The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-21
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Miscellaneous DuslnCss Transacted.
The Board Of Education met last night
in regular monthly session, President
Baird in the Chair. The following mem.
bers answered to their names at roll.Call:
Ankle, Wilson W. A., Wilson A., Miller J.
G., Miller ]. A., Maxwell, Ebcling, Whal.
ley, McCulIy, Wheat.
The Committee on Accounts submitted
their report for the month Of February,
with bills aggrcsating S972 81, which they
recommended be paid. The report Of the
committee was adopted.
The special committee, TO whom was re.
ferrel the matter OF selecting rooms ut the
Capitol building, reported that there were
two unoccupied rooms In said building at
the disposal OF the Board. The committee
also reported TINT Mr.. Il. Craugle pro.
poses TO reduce the rent OF the rooms now
occupied by the Board to $3.50.
MIR. Maxwell made u motion TINT the 70.
port OF tho committee DO received, aud the
offer Of Mr.. Crangle, to rent the present
rooms for $3.50 per annun, be accepted.
The rent heretofore paid has been 500
per annum.
The motion was discussed ut some
length by members OF the Board, and fin
ally withdrawn. r..
A motion by Mr.. Arklc, continuing the
committee, and authorizing them to select
the best rooms in the Capitol building TINT
may be ut their disposal, or rent the rooms
now occupied by The Board for another
year, rs by them deemed best, was car
ried.
Messrs. W. A. Wilson and Ralph Ankle
were added 10 the committee, OIL motion
OF Mr.. Maxwell The committee will meet
at the Capitol building OH Saturday after.
noon ut 9 o'clock
REPORT nF SCPERINTEE DENT.
Supt. lIGrvey submitted his report for
the month Of February, az follows:
WHEELING, March Goth, 1870.
ToMc Board Of Education:
GENTLEMEN; ! herewith lay before you
the reports Of tho schools OF the district
for the month Of February, 1870, and
present the following abstract, TO which
your attention isinvited:
Enrolment for the nOnih".,.,.. .u............ 3S35
Average alsencc... ,,... 3iJ
Fer cent Ol average attendance on enrOllmpnt.... %
Enrolment sInce september ltt-............... SGG
Cases Of tardiness washington O6, Mad.
ison i, Clay 100, Union 10, Centre ITO,
Webster 70, RitchiC 90, Colored IS. Total
767.
Pupils perfect in attendance Washing
ton III, Madison 100, Clay 2l0, Union l02,
Centre 08, Webster 1911, lIituhie lOG, Col
ored 10. Total l,llG
Enrolment in each school Washing
ton 464, Madison 34l, Clay $50, Union
500, Centre 3I5, Webster 5li, Richie $50,
Colored -.
Per cent OF at entlance-Washington 81,
Madison Of, Clay 09, Union u, Centre 81,
Webster 81, Richie 81, COlorcd SO.
Number OF pupils in the several
ENTHUSIASTICALLY S,53l, reading
$3.50, writing 9,244, mental ARITHMETIC
1879 written arithmetic 1850, geography
l,Ol2, English grammar 4GS, history 20f,
physiology l2l, natural philosophy 10,
chemistry 50, astronomy q, algebra l87,
geometry 49,; United States Constitution
and sGipnpp Of government 10, physical
geography a2Sr Rhetoric 49, mental philos-
ophy g, German language ITO, drawing
9iG.
Amount paid for instruction, including
German, 5000.
GERMAN DEPARTMENT.
Enrolment in German. Washington,
IS; Madison, 3; Clay, 50; Union, 10; Cen.
tire, IS; Webster, iG, hitphip, %, TOTAL, I7l,
Nuber Of pupils OF German PaientaGe,
1902; other than Of German parentage, G$ i;
number Of pupils belonging 10 Grammar
schools, 20; Division A, no. Amount
paid iQr llstrpptinp in German, Sl54.
Respectfully Submitted,
JOllS G. llERvEY, SWt.
The reportwas received and filed.
HAToEAL Atlas,
The following paper was read:
.. WHEELING, March 3, 1879.
The undersigned members Of the Board
OF Education for the district OF Wheeling,
having hGl their attention directed 10 "'The
New National AtlNs' by Mr.. j. Chace,
civil engineer and topographar, manager
Of the surveys OF Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia, ptl., spl leeWing tho work he is
prosecuting Of great YalGs o. On aid IN
imparting needful instruction, hereby lex-
press our desire to have one copy OF said
AtI4s placpl ly Tho Roard Of EduFation in
each school Of the district,
The paper was signed by q. Baird, @.
II. Collier, Fergus Whalley; Il. Hess,
George McCully, A. G. +. Ebeling, j. W.
Wait, John Fitzsimons, Charles Bingell,
| {ohn G. Miller W. A. Wilson, W. V.
lt0gc, John Sc6tE.
Messrs. Maxwell and Ankle spoke III op-
position TO the purchase OF the maps. =
On motion pf Mr.. W, A, Wilson, the
further consideration Of the subject WIS
postponed until the next meeting Of the
Board.
The Board then adjourned.
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