The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-26

BOARD OF EDuoATIoN.-A special
meeting Of the Board Of Education was
held last evening. The chair was occu.
pied BY the President, Mr.. Hall. The
roll was called and tho following mem.
bsrs answered TO their names: Messrs.
Bassett, Bayha, BI0kel, Boring, Ewing,
HutChlSSou, Lancaster, Mcclellan,
Phillips, Stewart and Wilson.
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read, approved and signed.
The Clerk Of the Board read the SEQ
ond annual abatement Of the receipts
and expenditures during the scholastic
year ending August Let, 1869.
On motion OF Mr.. Lancaster, Il was
ordered that the detailed statement read
BY the Clerk be published In tho two
daily papers one time. El.7
On motion OF Mr.. Mcclellan, the bids
for furnishing Washington township
school house were opened.
Bids were read from ], G, Orr d Co.,
Of this city; Ezra Smith q Co., Rich.
mond, 1ndianai ]. T. Freeborn, Pitts
burght PAT Chase d Son, Buffalo, N, Y,
Onmotion, the Board went into Cons
mltteo Of thu Whole, Mr.. Lancaster In
the chair. ~ - III -.
Mr.. Ewing made the motion that the
subject OF fnrnishing Washington town.
ship school house be referred to com.
mitGee Of one nom each township, with
power to act.
The committee rose, reported progress
and asked leave 10 cit again,
Mr.. Hall resumed the chair, when the
motion offered by Mr.. Ewing was
passed by tho Board. r.-I
Mr.. Wilson made the motion that four
rooms OF the primary department be
furnished with double seats.
Bill Of Peter Ritz, amounting 10 $40,
for WITHDRAWING Centre township
school house, was ordered to DO paid,
Bill Of Mrs. Julia Bresock, amount.
Ing 10 IS, for scrubblnH Fulton town.
ship school house, was ordered to be
paid. ~
The report OF the Special Committee
appointed 10 submit plan for the inS
PRODUCTION Of instruction In the Ger.
man Language In the public schools,
was read;
WHEELING, August, 1859.
To Tie Board Of Education:
GBNTLRMEN:-The undersigned spe.
clAl Committee, appointed 10 devise
and report Q plan for q coarse Of in.
struciion In the German language In
the schools OF the district, respectfully
recommend the following:
That at least three special teachers be
employed, who shall have q sufficient
knowledge both Of German and Eng.
lish, 70 render them competent to i'm.
part instruction In German 10 that
class OF youths In the public schools
who may desire 10 obtain q knowledge
OF this language. That In case three
only are employed, one be assigned 10
the schools Of Washington and Madl.
son, one to the schools Of Clay and
Union, and one to the schools Of Centre
and Webster toWnahips.
That one class In German be organic.
ed In each Primary School, and one In
each Grammar School OF the District,
That the classes In the Primary Schools
be instructed after the usual manner
pursued In German and English Pli-
mary Schools OF lmparting instruction
In photography, Reading and PennlAn.
ship, and that the classes In the Gram.
mar Schools, after having become suffi.
cIently conversant with the Primary
School course, be taught In the German
Grammar TO converse In the German
language, and be thoroughly drilled In
German composition and defamation.
That the Superintendent OF Schools
be instructed to procure suitable charts
or cards printed In German, or in Ger
man and English, for the use Of the Phi.
mary classes learning the German Ian.
guage.
That three lessons per week on alter
nate days be given to each class, and
that not less than thirty minutes, nor
more than one hour be devoted to one
recitation,
That the Superintendent Of Schools, in
conjunction with the, Prin cipals, az the
hone or time for instruction In. this
branch, and that It be 60, arranged as
to conflict as little az practicable VIII
other class exercises. II. IN, ~
That no pupil be required To com
nenee the study OF German against the
expressed wish OF the parent or guar.
diam but after having commenced II
that no pupil be permitted 10 drop the
study except with the advice and CON
sent OF the Superintendent OF Schools
and the parent or guardian.
That the total amount to be paid for
tuition In German In all the schools ol
the district, shall not, for the ensuing
year, exceed eleven hundred dollars,
That teachers in German shall be re-
garded as subject In all respects "a
the provisions ofArt. q, OF the School
Laws OF the district, and Furthermore
that they shall besubjectto be dlsCharg.
ed whenever the Board may decide
that instruction In the German Ian.
guage In the schools OF the district. Il
no longer practicable or desirable,
That In matters otdisclpline no teach.
er OF German shall set up his authority
against that OF any principal, or OF The
Superintendent OF schools. - :
The Committee would Furthermore
recommend, that In addition to his la.
bors as an instructor, one OF the teach
ers employed have supervision OF tht
instr uction In German throughout tht
district, and that he be required 10 re-.
port from time to time, to the Su per
insendent OF schools, and through hin
TO the Board, the progress made by
classes In this department.
And finally the Committee would re.
commend that a standing Committee
Of the Board be appointed, to be known
as the Committee on the German Lam
guage, and that said Committee be EN-,
powered 10 employ competent teachers
and see that the plan laid down be car.
rled into effect.
a. W WILSON.
A. PoLLACK.
On motion OF Mr.. BIckel the repor
was. received and adopted.
The President appointed Messrs
PhilIlpS' Blckel, Faris, Ewing, Wilson
and Lancaster under the resolution In
relation 70 furnishing Washington
81 $50 Ill III.