The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-13

The Public schools Of West
Virginia.


1873 and 1874" 1t contains great deal
Of useful and interesting Information
touching the progress and present rondl'
ton Of the public schools Of the state
and those who take an interest in the
workings OF our school systom will be
glad to know something Of the details
touched upon in the report.
The whole number Of children in the
State between the ages Of 0 and 81 years
during 1874 was l73,462, an increase Of
1860 over 1873. The attendance at
school was lOS,356 US against 81, 100 in
1873, The average daily attendance was
GS,2O7 az against 6l,244 in 1873 The
whole number Of schools in the. State
was S,023 as against 1857 in '7S. The total
number Of school houses was :, S30,against
26l2 in 1873, The number Of school
houses built during 1874 was lSl, u
against Of in 1873. The value Of school
houses in 1874 was sl,SO7 isO.G7, as
against 81 $l,2lO,sOOsl in 1873, Tho total
value Of school property for 1874 was
$l,54O,46O.5O, as against 81 ,4Ol, ,G657O for
1878. .-.., ....t
The receipts from the State School fund
for 1874 is not reported in full, being set
down at $2OS,S09sO, and from district
leyies $4O7,O7O,5O. Tho total payment to
teachers for the year was SlSO, ,lSO,Sl. the
average per teacher being SSs pOr month
The average district levy for the teach
ers' fund was a fraction over 90 cents on
the $lOO, and for the building fund lrac-
tion over 10 cents. The amount paid per
pupil Tor tuition biased OH the cnunlcfa-
lion reportci) was $2S3. On the NUM-
Der reported OtlcndingschooI il wnS$lAh
On tho number reported in "laily aver
age attendancOg 1t was S7O0l. The total
average cost per pupil, for all purposes,
was $3.50.
The progress Of the school system
throughout the State IL shown In the in.
crease In the number u school houses
from the year 1865 up 10 and including
the year lS74a In 1sOblhe total number
Of school houses In West Virginia was
only one hundred and thirly-ihree. Think Of
that in n State possessing M area Of
2S,OOO square miles, and population Of
soy $4,000. In 1860 this nengre number
was increased to Il2; III 1857 to '7O2; In
'Gs, to 1906 In 80, to 1915 in 20, to
2,l1S; In ~, to g,2lG; In 70, TO 2,Ol2; IN
~, 10 1880. The value Of school houses
in 1855 was $52S5O 70; in 1874 y wNs
$l,64O,4GO 81, The sum spent IN 1865 for
school houses, sites, furniture, repairs,
&c., was $lG,GS3 ~ in 1874 II was $99l,-
3S7 02. Tho whole number Of children
between O and 81 years Of age In
1866 was G345s; in 1874 1t was
l7l,793. The whole number Of children
in attendance In 1866 was 1922, AMI in
1874 II was llO,630. Tho number Of
teachers employed IN 1866. was 3S7, and
in 1874 IL was 3,042. The amount paid
for salaries to teachers In 1905 was $l7,-
500 SO, and in 1874 Il was $lSO,4SO 81,
The average salary per month was $3l al
in 1906, and $39 90 in 1874.
One Of the most interesting reports In
the volume Ia that Of Superintendent
Williams, Of the Wheeling district. lie
goes into many details that are valuable
He shows that the total population of tho
city in July, 1874, was 2G,2OO, and tho
enumeration Of youthp Of school age was
0O15, as against 1904 in 1873. The
number Of pupils enrolled in the various
wards OF tho city was ds follows: First
Ward, 500; Second, l70; Third, All;
Fourth, G9G Fifth, 445; Sixth, 574
Seventh, 379; Eighth, ZAP. These
enrollments, together with that Of
the colored school (which was 1857
gave total Of 4,O0O. The amount paid
10 teachers in each ward was as follows
First, $4,A95; Second, $i,lO5; Third,
$3,SOO; Fourth, $5,933 45; Fifth, $S,775
Sixth, 5000; Seventh, $685. Eighth,
$4,ssO. Total, s2o,S7o 45. The cost per
pupit for tuition was $i1 Of. The amount
paid for instruction in German was
$3.50 90. The total cost, pei pupil, fog
all purposes, was $l5 o. This Is con.
siderably less than the average cost per
papillih twenty leading cities named In
the report.
The receipts for the school fund in the
Wheeling district for the year 1874 were
$4s,276 20; for tho building fund they
were $24,69l OS. The expenditures for
tho school fund were $45,S39 10, and for
the building fund, $9i,933 50. The sal.
aries paid in the district were az follows
Principals Of ward schools, 81, 100 per ail.
NUM- assistants In Grammar schools, (all
icmalcs), $40 assistants in the A and L
divisions, primary schools (all fenales)
$3S5; assistants In The q and b divisions
$500; making tho average paid to female
teachers about $500 per annnm.
The main item ote&pendLure from The
building fund within The last wu'years
was fot the Eighth Ward school building.
This house was finished in January, 1873,
and cost $2O,05S II, and Ia the hest
school building in the State.
There are many inLefeSting items In The
reports Of the Variohs County .supcrin-
lendenLa throughout the State that We
would be glad to notice in this conhec-
tion, did space and time permit, but we
must defer further extracts until another
occasion.
"TttroN VERSUS BEmHm."-We have
received from the publishers, McSsrS. Di-