The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-16
BOARD OF IRRIGATION,
Regular Monthly Meeting Of the
school Commissioners.


Regular Monthly Meeting Of the
school Commissioners y
A regular monthly meeting Of the
Wheeling Board OF Education was held
last evening. Present-Bickel, Caldwell,
Ewing, Hupp, Hess, Maxwell, Miller,
Mcclure, Stewart, Todd, Wheat, Water
house, Wilson. The President, DR.. Baird,
not being present, DR., Hupp was called
to the chair.
SUPERINTENDENT REPORT,
The Superintendent submitted his
monthly report Of the schools Of the dis
trict for the month Of March in the usual
tabular form. The tables allow total
enrolment OF 9,75g; average attendance,
2,402; average absence, $50; per cent Of
attendance ON enrolment, 81; number OF
cases Of tardiness, l $50; number OF pupils
neither absent nor tardy, 669; number
cases discipline referred to the SupeFin-
tendent, %; number cases corporal
punishment, ~; numbal visits from
Superintendent, II; from Commissioners,
96; from others, So number days
oischoOl, 10. There was vacation dur.
ing the week including the tirskday Of
April. The annual public examinations
took plaoe during the last week IN March.
The attendance OF parents and others
was fair, particularly during the con-
Guiding exercises in the high grades. In
the Sixth Ward the visitors 1t the time q
the examination OF the Grammar School
could not all bc accommodated, and the
necessity for a hall OF sufficient size for
such occasions was made appar-
ent. The addition to Webster School
building will deprive two OF the
rooms in the present building Of four
windows each, leaving these rooms with
but two windows on the west side. The
Superintendent accordingly suggested to
the Committee on Buildings and Grounds
that the upper Of these two rooms may
be we'll lighted BY means Oft skylight, and
the rooms beneath by means OF
two plates Of floor glass placed tn
the floor beneath the skylight. As =
means Of ventilation for these rooms he
advised that the Committee be instructed
to have transons placed over the
doors opened into the halls opposite the
windows. With these open and the upper
sash Of the windows lowered, he thought
the rooms might be pretty we'll although
not perfectly ventilated.
The recommendation Of the Superin-
tendent in relation to Webster district
school house was Teierrsi to the Com
mittee on Buildings and Grounds for re-
port. ~ -
The Committee on Buildings aud
Grounds reported that they had examined
the heating Of each Of the school
buildings, to secure them from fire,
and recommended the purchase Of fifty feet
OF hose each for the First Fourth, Eighth
apd Second and Third Ward schools. The
following additional Recommendation Of
the Committee were adopted by the Board
That the basement rooms Of the Fourth
and Eighth Ward that are not hpored be
paved with good, hard brick; confirming
the action Of the Committee In contract.
Ing with Thompson & Hibberd for six.
dmCh saver PiPe IOF wy TeepHu uHu
Third Ward school building, and paying
Mr.. Kemple $50 in addition to bis con.
tract for white lime finish in the Second
and Third Ward School building. q
The report Of the COMMITTEES on Ac.
counts, recommending the payment Of
bills aggregating $3.50 70, was adopted.
CLERKS REPORT. y
The Clerk submitted hisreport Of sup
plies furnished during the quarter ending
April /, the summary ofwhiCh Is as fol.
lows: ir1 la .att
Supplies to JlnIiors observation-disclosures I o.
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The report was received and placed on