Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-08
Board President-F. w. Bowers.
Board Clerk-WaIter III. Hall.
superintendent of SchOols-Prof. w.
III. Anderson.
Examining B~Oard-The Superintend-
ent. Messrs. Miller and Maxwell.

superintendent of SchOols-Prof. w.
III. Anderson.
Examining ~BOard-The Superintend-
ent. Messrs. Miller and Maxwell.
The newly elected Board of Educa-
ton met last night for the purpose of
organization, with all members, with
the exception of Mr.. Battelle, present.
Contrary to expectation, there was ne
pretense Of a fight for any Office, and
officers of the last term were in every
instance reelected.
On motion, Col. j. A. Miller was
chosen chairman.
On the statement from the chair that
the first business to come up would
be the election of officers for the ensu-
ing two years and hat nominations
for the office of president would be n
order, Mr.. Frank w. Bowers, the for
mer president, was the only member
named for the Office. Mr.. Bowers re-
ceived the unanimous vote of the
Board. He took the chair, and in a
short speech assured the members
GIdL liz NOuId continue lis II -
the same satisfactory manner he had
always practiced.
On motion, the same salary for the
clerk of the Board was retained. The
nomination for clerk being in order,
Mr.. Miller named Walter Hall, The
present incumbent, and Mr.. Ford
George Hatch.
The vote for clerk resulted as fol-
lows:
For Hall-Cranmer, Garden, Hill
dreth, Hubbard, Mcconnell, Miller,
Nesbitt, Schrebe, Spargo, Stoetzer, Wat
erhouse, Wendell, Williams and Bowers,
Fresident-14.
For Hatch-Dudley, EXley, Ford,
Maxwell and Schultz-5.
Paired and absent-Armbrecht and
Battelle.
The next matter taken up was the
election of a superintendent Of schools,
Or motion, the salary of s2,100 a year
to remain unchanged was adopted.
Four gentlemen were voted upon for
the office. Judge Cranmer named
Prof. w. H. Anderson, the present in
cumbent. Prof. ]. M. Hammond was
nominated by Mr.. Ford, and Prof. H.
B. Work by Dr.. Hildreth. A communi-
cation was received from Mr.. r. g.
O'Hanlon, of Milwaukee, asking that
the Board consider him an aspiral1
for the position. His name vas pre-
scented, but did not receive a single
vote.
The vote for superintendent resulted
as follows:
NJ, -Iorr@~ ohp Anhf pNyTnrS
Cranmer, Dudley, Hubbard, Maxwell,
Mcconnell, Nesbitt, Schrebe, Schultz,
Spargo, Stoetzer, Waterhouse, Wendell
and Williams.
For Work-Garden and Hildreth.
For Hammond-Exley, Ford and Mil
Ter.
When the result was announced, FIX
ley, Ford and Miller changed to An
derson. DIR. Hildreth moved the cleo
ton be made unanimous.
Prof. Anderson was acquainted OF the
Boards action. and called upon for an
address. After thanking the members
for retaining him in his position, he
said that he entered upon the two years
to come with hearty good will. lie
expressed a desire to join with the
Board in working out in the schools
the best system of education possible
afforded by the material at hand. He
urged upon the Board the necessity
for appointing the best possible prlncl-
pals and teachers in order that the
best results might be attained. Con-
tinuing, he said it was his opinion,
formed from comparison of the free
schools in other cities, that the Wheel
ing schools were of as high a standard
as any others in the land, nOtWith-
standing the assertions of even some
of the Board members to the contrary.
His remarks then assumed the color
of mild reprOval to the members of the
Board, who have expressed themselves
as dissatisfied with the present system,
since aside from embarrassing the
teachers it vas spread abroad through
the medium of the press. and wOulI do
the community no good whatsoever. IN
conclusion, he said he bore no i'll will
but desired in conjunction with the
Board to make the schools of as high a
standard educationally, as possible.
Thanking them a second time for their
action in retaining him, he retired.
The only other business was the Sc
lection of the examining board, com-
posed of the superintendent and two
members of the Board. On motion,
Col. Miller and Mr.. Maxwell were
unanimously elected. They have COM
posed the examining board during the
last term. The salary of the members
of the examining committee was
changed from $40 to $50 a year.
The meeting was then adjourned.