The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-27
BOARD OF EUUCATIUN.
In Special Session Last Night.

The board was called 10 order By DR..
Hildreth, the President, DR.. Baird beiag
absent.
At roll call the following members an Q
swered to their names: Mesars. Bowers,
Caldwell, Cochran, Collier, Goering, Hill
dreth, Hupp, Maxwell, McCully, Todd
and Watkins-l2
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and signed By the pro tenn.
President.
M. Todd explained that the meeting
had been called by the committee on
buildings and grounds, for the purpose OF
disposing of the following
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BUILD
IEGs AND GROUNDS.
Board Of Education:
GENTLEMEN-Your Committee on
Buildings and Grounds, as directed by
your rules, have inspected the public
school buildings of the district, and find
that the following Improvements are
needed to accommodate the school going
population, viz: First, in Centre sub
district take down the old rear Building,
now dilapidsted; erect a new one IN It's
stead, and make it and the front build
ing three stories high.
In CLAY sub-district, erect rear build.
ing three stories high, with one room on
each floor.
The committee offer the following res
olution for your consideration and action:
Resolved. That the Committee on
Buildings and Grounds be authorized to
receive plans and specifications tor I'M
provements IN Centre and Clsy school
buildings. JAMES NJ. TODD,
Chairman.
As substitute Capt. Wilson offered
the following:
Resolved, That the Commissioners OF
Centre district be authorized to have
the front building newly rooted and re-
pair floors where they may be needed,
and have other repairs necessary TOR the
protection OF the building.
DR.. Baird, President of the Bosrd,
came in and took the chair.
DR.. Hupp moved to amend the subsll-
tute by authorizing the Commissioner OF
Clay district to supply proper seating by
renting q room for the children unpro-
yidei for Lost by vote Of ~ to :.
Capt. Wilson's substitute was adopted.
DR.. Hupp offered resolution inviting
all the citizens to attend the exhibition
Of the schools at Washington Hail 10.
night, free OF charge. Adopted.
JUDGE Cochran offered the following:
WHEREAS, During the present school
year, one Gustsve Gutenberg uttered
and published and continued the pres
ont system Of German instruction IN the
public schools, to the effect:
Thq: it is futile, disgusting, unsucces:-
ful, swindle and bug-bear, which mus.
sooner or later come to naught as ridicu-
lousness and nonsense:
That it canno. be justified by com
missioner under his oath, and entails u
perfectly useless outlay of 81 $40, to Ger.
man teachers only that they may use
lessly fatigue themselves for a year:
That 1t is farce, and it is the duty
of friends Of the schools to completely
abolish German instruction instead OF al
lowing 1t to languish awhile longer AS q
ridiculously mutilsted appendsge:
That it. is fraud fOisted upon the
schools by members IF the Board of Ell
ucation who are enemies of the schools
hvpocrites, Known othngs aud German
haters, who should be marked and kicked
by German-American citizens OF this
city; and
WHEREAS, Said Gutteuburg assumed
that ia such sentiments and publications
be defended, represented and spoke for
the German population of this city; and
WHEREAS Ii such Characterization Of
the schools be in any material respect
true, it should be abolished rs worse than
wicked, snd hGrttul TO the schools.
Resoiged, That the Superintendent at
the July meeting report statistics Of al
tendance OF pupils, progress in studies
and other pertinent lnstLers OF the cur
rent year compared with other years in
the last five.
Resolved, That special committee OF
five be appointed to ascertain whether 1t
is the desire OF any respectable portion
of the public that German instruction be
abolished. and to ascertain aud report
such other matters on the general sub
iect as may aid the Board in determining,
At the July meeting, whether any Ger
man teachers shall be employed for the
coming school year.
The motion TO adopt was lost on the
following vote:
Ayes-Bairi, Cochran, Collier, Max
well, Watkins and Wilson-6.
Noes-Bowers, Goering, Hess Hill
drelh, Hupp, and Todd-6.
Mr.. Todd handed in an estimate
from a contractor who stated that the
improvements in altering and adding to
the Fifth Ward school EoUse would be
$500, and the addition ITO the Second
and Third wards $1,000,
Adiourhod,