The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-13
SCHOOL M56NATES
WlllhoIda spselal Meeting on Fri
day Evening to
TAXI UP Two PATRIOTIC PROJECTS
THAT DEMAND ATTENTION Be
FORE A REGULAR MEETING
WOULD BE HELD ONE IS THE
AMERICAN BOY" CELEBRA-
ton AND THE OTHER THE OBJ
sERvANcE OF LAFAYETTE DAY
IN THE SCHOOLS.

After having tried unsuccessfully 20
secure the advance endorsement Of a
majority OF the members of the city
board of education on the proposed sale
of tickets in the schools for the Amer
lean Boy" battleshlp fund entertain-
ment, young Elmer Bonnete and his
associates have taken another tack, and
yesterday succeeded in securing the sig
natures of fve members to call for
special meeting Of the board of ed
ucation tomorrow evening.
AT this meeting young Bonnette VIII
be present and state his desire, which IS
in effect that the board instruct Super
intendent Anderson to have the prin-
cipals Of the several schools take charge
OF the sale OF tickets for the American
Boy" entertainment which Is 10 take
place at the Carroll Club auditorium on
Saturday, October %; also to encourage
large turnout of the school boys of
the city in the parade in the afternoon.
It Is proposed to have handsome BAN
ner awarded to the school turning out
the largest number in the line, and al
ready one business man has offered
prize, Jason c. Stamp giving Rugby
football to the school that has the most
numbers following in the parade.
At the same special meeting the board
NJ educa Am will Itselv take .p the
matter of the observance of Lafayette
day In the schools. The day set by the
national committee is Wednesday, oc-
tober 10, but 1T is likely that the OBJ
eervance in wheeling will occur one day
during the following week, owing to the
limited time in which to make arrange
menta The proceeds are to be used In
the erection of monument to Lafayette
in Paris, which 1t Is proposed shall be
completed and presented to the French
nation at the opening OF the Paris ex-
position in 1900. The 1ntelhgencer is in
receipt of the following open letter from
the national Lafayette committee. copies
Of which have been sent to 10000 school
boards In this country, also to all the
schools, public and private:
To the Representatives of Education
Throughout the United States.
GREETING:-The School Children's La
Fayette Memorial Movement Is new well
on the way to a splendid success. Adj
vices received from all sources assure the
commission of the enthusiastic and active
cooperation Of educational officials, from
the presidents OF the great universities
and superintendent OF metropolitan
schools to the remote district schools In
the country.
we address you in this universal salu-
tatlon, us direct part OF the body OF tho
movement, thanking you for the interest
taken, and feeling that nothing Will be
left undone by you between now and La
F,ayette Day, October 10, to make success
full a movement which will stand in his
tory to the lasting glory and honor OF the
school youth OF America.
Yours sincerely,
VIM. r. Day, Melville %. Stone,
VIM. 3. Allison, ChaS. A. Collier,
Edward Everett Frank Thomson,
Hale, Chas. g. Dawes,
W, II. Harris, Alex. II. Revell.
Archbishop ireland, Ferdinand w. Peck,
John w. Mackay,
The La Fayette Memorial Commission.