The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-09-22

Answer.-The Principal informs us that
It first appears in the report Of 1870, and
we have no doubt he Is right, though
we have not taken the trouble tc
examine for ourselves, nor to look
into the records oi the proceedings
Of former boards. We do not even know
that there is such a book in existence
although we keep u record Of our own
proceedings, and have no doubt ";her
Boards did the same. But 1t Is easier to
take the Principals word for 1t than to
look for ourselves. We did not accept
this appointment to DO any work.
Question S.-What Was,the average cost
per pupil for that year2 ...
Answer Our worthy Principal tells us
that the report for 1870 does not c,rtain
sufficient data upon which to ba,e an
answer. II he cannot tell, how cas- wei
We therefore decline to investigate that
any further. ....
Question 9.-Has the cost per pupil for
each Of the last six years been creates
than it was thenP .r.
Answer-our excellent Principal says
at is impossible TO institute compar.
ison." So what Is The use Of trying? Be.
sides, are not comparisons odiOus? 10 be
sure, We have no doubt that the grntle-
men composing the Board Of Regents in
1870 were as honorable and upright rs we
are. Nor do we fora moment believs that
they charged the pupils from other states
less than itcost to support those from this
State. But the INTELLIGENCER man, and
every other man of any sense, knows this
as well as We, and knew it before he
asked US. The fact Is, we don't know. any
more about it than every body else knows,
and are unwilling to take the trouble to
inform ourselves. .l.. ~
Question Ills 1t customary TO piGco
upon the rolls Of the school and publish in
the report tho names Of persons who isve
never been admitted within its walls /? II
SO, why?
AnsSer.-The principal tells US tlSt 1t
is his custom to place upon the roli- the
name Of every applicant, and 70 rel u it
there until the close Of the year, whether
the applicant comes 10 school or moi and
TO publish these names in the report.
Why this last is done We do not know, un-
less for the purpose OF producing the i'm
preston that tho number Of pupils 20 be
provided for by the State "a larger than it
really is. The resident member OF the
Board, and perhaps the Executive tom
mittee, may know the real number Of pupils
in the Institute, but the rest OF US neither
know nor care anything about that So
long as we can get sufficient apprupria-
ton from the Legislature, We ara not dis
posed to scrutinize very closely the means
by which 1t is obtained.
Question 12.-Why does 1t cost from
City to ahundred per cent more to educate
q deaf and dumb or blind person at
Romney than it dOss at Raleigh, n. c., or
Staunton, Vat,
Answer-It does not cost 50 PEI can't
more at Romney than at Stsunton. 1t
costs only SSt per cent more. And while
by the report Of the North Carolina
Institution 1t appears that the cost per
pupil at Releigh is but little more than
half what It Is at Ramuey, still we all
know that these reports are always drawn
so as to put the best face on sEajrs,
and some writers Of reports will not
scruple to deceive the Legislature and the
public II they can. This may be true OF
the North Carolina and staunton reports.
If they are true, there must be something
wrong In the management OF our institu.
ton. We cannot see why It should NOT
cost less in Romney than in either OF those
places. Indeed our excellent Principal
tells Us and he knows that 1t does not cost
any more In Romney than in Raleigh OIL
stlunton-RELA1lvELY.
Question lS,-why did not the Principal
in his report state that the "l05 pupils on
the rolls"were not all present but were
expected to be present.
Answer.-Why should he have said SO Z
viii not the words he used bear that
Specification? II you will examine them
closely we think you will find that though
the first impression produced on US aud on
| the Governor, and we have no doubt on
allothers, was that there were los pupils
present at school. still the words viii
bear another meaning. Besides, II he had