The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-22
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

! balEQ AIEebluGllAlf A1HAt'bi NiNsAAt
Miller, Maxwell, Mcclure, Schmulbach,
Stewart Stone, Wilson. :,
The Committee on Accounts reported
bills amounting to SslG Al, which were
ordered paid.
THEHEArISG APPARATUS AGAIN.
The Committee ON Buildings and
Grounds, to whom was referred the mat
ter Of heating apparatus for the Second
and Third Ward school building, report
cd resolution instruCling the Clerk to
advertise for sealed proposals, to be re-
ceiyed up to 3 O'Clock on Thursday, Feb,
18th, 1875, for steam heating apparatus
in complete running order.
The report was received and the rcso-
luton adopted.
A Recommendation Of the Chairman OF
the Committee, that the Committee in
speCt the heating apparatus in the public
school buildings OF Columbus, was read
and fled, .-,g .7.E4f
Mr.. Maxwell offered the following rcso-
luton:
ResOlrcd, That the Clerk advertise in
one OF the city papers and send copy to
each OF the different manufacturers Of
steam heating apparatus in the different
cities where such heaters are made and III
use.
Mr.. Ewing offered an amendment in
Guiding one paper in Pittsburgh and one
in Cincinnati, The amendment was lost,
and the original resolution adopted,
sUPERINTENDEST's REPORT
Superintendent Williams submitted his
regular monthly report, which was placed
on file. The report is Us follows:
WHEELING, January 81, 1875,
70 The Board Of Education;
GESTLEMES-H compliance with the
requirement which makes it a duty of
tho Superintendent to Keep the Board
informed Of the condition OF the schools
OF the district" ! have prepared and
herewith submit tabular reports, In de
tail, Of the schools for the month Of De-
cember. Attention Is invited to the fol-
lowing abstract and statement:
Whole number Of pupils enrolled,
2,Sl0; average daily attendance, 2,472;
average daily absence, A7; per cent Of
average attendance On enrolment, IS;
number Of cases Of Misunderstanding
ton schools 40, Madison 27l, Clay ~,
Union 29i, Centre 23i, Webster 237,
Richie Of, ColQred school SO, total 1881;
number Of pupils perfect in attendance,
sos; number Of eases Of discipline re-
ferred to the Superintendent, ID; number
Of cases Of corporal punishment reported,
90; number Of visits-by Superintendent
80, Commissioners 10, others 81, total
lOl; number Of pupils attending In sub
districts in which they do not reside, IS
THE last item does not include those re.
siding north Of Alley b, in Webster sub
district, IN attendance at Centre SCHOOL,;
number Of nOn.residenls Of the dis
trict IN attendance, !; number Of days
Of school during the month, Is;
number IN the several branches Of study;
photography 2,SlO, reading 1900, pen.
manship 2,ll0, mental arithmetic 1885,
written arithmetic ! ,lSO, geography OG3,
English grammar l7S, history SO, physi.
Ology "A, natural philosophy 2S, chem.
istry 20, astronomy II, algebra %, geom.
etry II, United States Constitution ~,
rhetoric 10, drawing 1888,
GERMAN DEPARTMENT.
Number enrolled intIe German classes
iEi; number classes taught 81; number
pupils Of German parentage 3O7; number
pupils Of other than German parcntagc
l2G; number belonging, to the grammar
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nrim"rv scLools I91. S,,~I;os iai"n,,;n,
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EVENING SCHOOLS.
Number pupils enrolled, lat and ID
Wards II; 81 and ith Wards 1862; 9TH
and 9th Wards lOl; 9TH Ward 80; 9Th
Ward u; colOrcd 30; total .i5l; average
attendance 3j3; average absence rs; per
cent Of average attendance on enrol-'
melt 7S; number visits by Suprinlcnd.
eht l2; Commissioners II; others q;
total Al nllmber evenings OF school II.
COST or INSTRUCTION.
Amount paid 10 Teachers Of English
branches ..i y PIX shools Z; %
Amount Mid 10 TssebSts "t n Ex:ni%" y" :"
GG %
i'ISk lHy to Y =. IasEIh' for September,
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Total for So
The annual examination for promotion
Of Glasses took place during the last
school week in December. The classes In
higher grades were required TO give
written answers to the questions sub.
mitted, az provided BY rule of the Board.
And am grs .ii I'd 10 say that The mann.
scripts of'the pupils, while not nj ali ns
creditable us could be desired give Pyi.
dencu Of marked Improvement IlDon tbe
pnpers received from, CLASSES of CORES.
bonding grades in previous years. I'm
consequence Of tho promotions, the en-. |
rOllment in the Grammar Schools and in |
the higher grades Of Tie Primary Schools,
il, at he present lime, greater than At nny |
time before during lie year; while The |
lower primary rooms are In less crowded |
condition, and the distribution Of pupis, |
~ To numbors, is better eaualized through.
out the various grades.
The Teaches meetings, which are held
on the second Saturday OF every month,
arc well attended, nnd general interest on
the pnrt OF the teachers IL mlnilrstpl In |