The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-22

ton was held last cveniDg-Prestdent
Hall in the chair. Atroll.can the follow:
ing members answered; Mesrs. Byha
Bickel, Canadian, Ewing, Hamilton
Launder, Metcalf, Pollock, PhEr, Stewart
and Todd. JiU 40 ! iDJ'' Z, 81
The minutes Of the last two meetings
were read, approved and signed. :
The report Of the Superintendent for the
month Of June Wus read and placed on
file. The report Is as follows: D.
OFPIcE OF SUPT., OF Schools, 4
WHRELG3c, July 81, 1870 !
10 he Board Of Education
| GENTLEMEN Your attention Is invited
! to the following abstract from the tabular
reports Of the schools Of the district for
the month Of June, and to the statement
which follows: Pupils enrolled, males
1905, females 974, total 1909; average
daily attendance, males 064, females $50,
total 800; average daily absence, males
| 1S1, females 1888, total 900; per cent Of
average attendance on enrolment, males
50, females 80, total 81; visits by school
officers "A, Others O., total 101; corporal
punishnlents %; number Of pupils in the
several branches Of study, Alphabet, 81
Spelling, 2,OO2; Reading, 1882; Writing,
Hasa; Mental Arithmetic, 1,048; Written
do. S1& Geography, 6GS; English Gram
mar, 200; History, o.; Physiology, AZ !;
Natural Philosophy, 49,; Chemistry, Is
Astronomy, 9; Algebra, a; Geometry, Z;
Familiar Science, 90; German, 5SS; amount
I Daid Fnr tIiiftnN % go
] find that the average number Of pupils
belonging for tho scholastic year just
closed was greater by 904, and the aver.
age daily attendance BY, III, than for the
previous year. The number Of different
pupils enrolled was about One'llan the
number Of youth Of school age within
the District. .r.f,,..., .,-,
/ desire to call tue attention Of the
Board 10 the fact that the Seventh ward,
or Island school house, furnishes barely
sufficient room for the pupils In attendance
from the Island, and that the pupils Of the
Second ward who have heretofore been
lDermitted to attend the Seventh ward
schools, are left entirely wilhuot school &C.
commodatiOnS would recommend that
hereafter, until provision shall be made for
their accommodation in the Second ward,
! this class Of pupils be allowed to attend
7 the schools of the First ward, and that the
Commissioners Of Washington township
BIZ authorized TO employ such additional
teachers, and make such other provisions
as may he necessary for their accomno-
datiOu. % "'. 'ht'.7 ~ '''i
am not aware that the Board ofTrus-
tees of the Lfnsley Institute have as yet
taken any action upon the proposition Of
the Board Of Education with reference to
The occupancy Of the Institute building
for public High school. lwould rec
ommend that, In the event Of favorable
action by said Trustees, the special Com
mittee already appointed by your Board
he authorized to have the building re-
paired and put in condition for occupancy
against the 1st ofSeptember ensuing; and
that tile Committee be also instructed to
report to the next regular meeting Of tae
Board the probable number OF teachers
Unnecessary 70 conduct the school. Re
Especially submitted, HHt
SEf F. S. WILLIAMS. suptj
DR. Told made the motion that the
Recommendation Of the Superintendent
IN relation to the accommodation Of chill.
dren in Madison Township, be adopted.
Mr.. Bickel offered as anIamcndment, that
tue subject be referred to the Commits
si0ners Of Washington and Madison
Townships. '5"
DR.. Todd accepted the amendment and
; ii was adopted. "" -
; The special Committee u which the
TbilI Of J. S. Fairfax had been referred
reported that AFTER hearing MIR. F. In re.
Ehtion thereto, they could not recommend
the payment Of more than 500. and sub
mitted o resolution to that effect. u
, On motion III DR.. Todd the report was
received, and tile resolution adopted.
The Committee on the German Ian
guage submitted the following repor u
Tote President and Board Of Eaateation!.
/ GEST1EMES-The Committee on thu
German language would most respectfully
submit the following report Of the German
department 81; instruction since Us intro
ductiona rs il branch ofstu1y in the schools
The Committee are aware that the
progress made by the pupils studying
German is probably not us great as many
gifts friends anticipated, yet considering
all the difficulties 10 be overcome In organ
izing this department in order not TO con
tlict too much will the established order
Of exercises Of the schools, and TOR Other
causes which might be mentioned, the
Committee think the result has been high
" satisfactory. ''' '''
The Committee would, therefore, recon-
mend the continuance Ofthc German as a
study in the schools; and Us the Commit
ltee, rs wen rs the teachers, are Of opinion
flat tue plan heretofore adopted should
I've changed in reference 10 divisions where
Z. In It Is now aught, and in some Other
important respects, by which change the
+ Committee think It can be taught sue
=, cessfully, and the efforts result in the
: realization Of the hopes Of tile most
/, ardent y friends Of the study, the
!, Committee would therefore offer for
the consideration. 0f.the Board the lol.
| lowing resolutions F"
FeS6lred. That in every Sub.dtstric,
where not les than fifty pupils shall desire
! TO study German, tie German language
y Shall be made regular study; that Is, Ne
, taught regularly every day in every class
Reaolrcd, That two German teachers be
procured for every two townships, except
Washington and Madison, for which three
teachcrs shall be employed.
Realized, That the German be taught
only in the German department, in. the A
and B divisions Of the primary schools,
and when practicable in The q divisions.
ReS0lral, That one hour aud quarter
daily he devoted to German Instruction
by all the German teachers In their rcspec-
tive townships, 80 that all the pupils
J. Studying German receive orc lesson every
day, and that the time fixed for German
instruction shilFbc such as to intrench as
IniI6io 90 nrGcfih1ble m hther cIass eyer.