Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-16

Increase in two years... ..............- 1892 OO
III ', 227,95S
Increase In two wears .................... 1857
Nomber OF pupils enrolled in school, 1884 1922
Increase In Two ycars............... IO,72S
Average daily Attendance in 1884 ..... l0l, OS2
Increase i'm two years ................... 1850
Fund, isg5 826 II
Increase in two ycarS 1925 u
Total disbursements for all purposes,
Teachers fund, lSSi.... .....S 6gl ,lO9 Is
Increase in two years.................... ll6 81
Total receipts for Building Fund for
lSSl......... iOllIb %
Increase in two ehz9t ~
To Il disbursements for Building Fund
for lSSt..s..... .........o "ltoZo 70
Increase in two years..."".....-.. 1929 y
The Superintendent submits some altera-
tons in the School Law, to make its provis-
ions more effective. His suggestions are en-
titled to your consideration.
With the present administration he will
retire from Office. cheerfully bear testi-
mony to the able manner in which he has
discharged his public trust and the efficient
aid he has given to the cause Of popular ed
ucation in the State.
University.
The reports of the President and the
chairman Of the Faculty to the Board OF Re-
gents, and of the Board Of Regents Of the
University, are replete with information as
to its condition and wants.
Your attention Is especially invited TO
these reports and to the recommendations
therein contained, a summary of which
are found on pages 10 and III OF the r.
gents report.
Section IL of article II Of the Constitu.
ton provides that THE Legislature shall
foster and encourage moral, intellectual,
scientific and agricultural improvement; it
shall whenever it may be practicable, make
suitable provision for the organ
ization OF such institutions of learning as
the best interests ofgeneral education in the
State may demand.
This provision is identical with the proyis-
IONS of section 1, article l0, of the Constitu-
ion of 1863 o..
In obedience to this plain requirement Of
The Constitution, as also in conformity with
he act OF Congress donating certain lands,
he proceeds of which constitute large
part OF its endowment the Legislature did
provide for the organization OF an agricul
tural college at Mogantown.
The Legislature subsequently changed
he college into University and as such
i has received a limited support, but not to
the extent of filing the constitutional re-
auirement. that il be fostered and encour-
aged as the best interests Of general educa'
lion in the State demand.
Its buildings are not completed, and it is
deficient in many Of the appliances neces
sary to aid its professors properly TO dis
charge their duties in their respective
schools. =,
1t is respectfully submitted that to enable
it to offer its pupils all the advantages that
are found in institutions of like grade, it
should be made in fact what it is in name:
am of opinion that the time has arrived
for the Legislature to provide for the CO.
education of the sexes in this school. Most
of the institutions Of learning Of the charac
ter of this school have inaugurated the sys-
tenn, and find Its practical working to be
beneficial In fact, this wo I'D seem to be
the meaning OF our Constitution. The in
stitution to be herein PROV led was to be
such "as the best interests Of general educa-
ton in the State may demand" Not the
education of part of our citizens, but the
general education Of all classes
Males and females are educated together
in our normal schools. Why not in the
University
We have no educational institutions in
this State wherein females can have the
benefit of education in the learned profes-
sions and the higher branches taught in a
university course. -.
see no reason why this class of our citi-
zens should be compelled to go abroad to
| obtain such education
lam aware that much opposition has
been. developed in the State TO the manage
ment of the University, and the assaults 80
made have had q tendency to reduce the
number attending the school The report
however shows an increase over last year;
and should the school be thrown open to
both sexes. the attendance would core
spondinely increase and your bounty reach
q much larger number OF those emitted
thereto.
The following appropriations are request.
ed for the support OF the University for the
next two years For the year 1885, 49,
OO4 81; for the year 1886, 81, 262-79. a
detailed statement Of the items composing
the appropriations asked for accompany the
report
Reform school
The report Of the Superintendent Of Free
School AGAIN calls attention to the necessity
Of proper legislation providing for schoo
for the reformation Of youth charged witt
criminal ofenses
The report Of the Superintendent Of tn
Penitentiary shows that Of the 2e5 Stat
prisoners confined therein, SO were unde
tventyone years Of age, some OF whom .
| the time they were received, moi over fcui
teen.
have felt Il mY duty upon more tina