Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-16

ports or Officers or inc bOdru'
Other Routine Business Transact
ed-Special Meeting to be Held.
A high school for Wheeling is at last
an assured fact.
Members Of the Board of Education
and others who took an interest in the
public school system, have been fight
ing for this institution for nearly a
quarter of century. The high school
project has been brought up in the
Board meetings often during that per-
iod, but last night, for the first time,
it secured a majority vote. Those who
favored the project naturally felt some
what elated last night.
At a previous meeting of the Board,
the Buildings and Grounds Committee
was instructed to examine and ascertain
| the cost of suitable sites. Last night
the committee recommended that The
Maxwell property, on Market street,
adjoining the Y NJ. c. A. building on
the north, be purchased at a cost of $780,
, 600. The matter was debated for more
than an hour.
Tie principal speech in support of the
recommendation of the committee was
made by DR.. Jepson, who has been an
earnest advocate of the high school for
many years. He gave a description of
the Maxwell homestead, and told how
it was proposed to change the building
| into a high school without necessitat-
ing any great expenditure OF money.
He also made a strong plea for the es-
adjustment Of the school, and reviewed
the fate of similar movements in the
past. He was answered by Col. Miller,
who opposed the measure in the most
vigorous fashion. Messrs. Hubbard,
Buchanan. and others, spoke in favor Of
the movement, and 1t was opposed by
Messrs. Maxwell, Bowers, Schaub and
others.
Mr. Bowers finally moved to submit
the question to a vote Of the people on
May 29th, offering this as substitute
for the recommendation. Mr.. Noble
asked what expense would be incurred,
and questioned the authority of the
l
thought the purpose Of the motion was
to delay, and urged members 10 settle
the matter one way or another. The
debate on the question continued for
some time. Mr.. Schaub incidentally
mentioned the fact that Richie has an
unsafe and ancient school building, and
he thought the high school should not
be built until there were proper gram
mar school buildings in each sub-dis-
trict. On Mr. Bowers substitute, the
vote resulted:
Ayes-Messrs. Brock, Bowers, Max
well, Mcconnell, Miller, Schaub, Weld
ner and Mr. Presidents.
Noes-Messrs. Birney, Buchanan,
Dudley, Hubbard, Jepson, Kasley, MILL
gan, Noble and Stanton-9.
The previous question was ordered,
and the recommendation was adopted
, by the following vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Birney, Buchanan,
Dudley Hubbard. Jepson ,Kasley, Mill
gan. Noble and Stanton-9.
Noes-Messrs. Bowers, Maxwell, Nc
Cornell, Schaub, Weidner, Mr.. Presi-
dent-6.
A motion offered by Mr.. Buchanan,
instructing the Buildings and Grounds
Committee to secure suitable plans for
remodeling the Maxwell building was
adopted Mr.. Bowers seconded the mo-
ton, saying 1T has passed now and we
may as well fall in" This sentiment
was received with applause.
DR.. Jepson moved to appoint special
committee on course of study, consist
ing of one member from each district,
to act with the superintendent and
principals. Adopted. The Chair APP
pointed MessTs. Stanton, Buchanan, Jep-
son, Brock, Kasley, Dudley and Schaub.
The consideration of the report of the
Committee on Rules came up as un-
finished business, and an effort was
made TO postpone consideration of the
matter until later in the evening. A
motion to postpone failed Of receiving
the necessary two-thirds vote. The
President announced that the rules had
previously been considered up to the
plan of organization and course of study.
The rules were suspended at this
point and the bond of James K. Hall,
in the sum of $4,000, was approved.
John Frew. J. ]. Jones and Augustus
Pollock sureties.
Before considering the report of the
Committee on Rules, Mr.. Stanton made
the point that some Of the rules had
not received an affirmative vote OF
majority of members Of the Board. He
had been informed that with eleven
members present. a bare majority OF the
Board. there had been negative votes
on at least two rules The chairman
was unable to give any information on
the matter, but decided that a majority
vote of the members is necessary.
Mr. Noble raised the point of order
that the Board as at present constituted,
is an entirely new body, and should
therefore not take up the consideration
Of rules where the old Board left of,
hut consider the entire report Of the
committee. The Chair ruled against
Mr.. Noble. and the clerk started TO read
the remaining rules. They were ADOPT
ed in part. and action was postponed on
the remaining section. The routine
business was then taken up.
After the reading and approval or
minutes of the preceding meeting, bills
reDorted with favorable recommended
tion were ordered paid as follows: Ac-
counts. s4973S; library, s17O.92. The
committee on public library was au-
thorized TO purchase books at a cost of
s53 90 The recommendation that Miss
A. B. Wilson be reappointed librarian
for the ensuing year was approved
unanimously and the salary was hXed
at $500 a year.
The Committee on Buildings and
Grounds presented a report covering
two matters; first, that the committee
oa-o.,,1r,- investigated several heating