Your correspondent, j. x. L., under.
takes to give the law under which our
public schools are operated, o shall en-
deayor to do the same, an d alsoto show!
your readefs:wllat the superintendent
and Principals did propose Ito do, and
the action OF the Board of fIEducation on
their petition afber which, Tthink thatl
the subject will appear in a very ditfar-
eiit eii light from that "a which J. Z, q. has
Sec. I'd of tan act to. provide free
schools for the city of Wheeling pro-
vides, that the Board of Education for
the School District of Wheeling, shall
be invested with the same rightssand
shall exercise the same POWERS and pefL
form the slime duties as appertain toftlie
Boards of Education of the seVersl
townships by the 4act providing for the
schools, passed December 10th, 1868.
The legal ladYisebi OF the board, ID.
Lamb, ESQ, has decided that no amend-
fnepttof the act Of 1893, has any, bearing
ON the District of Wheeling, exceptr so
far as provided in thew Wheel ling oct
itself; Sec. of the act of 1868, pro-
Yides that Boards of Education Shall
direct W hat.Tclass books shall Tbe used
within their, district =, and this provi-
sionS according to Mr.. Lamb Whose
opinion has been accented BY fhe board,
now applies to the DistTiot0 of Wheeling.
3 Although the act of 1853 was amend-
en- by the Act of 1854 December 10Th
SO as t6 slith6rize the State Superin-
tendent tsto provide q series OF class
books 10 benseddni the free schools Of
the State, y the w Wheeling actf missed
March I'd, 1865, reYlves the act of 1858
SO tar as relates tolthe, duties ofthe
Wheeling Board of Ed heatiom; and one
Of tfiesei duties Is; TO presGribe class
books for, use in the Schools. The act
nf TFnhrft tIfsfH 4UoTu 4
the duty of tho State upefintendentit1
pTesBrihe class books for use in the
scnpOls;'of the, State 3 but the last secs
ton OF this act sa VS. that The pro-
visions o !, this aet shall apply to- the
District OF Wheeling only SO Bar IS the
act of March I'd, 1885, z Hence II Is
made plil in at the entire argument 10
prove lfisit the. ate upeTintendentis
Hst, books mnst be used incur Wheel.
inG7 schools falls 20 the gr6htidy and
under this construct ion of the Law, the
City Board has been aching siRce its or
gapilati atipns Sor5dd does .itsapp pearnthat
the State Superintendent has at
tempted 10 enforce the law under
any other eonstrit ion y of, itSa nor
that our Board of Education : would
yield tOisuoh constructions unless CONT
palled ,t0fdo9sO by sfu her legis IA Htibt1
on the subject Aud the fhinIlr K mi bit
Dc an uu-
happy day for our public schools when
they come to be controlled exclusively z
by sth & gehe,a law OF the stats they
eau be work to mpsh betteEa advan-
tage under q special law such QS now
exists upon the statute book, There
are those Who seem TO think differently.
OF eueflfit may be said With0uB tdiafaS
spectsthat they dDlnOtn prob bably fully
undefs and The sub ieet s - = =,
Aiiyins q rs pre- aSf of 4 be
eas now proceed 70 the fliHCassion
otiother Matters. IniFf fhaleVer action
tbs SUI erini6ndeht and Ifihel pad may
have taken on this subject, it IS hardly
to be supposed that any liberal minded
personutu the cof1uIunity would stIse
peel them a0f ben RoEefEied by AMY
sof y intef est3 or rdncsd BY any other
motive than that lof a just and linh re-
gard for the public WeildEe5 e ven d.
1llIi. hinsel exon The "a ffO u liiy
snch ir1p itipn rs OK a h
only = or ~ 50 ~ mes tRRFs
Their books with them tonie dninatldu
-anll1pfd li5Flate they TO know ne
merits OF the books without an exam
ination2 Some ifnleB h are allowed
to ret in filase book wiz lont Ietpru-
ing item &c al But does amy one
elppose that they would allow 8uel Z
Z palttg e1Aaid era ton to influence tkieit
action In q matter of so great impor-
i t1uUa nc that of the, Y,fofn man tim M