The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-09-05
Our Public Schools.

and happy pair left upon their wedding
tour OH the first train.
Our Public Schools.
We have noticed the opening of our
public schools on Monday last, which
commenced new scholastic year. We
have not had an opportunity until the
present of speaking of the changes that
have taken place, and of giving our
readers the names of the present corps
of teachers.
We have one new and elegant school
building in Webster township, and the
names of the teachers engaged therein
will be found below The Webster
school house is filled to excess. When
the subject of building this school was
agitated, it was argued by many
that it would take frem the Gen.
tire Wheeling school-which was
composed of the Fifth and Sixth
Wards-nearly all their scholars,
not leaving q respectable attendance.
The facts, as they have transpired,
deeply bury this argument. The Cen
tire" school, or the Fifth Ward school, is
now full, and, indeed, contains more
scholars than is really. beneficial. And
the Webster school is crowded. There
are more scholars than seats in the
building. The youngsters are packed
away on recitation seats, on the teach
er's platform, and on seats intended for
visitors-which are few. This is not
only true of Webster, but it is the case
in every township in the city. Truly,
we are prolific people.
The subject of building new school
houses in the First Ward has long been
argued, but no progress has yet been
made. The First Ward school house is
totally inadequate to meet the demands
of that part of the district. The build
ing is old and dilapidated, and has not
sufficient capacity to accommodate the
number of scholars in attendance there.
In speaking of crowded schools, we
have one in the school district of Wheel
ing that is so wretchedly damned that
the spectacle is truly amusing. We re-
fer to the Clinton School, in North
Wheeling, in the vicinity of tie rolling
mills. That school room is about
the size of small, old-fashioned smoke
house. Well, to speak within bounds,
it is about lOxl5; and ut the present
time there are forty children
incarcerated therein, with the ex-
pectation of about twenty more /!
Last season there were upwards
of fifty in the room. People will Won
der how they get in, or why are they
allowed to do so. The answers are
first, when they go into the school-room
in the morning they squat on each 9TH
ers' laps and gradually work their way
through to bench; second, so long as
school is in progress there, parents
will send their children, and they must
be admitted.
We understand that Messrs. Acheson,
Bell & Co. offered to buy suitable To-
cation and donate it for school purposes
in that vicinity provided new school
house would be erected thereon; but
nothing definite has been done in the
matter. The condition of the Clinton
school shed is shame and disgrace to
the city. aa'E
For the information of our readers
we give below the names of the office rs
of the Board of Education, the Examin-
ing Committee, and the Principals and
Teachers of our public schools:
Officers of the Board of Education
]. T. Mcclure, President; j. NJ. Bickel,
Clerk; F. S. Williams, Superintendent
of Schools. .r-r ..,',.st
Examining Committee-Messrs. F. s.
Williams, J. T. Mcclure, A. S. Todd.
Washington To,cnship-C. W. Daven-
port, Principal; Misses Emma Irwin,
Grammar school; Hannah Phillips, "A'
Primary; Irene Phillips, A; Lizzie Ok
toby, B; Tillie Mcdonald, C; Ella Ia
ney, ID.
Mr.. George w. Rhodes, Principal OF
Fulton schools; Miss Aggie Mcclure,
Assistant.
Miss Annie George, teacher of the
Clinton school.
Madison Tounship-Samuel w. Boyd,
Principal: Misses Ella NJ. Boyd, Gram
mar school; Matte A. Stevens, "a" Pri'
mary; Mary Campbell, B and c, Seventh
Ward; Jennie Campbell, d; Jane Day.
| B and C, Second Ward; Harriet oxtoby,
Assistant; Sarah Riheldaffsr, d.
CLAY Toraship-James F. Snowden,
Principal; Misses sallie Meholin, Gram
mar school; AIDA Clark, "a" Primary
Mary A. Davies, B; Hannah Richardson
c; Mary A. Bailie, ID. aT sg5E
Union Township-J. c. Tuttle, Primer
pal; Misses Jane Anderson, Gramma,
school; Julia A. Wiley, ga" Primary
Louisa McCulloch, same; Mary Steele
"BD Annie Ewing, Assistant; Lide e
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