Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-05-21
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Last Nishsss Regular Session
and Routine Work.

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Pie Board Of Education met in reg.
ulsr session last night. Not at the usual
hour, which 10 seven O'Clock, tor at thai
:. time only two members were present
During the hext hour they strolled in,
i'm aroups OF twos and threes, with an
occasional hush Of Ave and by eight
eleyrn were present, as was indicated
BY the following roll: Ankle, Caldwell,
Ebeling, Hess, Hoge, McCully, Miller
]. A, Miller John c., Pipes, Wilson and
President Baird, hat a..
The journal OF the last meeting was
read, approved and signed.
Prof. fiervey presented the following
as the .Y
suPERINrKSpENT's RsPoRr:
wHEELISG, May 70.
To The Boa,i Of EtiUcatioa: ~
tiEsrLENKN-The following rs the
summary OF the reports oil the schools
OF the district Tor the month ct April
1850:
Enrollment for the month, $3.50; ay-
,rage attendance, 2,S34 average absence,
i02; per cent of attendance on enroll
ment, IS; enrollment since septemher
|, I,G32. 49, o,
Gases Of hardness Washington, 81 /;
Madison, o; Clay, no; Union, ll9; Cen
tire, 1855; Webster, "a; Richie, 1Oi Col-
ored, A.. Total, or. =
Pupils perfect In ottendance-Wash'
ington, li0; Madison, us; Clay, l9l
Union. l26; Centre, IS; Webster, luOi
Richie, 1859; Colored, 10 Total, Dol.
II ENROLMENT In each school Washing
ton, 4a9; Madison, 293; Clay, 5lO; Union,
443, Centre, $40; Webster, 4Ii; RHchle,
739; colored, 10.
Per cent. of attendance-W Washington,
50; Madison, 81; Clay, oil Union, s.i
Centre, SS; Webster, So; RltchIe, 90
colored, II.
Pupils in the several branches-OT-
biography, 1928; reading, 1850; writing,
ay4l; mental arithmetic, $50; written
arithmetic, !, 460; geography, S9l Eng
lish grammar, SO; history, 2l5; physloI'
ogv, 0S; National philosophy, ~ chem
istry, 20; botany, 25i astronomy, "a
algebra, i2l geometry, 20; U. 5. Constr
luton, Is; rhetoric. 10; physical seogrs-
ply, 49,; drawing, 3OS; German IAN
guage, Pol.
Amount paid for instruction, inclnd-
ing German, sj,0iOo %.
Irsr aERMAs DEPARTMENT..
Enrolln,ent In 6 ernlan--Washington,
-; Madison, 10; Clay, 81; Union, 20;
Centre, 80; Webster, %; Ritchie, ~,
Total, 25l.
Number OF classes, 81.
Number ol pupils Of German parent
ace, 1853; other than German parenlage'
81. Total, 25l.
Number Of pupils in Grammar rooms,
10; Division A, no; Division, b. ST.
Total, PSI.
Amount paid for instruction in Ger
man, sl54.
Respectfully submitted,
JoHS G.. HERygY,
Superintendent.
On motion the report was placed on
die.
MIsCgLLN> EOus.
The Committee on Accounts reported
hills amounting to Sl03i3, incurred los
various repairs and supplies during
April. They were ordered paid.
The CoInmitiee on Finance, to,whOu
was referred the application OF the Board
OF Education Of Fulton, to have certain
taxes paid them as consideration LOT
schooling seventeen pupils residents oi
Washington srvb-district, reported ~
follows
IL has been the custom oi the Board
of Education ~ pay to the Fulton Board
the school taxes OF those families who
are permitted to send their children To
the Fulton school and secondly, their
pro rata of the State school fund.
Your committee finds the following
school taxes have been paid 10 Collector
James n. fancy, of the district, by per
sons living over the hill and sending
pupils to Fulton school: Fred. Weimar,
- Sd; Geo. ZDeckler, Sl3.45 aud &. aud
IL. Bullock, Sl.70; total, S33 81.
Your committee further finds the pro
portion Of the State fund for IL pupils
To hc SlSO2, which added to the $3.50,
scho, taxes paid ny the above named
parties makes total OF Sil 81, due the
Fulton hoard, according to the practice
heretofore established by the Board.
On motion, the clerk was instructed to
pay the amount specified.
MIR. Miller, oi Union, offered the name
ui Miss Ella Robinson as teacher rae,
Miss Mary Robinson, resigned. The
Board confirmed ths appointment.
The table being clear, on motion ol
Mr.. Hess, the Board adjourned.