Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-16
THE BOARD OE EDUCATION
Holds a Rather Interesting Meet.
ing Last Evening,
In Which Several important Matters are
Acted UPon---The Members in Good
Spirit for Talking.

Last evenings regular monthly meeting
of the Board Of Education was quite ex-
tended, but interesting. The members
seemed to be in good humor for talking, and
as they had a number Of opportunities
they embraced them heartily. The dis
cussiou was caused principally in the
matters of appointing substitute teachers;
and the petitions asking that no recess be
given the scholArs during the winter
months, and that they be not allowed to
play around the grounds until certain
hours had arrived. The action taken in
regard to the questions will be found be
low.
Upon the roll being called Messrs.
Acker, Ellinghsm, Eschtruth, Hannah,
Isetf, Jepson, Miller, w. A, Miller, j: e.
White, Wilson, A., Wilson, J. A, and Mr.
President answered present, Messrs. Pipe
and Dickey coming in later.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read, approved and ordered signed.
The regular business of the Board was
then taktn up, the first being the report OF
the Committee on Accounts, which was
read, and the aggregate OF bills reported
1852. SO, ordered paid.
II COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
reported that owing to the fact that taxes
are not paid to any aPPreciaoie exten,
until after the let OF November, 1t would
be necessary TO borrow temporarily about
| 6 500 IN order to pay October salaries ana
current expenses now due. The clerk
was ordered BY the Board to draw on the
Collector for the amount payable thirty
DAYS after date and deliver such order to
the Committee on Finance, which would
discount it ct the lowest rate obtainsole.,
The Committee on Rules and Regula-
fiona reported as follows: Your com,
mi,,ce, 10 which has been referred
a resolution requiring the Superintendent
and Principals CT the different schools to
reside in the city from Monday morning
to Friday night during school terms, and
a resolution charging the manner q ap'
pointipg substitutes, begs leave TO report
hat il deems the adoption OF a rule re
curing the Superintendent and Principals
to live in the city, ~inexpedient.
Your commit { thinks 1t would be 40
yisable to change the method OF appoint
ing substitutes, and recommends that the
following rule be adopted in lieu OF any
nov existing:
THE RULE.
"At the regular meeting of the Board Tor
/ November, 1885, and annually thereafter
AT the meeting at which teachers ore ap'
pointed. the commissioners u each sub:
district shall appoint " substitutes; and
whenever u teachtr in any school b be
temporarily absent, it shall be the duty OF
the Principal Of such school to procure
one of such substitutes 10 teach during the
absence Of guch teacher; but no person
shall be appointed q substitute who shall
not have obtained q number one or two
certificate"
A division vote was called on the report,
and The first rule wss adopted. The last
was discussed to some extent, and was
fLalls sdopted with the following amend
mcrt: That 20 teacher be appointed q
substitute unless having obtained a rum
Der orc grammar school certificate, and
that each substitute receive pay at the
rate Of one DOLLAR per day"
The Committee on Public Library re-
ported bills ~aggregating $lG%.OS, which
were ordered paid.
THE EUrERINTENpENT'S REroRT
was then read, the following being an alb
stract:
Enrolment Tor the m~on.h-Washing,
ton, 554; Clay, 500; Union, $50; Center,
497; Webster, sol; Ma ison, SOC; Richie,
73j; colored, ljG; total, 4,l0+; average
daily attendance, 3,6l7; average daily alb
serce, Alb; per cent Of attendance, a.;
number ofteacbfrs, O3; amount paid for
instruction, 1865.
Enrolment in German department.
Washington, %; Madison, Is; Clay, II;
Union, 46; Center, So; Webster, IS;
Richie, 81; total, 30i; number Of teach
era, I; amount paid for instructions, Sl56
The Superintendent handed in the fol,
Losing petition, which was signed BY q
large number of teachers of the various
schools.
To the Honorable Board of Education:
We respectfully petition that the general
rule, which requires q recess in each daily
SESSION Of the public schools be so changed
that no recess shall be required.
and we further petition that there be a
rule passed prohibiting the assembling Of
pupils upon the school grounds, or abou,
the school buildings before $3.50 o'clock q.
m, and 1890 O'Clock P. m.
We HAVE CONSIDERED THESE MATTERS
long aud a~ttentively and could offer potent
reasons for both parts of our prayer, and
would like the members of the Board 10
give them consideration.
The petition sskipg that No reeeGa be
given, C voted down after some vigorous
discussion, and the latter request was
referred to the Committee on Teachers
and Schools, after another season Of earn
est debate.
The report of the Librarian wasannexed
an abstract Of which is as follows: Total
circulation for month ending September
"a, 4,33S; circulation in reading room,
222; sveragd circulation per 5ay, 1907
amount received from fines, &c $40.
A com munioation was received from ex.
Collector Unruh stating that he had turned
over the balances due the Board al his set
Element July l3, 1885, to Collector Craw-
ford, and received o receipt for the same.
The figures are 90 {, llows; School fund,
81 $50 lG. building fund. S1I. As: library
fund, Sl,466 81. The communication was
ordered
SPREAD UPON THE L
DR.. Pipes asked that six clocks be fur
nished Richie school, and he was author.
lied to purchase tie Sans.
Mr.. 4. Wilson reported that the Com.
missioners had appointed. Miss JEANNE
Brady to the position resigned by Miss
Laura Updegraff, and appointed Miss Elite
Updegrsf t fill Miss Brady's position
The appointments were confirmed.