The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-18

and ordered 10 be fled
ID. WHEELING, Feb. II, 1870.
10 the Ltutd Of EdUeGtOR: %" l,sa..
GENTLEArEN-In compliance with the
rule Of the Board, which provides that thu
Superintendent Of Schools shall make Q
monthly report Of attendance, &C., In all
the departments Of the schools Of the dis
trict, / have prepared statements III tabu.
lar form, embracing the particulars re-
Quircd for the month Of January. YOU
attention Is invited TO the following sum
mary: 'f..g HHa,Il
Total enrolment Of pupils, 2,4O7; aver
age daily attendance, z, 144 average daily
absence, 900; per cent Of attendance, 80
number Of visits Of school officers ant
others, 100; number Of days Of school il
the month, 81; amount paid for tuition
$9,0S2 90.
Numbctofpupils in the several branch
Is Of study-Alphabet, 20; Spelling. e32s
Reading, 215O; Writing, 1855: Mcnta
Arithmetic, 1172; Written Arithmetic
1910; Geography, 99i; Grammar, 31S; His
tory, 1O4; Physiology, AZ; Natural PHI
los0phy, 81; Chemistry, 0; Astronomy
II; Algebra, 100; Geometry, II; Familiar
Sciences, 81, Bookkeeping, 8; German
Language, g@. NilJa y /,
Number Of corporal punishmCnts report
cd-Washington schools, IS; Madison 80
Clay, 8: Union, 10; Centre, 10; Webster
II; COlorcd 10-TOtal, 14G. ,.
In the list Of textbooks adopted by the
Board for use In the schools Of the dis
trict, may he found the works Of Shep
pard and Alden on tho Constitution O
The United States land the "SciGnce o
Government" The subjects treated o
have been and are still regarded rs option
al studies; and Notwithstanding the adOp
ton by the Board Of the textbooks, they
Nre not, ut the present time, in use in any
Of the schools Of the district, nor am
aware that tho important subjects o.
which they treat arc receiving my atten'
ton whatever. AldCn's Manual was fol
Il brief period used in the schools
of the 3rd, 9TH and 9th ward, but fol
reasons not wholly satisfactory, Is
use was some months since discOntin
ucd. A knowledge Of the general prinCi
pies Of civil government, and particularly
Of the constitution OF our country, should
be impaired in the public schools, since thu
paramount object for which these schools
are established, is that the rising genera.
ton may be trained In the principles and
duties Of Intelligent citizenship" / mHy
however, be permitted TO express the con
viction that these subjects will never lavt
that attention in the schools which thCil
importance demal ds, 50 long rs they con
tinued TO be Classed with optional studies
l would recommend the adoption ola ruiz
making the "SCiencc OfGOvcrnmcnt' and
the Constitution Of the United States
indispensable studies in the grammar
schools of tho district. T.
The rooms IN the First Ward schOo
house which are occupied by the German
classes arc without writing desks Boil
teachers and pupils, rs matter Of course
lubor 10 serious disadvantage, since writ.
ing is an essential feature in this depart
mCnt. The attention of the Committee
was called to the matter and l am t0lt
that there was no disagreement US 10 thu
necessity Of providing desks for the nc
~ s;rtS S;ncIo dcSEs TvIII hs s"tIlc;cnt Sn
the purpose. l today received a propo
sal from Messrs. Hanes & Wilson, to TAXI
the irons from the old desks, formerly Ii
t voT MIN ',;nc giTc tSs cScrrv st"n mr.
nut them down 1t the following rites
Double desks, 50 each; single desks, =
each. Ihere = nc. other Wool WIN , u!
JcSIs NJ vcllow ninyc' ~ '''' ~ '
Respectfully Submitted, I'd
+. s. WILLIAMS, SaP|
Tic report Of the Committee on Ac
counts, amounting to 81 $685. u, was, re-
ceivcd and adopted.
Mr. Blckel offered the following;
ResO!ued, Tint the Committee on Build
mSs anu heal Es1le 5cS 5 or 10 ,, pro-
WY .nlI MoLpIG nCSSS III v SalS "SS !"
sclOlIts s'uay'ng 4utt'I ~ " H u,
"Iso two tables or desks for ibe rsc q
teachers. I5sd-
On motion, tho Board went into Com
mittec Of the Whole in order to consider
the plans and specifications of the Unior
township school house: Atlcr consider
ing and examining the plans the commit
ice rose and reported 10 the Board.
On motion of Mr.. Ewing, Mr.. Fairfax
tho architect, stated that his estimates q
On motion, the plans were referred 10 4