The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-11-21
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
THURSDAY EVENING, Nov. 20.

THURSDAY EVENING, Nov. 20.
The Board Of Education met in regu"
lar session.
Present-Messrs. Bickel, Caldwell,
Crawford ,Ellifritz, Hupp, Logan, Max
well, Ot.e, Stifel, Stewart, Todd, Welt.
zst Wheat and President Hall.
The Superintendent offered his regu-
lar monthly report as follows: Number
OF pupils enrolled, boys ,42l; girls ,4OO
total 1921. Average daily attendance
2,465; average daily absence 356; per
cent of attendance 81; number studying
photography, 1920; reading 2.49O; PEN
manship 1912; mental arithmetic
1.349; written arithmetic ISL; geog-
raphy zoos; English grammar 324;
history $50; physiology 81; natural
philosophy ]; chemistry 81; botany O.;
astronomy 4; algebra 81; geometry IL;
U. S. constitution 50; drawing 800;
German language Ais. The Superin-
tendent recommends that three night
schools be opened, one in the First, one
in the Fourth and one in the Eighth
Ward, during the winter months and
that two teachers be employed Tor each
school. Report received and filed.
The Committee on Finance reported
that they had settled with j. NJ.
Warden, collector, and that there is to
the credit Of the school fund 81 ,S35, 33
and TO the credit OF The building fund
s3,095.32.
The Committee on Textbooks re.
ported in favor of purchasing Peter
man and Aims German reader and
books in place of those now In use'
proyided that the same can be exchang'
cd, book for book. The resolutions Of
fered by the committee were adopted.
The clerk made his sixth annual re"
| port, showing the receipts aud exPendl'
lures to be as follows: Expenditures
40, 327. 60; receipts S49,265.92. The re-
| port was ordered to be published.
The committee OF teachers were
granted further time to report on CAGE
| of teacher for Clay school, and the
| committee on building and grounds,
further time in which TO report on bells
and beltreys.
The committee On accounts reported
in favor OF paying bills 10 the amount
o. 1925 80, and offered the usual reso-
tons authorizing their payment, which
was adopted.
Bids for belfrey Tor Washington
school house were opened. J. NJ. Bro
die proposes to build it Tor S399'
and D. E. Donel for $40; and Ed
ward Clater 10. $500. The contract
was awarded to J. 81. Brodie.
EPresident... Hall appointed Messrs
Bickel, Stewart, Maxwell, Carnahan
Crawford, Todd and Wheat, as com.
mittee TO re-arrangs the sub-districts OF
the Wheeling school district.
Mr.. Ellifritz offered the following:
Rcsol,sd, That the commissioners OF
Webster township be authorized to
procure a suitable room and employ a
teacher to accommodate the school
children OF said township, who cannot
1 al present DC hCCOlnuiOuoEeu, 0"Ho W.
the crowded condition of the school
building of esiG township, until such
time as the Board shall provide suitable
accommodations for the children OF
Webster district The resolution was
adopted. ;.
Dr.. Hupp offered q resolution d.
recting the Superintendent OF Public
Schools to establish four night schools
in the city, one in the First ward, one
! in the Fourth ward, one in the Sixth
ward and one in the Eighth ward,
which wss referred to special COM
mittee to report on Friday evening,
November 2Sth. Messrs. Stewart,
Logan, Hupp, Caldwell, Ellifrits, Will
son and Wheat, were appointed such
committee.
On motion the Board adjourned to
meet on Friday, Nov. 2Sth.
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