The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-04-18
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

President Hall In the chair. Ere8ent,
Messts. Bickel, Caldwell, Crawford, ELL
fritz, Hupp, Laundcr, Logan, Maxwell,
Otte, StilGl, Stewart, Todd and Wheat.
The minutes OF the last meeting were
read and approved.
The Committee on Accounts recon-
mended the payment Of suudry DilIs
amounting 10 81 90.
The recommendation was adopted.
A Accommodation Of MessrR Kleives,
Kraft & Co., builders Of Eighth Ward
school house, asking that they be allowed
interest on the balance due them 80, OOO)
on the contract price, was read and reier'
red to the Committee on Buildings and
Grounds for report.
The Committee on Buildings and
Grounds asked further time 70 report on
site for proposed new school house In the
Second Ward Granted.
The Committee on Teachers recon-.
mended the appointment Of an additional
teacher for G. or D. division, grade y, IN
the9th Ward school.
The recommendation was adopted ana
the Commissioners Of that su6-distrlct
were authorised to employ the teacher
provided for.
The report Of the Superintendent for
the month Of March, was read asiolIoWS:
T0Ms Bard of Education:
GENTLEMEN-Lylng upon the table be-
fore you may be found statistical reports
In detail OF Tho schools Of the District for
the month Of March. To the tables en-
braced in these reports members are re-
ferred Tor facts relating 70 the respective
schools and divisions. ThetolloWing IS
briei synopsis: o-o
Number Of pupils enrolled-boys, ! ,SSV;
girls, 1887; total, 1898. Average daily
RtteDdsnce-boys, 1897; girls, !, 100; totSI'
2, POT. Average daily absencc-boys 10Y;
girls, 1877; total, 326. Per cent OF attend
Snce on enrolment, So.
Cases Of tardiness reported Washing
ton, an; Madison, $780, Clay, 10S Union
$40; Centre, 85l; Webster, 400; Richie,
1888; colored 70. Total Q O59.
Number OF pupils perfect in attend
auce, 6l9; cases Of discipline referred TO
supt., "a; visits TO the schools-supt., 90;
local Commissioners, A; others, 881-to-
tai ass. Number Of corporal punish
ments reported: Washington, 10; Madi'
son, s; Clay, 2; Union, IA; Centre, ~;
Webster, 8; Richie, "a; colored, 16-to-
tai %.
Pupils suspended for intraction Of rules,
/; number permitted to attend In wards
In which they do not reside, %; number
non.residens Of the city in attendance, &
Number in the several branches Of study:
photography, 1921; reading, 2426 writing
1872; mental arithmetic, 147S; written
arithmetic, 1854; geography, 1857; gram
mer, 82l; history 100; physiology, ~; nat
ural philosophy, "a; chemistry, l; astrono
my, 8; algebra, 80; geometry, g. .. 8.
Constitution, 72; book keeping, 8; Ger
man language, 404; physical geography, 5.
Amount paid for tuition-W ashinton,
$449 80; Madison, $413 90; Clay, 1927 so;
Union, $4sS 90; Centre; 1877 90; Webster,
1915 90; Richie, $40 80; Colored, 800
total g, $40 90.
German partment-number oil class,
es taught Is; puplls-boys, 1914; girls, 2l0
total 404; Of German percentage, 2l5;
other than German percentage, 1879; be-
longing to Grammar schools, 90; division
A, primary, 99; B, 151; @, 81; D, -; visits
to classes by Committee on German, 8;
lessons lost by absence Of teachers, 10;
lost by pupils on account Of absence from
recitation, .679; amount paid for instruc'
ton in German, $199 80.
The Teachers Association met in regu'
lar session Saturday, 18th inst. Fifty'tive
teachers belonging to the City Public
Schools were present, and fourteen absent
The following are the names Of the absen'
tees with their excuses as far as rendered:
1st Ward-Alice V. Oxtoby, necessarily
detained; Mary E. Phipps, absent from
the city. Sd Ward-Sallie ]. Meholin,
sickness; Mary A. Davies, same. 4th
Ward-Josie Fulton, no excuse rendered;
Lizzie Moore, sickness. 9th Ward-Lou
McMechen, no excuse rendered; Cornelia
Hamilton, same. 9th WardLSamuel
Boyd, necessarily absent from the city;
E. Edith Black, no excuse rendered. 9TH
Ward-Julia N. Wiley, necessarily alb.
sent. 9Th Ward-J. E. Wallace, sick.
ness. Teachers Of German-F. @. II.
Lampe, no excuse rendered; Annie Zim-
mermann, same.
The next meeting will be held on the
second Saturday in May. The programme
has already been announced through the
city papers,
Since the annual examination Of teach.
ers in July last, the Committee have
found 1t necessary 10 hold several special
examinations. The last took place on
Saturday, March 90. Eight applicants
were present on this occasion. Another
examination will take place on Saturday
ensuing, with special reference to the OK
animation Of persons who have been ap-
pointed as substitutes for teachers who
are temporarily absent on account Of
sickness.
Since the last meeting Of the Board, the
following changes have been made in the
first Ward school, viz: Miss Mcclure,
heretofore Of Div. G, promoted TO grade l
Div. B Vice Mrs. Hamilton, resigned; Miss
Robinson, Of grade /, Div. D, promoted to
the position vacated by Miss Mcclure, In
Div. c; Miss Johnston, Of grade 2, Div.
D, promoted TO grade /, same division;
Miss Phipps Of Div. D, grade 8, promoted
to grade 3 in same division; Miss Mary
G. Mccain was appointed TO the posi-
ton made vacant by the promotion Of
Miss Phipps. The Board will be asked
10 approve these changes
The schools OF the District re.opened
on the 9th inst. after a vacation OF one
week, with very full attendance 10 the
lower grades, particularly in the D divis.
ions. The enrolment in the higher de-
partmentB is, in most Of the schools,
somewhat less than during the preceding
months Of tho year. This condition Of
things is not unusual at this season Of the
year. Respectfully submitted,
+. S. WILLIAMS, SupI.
Received and filed, and the changes up.
proved. "a
The Commissioners Of Madison sub.
district asked the confirmation Of Mrs.
Marian Dean, appointed teacher in di.
vision B In the school In said sub district,
4. A..