The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-18
BOARD OF HDUoATTOH.
Regular HOBIhly Meeting Last Night
Report Of City Superintendent HeFVey
-OtheF Interesting Matters.

HOAh0 " kDuCAAIOAs
Regular Monthly Meeting Last Night
Report Of City Superintendent HeFVey
-Other IntOFeAtipS Matters.
The Board Of Education met in regular
session last night in their room
in Crangle's Block, President Wilson in |
the Chair.
The following members answered to
their names: Acksr, Btngsll, Caldwell,
Collier, oriswsll, Ebeling, Jepson, Max
we'll, McCully, Miller, ], A., Miller, ]. O.,
sChOckey, Todd, Wilson, A., and Wilson,
W. A.
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read and signed.
The Committee on Accounts reported
bills amounting To 1928 Us. Ordered paid.
suPERlHTENDEST's REPORT.
WHEELING, w. ", March II, 1881.
10 le Board Of Education:
GESTLEMRN:-From the report Of the
schools OF the district for the month Of
February, 1881, we obtain the following
items oil general interest:
Enrolment for the
Average ''''''0te,S
Average absence
Per eeLt VI attendance 90 ,,SS
Enrolment SIuee september
Gases Of tardiness-W Washington, 1859;
Madison, A; Clay, 227i Union, lao; Cen
ire, 85; Webster, 90; Richie, 9Si Colored'
89-Total, 90S, :,
Pupils perfect in attendance Washing
ton, 1855; Madison, lB4; CLAY, 2Si; Union,
los; Centre, 81; Webster, 96; Richie, 1870;
Oolored, 37-Total, 1856.
Enrolment in each Hchool-Washing'
ton. 4G8; Madison, S92; Clay, 655; Union,
800: Centre, 1858; Webster, 479i Richie,
gu; Colored, IS,
Per cent ofattendsnce- darlington, So;
Madison, Of; Clay, o.; Union, 81; Centre,
So; Webster, IS; Richie, So; Colored, SO
Pupils in the several Misunderstanding
raphy, $3.50; Reading, S,207; Writing,
2,7l4; Mental Arithmetic, l,46l; Written
Arithmetic, l,75S; Geography, l,072; Eng
| lish Grammar, S5G; History, 255; Physi-
oloRy, O4i Natural Philosophy, 100; Chem
istry, %; Astronomy, Al; Aigebra, i42;
Geometry, 3d. Constitution and Science
Of Government, Ii Rhetoric, 90; Physical
Geography, l6l; German Language, 2S5;
Drawing, 364.
Amount paid Ter instruction including
German, A,O5l.
GERMAN DEPARTMENT.,
Enrolment In GermRn-Washington,
20; Madison, "a; Clay, 50; Union, So; Cen.
ire, 81; Webater, 2S; Richie, S6-Total
2S5. ..
Il as
Number Of W
| Number oil pupils Of GermIn pATentASe c",s,', III
Number u pupils ether than German pArenHGO- lvs
Number OF pupils IN grammar TOOIn ,-,,.,.,""". ~
Number o. puI liz In division ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, ID!
Number Of pupils 10 division b." .,,''"'...', ~
Under date Of March 9Th, 1881, this
office received from Hon, JOS. s. Miller,
Auditor, q statement certifying that the
taxes assessed under provisions OF law
against the several railroad companies for
district purposes in this city for the year
1880 have been paid into the treasury oil
the State, as follows:
By Baltimore L Ohio Railroad Compauy .....,sSgl 2s
NJ Wheeling, Pittsburgh Baltimore Co..."." o. i
VI Pittsburgh, Wheeling 4 Kentucky CO."." iSi Of
''.''"'"""'SOEA u
Drafts payable to City Collector, James
B. fancy, have been drawn upon the
Auditor for these taxes.
Respectfully submitted,
JouN O. HERvRY,
Superintendent.
Mr., Maxwell offered resolution that
So, 900 be paid James MCGraw said $1,000
being the amount Of purchase money for
parcel Of ground In the Filth ward,
which was purchased for the purpose Of
erecting the new Filth ward school house.
Adopted. ....
Mics Ella G. Hervey was appointed
teacher in Clay sub district, vice Mrs.
Joanna Tsppsn, nee Charrock, resigned.
William RennArd was also appointed
janitor OF the Third ward school.
Tho bond OF DR.. NJ. F. Hullihen, Clerk
OF The Board, In the penal sum Of $1,000,
with George r, Tingle and o. O. Dewey
as suretieB, was presented.
Mr.. J. A: Nil er.askod by what authority
the schools had been dismissed some
weeks ago for the purpose Of holding a
Humpty Dumpty show.
President Wilson said that In order 10
give tho children chance to laugh, be
had told the City Superintendent to in.
struct the principals to. dismiss an hour
or two earlier.
Mr.. Miller said he remembered q cir.
Cumstance, about two years ago, when a
principal had 30 dismissed school under
similar conditions, and Capt. Wilson had
had the law 80 amended as To prevent any
such iniractions.
Capt. Wilson: "That was to control
only one school. My order governed all
the schools, or in other words, 1t was gen.
Mr.. W. A. Wilson: II think 1t was
particular as the order did not reach our
school,"
Mr.. Collier: "Nor ours"
Mr.. Todd offered resolution that the
annual knowing vacation" take place
during the first week In April instead OF
the last week in March.
A somewhat acrimonious debate follow.
cd on this resolution, on the part OF
Messrs Todd, Miller, j. A.; Miller, ]. O.;
Wilson, A.; Wilson, W. A., and others,
but the resolution did not prevail.
Adjourned.