Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-11-17


One of the most interesting matters
brought up at last nights regular
| monthly meeting of the Board OF Ed
ucation was the effort to change the
present hours of sessions at the High
| School, in order to provide for a con-
| tinuous session. with a half hour in
| remission at noon. 1t was struggle
between commissioners from the remote
districts, and those representing dis
tricts near the High School building
The project failed.
The clerk read the monthly report OF
| the Superintendent Of Schools, from
which the following totals are taken:
Enrolment for the month, 4,769; av-
erage daily attendance, 4,204; average
daily absence, ESQ; percentage of at
tendance, "a. High School SO, Wash
ington SO, Madison 95, Clay SO, Union
"a, Center 81, Webster SO, Richie "a,
Lincoln SO; hardness teachers 81, pu-
pills 500; perfect in attendance, 1852;
paid for instruction, $6,418
In the German department the total
enrichment was 531; classes So; pupils
of German parentage 275; other than
German parentage 25S; paid for in
struction, s2O6.
Librarian Wilson's report showed a
total circulation of books for the month
of $50; works of fiction, 1862; aver
age daily circulation, PIP; circulation
in reading room, 1858; received from
fines, 81.
The Lafayette Memorial Commission
of Chicago sent a souvenir receipt and
communication, acknowledging the re-
ceipt of s437SS, and the cooperation
of the schools of Wheeling in the
movement to erect a monument in
Paris, France, to Marquis de Lafayette,
the friend and ally of the founders OF
the government of the United States.
Bills were approved and ordered paid
as follows: From committee on ac-
counts, s5656S; public library, s120.01;
buildings and grounds, $4,000.
The library committee was authorized
to purchase books to the amount of
500, and to replace worn out books TO
the amount of $36.75.
The committee on text books asked
authority to purchase one dozen Cra-
mer's reversible maps at $1.75 each.
Referred back with instructions to Sc
| cure bids from other publishers. The
discussion developed the fact that the
principals, at meeting held last week,
asked for the maps and stated tht they
were necessary.
The Glanfield Construction Company
was awarded the contract for con-
structing the sewer and stone wall at
| Lincoln school, at their bid of 500.
Supt. w. H. Anderson submitted
bids for printing his annual report, as
J follows: Intelligencer, IS cents per
page; West Virginia Printing Company
SIS cents; News Publishing Company
so cents. The contract was awarded
to the lowest bidder.
| Mrs Catherine NJ Kyle submitted al
application as public library substitute
| Mr.. Maxwell reported that the build
ings and grounds committee commune
Gated with the Peck Williams Com
pany, insisting upon compliance will
| provisions of contract for heating
Webster school, the alternative bein:
legal proceedings against the firm
| The firm agreed to make the necessar!
| repairs during the winter vacation.
Miss Addie Miller was confirmed a!
| substitute teacher in Webster school.
| Judge Cranmer reoprted to the Boart
that the Bauman case was finally dis
| posed of in the Circuit Court, thu
| Board being successful and the plain
tiff being thrown into the costs.
| Mr.. Maxwell presented the expires
sion of the parents Of High schoo
/ pupils living On the Island, which wa!
almost unanimously in favor of a sin
| gle session daily. He offered a reso
luton to change the present hours tx
from to u and 1890 to $50. Col
| Miller opposed the change, and Messrs
! Schaub and Maxwell favored it. The
effort to carry the matter through
under a suspension of the rules failed
| Mr.. Maxwell withdrawing his motion
Mr.. Schaub then offered an amend
mente to the rules providing for a ses
sion from a. m. to p. m, with {
half hour intermission at noon. Re
ferred to committee on teachers ant
schools.
| The resignation of Mr. Fred Schaul
as commissioner from Richie district
on account of removal, was read ant
accepted.
Webster commissioners placed Mr.
Schaub in nomination as commissions
from that district, to succeed Mr.. A. ]
McNash, deceased. He received tn
unanimous vote of the Board.
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