The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-10-18
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The Board OF Education met in regular
session on Thursday evening. PRESENT.
Messrs. HALL (Presidentl, Bickel, Craw-
ford, Ellifntz, Logan, Maxwell, otte,
Stewart, Todd, Wilson, Weitzel and
Wheat.
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read and approved.
The Superintendent submitted his re-
port Of the schools Of the District for the
month Of September, with an accompany
ing statement. The following 10 an ao-
stract from the superintendent report
Enrollment-boys IAN, girls ], 46S; totai
1884. Average daily attendance-poys
1908: girls 1875; total 1858. Average
daily a6sence-boys 1853; girls lSS; totai
All Per cent oil attendance on enroll
ment IS. Number cases Of hardness dur.
inc lie month: 1st Ward, 292; End and
7tR Wards, 312; Sd Ward, 1853; 4th Ward,
203: 9th Ward, 1871; 9Th Ward, 1903; 9Th
Ward, $40; colored school, SO; total ? ,059.
Number Of pupils neither absent nor tardy:
LIST Ward, 105; End and 9Th Wards, lOS;
Sd Ward, SO; 4th Ward, 14l; 9th Ward,
90: 9Th Ward, So; 9Th Ward, 1888; colored
school, "a; total III. Number cases OF
Discipline referred to the Superintendent,
so; number OF pupils suspended for in
fraction Of rules, l. Number cases Of cor:
poral punishment: let Ward, %; % and
IN Wards, 0; Sd Ward, 8; 4th Ward, 45;
5th Ward, 20; 9th Ward, 9; 9Th Ward, II;
colored school, z; total 140. Number days
oil school, %; number Of visits by Super
intendent, 10; Commissioners, 10; others,
III; total 20G.
Number attending In wards in which
they do not reside, 2S; number non.resi-
dents Of the district in attendance, 8; mum.
Der pursuing theeeveral branches Of study
-orthography, z, 9l0; reading, 2 1856; writ.
ing, 1913; mental arithmetic, 1,424; writ
ten arithmetic, ITO; geography, 1908
English grammar, 1888; history, 119; phil.
osophy, 80; natural philosophy, Z; chem
istry, 81; botany, 6; astronomy, 8; algebra,
81; geometry, 10; u. 8. Constitution, n;
drawing, 1913. Amount paid Tor tuition in
English. $302s 10.
Gemdn Observation-Disclosures enroll
ed in German classes, 800; number pupils
Of German parentage, 2S3; number pupils
OF other parentage than German, 1877
number belonging TO Grammar schools,
6S; number belonging to Primary schools
322; number visits by committee, 0; num-
Der lessons lost by absence oil teachers, a
number OF lessons lost by absence Of pu.
pills, 1877. Amount paid for instruction in
German, $lsS so.
The Superintendent states that II Is a
gratifying indication that more than one.
third Of the youth between the ages Of
six and twcnty.one years, resident within
the District, were in attendance in the
public schools in the month OF September,
but regrets the alarming prevalence Of
absence and tardincss on the part
Of pupils. The reporting system has
tended 10 draw the attention oil
teachers, pupils and others to the mag
lnitude OF the evil, and has been means
of It's abatement In measure. Yet some
thing further Is needed. The records
show that as o rule, the schools In those
wards in which the school houses are
provided with bells, present much bet
ter showing In the matter Of tardines:
than those occupying buildings without
bells. During the last year the number
of cases OF tardiness in the I'd, Sd and
4th ward schools was less than one-hal
. tho number In the 9th, 9th and 7th
wards, while the average enrolment OIL
pupils was about the same. The school
houses in the I'd, Sd and 4th wards have
bells; those in the 9Th, 9th and eth wards
have not. He recommended that bells
be placed upon all those school buildings
which are without them.
The Superintendent reports tifty.three
teachers present at the meeting OF the
Teachers Association held on Saturday,
18th inst, and nineteen absent. The
names Of the absentecs were given, and
their excuses as far as rendered. He re.
ports delay in completing his ceports to
the State Superintendent and to the Ma
tional Bureau Of Education in conse-
Quence Of unavoidable delay In the settle.
ment Of the District Collector with the
Finance Committee Of the Board.
The Building Committee submitted q
report in favor OF the erection Of belliry
on the 1st Ward school house, and asked
further time in relation to the other mat
tiers pertaining to the premises. The re.
concentrations Of the Committee were
adopted, and further time given as re-
quired.
sundry bills were reported by the Com
mite on Accounts, and their payment
ordered.
DR.. Todd, from the Sd Ward, asked for
an additional teacher in the A Division Of
the Sd Ward school. The need for such
additional teacher was stated by DR.. Todd
and the Superintendent. The matter was
referred TO the Committee on Teachers
and Schools.
A petition, signed by certain citizens o.
the eth Ward, asking permission to use
the new school house in said Ward for
Sabbath school purposes, was referred tc
the Building Committee, with power "a
act.