The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-02-20
BoARD OF EDUCATION.


The Board of Education held their
regular monthly meeting last night.
Present. Bicksl, Caldwell, Ellifritz'
Hail., Hupp. Logan, Maxwell, otte'
Rodgers, stifel, Stewart Scott, Todd
Wheat and zoechler. =
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read and approved.
The following is the report OF SUI
p.rinteudent Williams, which was re-
ceived and filed: -.
WHEELING. Feb. 10, 1874.
To the Board of Education:
GENTLEMEN The schools of the
district reopened after the holiday vaca-
tom with an unusually large attend
apce. I herewith ) place before you
tabular reports in the usual form
,howing the condition of the schools
and invite your attention to the follow
ing abstract and statement:
Enrolment: Whites-boys, LAP ;
girls, 1865; total 9, 1887; colored-boys,
AZ; eirla, "a total, rs. Average daily at
tendsuce--boys, 1,347; girls, l,2SS ;
total, 9 5S5; abscence-boys, l67; girls,
| l6l +; total, 32S. Per cent. OF average
attendance on enrolment, SO. Number
of cases OF tardiness-First ward, 1888 |;
Second and Seventh, $40; Third, 20S /;
Fourth, 432; Fifth, 3Sl; Sixth, 375
Eighth, III; colored school, 100; total,
| 1856. Number Of pupils neither alb
sent nor tardy, TIC; cases: OF discipline
referred to the Superintendent, %; cases
of corporal punishment reported, ll6
number OF days oil school, 20; visits Of
Superintendent, IA ; Commissioners, 10,
Number in the, several branches OIL
s,udy-Ortbography. 2,9l3; reading
2522; penmanship, 1862; menta
arithmetic, l,466; written arithmetic
1877 geography, l, l43 English gram
mar, $50; history, 1874; natura,
PHILOSOPHY /; chemistry 80; astronomy
4 /; algebra Sc; geometry 20 U. s. Com
stitutiop 90; rhetoric g; drawing 53l
German $40. Amount paid for tuition
exclusive of evening schools and Ger
man, s3.7l7.
The number Of pupils enrolled in TIT
evening .chools during the month o
January was $50, distributed as fol
lows: First and Second wards 81
Third and Fourth 10; Fifth and Sixth
OF; Seventh 35; Eighth 1874; colored 81
i Six pupils have been suspended from
the evening schools on account OF per
sistent bad conduct 1t is due, how
ever, TO cay that the department q
nearly all who attended Is quite unex
} cep,ionable, and they seem 10 NANTES
q degree O! earnestness and interest II
their studies wh ca does not find par
allel among the pupils OF the de
schoole.
Under the rule adopted by the Boar
relating 10 the continuance OF the even
ing schools, they must terminate wit
the present month. In view OF the iat
of their present bealthful condition an
: an earnest desire by those who atten
that the term be extended, an dis
posed TO recommend that they be con
= tinued during the month Of March
feeling confident that more actual goo
will be accomplished this month tina
= was effected during any previous mont
O of the term. Since there will probabl
be no other meeting OF the Board b'
lore the middle of March, / trust th'
action NAV be tskeu IN this matter
this time.
The number OF scholars enrolled
u the German classes during January wa
SAG, distributed as follows: First war
60: Second and Seventh. 46; Thir
/, IS: Fourth, rs; Fifth, 4S; Sixth, 81
s Eighth, 159. OF the whole numb
o 273 were girls and 273 boys; 32S we
. of German parentage, end 2lS OF Anne
u lean or other than German parentag
On Thursday, the 18th inst, an ex
iaminatlon was held OF those who ha
d applied for theposition OF German II
- structor in the first ward school. Thr'
4 candidates appeared for examinatio
y all of whom received certificates
II Qualification, but not of like grade. TT
committee on German Language M
Wednesday evening, and, | understan'
: made choice o! Mr.. Herman Kryter ft
: the position, he having paseed SOM
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