Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-20
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Business Transacted at the Meeting
Held Last Night.
Reports of Offlc RS of the Board.
Term to be Closed One Day Early
on Account Of the Meeting OF
Round Table-Teachers Appoin
ed in Sevel al Schools - Other
Matters.

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Matters.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
Board of Education was held last night.
There was an unusually prompt at
tendance of members, and the meeting
was called to order before eight o'clock.
After the reading and approval OF the
minutes of the previous meeting, the
clerk read the statement Of balances to
the credit of the different funds, as fol-
lows: School, S24,2559 As; building, So
$50. II; library, $5,O321S; total, $780,
571.S3.
Accounts aggregating $525.98, sub
mitted by the Committee on Accounts
were ordered paid; also, library Dllls
amounting to $12S.1 The library was
ordered cleaned and repaired during the
time OF taking the annual inventory.
The report Of the superintendent was
read. Following is an abstract
Enrolment for the month, 4,4O7; av-
erage daily attendance, 1927; average
daily absence, $50; percentage OF at
tendance, "a; cases Of hardness, teach
ers 5, pupils $50; perfect in attendance
/. 723; cases OF discipline, 10; paid LOT
instruction, S6,076.
In the German department the enroll
ment for the month was 495; classes, 10,
pupils of German parentage, 27l; not OF
German parentage, "a; paid Tor IN
strucUon, $195.
The Superintendent reported that the
Eastern Ohio and Western West Nlr-
ginia superintendent and principals
Round Table will meet here next Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday. He recon-
mended that the schools close for the
present term on Thursday afternoon,
to give teachers an opportunity to at
tend on Friday. motion was made
to adopt the recommendation.
Several members of the Board
thought the roll should be called daily,
to insure the attendance of teachers.
Col. Miller took the floor and said he
presumed the Round Table would be
similar TO Institutes. He then launch
ed into discussion of Institutes gen.
orally. He had attended a great many,
and had yet failed to notice any prac-
tical benefits derived from them by the
teachers. There was certainly no inn
prOyement shown in their work They
were the same old teachers after the
institute, with the same old methods. W
He did not entertain a very high Opin-
ion of instructors who were employed
for the Institutes, and threw some light
upon their peculiar methods.
The accommodation of the Superin-
tendent was adopted, with an amend
ment providing for the calling Of the
roll Of teachers at each session of the
Round Table.
The report Of Librarian Wilson show
ed total circulation of books for the
month of 6,717; fiction, 1928; average
daily circulation, 220; circulation in
reading room, 1888; received from fines,
$40.
Dr. Dickey offered the following res
olUtions, which were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, It is the custom to name
the cruisers and gunboats after The cit
les of our country; and
Whereas, a number of gunboats now
being built have not yet been named;
and
Whereas, Our city having been in
cOTpOrated over one hundred years. is
one of the oldest communities of this
section of the country, is largely iden-
titled with The early history Of our in
dependence, is one Of the most import
ant centres of manufacturing indus +
in the Ohio Valley, and is by far the
largest city of the State: therefore, be it
Resolved, BY he Board of Education
of the city of Wheeling, that the Hon
orable Secretary of the Navy be re-
specially and urgently requested to
name one of the new gunboats Wheel
ing. in honor of our city.
Resolved, That our two United States
Senators, our four CongTe Tmen, the
Hon. Postmaster General William L.
Wilson. and the Hon Commissioner of
Internal Revenue J. s. Miller, be re-
Cuested to use their influence TO secure
this favor from the honorable Secretary
of the Navy.
Resolved, That a certified copy of the
above be sent to the officials named
It NOll iliSNlJ ItIS III Clay UlNiIiCL
reported the appointment of Bessie
KYLE, vice Miss Harvey. resigned. Con-
firmed.
Commissioners Of Union reported the
appointment of Misses Man 4fdltiand
Carrie Morrison as substitute teachers
in Union school. Confirmed.
Commissioners OF Madison reported
appointment of e r. Scatterday as
ianiJor Of school building, vice Mrs.
Murrins. resigned appointment to take
effect March LIST. Confirmed.
Madison commissioners also secured
confirmation # he 9rpo'n nept of Miss
Grace .orc 70 take plroo Of
aD r"h7 las removed from ,he city.
Adjourned
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