The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-21

BOARD OF RDUcATION.-The regular
monthly meeting Of this Board lor The
month Of July, was held last evening.
MI, Hall, President, occupied the Chair
Al roll call the following gentlemen re
sponded to their names: Messrs. Bassett
Bickel. Canadian, Caldwell, Hall, Hutch
issou, Hamilton, Launder, MetcalL Otto
Pollock, Piarr, Stewart, Scott, Wilson
and Weitzel.
The minutes Of the last meeting werC
read and approved.
The following is the Superintendent
report for the month of May.
WHEELING, July 10, 1871
To the Board Of Education /:
GRETLRSIEN.-I have placed with you
clerk tabular statement of the schools
OF the district for the month Of May, and
shall endeaYOr to have ready against
your next regular meeting, q report fol
the month Of June, and q condensed
statement for the school year Just trans
pied. .7rg...
The following Is a brief abstract from
the May report: Total enrolment 1896
average attendance, 2,0lG average alb
sence, $50; per cent oil attendance on en-
rollment, 50; corporal punlshments, II,
Number OF visits by Superintendent, S9
Commissioners, 0; Others, 2l6; total, 254
Number in several branches OF study
alphabet, 100; spelling, 2,lll; reading
20I; writing, !, 467; mental arithmetic, l.
05S; written arithmetic, 946; geography
G37; grammar, 2l2; history, so; physlolO
", SO; natural philosophy, 80; chemistry
20; botany 0; algebra, A; geometry, 49,
U. S. Constitution, 80; familiar science
80 German, 4l3. Paid for tuition, g., 900
lstated TO the Board sometime since thai
The publishers Of the textbooks in use In
the schools then proposed to furnish
the pupils Of the 9Th Ward with books al
half the regular rates The Board theE
deemed Il advisable to defer action unit
the Sth Ward should be fully incorporated
with the district. II action should be
further deferred until the opening Of the
schools, the pupils will then be under
necessity of purchasing their books at full
rates. Hence II becomes a mater o.
Importance that immediate action be
taken upon the proposition Of the pub
lishers BY accepting their terms several
hundred dollars may be saved to the
parents Of the pupils in the 9Th Ward
school. +. s. WILLIAMS, Supt.
Appended TO the above report as O
postscript is o recommendation that 1.-THE
Geography Of West Virginia" by young
lady Of this city, be adopted 10 the school!
Of the district instead Of the one now
used, "NIitchelrs Fist Lessons"
The Committee on Accents submitted
report recommending the payment Of
bills named in 1t amounting to $G6l0l
The following was submitted and
adopted:
To he President and Board Of Education
The special committee appointed undel
the resolution passed at an adjourned
meeting held July 0, 1871, " examine
and report the condition Of the 9Th Ward
school property with reference TO It's i'm
provements, would. respectfully report
that they have examined the buildings
and find them old and worn out, and un'
lit for the purpose for which they are
used. The committee are of the opinion
that the condition and construction oil
the buildings do not admit Of any enlarged
improvement or any considerable eXpendl'
lures in repairs. A few minor repairs arc
necessary to be made to the floors, win.
dOws, &c, which can be done at a very
triiling expense.
The committee therefore offer the fol.
lowing: Resolved, That the Commission.
ers Of the Eighth Ward be authorized Ia
make necessary repairs 10 the Eighth
Ward School House, as contemplated In
this report, and also TO have the several
rooms wllilewashed.
Respectfully submitted,
J. NJ. BICKEL
Wheeling, July 90, 1871.
The report Of the Committee on Build.
iDgs and Real Estate was read, and the
resolutions appended wereall adopted ex.
Cept the first
Mr.. Otto, Treasurer Of Richie town.
ship, presented the following report Of
the money In his hands, and II was ordered
that the money be paid over TO 7. ].
Campbell, late Sheriff Of Ohio county:
FlrSt District, dsllnqucnts &c. .,-.,.S 26s II
School fund. ;."....... ....$i,!i6 g
Building fund ................ i1y @-l,8'6 u
second District, deiinquents iis %
school Iund ........''.....'' lsl %
Total nam" e',01S 81
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