Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-19
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Regular Monthly Meeting.

Last night, the evening OIL ths Univ
Thursday OF the month, was the regular
meeting time Of the School Commission
ers composing the body which can sat
;sfactorily dispose OF more business In
less time and with less 'chin music
than any deliberative body IN the state.
In is. in this respect, the very opposite
of Council, and it is singular too con-
sidering that so many gentlemen are
members of both. 1t is a common oc-
currence for the Board TO meet at ESO,
disnose of its business and adjourn NJ
eight O'Clock. Consequently there are
fewer family objections to the house-
hold head being Commissioner thah
Councilman, and especially, ior various
reasons, member OF the COMMITTEE on
Streets, Alleys and Grades :, ,.a
Last nightthere was considerable am,
Guilty in obtaining a quorum. seVefM
members came very early aud put IN the
lime wondering what had become oil
their co-laborers. Messrs. Wilson ana
Collier never needed the lapse OF time,
being engaged in a private insurance
coniabulatiOn. Mr.. Hoge interviewed
reporter on Larkin's prospects Tor the
legislature; Messrs. Ebeling and Miller
talked Nihilism in German; Mr.. Max
we'll studied the design OF the wall paper
and the fire light flashed from the but.
tons OF Lieutenant McCully as he gazed
into the blaze and built castles IN the air'
One by one the members dropped IN.
Mr.. Criswell brought with nm the
fragrant breezes OF the Island, anu the
odor OF candy and foreign fruits chung
still TO MIR. Miller as he sauntered IN,
lr Baird, the combined Randall and
Cox of the Board, had not appeared, but
finally. when the revision OF returns
showed eleven members present, Mr.
Maxwell braced up, moved that Capt:
Wilson swing the gavel, and the Board
came to order.
CLERK Hullihen tackled the roll, and
discovered the following members pres
eut: Collier, Criswell, Ebeling, Fltz-
simmons, Hoge, Maxwell, McCully,
Miller, Whally, A. Wilson and W. A.
Wilson.
The minutes OF the last meeting were
read and approved. :.
The Committee on Accounts submit
ted bills aggregating S2l0.Si, which were
ordered paid.
Supt. Hervey's monthly report was
submitted and ordered filed. 1t was as
follows:
SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
wHEELING, March Is, 1880.
To the Board of Education;
GENTLEMEN - The following items,
taken from the reports OF the schools
of the district for the month OF February,
1850, are respectfully presented:
Enrolment for the month, 3,l6l;
average attendance, 2,735; average alb.
sence, I29; per cent OF attendance on
enrolment, 81; enrolment since Sep
tember LIST, l,336 oo
Cases Of TardineSs-Washlngton, 81;
Madison, 43S; Union, lis; Centre, l45;
Webster, 40; Richie, ll6; Clay, 100;
colored, -. Total sos.
Pupils perfect in attendance-Wash-
ington, 1914 Madison, l25; Clay, i59;
Union, 10; Centre, lao; Webster, 49,
Richie, 1874: colored, 8. Total LOO.
Enrolment in each school-Washing-
ton, 395; Madison, 305; Clay, 45l Union,
1876; Centre, 32S; Webster, 497; Ritchie,
GO; Colorcd, T3.
Per cent. Of Washington,
So: Madison, 30: Clay, 81; Union, 80;
Centre, 81; Webster, ST.; Richie, 81;
COlurcd, 50.
Pupils in the several branches-Or-
biography, 3,lj2; reading, 2,9S'; writ
ing. 2,5l5; mental arithmetic, l,55i;
written Arithmetic, 1870; geography,
g62; English grammar, 3i7; history, 2f6i
physiology, l2g; natural philosophy,
81: chemistry, 80; botany, 3; astronO-
my, IS; algebra, 10; geometry, 80;
United States Constitution, %; rhetoric,
20; physical geography, IA; drawing,
49,; German language, 300.
Amount paid for instruction, includ-
ing German, s3,9lO,5O.
GERMAN DEPARTMENT.
Enrolment in German 80 Washing
ton, 26; Madison, -; Clay, IS; Union,
26. Centre, 81; Webster, 20; Richie,
63; total. 300. Number OF classes, 81;
number of pupils OF German parentage,
1877; number Of pupils OF other than
German parentage, 93; number Of pu-
pills in grammar rooms, IS; number OF
pupils in division A, lis; number ot pu-
pills in division Il, l0i; amount paid Tor
instruction in German, Sl54.
The hydrant for the boys side OF
Union school is located in one Of the
rear basement rooms.
Unless it is constantly watched, any
obstruction in the waste pipe causes
the water to flow over and through the
floor, keeping it in damp and un-
healthy condition. would recommend
| that the Commissioners OF Union be au-
thorized to remove the hydrant from
the basement to the yard.
Respectfully submitted,
john &. HERvIY, Sigi.
The portion in reference to the ny
drant was referred to the commissioners
for action.
The Committee on Finance reported
a resolution refundiug to 4. b. Cald-
well Sl.lO and to b. kleyIs Sl.56 for
taxes enormously assessed. The reso-
luton was adopted,
There being no further matters re.
| uuiring attention, at O'Clock and 30