The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-07-17
BOARD EDUCATION.
July 10, 1874.


July IL, 1874.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Board of Education was held last night
Present-Messrs. Bickel, Crawford
Caldwell, Ellifritz, Egerter, Logan,
Maxwell, Rogers, Stewart, Wilson and
Wheat.
President Hall being absent, Mr.
Crawford was called to the chair.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved. .,.
sUPERINTENDBSTs REPORT.
WHEELING, July IL, 1874.
To the Board of Education:
Demonstrations reports OF the
schools of the district of Wheeling, 1oi
the month of June are herewith submit
ted, 1t will be seen that the enrolment
and average attendance were materially
less than for any previous month OF the
year.
| have prepared and had printed ii
con venient form for reference, Il brief re.
mort Of the schools of the District for the
year ending June Both, 1874, and have
furnished each member with copy
thereof The statement shows the aver.
age monthly enrolment, the average
daily attendance, and the number OF
teachers in the several schools and dlvl-
sions; the amounts paid for tuition; the
cost per pupil for instruction, and other
facts of importance relating to the
s.ho,ls with all of which, those con ;erned
in the management of the schools should
make themselves acquainted. =.
Inspection of the table contained in
the report will aid the Board in de-
termining whether the teachers have
been duly apportiOned, as TO numbers
among the several schools; whether in
any of the schools, more teachers are
needed, or may be protitably employed;
and whether in any school or division
the number may, without detriment, be
reduced.
There certainly will be no hesitancy
in coming to the conclusion that in the
ID" division of the 7th' ward school, the
services of an additional teacher is
needed. The crowded condition Of the
"D" division in the 9Th ward calls for an
additional teacher for this division also
More than two years ago a plan for an
addition to the Webster school building
was adopted by the Board, and, if | mis-
take not, proposals were called for and
received for the completion of the work
Tn, contract was not, however, awarded
for the ostensblc reason that the Eighth
ward must first BE- provided with school
house; and in view of the cost of both
Jobs could not be- carried on ut the same
time. But it was understood that upon
the completion of the Eighth ward Ia Id.
ing the addition to Webster should
follow next in order. Yet for
reasons not made apparent, but probably
sufficient, this has been suffered to rest
and other improvements OF no more
pressing Importance have been suffered
to take the precedence. 1t is probably
understood by all the members Of the
Board that two rooms, remote from each
other and quite distant from the main
school building, are rented for the accom-
modaton of part of the pupils belong,
ing to the "D'' division. These rooms
are poorly adapted to the purpose for
which they are used; besides there art
serious disadvantages arising from hav-
ing these grades entirely isolated from
the other departments of the school
Furthermore, the expense necessarily III
Cured in carrying on these branch
schools amounts to Il sum nearly, II not
quite equal to the interest OF the
amount which the addition to the build
in" would cost. For these and other con-
siderations, shall venture once more tc
recommend the adoption of measure,
having reference to the speedy compile
ton of the proposed addition to Web
ster school binding. If the work be be-
gun by the middle of August or first o.
September, there is no reason why II
should not be completed by the first o.
December. Respectfully submitted.
F. WILLIAMS, Supt.