The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-18
noARD OF EDUCATION.
The Matter Of Histories In the
schools StilI Unsettls d-Other BUS

rhe Matter Of Histories In the
schools still settlsd-Other Bus
fnsss.
Board met in regular session last nigh''
President Baird IN the chair.
President at roll call Messrs. baifo,
Cochran, Fi,zsimmoDs, Goering. Hast
Ines, Hupp, Maxwell, Miller, McCui'y
Todd, Wilson-ll. i
The clerk read the following report at
the Superintendent OF Schools, ana the
embodied therein Tor an
additional teacher in the German schools
WAS referred to the committee on teach
ers and schools:
sUPERINTENDENT's REPORT.
WHEELING, May II, 1877.
To the Board of Education
GEsTLEMEN:-In presenting the re-
ports OF the schools OF the district for the
month Of April, / desire to call your at
tention 10 the following abstract:
Enrolment for the MOI tn, 3,455: aver
age daily attendance, 1922; average
daily absence, 1873; total enrolment since
Septem Der Isl, 4,52l; per cent. OF aver
age s,ten dance for the mouth, ~.
Number of cases VI Hardness Wash
ington district 80, Madison II, Clay 81,
Union ISL, Centre 95, Webster 70,
Richie TO, &C lored 81. Total 637.
Nuber of pupils in enhance Wash
ingtou l57, Madison 100, Clay 200,
Union 1856 Centre III, Webster JAG,
Richie 250, Colored II. Total 1882.
Number of vlsits-By Superintendent
81, Commissioners 7, others 66. Total
10
Branches taught and number Of pupils
IN each-OrthoGrsphy 3,42S, reading
1892, writing 1851, mental arithmetic
1923, written arithmetic 1922, geogrs =
ply 1872, grammar 1893, history 1874,
physiology &c, natural philosophy Al,
botany Il. astronomy 6. algebra lG6
geometery 20, German 5e2, drawing $50.
Amount paid Tor tuition, iGclus.Ne OF
German, 1885.
GERMAN DEPARTMENT.
Enrolment in German-Washin.ton
district 43, Madison SO, Clay 1876, Union
62, Centre lis, Webster 81, Richie 1856
Total 582.
Number of pupils of German parent
aye 38S, other than German parentage
1914, belonging 10 Grammar school 10,
belonging to division A, 49,; DIVISION b,
2O4; division e, l42. Number ct classes
taught A. Amount paid for instruction
in German $3.50.
The foregoing abstract shows that the
schools are tul'. The enrolment tor the
moGth and average daily Attendance are
Doth larger than have been those items
in any monthly report OF the board which
1t has been my priv cgc TO make. lie
per cent of attendance is sb0vC the aver
age, beng Tor the boys 81; :rr tue girIs
80, and almost 9h5 for lh- whole district
1t will he noticed that the cases OF tardl-
ness are much smaller In number lnan
usual, while the nu nber 1T pupils pcriecl
in attendance is lar ely decreased.
These facts taken ia coma, elton with
the great diligence und harmony IL the
instruction and control ii ;he several
schools, show them 10 be in u Hourishibg
condition and increasing in popularity
and patronage
The pressure of incr"aseI attcrdamce is
bearing heavily on Ciny school. BY re
ierring to the detailed report YOU
will see that The first primary room has
l04 pupils; the grammar room ID with
the intermediate rooms we'll hllcd. In
order to relieve the primary room, 1t Is
found necessary to hold supplementary
examination, with view to general
promotion. 1t is known that such An eX-
animation would Low advance 10 or ~
additional scholars to the German room
In that event there would be in that de-
partment 50 pupils or over.
In order that they may DO able to give
instruction to this Increased number, |
would recommend that the Committee
on Teachers and Sch as, III making up
their estimates OF tcach'is heed'd Tor the
ensuing scholastic year, taNe ihto consid
GRAFTON the necessities OF this drPs rtment,
aud assign To 1t M additional teacher.
Respectfully Suhinllied,
Z. hERVEf,
S"Pt. o. Shoots.
The Board then took up and trans
acted the following
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS: