The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-16
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Regular monthly session Last Night
superintendentsa Report, dc.

Regular Monthly session Last Night
superintendent Report, dc.
The Board Of Education met in regular
monthly session last night at their rooms
in Crapgle's building on Market street,
DR.. Baird in the chair.
The following members answered to
their names: Caldwell, Collier, 'Criswell,
Ebeling, Hess, Hoge, Maxwell, Mccully,
Pipes, Wilson and Baird-1l.
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read and signed.
.REroRrs.
Superintendent. The City superintend-
ent submitted his report for December, as
follows:
To Me Board Of Education:
GENTLEMEN: The following is..the sum
mary OF the reports OF the schools of the
district for the month OF December, 1879:
Enrollnent for tho inonth......,,....,.."...............SrtS7
ATefaga attendance ."'....'''''oIyIt
Average ..,.+,..,.s.... 6e1
Per cent Of attendance on onrolIment......-........ 50
Enrolment aluce September ist. ..".............-."i,0sl
CaSs of t~ardines-Washington, l0l;
Madison, Is; Clay, 145; Union, III; Gem
tire, 146; Webster, 90; Richie, 81; colored,
g.. Total, 1877.
Pupils perfect in attendance
2l0; Madison, 1874; Clay. $50; Union, 1888;
Centre, n; Webster, III; Richie, 207;
colored, 90, Total, 1856.
Enrichment in each school Washington,
4Sl; Madison, 81; Clay, 514: Union, 40l;
Centre, $40; Webster, 493; Richie, 677;
colored, 81.
Per cent of Observation-Disclosures, OIL;
Madison, Of; Clay, %; Union, 81; Centre,
So; Webster, 81; Richie. SO; colored, 50.
Pupils in The Sererdl Brancho -0rthog-
raphy 3431; Reading 1916; Writing 2l77;
Mental Arithmetic laos; Written Arith-
metic 1851; Geography 1l43; English
Grammar $50; History 276; Physiology
ITO; Natural Philosophy o.; Chemistry 80;
Botany rs; Astronomy 81; Algebra l64;
Geometry SO; Constitution and Science OF
Government 8; Rhetoric 40: Physical
Geography l7S; Drawing 420; German
Language 2SS.
Amount paid for instruction including
German, S3.040.50.
German D. PQFtmsat-Enrollmen in Ger
man-Washington 81; Madison II; Clay
rs; Union 81; Centre IS; Webster IS;
Richie 81; Total2S3. Number Of classes So.
Number Of pupils Of German parentase-...........-.1se
Number Of pupils other than German parcntAge" .10l
Number a! pupils IN ann Reoms......-..,........ %
Number Of pupils In Division A......,..................i3 t
Number Of pupils 10 Division B-........"...-......... 81
Amount paid for instruction In German
1854. Respectfully submitted,
JOHN @. HERvEY,
Superintendent.
The Committee on Accounts reported
bills amounting $500 10, which were order
ed paid.
The petition Of B. Klievis, as to reduc-
ton OF taxes for 1870, was referred to Com.
mittee on Finance.
The reply Of Van Antwerp, Bragg &
Co., of Cincinnati, apologizing for the non
filing OF their bond with the Secretary Of
The Board, was read, and the time for said
filing extended 80 days from date.
A communication was read from Jones
Bros & Co., submitting terms upon which
Forbriger's patent drawing tablets could
be furnished, and also the proposition to
send Prof. Flick, OF Cincinnati, to instruct
the teachers in the various wards, This
communication was referred to the Com
mittee on Text Books.
The resignation Of Mrs. II. Gelinck, in.
structress in German in the Second and
Third Wards, was read and accepted. MIR.
Ebeling asked permission to appoint
her successor, which was granted.
PAUL. Nightzell was appointed janitor OF
the Third Ward, Vice w. I'll. Hoge re-
signed.
On motion the Board adjourned,