Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-03-20

The total enrolment Of the German
schools for the month was jld, number
OF classes -, number OF teachers ,, and
aud the amount paid for instruction
.Sl77.
The City Librarians report for the
month showed the average daily clrcu-
lation to be PA, that Of the reading
room ,O67, and the fines Slj.
The clerk then called the attention OF
the Board to the matter of changing the
time for taking the school enumeration,
a bill to that effect having been before
the recent Legislature, but the mem
berS were unable to state whether or
not it had been passed, as
no official information had reached
them. The bill provides for TAX
ing the enumeration on the
last IL days of April, and inaSmuch as
the time of holding the next regular
meeting will cut of but one OF these
days, it was thought best TO defer the
election OF enumeratorS until then,
when they would be fully appriSed Of
the disposition OF the bill.
Mr.. Block, as Chairman OF the Com
mittee on Teachers and Schools, then
introduced the following resolution:
Resolred. That special committee con-
sisting of President Jepson, j. \. Miller
+. j. Park, and the Superintendent oil
Schools. visit one or more cities that have
had the manual training system IN opera
tion three or more years, with instructions
TO report at the next regular meeting the
result Of their deliberations.
Mr.. Bloch said that all these gentle
men mentioned in the resolution were
competent and well qualified to make a
report on this question, all having had
long experience in educational matters,
and one in particular, Mr. Park, being
graduate Of a polytechnic school.
immediately after the reading )t the
resolution, Mr. Miller took the floor,
and said that the committee ought to
be confined within some limit Of eX-
penSe on the trip. He, for himself,
would not care to undertake the trip
unless he felt that there was some like
ihood of the Board adopting the new
system, and If the trip should cost $500
it would be just that amount thrown
away. Both President Jepson and Mr..
Miller said they would be unable to
serve on the committee. Mr.. Miller
said he felt the city was not ready for
the manual training system yet. !
think the majority Of the members OF
the Board in full meeting would vote
against ii.
Mr.. Bloch said this argument that the
city was not ready for the system would
not hold good, as the same opposition
would come up five years from now.
understand that several cities OF the
size OF Wheeling have adopted this sys-
ten, and found it very practicable and
beneficial. think, perhaps, the near
est city we can visit is either Toledo or
Baltimore, and ! believe all the deSir-
able results can be acquired in these
two cities. In the matter OF limiting
the expense Mr.. Block suggested that
the amount be fixed at 500.
Mr.. Davis said manual training was a
geod thing he believed, but he didnt
know whether the city was ready Tor II
vet. He couldn't see how committee
was to learn much by going to Just one
city or two cities, and staying but 4
limited time. And in order to get at the
real merit Of the system the committee
should get their information from other
than those who are running the system
Mr.. Miller said If the committee
should be confined to one city theIrepor'
would necessarily be very Imperfect
Now. Baltimore Is city OF some 300,
600 and can well afford TO have manual
training. What we ought TO do Is tC
visit cities of about the same size a;
Wheeling. To be directed to go to just
one or two cities that we know are II
love with the system would hardly b'
Justice to the city OF Wheeling. ! would
propose that we appoint eact
member of this Board com
mittee OF one to investigate
the system without expenae TO thu
Board. What | mean by this is tha
the different members, as they chance
to be in different cities during the yeai
on business, take little time of anC
visit the manual training school. The!
could get more Of value than commit
tee OF four on a limited trip, and coult
vote more inteligently on the subject
In reply to this DR.. Ulrich said h'
didn't believe tnat pldh Woulu "OTh
What is everybody's business is no
body's business, and his experience hat
been that people away from home, un
less specially directed on that mission
are too much absorbed in their owl
business aud pleasure to Civ
mncb attention TO anything else
He thought II the city was no
ready for manual training the bes
thing TO do was to commence and ge
ready by securing all the information
we can at the earliest possible moment
The manual training school Is an lnstl
tuition that would mean great educa
tional advantages for this city, ana
am heartily in favor Of it.
At this point, President Jepson TOO
the floor, his chair being taken by VI
nlckey. DR.. Jepson said that when lh
proper time comes he shall approve c
the. system, hut until that time h
should coincide in q measure with tn
views of Mr.. Miller. He had alwaJ
houed that the Committee on Ieaehei
. and Schools would someday bring Ia
report favorable 10 the estaoIiSi