Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-06
REPORT OF SCHOOLS.

schools, nine white and one colored.
The following shows the enrolment
and attendance of each school:
/, Darkesville School-M. T. Bowen
aud Miss L. Cunningham, teac hers;
number of pupils enrolled IS, aver
age daily attendance So.
Arden School-Miss Bessie M. SEN
cindiver, teacher; number of pupils
enrolled 81, average daily attendance
%.
| Vanclevesville School--G go. w.
Van Metre, teacher; number of pu-
pills enrolled Al, average daily atten.
dance27.
Van Metres School-A. r. Ryon,
teacher; number of pupils enrolled
SO, average daily attendance IS.
/ Fair View School-C. III. Cookus,
teacher; number of pupils enrolled
35, average daily attendance %.
Sub. Dist. No. Jos. A. Downs,
teacher; number of pupils enrolled
AZ, average daily attendance 25.
Oak Grove School-Miss Bessie
Burkhart, teacher; number of pupils
enrolled 40, average daily attendance
"a.
New Haven Sehool-Miss Ellen
Wagner, teacher: number Of pupils
enrolled AS, average daily attendance
80.
Cambridge School-Miss Mo flie
Payne, teacher; number of pupils en-
rolled 3S, average daily attendance
IL. The attendance at this school is
too SMALL. The Board of Education
and the Trustees should learn the
cause, and if possible, remove it.
! Colored School-D. W. Lee, teach
err; number of pupils enrolled %, av-
erage daily attendance 10. The at
tendance at this school is very small,
there were only six present when /
visited the school.
The length of the school term is
eight months. First class teachers
are paid S2S per month.
Mill Creek District--There are
seven schools in Mill Creek District,
five white and two colored. Follow
ing is the enrolment and attendance
of each school:
Silver Hill-Champ Shepherd, teach
er; number of pupils enrolled 90, av-
erage daily attendance %.
Bunker Hill School-Miss f. L.
McMurran, teacher; number of pu-
pills enrolled As, average daily atten-
dance 33.
Pine Grove School-S.J J. Whitmer,
teacher; number of pupils enrolled
so, average daily attendance 26.
Three Runs School-Miss Ella
Bowers, teacher; number of pupils
enrolled so, daily attendance %:
Silver Retreat-Miss Lizzie Gordan,
teacher; number of pupils enrolled
81, average daily attendance 20.
) Darkesville Colored School-Miss
Mary A. Smith, teacher; number of
pupils enrolled Sc, average daily at
tendance "a.
Woolbine School,. w. Corsey,
r teacher; number ofpupils enrolled %,
average daily attendance II.
The school term in this district is
seven months. First class teachers
; are paid S2S per month.
Gerardstown District-Jones Spring
School-Geo. HI. Horner, teacher !;
number of pupils enrolled 40, average
daily attendance %.
Sulphur Spring School-Jas. w.
Gain, teacher; number of pupils en-
rolled "a, average daily attendance 1S.
Shanghai School-Jacob A Chap
man, teacher; number of pupils en-
rolled 81, average daily attendance 26.
Gerardstown School-Henry c..
Evans, teacher; number of pupils en-
rolled 40, average daily attendance p.
Mt. Carmal School-Wm. F. Smith,
teacher; number of pupils enrolled
46, average daily attendance %.
} Mountain Grove-M. G. Albright,
teacher; number of pupils enrolled
so, average daily attendance %.
Nc Cubbin's School-Geo. w. De-
Haven, teacher; number of pupils
enrolled 80, average daily attendance
90.
New Hoppe. E. Feather, teacher !;
number of pupils enrolled AZ, average
daily attendance %.
Aiken's School-Miss Alice Am
brose, teacher; number of pupils en-
rolled 3S, average daily attendance %.
Smiths School-A.. w. Smith,
teacher; number of pupils enrolled
81, average daily attendance Is.
Gerardstown School-C. w. Nc
Kown, teacher; number of pupils
enrolled As, average daily attendance
80.
Morgan's School-A. M. Graham,
teacher number ofpupils enrolled SO,
average daily attendance %.
Ridge Schoolgirls. Sallie Stuckey,
teacher; number of pupils enrolled
Al, average daily attendance "a.
The length of the school term in
district is six months. Salary of first
; class teachers S2S, prori1ed that they
make the fires and sweep the house.
AS result of the short terms and
small salary, the schools of this dis
trict, in point of proficiency, are far
behind the schools in the districts
where they have longer terms and
higher salaries, and the school houses
are not so clean and cosy as they are