The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-11-09
OUR NIGHT SCHOOLS.
How the working Youth of Wheel.
Ing are Educated.

OUH MIGHT bCA1OOLSs
How the working Youth of Wheel,
Ing are Educated.
The splendid system Of public school
in Wheeling has been o source Of pride L
our citizens, and an ornament to the city
The child Of the poorest and humblest Ia
borer Is afforded the mears OF laying TIL
foundations for an education that will q
him TO DO the President Of tho United
States. The only drawback Is that for
period oftwelve or fourteen years he mus
DO provided with food and clothes ant
books, and q place to live. And here Il
found the reason why SO large proper
ton OF the poor children Of the city ar
not In the schools AS soon as they ART
able to do anything, they are put TO worl
by their parents to earn livelihood, Ant
from that time forth, dreams OF education
may be enjoyed, but can not be realized
ORIGIN OF THE NIGHT SCHOOLS,
That il SO far as the day schools are CON
cerned. But there Is now an institution
which meets this class Of cases, and gives
the boy who must make his own living
and perhaps that OF others, still another
chance oil gaining an education. This Is
the night school.
In the month Of December, 1878, SIX
night schools were opened Ia this city
Superintendent Williams, in his monthly
reports 10 the Board oil Education, had
several times strongly urged the necessity
oil evening schools in this city, and thil
recommendation was finally adopted
Fourteen teachers were engaged, and "a!
pupils enrolled the first month, 59I
being males and 100 females. The aver.
age monthly enrolment was 5lS, and thC
average attendance 3O5. The cost pc
pupil for the four months Of the course
estimated on the enrolment, was 81 95
on the average monthly enrolment, g 50
on the average attendance, 50 Go. TIL
entire expense Of the schools was abou
81 1900, of which $1,4O2 40 WAS paid 70
tuition.
THE PRESENT YEAR.
The same number Of schools are opel
the present winter, but for some rGasol
the number Of teachers has been REDUCED
10 eleven The Board OF Education hav
adopted the following rule governing tn
number Of teachers employed in tn
evening schools When fifty o
more pupils are enrolled to one teacher
the School Commissioners in that dstriC
are authorized TO employ an additions
teacher.
About 400 pupils have been enrolled
the present month as lollowa: First ant
Second Wards, in First Ward Schoo
house, So; Third and Fourth Wards, ii
Fourth Ward school house, 140; Fifth anc
Sixth Wards, in Sixth Ward schoo
house, Oj; Eighth Ward, in Eighth Ware
school house, G5; Seventh Ward, il
Seventh Ward school house, SO; coloreC
school, in Second Ward school house, 81
NAMES OF TEACHERS.
The names Of the Principals and teach
era are as follws:
First and Second WardS-Z. G. Bnndy
Principal; Mrs. NJ. Dean, Assistant.
| Third and Fourth WardS-J. F. Snow
den, Principal; Miss E. NJ. Boyd AM
Miss Emma Davis, Assistants. Miss Nc
Kelvey will probably DO added to tn
teachers in this school tonight.
Fifth and Sirth lFdTdS-George W
Garrison, Principal; Sue E. Crumbackel
Assistant.
EtrenM Rard-A. NJ. Stevenson, Prir
cipsl; no Assistant
Eighth WGrd-H. N. Mer!z, PrincipA
Sarah Scott, Assistant.
Co!0red Sth0O!-W. F. Gaskins, Princi
pal; no Assistant.
The most Of those teachers are ais
employed in the various day schools
The Principals receive $40 per month
with the exception oil Mr.. Gsskins, Of III
tcolored school, who only gets $50 pc
month. The Assistants receive $25 pc
month, and are thus enabled, during III
four months session, 10 add 800 to thei
income, and 10 feel that they have pu
in q good equivalent for the money.
WHO THE NIGHT PUPILS ARE.
In the first place, there are none VIII
can attend school in the day time. l
order to be admitted they must shol
that they are unable, for some good rea
son, 10 be present at the day sessions. ]
is interesting to note the class Of youn
people who thus seek the privileges {
the night school. Almost every age, nj
tiOnslity and occupation seems to be rel
resented. In the Colored schoo
among boys of fifteen and twenty are
be seen full.bearded and bald.heade
men. Young ladies, who spend the ds
in stores and shops, go to the nigh
schools to remedy the detects Of Garlic
education, which their pride every do
discovers. There are young men, who's
tsshionably cut clothes suggest them
be clerks and bookkeepers; youths fror
stores, chops and mills, and miscellaneou
persons oil both sexes, svailing themselve
oil the privileges offered 10 advance thei
education. All are studying side by sid
in the various classes with an earnestnes
indicating that they know very well wins
they came for.