The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-02-18
BOARD OF EDUCATION.


The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Education was held last
night, President Baird in the chair.
Present-Messrs. Baird, Ewing, Goer.
ing, Hupp, Hess, Maxwell, Mcclure,
Stewart Stone, Todd, Wilson and Whest
The minutes of the last meeting weri
read and approved.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
The committee on Buildings and
Grounds reported in favor Of paying the
bills of Thompson u Hibberd, and also
thst it was inexpedient to purchase fire
extingushers for the school buildings at
this time The report was adopted.
The committee on Accounts reported
in favor of paying bills amounting to
1854 40. The bills were ordered paid
and the report adopted.
The commissioners of Clay district re-
ported in favor of the appointment OF
MIR. Joseph Booth rs janitor for the Sec
oud and Third ward school building. The
appointment was confirmed by the Board.
SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
The Superintendent of Public Schools
offered the following report:
WHEELING, February l7th, 1875.
~ the Board Of Education.
GENTLEMES:-The reports of the
public schools for the month of January
are herewith presented, and appended
to the wal. for inspection.
Your attention Is invited to the fol.
lowing abstract:
DAY SCHOOLS.
Enrolment for the month of
January, 1905; average attend
ance, 294O; absence, 3G5, per
cent of average attendance on enroll
ment, SO; number ofcases of tradiness,
Washington, 2O5; Madison, 30; Clay,
l45; Union, 2S6; Centre 277; Webster,
164; Richie. Jos; Colored Il. Total
1913. Number Of pupils perfect in at
tendance, Washington, l4l; Madison, 81;
Clay, les; Union, l42; Centre sc;
Webster, So Richie, 49,; Colored, L.
Total, ssh. Cases OF discipline disposed Of
by superintendent, 10; pupils suspended
for intraction II rules, /; corpora. punish
ishment, Washington, IL; Madison, Is;
Clay, -; Union, 4,Centre, s; Richie 10:
Colored, 9. Total 81. Number If days
of school, u. Number Of visits. SuperIn-
intendant, 81; Commissioners Il; Others.
81 Total l36 Numbers in the sever
branches Of study, Orthography 33OC,
Reading, 3!Ol; Writing, 2I37, Mental
Arithmetic, 1915, Written Arithmetic.
1906; Geography, 1912; Grammer, 3O8;
History, III; Physiology, "A, Natural
Philosophy, SO; Chemistry, ); Astrono-
my 4; Algebra 81; Geometry, 9; United
States Constitution, so; German, go;
Drawing, GIL. Amount paid :or tuition
inclusive of German, S3746 30.
GERMAN DEPARTMENT.
Enrolment in German classes: Wash
ington. So; Madison, 4; Clay. 1926; Union.
81; Centre, AZ; Webster, SO; Richie. AZ;
total, $40. Number of. classes taught, 30:
number Of pupils of German psrentage.
1853; number OF other German parentage,
l67; belonging to grammar department,
l05i div. A, l42; div. b, l54; div. &, lO5;
div. ID, A. amount paid tor instruction,
$500.
NIGHT SCHOOL.
Enrolment for the month, 3s8; aver
age attendance, 29G; per cent Of atten-
dance, IS; number Of evenings Of school,
81, visits of officers and others. %
Branches taught and number OF pupils in
each: photography, 3G3; reading, 355i
writing, Sos; arithmetic, 1885, geography,
SO; gfammer, 45; history, 4. Amcuat
paid for instruction, $50.
CENTENNIAL
The school interests Of the county at !
large will be represented At the Centen- !
nal in Philsdelphia the coming summer.