The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-07-19
A VERY LIVELY Session
OF the Board Of Education Held
Last Evening,
THE CHOOSING OF TEACHERS
For tho Ensuing Year Reviyes an
Old Dispute-Tho Annual Leyies,
u Change of Text Books aud
Other Matters Come Up.

Other Matters Come Up
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Board Of Education last evening was one
Of the most interesting since the we'll,
remembered series Of interesting and
sensational sessions the Board held in
the summer Of 1887, when the trouble
was had over tho appointment Of two
teachers for the Richie schools. Last
night the annual confirmation Of
teachers came up, and once more there
was an interesting discussion over the
nominations for the Richie schools. Drs,
Pipes and Mccoy were the principals in
the discussion, The matter was finally
compromised, Another matter Of inter
est, over which there was a long discus
sion, was the proposed changes in text
books.
SALARIES FOR TIE COMING YEAR.
The Committee on Salaries recon,
mended that the salaries OF teachers and
ianitors for the coming year remain as
last year, The committee stated thai
they deemed-it inadvlsable to make any
advances over the scale in fierce the pas
Year on account Of the present indebted
ness Of the Board and the heavy expendi
lures which must be made In Conse
quence OF the erection Of the new Madi
son school building on the Island.
The salaries OF the janitors OF Wash
ington, Webster and Madison school
wsre raised from $25 to $50 per month
all the other salaries were made the
same as last year, 1t was also ordered
on the recommendation OF the commit
lee, that to teachers who have laugh
less than ten months In some graded
school, a salary OF but $50 per mont
shall be paid,
THE ANNUAL LEyIEs FIXED,
The Committee on Finance reported
long list OF estimated expenditures ou
OF the School, Building and Library
funds for the coming year. The tota
estimated expenditures out Of the sChoo
fund aggregate $76,SS5, OF which $G0,0SO
will be required for the teachers ant
janitors; out Of the Building fund, $50,
850-or, less the amount already paid OF
the new Madison school building ant
heating apparatus, $4,055-leaving $S4,
SY5 to be provided; out OF the Librar!
fund, $4,000.
The committee reported further a
follows: "The valuation Of real ant
personal property as returned for cit!
taxation will apppntto aboutSl7, 100000
The districts portion OF the State Dis
tributahle Fund will this year amour
to only Sl1,470 70, a decrease from las
year Of $1,000 So. In order 10 meet thu
appropriated expenditures out OF th,
School fund 1t win be necessary 10 lew
81 cents on each 500. In order to NEE
the Appropriated expenditures out o
the Building fund 1t will be necessary t
levy 20 cents on the 800. With thu
building levy fixed at this sum Their
will still remain unpaid at the close o
the next fiscal year the sun Of $50,
022 so, which must be carried over Il
the year next following, and be provided
for In the levy for that year. In orde
to meet the necessary expenditures OF
the Library fund.- y will be necessary Il
levy 8 cents on each Sl06.
A resolution was adopted fixing Lhl
leyies as recommended by the Board
making 20 cents in all on each 500 val
uation,
The Finance Committee reported fur
| NEnn Nt,nk kInRa Nt,a0 "A 1nNRtanRU In III
School fund OF about $4,000, and In thl
Building fund Of about $4,000, and re
commended that the. committee be au
thorized to negotiate a loan Of $4,000 Il
90 to the Building fund, and $1,000 Il
90 to the School fund, in order To NEE
the deficiencies in these funds at thu
cloGe Of the present fiscal year. ThiI
authority v%as'gFanted.
MORE MONEY FOR THE NEW MAplsoI
SCHOOL.
The Committee on Buildings ant
Grounds accompanied It's report will
the third estimate OF the work done on
and materials furnished for, the new
Madison school building on the Island
amounting to $1,000, and in accordance
with the committees recommendation
that amount was ordered paid to tht
Wheeling Mining and Manufacturing
Company.
The committee asked that they be al
loved 10 contract for all the slate black
boards needed In the district during thu
ensuing year. This authority va
granted.
The committee gave as the reason 10
asking this, that better rates can be OBJ
tanned for doing this work under q eOn
tract embracing this work as well o
work 10 be- performed in the new Mad
ison school.
CHANGES IN TEYr HOOKS RECOMMENDED.
The Committee on Text Books re
ported that for the last month they hat
been industriously at work inspecting
and comparing the various STANDARD
text books, with the object OF improving
the class OF books used in the schools
They were unanimous in the opinion
that Appleton's reader should be discon'
tinued In tho schools and some othel
series OF readers substituted. They had
not decided what readers should
take their place, and asked th9l
further time be allowed, that the merit
OF the different books might be more
fully investigated. In accordance with
this statement there were submitted
resolutions that the Use OF the Appleton
readers be discontinued, and that the
question OF the selection Of the readers
to be used inthe schools be referredtot the
committee with power 10 act.
There was a long debate over this
question, and tho matter was referred
BACK To the committee, not with power
10 act, but With Instructions to report 10
the Board with reasons Tor recommend.
ing the readers they may select.
FURTHER CHANGES IN TEXT BOOKS.
The Committee on Text Books re.
ported further recommending that the
Use OF AIilchell's Physical Geography he
discontinued, aud that Buffers Physical
Geography be substituted. The com.
mittee stated that Buffers work was not
only q superior book In thelt opinion,