Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-03
SCHOOL DAYS AGAIN.
Summer vacatisa is Over and NOW
Comes Work.
puOils and Teachers Returning WIN New
Statistics Of the last year
Attendance and Enrollment-Cost
Of instruction in Wheeling.

Tomorrow the public schools will re-
omen for the fall term. and over three thou
sand little ones, whose vacation began dur'
ing the last week Of June, will again tske
up their well.thumbed books and resume
their lessons where they closed the covers
several weeks ego. Many of the children
have doubtless passed the vacation days IN
the shady hooks and cool woodlands OF the
country. Weeks Of exposure to the sum-
and climbing and romping with none u
make them afraid, have made many OF the
delicate children, released from the confine-
ment of the school room, as brown as ber-
ries, and now they return with minds and
bodies recuperated by long respite, re-
plete with change of scene, air and diet
Doubtless to many the sudden transition
from play TO study will be hailed With de-
light, and as many more will begin to
figure on the number of days which must
elapse before Christmas brings another va
cation.
A LONG FAREWELL
Yesterday they were visiting for the
last time the pleasant places where they
gathered flowers and wove garlands Tor
friends and young companions. To-mor.
row they will again march into their school
rooms at the assembly" call, to greet be-
loved teachers and classmates from whom
they have been long separated. What .
fund Of gossip will each one have 10 retaii,
.i.entures to recount, what WORD
Seizures e will the =, not draw OF the exciting
vacation. The class rooms will tomorrow
resound with the hum Of merry. voices
the piay grounds ring with joyous laughter.
Welcome home, little students. Welcome
10 YOUR books-the well marked friends
.yoi, left behind to slumber in dust md cob.
webs. The holidays are over; now comes
the rigid discipline of school life again.
A few days of confusion, caused by classi.
fication and registration, will mark the
upenipg of the term; but by the end OF
the week all will have settled down TO their
accustomed routine OF study, the better
prepared for the acquisition OF knowiedse
since they have had several weeks respite
from states, books and blackboards. The
teachers, too, have doubtless enjoyed their
relaxation from the cares oil the class
rooms, and will return to their duties with
intellects auickened and their physical
systems recuperated by the long rest they
have enjoyed.
CONDITION OF THE SCHOOLS.
Wheeling may have good reason to be
very we'll satisfied with, if not proud OIL her
sch Oh. And the term schools may be
equally appropriately applied to both
buildings and system. The former, includ-
ing several beautiful structures, are In
good repsir and sanitary condition, and will
compare favorabIy with any in the land.
And the system is such that after the inst
day or two classes will go on as though no
vacation had interviewed. No important
changes have taken place, either in text
books or instruction corps, and nothing
will occur to mark the long term OF relaxa-
ton and recuperation.
ATTENDANCE STATISTICS.
Theavcrage attendance at the city school
including the colored school, is about2,9o0
and the average enrolment about ., 200. BY
the latter term is understood only those
pupils who have been regularly enrolled
and is excluded those children who come
and 20 like birds OF passage. The following
table will show the enrolment for each
month of the past school year, the average
attendance and the percentage OF enroll
ment which attend the schools:
Average