The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-14

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AVERAGE DISTRICT LRvY ON 500 VALUATION
OF PROPERTY.
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For bulldog Fsnd lssO, ,,rr"...,,.,,,,.., lJSl
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For lie ,chpr's Fund ls7On..n.. ...... ...... so o.
For TeaeheTS' Fund SsOe,,,..,.."n...,..n. % q
Decrease ID per Cea)""--".", .,.., t,sI
CASH PER PUPIL,
For Tuition, bpSed On CnrOll1 Gnt, iST0..,S 40
For TultlOO, bSStd on GnTOllment, lsSO.n. &
increase .'""'p. ''..'' ',,......,,.'"."S o.
POr Tuition, baI,d on epumSatiOn, lSTO..s G.
For Tuition, based on enumeration, 1880. -
IncreasO' ''"r' ''.',,,",",,,, .,,,.,,,.' y Vi
A careful review OF this comparative
statement from the reports Of 1870 and
1850 will show o most gratifying prog,fs,
n our school work. II appears that, while
there has been, In the last ten years, IN
increase in the plumber OF school youth oil
only 20 per cent, as asCertained by
aCtual enumeration, there has been, in the
same period, an increase In The number OF
teachers employed OF seventy.twO per
cent; Of the number OF months taught, an
increase Of eighty per cent; OF the
number attending school, an increase Of
sixty four per cent, and OF the general
average attendance, an increase Of sixty.
six per Cent-that Is, there has been an
increase in provision for instruction aud
10 the number OF youth actually receiving
instruction, about three times .as great m
the increase In the number Of school
youth entitled 10 the privilege OF Tree
schools.
The value Of all school property shows
an increase In the outlay for this purpose
Of fifty eight psr cent; and as q result ofthe
expenditure, there has been an increase
IN the number VI school houses built Of
uinety.One per cent.
The amount received to the credit OF the
General School Fund, and which Ia annu.
silly distributed to the districts OF the
State upon the basis Of enumeration Of
school youth" has been increased "A per
cent. This goes to the Teachers Fund
aud 80 far GAUGES q reduction In the annual
district leviea necessary to run the schools
the legally required four months in each
year,
The tables show that there has been M
actual. increase In the amount received
from district levieb OF "A per cent, while
there has been al actual decrease In The
rate oil levy OF 80 per Ceut for the Building
Fund aud 10 pGr cent for the Teachers
Fund. This results from The moro thorough
and lust system OF assessment which ha &
been enforced, and the efficiency aud hdel.
ity with which taxes have been collected
and accounted for, and the vigilsnce with
which arrears IRON all sources tributary I o
these funds have been looked alter and re.
covered.
Tho total amour. paid out for teachers
s diaries, as per report OF 1870, was $3.50 .
1853 "a; the amount paid ont tor the same
purpose, AZ per report Of 1880. was $685..
4S3 "a, an increase Of 1901, 729 10, OF 1870
per cent, which was applied directly to
pay teachers employed at salaries on an
average NJ II per cent loss than there was
paid IN 1870, aud was raised by a rate nt
levy ~ per cent lees than the rate Of 1870.
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY.
Tho West Virginia University Is worthy
Of the fostering care Of the State, and lie
growth and prosperity during the past few
years evinCe tho ability and energy with
which tho Regents, the President and the
officers OF the institution have addressed
Themselves to the advancement Of liz inter.
ests.
In 1877 the number Of students enrolled
was 81, and they were from the few IL
ties Immediately surrounding tho Univet.
sity. The report Of two years ago showed
hat the number Of students had increased
to 1l8, and that they were from fourteen
counties. The number Of students for the
current year is 100, aud they represent
twenty.six counties. The President repro.
SCENTS that the students are industrious and
devoted to their work, and warmly NJ.
taChed 10 the University-a fact Of great
Importance to the prosperity OF an lusLitu.
ton OF learning. The standard Of sChOl.
larship is high, aud compares fayotably
with that OF older, better known aud more
richly endowed colleges
The corps Of cadets Is larger than ever,
aud It's drill aud discipline thorough and
exact. The Military department ls an i'm
pottRnt and attractive feature Of the UGi.
versity.
The appropriations asked forare, for the
year ending March lat, 1882, $l7.7Sl 40;
Tor theyeat ending March let, 1888, SlJ,
$50 70.
The Regents recommend the gradual
increase oil the endowment fund.
The reports oithe President aud Regents
are replete with interesting information AB
o the condition, operations aud prospects,
Of the University.
Ftstt CULTURE
The labors OF "lho Commissioners Of
Fishes" during the past two yeats have
been attended with very satisfactory re.
suits. The New and Greenbrier rivers,
and many other smaller streams. have
been abuhdantly stocked with black bast,
and many thousands Ui salmon, carp, trout
and other esteemed vatiLies Of nah, have
been plsced in stteamsand ponds through.
out the State.
The Matching house at R9mney Is now
10 successful operation.
The report Of the Commissioners con.
tains valuable Information and supge5.
tons, 10 which ] invite your attention.
An appropriation Hhsheu ~ SItVuV peI
wear TOR the next two yeats to enable the
Commissioners to continue successfully
their important work.
rHR LAWS.
II devolveS upon you to adapt the stat
utes Of the State to the changes In the fun.
damental law caused by the amendments
Of the Constitution which were ratified al
The last general election, and to enact such
laws as may be necessary to carry theeC
amendments into effect.
II was recommended to tho last Legisla,
iure to provide iDt the revision and codi1
cation uiths laws. Since lhis suggestion
was mAdO the statutes have been revised
and annotated by john F. Kelley, EGG
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