Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-16

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been a source of frequent contention
| in the meetings of the Board of Edu-
cation, was brought up again last
might and put through. There had
| been careful enumeration of noses
| by the friends of the change, and
when it was ascertained that they
| were in the majority, the resolution
| for a continuous session was taken
| from the table and adopted. Under the
| new rule, the session will be contin-
uous from 9 o'clock a. m. until 2:45
o'clock p. M, with half hour inter-
| mission at noon.
Supt. w. H. Anderson submitted his
regular monthly report, from which
| the following abstract is taken: En-
| rollment for the month, 1850; average
daily attendance, 1892; average daily
| absence, 1872; per centage of attend
ance, SO, High School 95, Washington
80, Madison "a, Clay 80, Union SO,
Centre 81, Webster so, Richie 90,
| Lincoln SO; cases of hardness, pupils
| 583.
In the German department the en-
rollment was 512, of whom 267 were
| of German parentage. The Superin-
| tendent suggested that in the High
| School course, text books in Cicero,
Virgil and Latin prose composition,
| be selected also a herbarium for use
of the botany classes. This matter
was referred to the text book commit
| tee.
| Librarian Wilson submitted a report
| for the month of February, showing
total circulation of 6,716 books and
| periodicals, of which $500 were works
of fiction. Amount received from fines
was $11.
A bill for three months tuition for
Wheeling pupils at the Fulton public
| schools was ordered paid if found cor
rect by Supt. Anderson.
Committee bills were ordered paid
as follows: Public library, $233.77;
accounts, $771.37.
The question of continuous session
at the High School was brought up
through the efforts of Mr.. Schaub, but
only after the defeat of several mo-
lions to adjourn. The ayes and noes
were finally taken upon a motion to
| adjourn, resulting in tie vote. Messrs.
| poft oil n1, nd
| feated the motion. Mr.. Schaub then
| succeeded in getting the resolution
providing for continuous session off
| the table, where it had been placed at
| the November meeting. Mr.. Schaub
| took the floor to make an argument
| for the continuous session. He alleged
that it is the custom elsewhere, in
cities in which the High Schools are
centrally located. He showed the saw
ing of time each day, and upon this
basis figured how much time the pu-
pills would gain in the course of
scholastic year.
Dr. Birney took an opposite view
of the question. He maintained that
| the question of distance has been ex-
| aggerated by the friends of the con-
| tinuous session. He undertook to show
! that very few pupils lived outside a
radius of mile of the school build
| ing. He argued also that there are no
| facilities for the children eating their
| dinners at the school house; and that
! the walk at the noon hour is health
| full and invigorating exercise.
Col. Miller charged that the agita-
| ton started with the teachers and pu-
pills at the High School. He had failed
to find any parents of pupils who are
so much interested in the matter. In
answer to Mr.. Schaub, he showed that
J Wheeling is built up very compactly
| for city of 10000 population. and
very few pupils would be required to
walk a distance greater than a mile
| and a half. If all the children eat
will be a mess in each room, and it
will be found necessary to provide a
separate building for the purpose of
| accommodating the pupils. Col. Miller
asked if the change be made for the
! High School, why not do the same
| thing for the ward schools. He warned
/ the members that pupils would not go
home after being dismissed, but would
have more time for idleness, and loaf
| ing about the street.
Messrs. Milligan and Ford made
speeches in opposition to the pro-
posed change, and Messrs. Maxwell
and Schaub for it. Mr.. Ford thought
| the advice of physicians should be
needed, and ne limited at something
behind" the movement, which does
not appear upon the surface. DR.. Hill
dreth said he opposed the change
from the point of view of public
health The ayes and noes were
called upon the question and it was
carried by the following vote:
| Ayes-Armbrecht, Battelle, Dudley.
Hubbard, Jefferson. Maxwell. Neon
nell, Nesbitt, schaub, Schrebe. Water
| house. Mr.. President-12.
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