Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-11-18
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Regular Monthly Meeting Last Might
TRANSACTION of Routine Business

son and the President. The minutes OF
the last meeting were read and approx
ed The report OF superintendent John
NJ. Birch was read. 1t is as follows:
WHEELING, November II.
IL the Board OF EdvCutiO:
GEsTLRMEN-The following is sum-
mary OF the reports OF the schools OF
the district for the month OF October,
1881:
Enrolment for the month. 3,221i
average attendance, 2,7g6; average ab-
senCe, 43l: per cent. OF attendance on
enrolment, 81.
Cases OF Hardness Washington, l5S;
Madison, 80; Clay, 3O2; Un.on, IU9:
Webster, 50; Richie, III; CoIcred, l0I
Percentage OF observation-disclosures
ton IS, Madison 81, Clay 81, Union 81,
Webster So, Ritchie 81, Colored IS.
Pupils i'll the Several Branches Or.
biography j,l60, reading $40, writing
j. S2g, mental arithmetic 1861, written
arithmetic $50, composition SO, geog-
raphv l,6l5, grammar 3S5, history 1870,
physiology Il, chemistry 60, rhetoric o.
general exercises and lessons in English
,322, algebra 10, geometry 80, decla-
nation 62I, German language 229,
drawing 40.
Amount paid for instruction, includ-
irg German, S3,S62 10.
GERMAN DEPARTMENT.
Enrolment in German-W ashington,
-; Madison. rs; Clay, 63; Union, "a;
Webster, 80; Ritchie, 50. Total 229.
Number of classes. 81; number OF pupils
OF German parentage, l29; number OF
pupils other than German parentage,
90. Amount paid for instruction in
German, Sl3+75.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
Enrolment September, $3.50; OctO.
Der, 1927; decrease, 95.
Average attendance September,
2.926; Oc;ober, .. 1916; decrerse, 100.
Number OF pupils perfect III attend
ance-Septerber, "a, October, SEQ; de-
crease, a.
Average abSence-Septemher PCS; Dc
tober, 43l inCr aasn, 223.
Per cent. OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
50; October, 81; decrease, >.
Number cases OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Der, $40 October, 8il; increase, 292.
The prevalence If diphtheria and ty-
phoid fever in some portions OF the
city during the month of October mate
rally reduced the attendance at the
schools.
These diseases are passingaway and the
health OF the district is improving to
such an extent that we may expect an
increased attendance for the month O!
November.
| again call the attention OF the
Board to the West Virginia Suprrin.
tendents' Convention and Teachers In
stitute to be held in the Hall OF the
House OF Delegates at the Capitol on
November %, u, - and %, 1881. The
instructors are Professor +. V. DeGrati,
of New Jersey; Hon. James II. Smart,
OF Indiana; John p. Peaslep, Ph. D.,
Cincinnati, Ohio; Hon. J. } Burns, OF
Ohio, and Professor 4. j.. Wade, OF
Morgantown.
The music will be furnished by HE
pupils OF our city schools.
A "spelIing match" between selected
scholars OF the grammar schools is also
to he feature Of the institute
A prize or two will he offered 10 the
best spoilers. TO be awarded by a com.
mittcc OF disintrr.strd persons. a cor
dial invitation is extended to the Board
10 he present at the sessions both day
and evening.
Respectfully submitted,
JSo. NJ. BIRCH,
Superintendent.
Report OF the Committee OH Accounts
read and adopted. It provided that
bills which it enumerated, amounting 10
1922, be paid
Bills OF Haues K Wilson and &. II.
Miller, iOr repairs Oh the FIRST ward
school house, amounting u 1857 IS, re-
ferred TO Committee on Buildings and
Repairs Tor report. Mr.. Maxwell
amended by bringing it before the Board,
and the bills were ordered to he paid.
The contract Of =. l.. Kimberly, icr
supplying coal for the year, with VIM.
Exley as surety in the sum OF $1,000,
was received ami filed.
The Committee on Buildings and
Grounds, to which was reierred the
matter OF feaces, outhouses, etc, for
the Fifth warl school, with instructions
to require bids, reported that the same
had been done, and offered for adoption
the following resolutions, which were
taken up separately and adopted;
/. Kr2oIrcd, That the building for
water closets be erected in accordance
with the following diagram and measure
ments, except that the walls betw en-
the two compartments OF the building
shall be nine Instead OF thirteen inches
thick. Zach compartment shall be OF
the same length, and the floor OF both
shall be paved with brick laid in cement.
=. Rc,oIrsd, That the Committee on
Buildings and Grounds is hereby an
thorized 10 receive bids and award the
contract ior construction Of such build
ing.
). RcsoirCi, That the bid OF Schuele
and Lott Tor excavation and stone work
for fence wall at 1886 90 be accepted; the
coping of said wall 10 be OF B-llaire
stone.
4 R,Holrcd, That the bid of Rednan
4 Co for putting up non fence at $l.I5
per foOt, be accepted.
). Rssoiroi, That the bid OF George
McCulley to build wall in rear OF build
ing for $4,000, and to lay pavement in
front OF building at 81 per yard, be az.
capted upon the understanding that
81 per yard is to include the removing
OF ground to depth OF one foot and re-
filling with ashes.
6. Rssolrtd, That the clerk is hereby
authorized to pay for the above work at
the above prices, when the same shall
be completed to the satisfaction OF the
Committee on Buildings :and Grounds
The clerk submitted his report of
books and supplies furnished the teach
ers, schools and INDECENT pupils Wash.
ingten, $50; Madison, So Al; Clay,
S2S.2l; Union. $40 o.; Webster, - 20;
Richie, 50 50; colored, 81 81 TotaI
Si3l.70. The report was adopted.
The action of the Washington dis.
trict teachers in appointing Miss Mary
Ryan, assistant teacher in the grammar
room in the school OF the district IN lieu
of Miss Ida L. Greer, who desired to re-
tain her former position as teacher in
room No ) in division {, and in ap.
pointing Miss Greer rs teacher
in No. ), was ratified by the Board.
City Collector Taney reported that he
had received from ex Ci;y Solicitor Er.
skine Sl5S 81, the same Icing tie school