The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-21
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Of Education was held lust evening
President Hall in the chair. Present
Messrs. Bickel, Caldwell, Cochran, Craw.
lord, Cross, Launder, Maxwell, Ottc, Sti-
iel, Stewart, Scott, Todd and Wilson.
The minutes Of the last two meetings
were read, approved and signed.
\ The following report OF the Superin.
>tendent was read:
WHEELING, June 90, 1872.
To he B0ard Of Education:
GENTLEMEN: From tabular statements
which l have prepared and placed in the
hands Of your clerk, relating TO the schools
Of the district for the month OF MAY, !
make the following abstract:
Total enrolment, 1867; average daily
attendance, 2,20J; average daily absence,
3O2; number cases OF tardinCSs, Wash.
ington schools, 372; Madison, $50; Clay,
1913; Union, 31G; Centre, 1911; Webster,
$50; RitChiG, 2jj; COlored, 10. Total,
2,027. Number Of pupils perfect in at.
tendance, 442; number OF cases referred
to Superintendent, 13;; number of cases
suspended or expelled from school, 3; mum.
ber cases oil corporal punishment, 50;
number days Of school; %; number visits,
by, Superintendent, 90, Commissioners, .,
Others, 1l0-l35. Number in the several
branches of study-orthography, 2,523;
reading, 2,21O; writing, l,529 mental
arithmetic, 1856 written arithmetic,
lbs; geography, ISL; grammar, 23j; his.
tory, 43. physiology, 4G; natural philoso.
ply, II; chemistry, 30; botany, 0; astron.
omy, 10; algebra, 70; geometry, .; L.
constitution, 30; familiar science, -; Ger.
man language, 299. Amount iOr tuition,
$3,140 90.
On the Sth day Of April, received
from DR.. Sears, agent Of the peabody
Educational Fund.- fifteen hundred dol.
lars, ($l ,5000 and placed the same in the
hands OF the Treasurer for the use of the
schools OF the District. In making the
statement by which this appropriation
was secured. ! included an item of five
hundred dollars for repairs and improve.
ments upon the COlOred school premises
With view To the application Of at least
part OF this sum TO the object specified
would recommend that the Committee
on the COlOred School be authorized 10
eXpend such amount, not exceeding five
hundred dollars, for repairs and improve.
ments upon said premises, as in their /.
Judgment may be needed.
It affords me pleasure to state that all /
the teachers in the public schools of the
city, with exception Of perhaps half a.
dozen, have signitied their intention to at.
tend the meeting Of the State Teachers
Association, which is TO commence at
Fairmont on Tuesday, 2jth inst. OF the
lew who will not attend, u part have
offered satisfactory excuses.
Considerable must be done during the
approaching vacation in the way Of re.
pairs to the school property OF the Dis.
trict And with view to this, ! would
recommend that the local commissioners
be authorized 10 have such repairs done
to the school property in their respective
townships, as they may deem To be essen.
tial. Respectfully submitted,
F. S. WILLIAMS,
Superintendent
Received, filed and the recommenda.
tions feferrCd to appropriate committees
The Committee on Accounts recon-.
mended the payment OF bills amounting
to $5s3 G3.
Recommendation adopted.
Capt. Cochran, from the Special Com.
mittee ION Rules and Regulations TO
which had been referred the subject Of
employing Female Superintendent in the
Schools Of this District, made verbal
ststehent, and asked further time to pre-.
pare formal report.
Granted
The Committee on Finance reported in
favor OF paying T. j. Campbell, EsQr
eX.sherif, $l0022 interest on balance due
said Campbell at the date Of last settle.
mentwith the Board.
Report of Committee adopted.
The Special Committee on Rules and
Regulations reported that they had dis.
charged their duty in relation to having
the school law, &c, printed, and asked t0l
be discharged.
Report received and Committee dis.
charged.
The Commissioners Of Clay township
submitted the proposition Of g. Mcndci,
Booth & Go. 10 repair about GO single
desks in division c, of the school in snid
township, at n cost OF 1915 each for double
desks and two chairs, and recommended
the adoption Of resolution authorizing
them 10 have the repairs made.
Capt. Cochran offered rs m amend.
ment that the Committee on Buildings
and Grounds be, authorized to receive
proposals for furnishing Clay township
school house with complete outfit Of
furniture.
-Mr. Caldwell offered MS an amendment
TO the amendment "if the Committee
think II necessary"
Both the amendment and the amend.
ment TO 1t were voted down.
The resolution rs submitted by the
Commissioners was then adopted.
The Clerk WAS authorized TO rent the
room occupied by the BOard for It's meet.
lngs at the same rate ms paid last year,
and pay the bills quarterly. Also, to pay
the monthly gas bills as presented.
The Commissioners were authorized TO
employ competent persons To take the
enumeration and census in their rcsDcc.
tive townships, and that the compensn-
tion be the same AS that paid last ycpr
($2O) ''"
The Clerk was authorized To purchasc
water cooler and furnish ice for the use
OF the office.
Mr. Bailey, Of Boston, was introduced
10 the Board and was granted permission
10 explain his method Of teaching music
in public schools by charts.
On motion, the subject Of introducing
music IN the public schools was referred
N the Committee on Text Books Tor re.
port.
Mr.. Wilson announced the death Of .
John Hamilton, deceased lGte member
Ofthe Board from Centre township, ma
submitted the following:
WHEREAS, In the Providence Of Al
mighty God, John Hamilton, Esqr., nn
old and valued citizen, and member Of
this board haS been removed from this
life, therefore, be II
Re30!Ue'i, That in the death Of John
LaEralllLAEa Al.lu