Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-22

WILL CONTINUE As THEY HAVE
BEEN HERETOFORE.
LAST MEETING OF THE BOARD
For the Year-Mr. Schaub's Amend
ment to the Rules Was Laid
the TabIe-Regular Reports OF
Onfcers-Financfal Statement
Teachers Appointed - Routine

The regular monthly meeting OF the
Board of Education was held last night
and considerable business was trans
acted, but nothing of an important
character was under consideration.
Accounts reported with favorable rec
ommendation were ordered paid as fol-
lows: Accounts, s442.05; public library,
s106.SS; buildings and grounds, $S34.S7;
finance, s1351O.
The bill reported by the finance COM
mittee was for services by Frank W..
Nesbitt in collecting delinquent taxes.
The public library committee was
authorized to purchase new books TO
the value of $143.S2.
The report of the superintendent was
read. Following is an abstract: total
enrolment, 4,811; average daily at
tendance, 4,219; percentage of attend
ance, "a; High school 81, Washington
"a, Madison 96, Clay "a, Union SO, Cen
ter 81, Webster "a, Ritchie "a, Lin
coin 81; cases of hardness, 634.
In the German department, the total
enrolment was 500, of which 274 were
pupils of German parentage.
The superintendent recommended
the purchase of new supplementary
reading for the first three years OF
school, stating that about four years
ago the board purchased about 1000
volumes, which had been great aid to
teachers in giving instruction in this
branch. He asked for about 1,2OO
books, to cost about rs cents each. Re-
ferred to committee on text books.
The board rejected the proposition
submitted at a previous meeting on a
communication from City Clerk
O'Brien, to pay part of the cost OF
printing tax bills.
The monthly report of the librarian
showed a total circulation for the
month of 6,16S, of which 5,426 were
works of fiction; average daily circu-
lation, 247; circulation in reading room
1858; received from fines, $40.
The very much discussed question Of
the length of the daily session at the
High School, was introduced in the
form of report from the committee
on teachers and schools, recommend
ing favorable action upon the amend
ment submitted by Mr.. Schaub, which
was as follows:
"The daily sessions OF the High
M, and from 1870 until 2:45 p. M
A motion was made to lay the report
on the table, and it was adopted with
out discussion, indicating that mem
bers had fully made up their mind on
the point
The clerk read the following finan-
cial statement: School fund, balance
S65,6S7.7S; building fund, balance So
2S2.44; library fund $7,253.63; total bal
ances $7S,223.35.
A bill from the Fulton school board,
for tuition of Wheeling children living
in Washington district, for the quarter
ending November 80, amounting to
$136.50, was ordered paid.
Miss Weitzell was confirmed as sub
stitute teacher in Center district; and
Miss Lulu Scharf to succeed Miss Hall
in Washington school.
Commissioners of Washington asked
for authority to appoint another
teacher. Granted.
Judge Cranmer stated that he re-
ceived a letter from the private secre-
tary of Andrew Carnegie, stating that
Judge Cranmer's letter relative to an
appropriation for a public library, had
probably passed Mr.. Carnegie on the