The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-28

almost or quite unprecedented to require
no security of an officer whose business
tits to receive and disburse public funds.
And, disclaiming any doubt OF the off :
cisl integrity of the present collector. l
would suggest to the Legislature the
importance of 30 amending the eleventh
section of the Wheeling school law as
to require the collector of the school
revenues to give bond, to be approved
BY the Board Of Education, and in such
amount as may be required by the
board, for the faithful disposal, accord
ing to law, OF all such moneys as may
come into bis bands.*
The Convention which is to meet in
January, with the object OF revising
the organic law OF the State, will, OF
course, consider whether the chapter or
article in the present Constitution,
which relates to education, shall under
20 modification. II is presumed that
the Convention will, in the main. be
composed of men fully competent to
discharge intellisently the responsible
duties which will devolve upon them.
Add not the least important of these
duties are those relating to education
A very grave error into which such
bodies have heretofore not unfrequently
fallen, has been that Of supposlng their
duties 10 be of legislative character
and hence Of assuming legislative pre-
negatives, and OF introducing into State
Constitutions provisions calculated In
some instances to prevent future I'M
portant and necessary legislative action
and in others 10 compel such action as
ha- proved or may prove disastrous TO
the public interests.
There are, undoubtedly, some changes
required in the organic law OF West
Virginia; and, il figure may here be
be allowed, it may be said that the rules
of addition and subtraction, and parIlc-
ularlv the Authorizations Of these rules,
should be carefully studied by those
whose duty it is TO make the needed
changes.
The tenth article Of the Constitution
needs little or no modification. 1t con
tsins about all that should appear in
that instrument on the subject OF educa
ton.
In my report to your department a
year ago | gave description OF the new
school building then in process OF cree
ton in the Fourth ward of the city, a
lithograph print of which appeared as
froutiSpiece in the report of your prede-
cessor. The building is now completed,
and It may be regarded both as an orna-
ment and credit to the city. 1t IS In
every particular by far the best public
school editice in the State, and will
compare favorably with those of any OF
the principal cities and towns of other
States. The house, furniture and
grounds are valued at about S35 900:
The house cost little over $4,000, and
in the matters of material, workman
ship, size, convenience and architectural
beauty, it will compare TO advantage
with a number in our neighborlng State
OF Ohio, which were built at cost
nearly twice as great
The following are the names oil the
officers and members Of the Wheeling
Board of Education, as at present con.
stituted:
OFFICERS:
JOHN II. HALL, President
JACOB NJ. BlCKEL, Clerk.
f. S. WILLIAMS, Supt. Of Schools.
MEMBERS OF BOARD OF EDUCATION.
First WARD.-Wm. Stewart, ire
elected) term expires January, 1873;
George Zeockler, term expires January,
1874 john Scott, term expires January,
1873.
SECOND AND SEVENTH WARDs.-Jacoh
NJ. Bickel, term expires January, 1874;
John Pfarr, term expires January,
1873; T. r. Hutchison, term expires
January, 1872. Mr.. Hutchisou will he
succeeded by Dr. Thomas II. Logan
THIRD WARD.-John II. Hall. term
expires January, 1874; DR.. A. S. Todd.
term expires January, 1873; Augustus
Po'lack, term expires January, 1872
TMr Pollock will be succeeded by R. Ii.
Cochran, ESQ.,,
FoURru WARD.-James Launder,
IRE elecled) term expires January, 1873;
b F. Caldwell, term expires January,
1874; joseph A. Metcalf, term expires
January, 1873.
FIFTH WARD.-JOhn Hamilton, term
exuires January, 1874; Andrew Wilson,
term expires January, 1873; F. W.
B4ssett, term expires January, 1872.
Mr.. Bassett will be succeeded by Mr..
James Maxwell.
SIXTH WARD w. II. Harrison,
(re.elec,ed) term expires January, 1875,
George Carnahan, term expires Jann-
airy, 1874; William Weitzell term
expires January, 1873.
EIGHTH WARD.-George Bowers IRE.
electrd) term expires January, 1873
Dr.. r W. Hazletr, term expires Janu.
ary, 1872; Charles Otte, term expires
January. 1872. Messrs. Hazlett aud
Oue will he succeeded by Messrs.
Stephen Waterhouse and Augustus
Weidehusch.
1t is fact deserving of mention that
the venerable Dr.. Todd, whose name
appears as a member of the Boarl OF
Edncst on from the Third Ward, has
been connected with the schools OF
Wheeling, as trustee, commissioner or
examiner, since their first organization
IN lS4S, except during an interval OF
two years extending from July 1868 to
July 1870. And it is due to say that
these schools never had more devoted
rieud and supporter. Though well
advanced in years. his zeal in the cause
of education seems in no degree abated
His chief desire at this time with re.
gard to the schools OF Wheeling, 's hat
the system may be made more effic ent
nv tho crovnino feature of a Central