The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-11-21
GERMAN DEPARTMENT.

c0l0red, AZ. Total, $50.
Amount paid for instruction, including
German, $685. rs.
GERMAN DEPARTMENT.
Enrolment In German-Washington,
81; Madison, l6; Clay, 50; Union, 81; Cen.
tire, IS; Webster, %; Richie, 70. Total
3l2.
Number Of classes IS.
: Number OF pupils OF German parentage
l0S; other than German parenlage ia;
number in grammar room "A; In division
A, l44; in division B, 81.
Amount paid for instruction in German,
$l5i. Respectfully submitted.
JONI @. HERSEY,
Superintendent.
Dr.. Hildreth rose TO Q question OF priv.
ilege aud read the following communica.
ton.
Mr.. CHAIRMAN:-I rise to q question Of
privilege. This Board Is organized under
a State law, requiring the election by the
people Of each one OF It's members, who
are required to take solemn oath TO per.
form their duties No one member can
claim rights or privileges above another;
hence, We are peers OF one another. For
the regulation Of our business we have
rules Of order" and in debate, ETC., "par-
liamentary usage" Our duties are, or
should be, confined exclusively to the
management Of the public schools and
education. Interpolation and usefulness
OF the Board cannot be separated from
that Of its individual members; Judge,
then, my surprise and modification on
reading in the morning paper lINTELLI-
GEEcEE) as part OF the proceedings Of
your last meeting, published and distrib.
uted over the whole land, scurrilous and
silly communication from P. L. Kimberly,
the purport OF which is personal abuse Of
myself as member Of this Board. The
plea and "ruling" for It's hearing by this
Board learn was, "because 1t was al.
dressed 10 the Board Of Education" l de.
mand, under which "rule Of order?"
l most Cheeriully accord to every citizen
OF this district the right Of respectful Pc
titiOn, for grievance, real or imaginary, he
may have sustained. But, gentlemen,
by this proceeding you have stepped aside
from the legal, legitimate and holy purpo.
ses and duties OF this Board, and set up
jurisdiction over the private character
and reputation Of every member; and that,
not OF an equitable or judicial kind, (ior
such requires the presence OF the accused),
but 1t was strictly inquisitorial and ex.
parte. II, during my service on this Board
and the public schools OF more than twenty
years, any member can accuse me OF vio-
lation OF its honor, decency or order, |
want him to prefer the charge; but, in the
respectful hearing you gave this Kimberly
communication, you have exposed the
private character and reputation OF every
member 10 the insult and outrage OF every
disappointed and sore.headed contractor.
| positively assert, the proceeding stands
alone and unheard OF 10 the annals Of leg.
islation or history OF dellberatiye bodies.
You have established q precedent which
will curse, delame and disorganize your
Board. ANY enemy or blackguard may
address his communication to this Board,
vilify and scandilize any member and OBJ
tain hearing. Let each member put
himself in the enviable position in which
you have placed me, and you will be
panied with q sense OF injustice and dis.
respect.
have endeavored to do my duty, with.
out fear. favor affection, or pledge. II
VI
mon courage and honor would dictate
that they settle their difference outside OF
this Board. 1.-THE author and abettors Of
this letter purposed the qualification OF
private spite or spleen, it is cowardly and
contemplate, deserving the reprobation
Of all honorable men, and would have
passed it by in silent contempt, as did
similar one ofthe same character, but for
the position assumed by this Board, al
though matter entirely ioreign.to the OBJ.
jects and requirements Of the Board Of
Education, and in gross violation Of its
"rules OF order" II was respectfully listen
ed to, and appears in the daily papers as
q part oil Its proceedings.
II q member can be held up before you
to ridicule or spotted" fora conscientious
discharge OF duty, what safety to the
character Of yourself or family from the
production Of any blackguard, who, NAV
use the Board Of Education as ameans OF
publishing his slanderous or malignant
writing2 Under your new ruleSH you
may have large number OF such appli-
cants, land yourprecedents will not allow an
excuse for Their rejection.
/ claim q perfect equality with every
members OF this Board, and ask the en-
forCement Of its rules. Common justice
and propriety would have demanded q
previous notice OF the consideration OF
such paper, that at least, I might have
been present 10 defend myself lon the
contrary, this is the second time II regret
to say that advantage has been taken OF
my absence TO consider wanton and un-
deserved attacks upon my personal charac-
ter.
II such epistles are funny or entertain
ing to Any one, the sentiments OF such are
Vitiated and impure; otherwise they could
not be amused at that which Is intended
to wound the feelings or injure the repu-
tation Of their fellows.
The noble purposes oil education, of
which this Board Is the appointed guar
dian, should inculcate refinement, culture
and gentility. tits sad and humiliating
compromise OF its dignity to listen to or
permit the reading Of communications
Astounding in low wit and vulgarity; but
IL allowed, they ought to be recorded in
your minute book by your Secretary, as
they have been reported and published In |
your transactions.
Gentlemen: | have been unjustly and
undeservedly wounded in the house Of
my friends, and take this first opportunity
to make the above plain statement OF facts,
and protest; ! am panied by the necessity
you have laid upon me to defend my per,
sonal rights and privileges as member OF
your Board, / submit the matter to You
for thorough and careful investigation.
Pupils perfect in attendance Washing.
ton, l82, Madison, 147; Clay, 200; Union,
l2l; Centre, 95; Webster, OF; Richie, POS
81; total, loss.
Enrolment in each school-Washing.
ton, 495; Madison, $50; Clay, $50; Union,
400; Centre, $50; Webster, $40: Richie,
704 ;'colored, 81.
Per cent. Of attendance Washington
9l; Madison, Oh Clay, 9S; Union, IS; Cen.
lre, SO; Webster, So; Richie, 50; coiored,
%.
Pupils in the several branches-or.
$3.50; Reading, S,45s; Writing,
800; Mental Arithmetic, l,54l; Written
Al. 4 ~ q q a.