Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-19

tion--Reports Of Officers of the
! Board Accounts Submitted and
Approved-Other Business Tran
sacted.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
Board of Education was held last night.
| In the absence of President Jefferson,
DR.. s. L. Jepson took the chair. The
| meeting was short and very little bust
| ness of Importance was transacted.
After the reading and approval of
| minutes of the preceding meeting, ac-
counts were ordered paid as follows:
Accounts, s457.44; library, s155.71. The
purchase of books to the amount Of
| $71.09 for the public library was APP
proved; also the appointment of Emma
J. Garden as substitute at the public
library.
The committee on teachers and
schools reported that it was deemed
expedient to defer action at this time
upon the application of Miss Flora
| Horne to be supervisor Of drawing in
| the public schools. The Board concur
| red in this recommendation. The COM
mittee also recommended an additional
teacher in the High school. Adopted.
Bills amounting to s2,057.36 reported
| by the committee on buildings and
grounds were ordered paid.
The committee on text books pre-
.ented a report on the matter of the
introduction of botany or zoology in
| the High school. The committee ex-
| amined half a dozen works on the lat
| ter subject and decided that it's adoption
at this time is inexpedient, inasmuch
as the text books would require COM
| plete laboratory, and an especially
skilled instructor in the use of the
| microscope. The committee made an
unanimous recommendation of work
| on botany, however, but concluded that
/ the introduction of English history in
| stead Of botany would be productive Of
| better results, and would be more salts
! factory to patrons of the school. The
| committee presented resolutions sub
shutting English history for botany in
| the High school course.
Several members took part in the
discussion upon this resolution. 1t de-
| veloped that half hour was left by
the committee for botany, which was
| not to be taken up until the first of
January. Mr.. Stanton and Dr. Birney
were opposed to botany, and thought
| the pupils already have enough studies.
| Mr.. Noble favored the substitution of
| trigonometry, as he thought knowl-
edge of this study would be found in
| valuable to graduates desiring to enter
| colleges. Mr.. Brock said he was lover
of mathematics, but he questioned the
wisdom of introducing trigonometry
| instead of history, as he felt that the
latter would tend to broaden the minds
i of the pupils. Col. Miller defended
| botany, and expressed surprise at the
| opposition to the study in the Board.
The resolution substituting English
history was defeated and Bergen's Bot
any was selected as text book.
The contract for school books for in
digent pupils was awarded to E. w.
futile.
The report of the Superintendent for
| the month of October was interesting.
Following is an abstract: Total enroll
ment for the month, 4,S77; average
daily attendance, 4,347; average daily
absence, 236; per cent of attendance,
So; High school, So; Washington, "a;
! Madison. 81; Clay, "a; Union, So; Cen
tire, "a; Webster, 90; Richie, SO; Lin
| coin, 95; cases of hardness, teachers,
4 pupils, $50; paid for instruction,
$685..
| In the German department the en-
rollment was 602; classes. SO; pupils of
| German parentage, SOL; not of German
| parentage, Sol; teachers, 5; paid for in
| struction, 1886.
| The Superintendent recommended
| that hereafter an annual report of the
| schools be published in pamphlet form.
The Board referred the recommendation
| to the committee on teachers and
| schools.
| H. B. Work, principal, and the High
school teachers, asked permission to
dismiss the school on Friday following
Thanksgiving to enable them to attend
| the meetings OF the Eastern Ohio
Teachers Association in Steubenville.
The request was declined.
Il Adjourned.