Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-16

monthly report, Us iOllONS'
WHEELING, May 10, 1879.
TO HE Board Of Education
GENTLEMEN-The following is the alb
stract OF the reports OF the schools OF
the district for the month of April, 1879,
to which your attention is respectfully
invited
Enrolment for the month, 3,542;
average attendance, 3,I93; average alb
sence, $40; per cent. Of average attend
a, ce on enrolment, 80; enrolment since
September LIST, 4,775.
Gases of hardness Washington 81,
Madison II, Clay l3S. Union l75, Cen
tire l2l, Webster 2S Richie IS, colored
90; total $50.
Pupils perfect in observation-disclosures
ington, 1856; Madison, 1871; Clay, 24O;
Union, 2O3; Centre, SO; Webster, l6G;
Ritchie, 100; Colored, 81; total ,242.
Enrolment in each school-Washing-
ton, 45S; Madison, 473; Clay, $50;
Union, SO; Centre, 337; Webster, $50;
Richie 635; Colored, so.
Per cent Of Observation-Disclosures,
90: Madison, %; Clay, 93; Union, 81;
Centre, SO; Webster, IS; Richie, 50;
] iD.OItb, %.
Pupils in the several branches-Or
biography 3,435, reading 3,425, writing
2,375. mental arithmetic l,5S9, written
arithmetic | $3.50, geography l,lSl, Eng
lish grammar 42l, history 3l5, physiolo-
gy l07, natural philosophy I'D, chemis-
try q, botany IS, astronomy -, algebra
! Us, geometry 40, L. ;. Constitution and
science of government 80, physical geOg-
raphy II, rhetoric 20, mental philoso-
ply %, German language l59, drawing
81.
Amount paid for instruction, includ-
! ing German, $500.
GERMAN DEPARTMENT.
Enrolment in German-Washington,
o. Madison, >; Clay, 81; Union, 20;
Centre, 22; Webster, %; Richie, "a.
Total, lj9.
Number of classes, %.
Number of pupils of German parent
age, SO; number of pupils of other than
German parentage, 63.
Number OF pupils in grammar rooms,
so; number OF pupils in Division A, lO9
Amount paid for instruction in Ger
man, Slj4.
Respectfully submitted,
JOIN c. HERvEY, Supt.
The report was received and filed.
The Committee on Accounts report
| ell having examined bills amounting to
S09.39, which they found correct, and
recommended be paid. The report
was adopted.
The Committee on Finance, to whom
was referred the communication OF the
Board of Education of Fulton, asking
for pay for their proportion of the State
school fund, because of their schooling
fifteen pupils resident in Washington
district, reported that they had found
upon examination that the Board
has heretofore settled the mat
ter annually in this way. First,
that the Board had paid them their
proportion OF the State school fund,
which for fifteen pupils would be SIS 60;
ID, the Board has repaid to them the
school taxes of the families whose chill
dren have been educated by them. In
the particular case before the Commit
tee, they found the aggregate school
taxes paid by the Fulton Board TO he
SO %. Adding this to the SIS 60 re-
ferrcd to above it makes total of S2S 81,
which, according to the custom of this
Board, is due the Board of Fulton. The
Committee recommended that the Clerk
be authorized to draw an order upon
the Collector in favor of the Board OF
Education OF Fulton for SOS 81 which
was so ordered.
On motion of Mr. Arkle, a special
committee was appointed to receive
proposals for insuring the school build
ings for either three or five years, as
they may elect, and award said insur-
ance to the lowest and best bidder.
Messrs. Arklc, John G. Miller and Wait
were appointed upon the committee.
The Committee on Finance submitted
a written opinion OF Hon. ID. Lamb on
the question OF taxing city bonds, hold
ing that the Board had no authority to
assess a tax upon said bonds. The pa
per was ordered spread on the minutes.
On motion OF Capt. Wilson, the Prin-
CipalS OF the different schools were au-
thorized to give the children Il holiday
on the afternoon of the 3Oth of May,
Decoration Day.
Adjourned.