The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-10-20
BOARD OF EDUCATION.


The Superintendent submitted the
following report for the month Of Sep
TENDER: Total enrolment, 2767; av.
erage attendance, 24S4; per cent of
average attendance on enrolment, SO t;
No. Of corporal punishment reported,
70; No. of visits by Superintendent, 90;
Visiting committee, none: Local Com
missioners, Al; others. l27; total, 229.
No. of school days in the month, 20;
No. cases of hardness, 1920; No. OF
pupils neither absent nor tardy, 229.
No. in the several branches of study
Orthosraphy 274l; Reading, 2273;
Penmanship, 1853; Mental Arithmetic,
$50; Written Arithmetic, 1889; Geo.
graphy. COS; Grammar, 2l7; History.
6; Physiology, SO; Natural Philoso-
ply, 80; Chemistry, 20; Algebra, 81;
Geometry, Is; German language, 321,
Amount paid for tuition, $3072.70.
The Conference committee on the
motion for the division OF the school
fund made the following report:
To the President and Board of Education
of the School District of Wheeling.
The special committee appointed at
the last meeting Of the Board, held
September 21st, 1871, to report on the
petition presented by the Catholic tax
payers, and citizens of Wheeling, for
redress for alleged grievances resulting
from the present application OF the
School Fund, raised by taxation for the
support of the Free Schools of this Dis
trict, and to confer with the committee
appointed by the petitioners, to consider
their demands for redress, respectfully
submit the following report:
Your committee met in conference
with the committee on the part of the
petitioners. on Friday evening, October
18th, at the Chamber of the Board Of
Education, when the committee Of the
petitioners submitted the following
paper:
70 the Board Of Education Of The City
Wheeling.
The undersigned committee on the
part OF the Catholics OF Wheeling,
would respectfully represent that child
rem in attendance at the various schools
nominally free, number over (lOOO) one
thousand. This is inclusive OF those in
attendance at the Academy Of the Sis
tiers of St. Joseph and the college.
To instruct this number OF children
about seventy teachers are required,
and at least two additional school
rooms besides those at present in use,
are needed. We propose that the Board
of Education make provision for TIE
payment of the necessary teachers to
assume control of the schools, using the
same text books that are in use in the
public schools, so far as the change can
he made without mourning too much
expense to parents, the teachers to be
Catholics, but subject to the same ex'
animation as those in the public
schools, Respectfully submitted,
Signed by the committee.
The proposition submitted by the
committee in this paper, as well as the
grievances for which the petition pre-
Sented, to the Board demands redress,
were fully, unreservedly and courteously
discussed in joint committee.
After due, and as your committee be
lieves, an impartial consideration of the
demands thus made on the Board O
Education by the petitioners, we respect
fully, yet decidedly, report adversely tc
their proposition, and beg leave tc
present the following reasons
First-The State instituted the sys
TEN Of free schools for the education Of
the youth therein; that they may &C
quire knowledge of the branches O
study requisite to prepare them for the
active duties OF life and to secure to the
Commonwealth moral and exemplary
citizens. The system embrace. the in
struction in morality, the duties Of cit
zenship and the fundamental principle;
Of our government, without imparting
religious dogmas or partisan tenets.
Second-The proposition OF the pc
titioners to employ as teachers for theil
youth only Catholics, with the right tc
instruct in the doctrines Of their church
constitutes the schools 80 organized, in
the opinion of your committee, Ssctarian
not free schools. Such privileges grant
cd by the Board of Education would
Immediately invite similar concessions
to other religious denominations, under
mine the system of the free schools anG
eventually destroy the institution upon
which all citizens alike should look
with affection and pride.
Our schools, like our country, lei
them be free. The committee there
fore offer the following for the consid
Grafton Of the Board;
Resolrcd, That it is inexpedient tc
gran. the demands made by the com
mittee on behalf of the Catholic tax
payers. Respectfully.
AUGUSTUS PoLLACK, Chairman.
GEO. Bowers,
\. S. TODD.
The report of the committee was
unanimously adopted.
On motion,
Resolved, That pupils attending
schools other than those in thei own
ward be permitted so to attend during
the present term.
Mr.. Launder offered the following:
ReSolved, That the Commissioner Of
Union township be authorized to en-
ploy an additional assistant teacher for
the German department.
On motion of DR.. Todd, it was re-
feered to the committee on Teachers for
report.
Bids for painting earth closets and
fence Of Union township school house
were received from Geo. Roberts, Jas.
McAdams and Bier Il Smith. Con: