The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-24

the said investigation under consideration
Very truly and respectfully, your obedt
ent servants,
N. +. lTULLluES, President.
$. Il. LUTON,
j. W. MASON,
VS. LAIDLEY,
q. W. CRAIG,
JOHN L. PEERCE.
a copy teste,
II. b. GILKEsoN, Secretary.
WHEREAS, Certain charges have been
made in one OF the newspapers ofthe State
rejecting upon the management and off.
cial reports Of the Institution; therefore
Resolved, That the Board do now resolve
itself into committee Of the whole for
consideration of the following questions,
viz:
The Committee OF the Whole, through
its Chairman, submitted the following re-.
port to the Board:
Your Committee, to whom was referred
the consideration Of the question reflect
ing upon the management Of the Institu.
ton and its official report, beg leave to re.
port that they have had the said matters
under consideration and submit the fol.
lowing answers to said questions:
lst-What was the whole number OF
pupils at the Institution during each OF
the years 1861; 1878 and lS78-0P
During session 1867 there were So pu.
pills actually present, and during session
lS17-S, 05pupils. (See page II ofTeport for
those years.) During session 1850, lust
closed, there were s. pupils actually pres.
emit
2d-What was the highest number pres.
ent at any one time in each Of those years
Answer-S5 in year 1867, O5 in iS77-S
and s. in 1889.
81 What was the average number pres.
ent in each of those years?
Answer = No registers kept of the daily
attendance nor record Of the day on
which each pupil returned 10 the Inslitu.
ton, and therefore this question can not
be precisely answered; but as the pupils
return within few weeks after the OPEN
ing OF the Institution and remain the
whole term the average attendance will
be very little below the highest number
actually present.
4th and 5th-What was the whole
amount Of money received in each Of those
years from all sources, viz: from the State,
from the counties. from the shops and
from any other sources, together with the
balance on hand at the commencement OF
the year? and what was the whole amount
OF money expended in each Of those
years?
Answer-The receipts for lS7G--7 were
SAC, 40l IL, which includes 1856 Is, net
proceeds Of loan Of Messrs. Masliu and
Brady, borrowed in October, 1876, for the
purpose OF defraying the expenses OF the
Institution until the appropriation Of 1877
was available, which loan was immediate.
y paid out OF that appropriation, leaving
ST., $50 " the amount on hand at the be-
ginning OF the year and actually re.
ceived during the year. The expendi.
lures for the same year (1S7G-7) were $i0,-
40l II, less the $1,000 borrowed and ST.
COL 49, balance on hand October /, 1877,
making the actual expenditures for all
purposes $50, 400 O34.
The receipts for 1875, including bal
ances on hand at the beginning Of the
year, were So, 1916 32l (sGe page 81, and
expenditures for same year, 2S,lG0 57S.
The report for the year 1850 cannot be
given until the first OF October next.
Uth-What was the average cost p0r
pupil for each OF those years?
AnswGr-S277 OF for 1867; $3.50 72 for
1888, and about the same for 1889 as
for 1878. The report for 1889 not yet
being made the per capita for that year is
not yet definitely asCertained.
7th-ln what year did the Board Of
Regents adopt tho resolution to receive
pupils from other States at q charge OF
$500 per annum?
Answer-lt first appears in the report
OF 1870.
Sth-What was the cost pOr pupil that
year?
Answer-Not sufficient data upon
which to base an answer. See report for
1870, pages II and r.
9th Has the cost per pupil for each oil
the last siK years been greater than it was
then? II so, why?
Answer-ltis impossible to institute a
comparison. 0...
l0th-If the reduction Of the liGmher
OF classes from five to four resulted in the
more rapid advancement OF the pupils
why, with smaller number OF pupils
was the number OF classes raised again Ia
five? ID '-.. tEa
Answer-At tho beginning Of the SEES.
sion OF 1878 the Board found that they
could dispense with the services OF q
I teacher whom they were paving Il salary
OF 5000 and board, and the school was
taught that session by four teachers in
the deaf.mute department. At the be-
ginning Of the session Of 1850, upon {
Redistribution Of the pupils, it was lounC
necessary to employ an additional teacher
at the small salary OF $3.50 without board
llth-ls 1t customary TO place upon the
the rolls OF the school, and publish II
hereport the names of persons who have
never been admitted within the walls? l
so. why2
Answer-Yos. Whenever an Qpplica
| ton has been regularly made (see last no
port for terms Of admission OF pupils
. and accepted by the Principal, the name
OF the pupil is enrolled as one entitled Il
t enter the institution.
l2th-Why does 1t cost from fifty 10 on,
hundred per cent more to educate dea
aud dumb, or blind person at Romne!
than It does at Raleigh, N. G., or staur
= ton, Va?
Answer-The cost per capita relativel
y is not greater at Romney than either q
Stanton or Raleigh,
l3th-Why did not the Principal in hi
report state that the "l0j pupils on tn
rolls" were not'all present but were "
pected 10 DO preaent9 r
"A Answer He did so state. See repor
page "a, lines 4 and 5.
II l4th-Is 1t not true that heretofore tn
number who have actully attended schot
has always fallen considerably short {
a The number who at the beginning OF Ii