The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-17

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There are in the county 2,7OS children
OF school age. OF this number 1923 are
enrolled In the public schoOls and l,l6l at
tend daily. The cost Of educating In
cludIng all expenses. based on enumera'
ton Is IS 10 per capita; based on enroll
ment, S19 q per capita, aud based on
actual attendance $50 o. per capita.
Tho average of pupils enrolled IS, boys
eleven years, girls ten years Only 16O OF
the 1929 enrolled were over sixteen years
OF age. T'hlrty.onG pupils were neither
absent nor tardy during the year.
Trtadetphia district IS the only one
having graduates from the common
school course, two boys and twenty'nne
girls.
Following his statistical report is the
SupcrIntendent's written report, In which
he NAyS:
''Of the fISty.tour teachers in the coun-
Is, each of whom l visited once. Few OF
tener during the winter, the majority
were ambitious and, believe. were rea-
sonably successful. There we're others
whose work was below the average, ana
n few made almost II not total failures
our poor work Is due nathfy 20 taFes
causes, viz, the negligence at the lazy
teacher the indifference OF the money
getting teacher, and the lack OF scientific
.lynoWIedge Of the experience Eetter. A
number or our teachers are very young
and consequently lack that development
Of the mental faCuities-thas STABILITY
which gives to the mature mind me
power to reason correctly and 20 render
sound Judgment. The young teacher IS
no exception t. this rule; hence much OF
his work is often done in haphazard
manner, and the result Is often failure
in the teaching or tue disciplinary work
OF the school ROOM, or both. believe
thar our school law should be so amended
that no certificate to teach could here
after be granted 10 any one under twehty
years 81 age.
"A large number Of children come 90
school improvtdcd With The necessary
text books. Some parents are too poor
TO buy; others simply say they will not
waste 80 much money buying books
This together with irregular attendance
plays havoc with the faithful teachers
well laid plans. It Is a deplorable fact
tfIat numbers Of parents In Ohio county
permit: their children 70 absent them
selves from school as often as they
choose, The above are conditions under
which, no matter how earnestly the
teacher may strive, proper classifying
ana grading Is an IInpcasibillty.
''The teachers Of Ohio county and. l
believe, large proportion Of the tax
payers, are in favor OF free textbooks
10 be furnished by the state. BY follow
Ing the lead OF our sister state, Pennsyl.
vania, and others which have adopted
the same plan. our state can remove ope
OF the greatest hindFances 10 proper
grading. l. e., want OF necessary text
h.aokE SS
Common school diplomas were this
year issued TO twenty three graduates.
OUT 0f eight who afterwards took the
teachers examination. 1--WE passed; one
teceivlag a No. !; tYo, No. :; ana Two
No. certificates.
I'm conclusion / would say that the
wori; OF the past year hns, In general,
been good, ana l hope to see n marked
Improvement In It's character next year.
hone also to see our present ambiguous
ana contradictory school laws speedily
replaced by laws giving to West Viz
ciilia's children the advantages OF an
Educational systcm second to none in The
United States"