The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-22
BOARD OF EpnCATIoN.

BOARD OF EDUCATION.
A regular monthly meeting Of the
Board Of Education was held LAST even
ing. Present: Messrs. Bickel, Caldwell,
Crawford, Ellifriiz, Hall, Hupp, Hubbard
Launder, Maxwell, 0tte, Rogers, Stewart,
Scott, Todd, Wilson, Wheat, Weitzell.
The resignation Of Louis Sifel, as Com.
missioner from Madison District, was &C.
cepted.
sUPRRINTEsDRNTs REPORT.
The Superintendent submitted the fol-
lowing report:
To The Board d; Education:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the month OF
April the enrolment In the schools Of the
District was somewhat greater than for
any previous month Of the year, the In
crease being mainly In the lower primary
grades, Tabular reports Tor the month
are herewith submitted, and attention Is
invited TO the following abstract and
statement:
Number pupils enrolled-boys, 1888;
girls, ,407. Average daily attendance
boys, 1916; girls, 1870. Average daily
abSence-boyS, l07; girls 1877. Per cent
Of attendance on enrolment, SO. Number
cases Of tardiness-Washlngton Schools,
205; Madison, III; Clsy, 1872; Union, 2IS;
Centre, 22l; Webster, 24S; Richie, 40;
colored, AZ. Number Of pupils perfect In
attendance, 7o3i discipline referred 10 the
Superintendent, 3Si suspended for inirac.
ton Of rules, 8, Corporal punishments-
Washington Schools; 20; Madison, 2; Clay,
4; Union, 20; Centre, IA; Webster, 4;
Richie, 12i colored, Q; total 70. Number
Of vlsits-Superintendent, 80; Commis.
sioners, Q; others, a; total, los. Days Of
school, IA. Number in the several
branches: photography, 2,98o; reading,
900; penmauship, 1895; mental arlth.
metic, 1926 written arithmetic, 1906;
geography, l,l0S; grammar, 2s2; history,
91i philosophy, 70; natural philosophy,
81; chemistry, 10; botany, 10; astronomy,
l0i algebra, 49, geometry, 90; U. 8. Con.
stitution, "a: rhetoric, IA; drawing, 765;
German, 537. Amount paid for tuition,
including instruction in German, g..
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Number engaged in the study-First
Ward, G5; Second, 40; Third, 90; Fourth,
70; Fifth, Al; Sixth, 81; Seventh, 4S;
Eighth, 1Gl; total, 537. Glasses taught,
50; pupils OF German parentage, 313; not
OF German pafentRge, 224; recitations lost
by absence Of teachers, 8; lessons lost BY
absence ofpupils from class, 507. Amount
paid Tor instruction in German, $40.
1t will be observed that tho number OF
lessons lost by puplls during the month,
In consequence Of absence from class al
time ofrecitation, aggregated 507. Dur
ing the month Of March the number was
even greater than this. Why the mem
bers oil tho German classes should so often
BIO suffered TO be absent from recitation !
cannot explain. They arc certainly not
permitted TO neglect their other studies 10
such extent. | would advise the adop-
ton Of rule providing that, when al
school, pupils shall under no clrcum.
stances be excused from attendance upon
their regular class exercises.
ENUMERATION OF YOUTH.
The time is near OF hand when the
Board will be required to make provision
for taking an enumeration OF youth, as
provided by section 10Th OF the law oil
the District. Heretofore II has been the
practice to employ parties 10 do this work,
and 10 pay fixed amount for each sub.
district, the same for the smaller as for
the larger or moro pOpulous sub districts
II is plain 10 be seen that if those en-
ployed 10 canvass the smaller sub.districls
have received no more than Just compen.
salion for their labor, those who have
done the work in the larger sub districts
have not been adequately paid. But it
10 TO tho importance Of thorough work
rather than compensation Tor doing II,
that would call the attention of the
Board. The amount received from the
State distributable school fund was last
year and the year before nearly one
dollar and fifty cents per capita Of
those between six and twenty
one years of age. From this /,
will be seen that should the number re-
turned from the district oil Wheeling fall
short OF the actual number by one hun.
bred, there would be loss to the district
oil about $l5O-a sum sufficient, or nearly
80, to pay Tor taking the enumeration. Il
Is believed by all who have given stten-
ton to the matter, that due care has NOT
In all cases been taken to obtain full and
exact information, and that the numbers
returned from some of tho sub. districts
have fallen below the true numbers by
hundreds, and that the district has, in
consequence, been the loser by hundreds
If not BY thousands OF dollars.
The plan adopted in-other cities, and
that which would recommend for sdop.
ton by your honorable body, Is to employ
careful persons 10 take the enumeration.
and base their compensation upon the
number oil youths returned, say Two and
q hall cents head or two dollars and a
halt hundred. This would be about a
fair remuneration; each person employed
would be paid for the amount Of work
done by him; there would be inducement
to thoroughness, and the district would
be the gamer by hundreds Of dollars an
nually.
LIGHTNING RODS.
At this season Of the year the lightning
rods on the school buildings should be
carefully Inspected, and If disconnected,
broken or displaced, they should be put
In order. Il Is quits probable that some
OF them may be in such condition as 10 be
sources Of danger rather than OF protec-
ton. The Fourth and Eighth Ward
school buildings should be provided with
rods without further delay.
Respectfully submitted,