The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-16
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
THURSDAY EyN'Eo, Jan. 10.

A regular meeting OF the Board OF
Education was held last night.
Present-Messrs. Bickel. Caldwell,
Crawford, Ellifritz, Hall, Hupp, Hub
bard, Launder, Logan, Maxwell, Otte,
Stifel, Rogers. Stewart, Todd, Weitzel,
Wilson and Wheat.
The minutes OF the previous meeting
were read and referred.
The superintendent OF the schools
submitted his monthly report for De-
cember, which was read and adopted.
We take the following extracts from The
report.
DAY SCHOOLS.
Number Of pupils in attendance
boys, AIS; girls, 1911. Total, 2.6S7.
Average daily attendance 2,37O. Aver
age dali, absence, BIT. The total mum.
bar OF cases OF hardness, 2,105. Num-
Der OF pupils neither absent or tardy, 5Sl.
Number of cases of corporal punishment
76-girls 6, boys II. Number OF visits,
l2S.
Number in the following branches OF
study: Orthography, 1864; reading,
2.440; writing, 1858; mental arithmetic,
1886; written arithmetic, l,l3l geogra-
ply, 1909; Euglish grammer, 30;
history, 100; physiology, So; natural
philosophy, |; chemistry, %; astron-
omy, II; algebra, 50; geometry, II;
u. S. Constitution, 70; drawing. 955;
German language. 4l6. Amount paid
for tuition, 1921.
GERMAN DEPARTMENT.
Number Of pupils engaged in the study
OF German, 4l6. Number OF pupils OF
German parentage, 1854; American or
other parentage, l52. Amount paid for
German instruction, $lSS'50.
EVENING scHooLs.
The number of pupils enrolled in the
evening schools during the month OF
December was 593, distributed as fol-
lows: Let and % wards ll2; Sd and
4th. 100; 9th and 9th, l07; 7th, AZ;
Sth, Ill; colored, 81. The average at
tendance on enrolment was Is per
cent. OF the number enrolled, 492
were males and 10l were females. The
| average age OF those attending was a
fraction over II years; few over 81
and a few under Il. The average age
in the colored schools was nearly Is
years; the oldest was IS years and the
youngest Is years.
On motion of DR.. Todd committee
OF three were appointed to examine the
claim and make come settlement with
J.. 8. Fairfax. The Chair appointed
the following gentlemen on the above
committee: Messrs. Wilsou, Bickel
and Hubbard.
The Committee on Accounts report
ed in favor of paying bills to the
amount of 1892 80. The following res-
oluton was recommended 10y the Conn
mittee and adopted:
Rssotvea, That hereafter the Com.
mittee will meet at o'clock P. NJ. on the
day Of the regular meeting OF the Board
and audit accounts, and that no bill
will be considered or acted upon after
said time.
The Committee on Buildings reported
that it was inexpedlent at the present
time to erect belfries on school buiid~
iags upon which none have yet been
erected, and provide bells for same.
The report Of the Committee on
Teachers and Schools was yead and
adopted.
The clerk was empowered to renew
the insurance policies about expiring
on several OF the school buildings.
Miss NJ. E. Lope was confirmed as
teacher in division D. Of the Sixth ward
school.
The janito. OF the colored school was
allowed four dollars extra per month |
in consequence OF additional services
The Board resolved themselves into |
a Committee Of the Whole to examine
,he plans and drawings OF the proposed
new Second waFd school house, !.
On motion adjourned