The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-20
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
NOVEMBER 10Th, 1874.

A regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Education was held last night
President Hall in the chair.
Present-Messrs. Bickel, Crawford,
Caldwell, Ellifritz, Hall, Hupp, Launder,
Logan, Maxwell, Rogers, Stewart, Will
son, Wheat, Weitzel.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
The time for completing the addition to
the Webster district school house was ex-
tended from the 18th of January, 1875,
to April !, 1875, the contractors, klevis,
Kraft Il Co., claiming their inability to
complete it at TIE time first mentioned.
A proposition from Mrs. Annie John
son, offering her ground and building
situated in front of the First ward school
house, to the Board for the sum of 81, SOC
The communication was referred to the
committee on Buildings and Grounds.
The petition of the principal of the
colored school for an increase of salary
was referred to the committee on Salaries
for report.
sUPERINTENDEST's REPORT
Professor +. S. Williams made the fol.
lowing report, which was received and
filed:
To the Board Of Education:
GENTLEMEN:-In compliance with
the requirement which provides that the
superintendent shall keep the Board in
formed of the condition of the schools OF
the district" l have prepared and here
with submit tabular reports of the schools
for the month of October, and invite at
tention to the following synopsis and
statement.
Enrollment-boys, 1,54S; girls, l,494
total, 3,O42; average daily attendance
boys, 1868; girls, 1,29l; total, 2,634i
average daily absence-boys, 1855; girls
2O5; total, 38S. Per cent of average ut,
tendance on enrolment, 81. Number OF
cases of tardiness-lst ward, PIP; I'd, Al
Sd, "a; 4th, 245; 5th. PIP; 9th, 275; It'll
2G7; Sth, SO; colored, 60; total, l,5ll
Number of pupils perfect IN attendance
$50; number; of cases of discipline acted
upon by the Superintendent, 50; number
suspended for intraction ofrules. 3; num-
Der of cases of corporol punishment
reported: 1st ward, TO- ID, II; Sd, .;
4th, 81; 9TH, Il; 9th, 3; 9TH, I; Sth, o.
colored. 4; total So. Number Of visit:
to schools-Superintendent, 40; commits
sioners, !; others, As; total, 70. Number
in the several branches of study-Ar.
biography. 5000; reading, 2,72l; wri.
ting. 1884; Mental Arithmetic, LAOS
Written Arithmetic, l,22S; Geography
1.lG5; English Grammar, 200; History
So; Philosophy, 80; Nat. Philosophy, -
Chemistry, -; Botany, 9; Astronomy
!; Algebra, 63; Geometry, -; L. 5
Constitution, 30; Rhetoric, 9; German
language, 44S; drawing, Sll; amount
paid for instruction in English branches
$3,173.
GERMAN DEPARTMENT.
Enrolment in German classes-boys
POI; girls, 247; total AS; number OF
Glasses taught, IS; number of pupils OF
German parcntagc 3l3; number not OF
German parentage, l35. Number belong
ing to the several grades-grammar
schools, "a; primary schools, division A,
81, division b, $50; division G, 1877 di-
vision d, 90. Number Of days of school,
~ Number of lessons lost by absence OF
pupils from recitations, sos. Amount
paid for instruction in German, $4,000
Total amount paid for teachers, $685..
There is at this time, in most OF the
schools, less clashing between English
and German scholars than formerly,
owing to the fact that it has been So ar
ranged that pupilsin any room belonging
to the German, are required TO recitc at
the same hour daily. Heretofore there
were in several of the schools, pupils i'll
the same room belonging to different
classes in German, and reciting at differ
cnt hours. The evil arising from this
cause is in part obviatcd.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
The evening schools opened on Mon
day. the ID inst, with an attendance OF
about 400 pupils, and, while II number
have left in consequence of not receiving
sufficient attention to justify their re-
manning, the number Of teachers
being inadequate, yet the number IN
attendance has steadily increased until
at this time the membership amounts +"
55l, distributed aS follows: lst and md
wards, 100; Sd and 4th, l51; 9Th and 9th,
121. 9TH. Al: Sth. 81; colored, 30. The
number of tickets issued will probably
over 600. The number of
teachers at present employed is, lst and
"a wards, 3; Sd and 4th, !; 9Th and 9th,
=; 7th, |; Sth =; cOlorcd. school l. total,
l3. | understand athird teacher is about
to be added to the number in the 9TH and
9th ward schools, and | would advice
that another be employed for the Sth
ward. without waiting for the actual
to reach 100. 1t Is unrca-
sonablc TO suppose that two teachers can
do full justice to the number now attend
ing.
The November meeting of the Teach
ers' Association took place Saturday last.
The proceedings were published in the
daily papers of Monday. Fifty-three
teachers were present, and % absent.
Ten of the absentees sent in excuses.
Thirteen have, AS vet, furnished no eX-
cuscs. Respectfully submitted,
+. S. WILLIAMS,
Superintendent.
STEAM HEATING APPARATUS.
The committee on Buildings and
grounds who were instructed Aug. 6, 1874
10 ascertain and report to the Board the
kind of steam apparatus to be introduced
for heating the new ID and Sd ward
school buildings, would report that hav-
ing the result OF the investigation made
by the committee appointed Octboer
OH A., LII S,n, hon Y illn and PIT shmrnh