The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-09-18
EDUCATION BOARD
INSURES SCHOOLS
TOTAL INSURANCE FOR BUILD.
lNcs. ETC. AMOUNTS
TO sses,o
Other Business Of the Meeting Was
But Routine = Session Was
6rief-Nare Holidays.

Neloped nothing new. the business be-
ing routine. The only thing OF real
port OF the building and grounds com /
mittee. recommending that the total
insurance for the city schools be
raised TO $4,000 an increase of
$4,000 over last year, and that the
policies be divided equally among the
Iorty-two Inherent insurance COM
panies in the city.
In the original report the commit
tee recommended that the solicitors
IN each instance be given an equal
share. but this was amended TO read
suggest that they should. leaving
the responsibility with each separate
company and not with the board of
education. Commissioner Gollner in
troduced an Amendment TO have the
companies. that formerly held the IN
surance. retain their present policies.
and then divide the remainder OF the
amount with them and the other com
panies asking for policies. This
amendment lost 4 to Z.
The board recommended the ap-
prevail OF the payment of $4,000 TO
. the j. w. Beltz and Sons company
for the work done On the high school
for the first month, and further that
the sum OF $3.50 be paid for the Sc
cond month. A motion introduced TO
allow the superintendent OF buildings
and the architect to o. X. the bills
as they came in each month. lost. and
motion for the board to GpplU~e
each bill passed. Various sub district
bills were ordered paid.
The committee on accounts report
ed their work for the month, such re-
port being adopted. a report from
the library committee was adopted.
while the librarians report was re-
ceiYed and filed. Superintendent
Work announced hat the contract OF
domestic science and art in the Lin
coin school. ended yesterday and ask
ed that IL be redrawn at an increased
salary. The request was granted.
When communication was read
regarding the time, place and teacher
for the night school. il was referred
10 the committee On teachers and
schols with power to act. The same
action was taken With the recommen-
dalton OF the superintendent for an
assistant in both the manual training
and domestic science department.
II was decided not to hold school
on the Friday following Thanksgiving
and that the Christmas holidays
would begin on Thursday before
Christmas and last thirteen days. the
additional time being taken of the
spring holidays. Iiss Mildred Willis
was retained as stenographer and
typist at an increased salary. Several
At4utEAH AAOun ttdAlgHH
transfers were read and granted and
letters circulated oy insurance COM
panies requested that they be remem-
bered in the reapportionment.
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the missionary work Is conducted in
china IS well as giving a good account
Of the manners and customs Of the
Chinese. Miss McClusky read very
good paper entitled why I Am Inter
ested IN Foreign Missions" after which
Mrs; X J. Clarke delivered very In
spring address on the subject Jubilee
Campaign"
Following the addresses ell Of the old
Officers were reelected es follows. for
District Officers.
Prcsident-Mrs. ). l.. S. Sprays.
Wheeling. w. Va.
first Vic President-Mrs. NJ NJ. Burt.
! Wheeling. w. Va.
Second Vice Presidont-Mrs. II. r. Nc
Gtegor. Wheeling. ". Va.
Third Vice President-Mrs Emma
Moore-Scott. MouudsVillc. w. Va
-. District Secretary-Mrs. J. +. Rose.
wheeling. W. Va
Recording secretary-Mrs. Belle Flood
Wheeling. ". ".
Tressarer-Miss Alice Irwin. Ben
Superintendent Of Mite Boxes-Miss
Matte Eogss. short Creek. W. Va.
AGNES Hall Wheeling. ". Va
supe rintendcnt OF Childrcn's Work
Va.
superintendent Of Literature-Mrs. L.
Bcideman. Wheeling W. Va.
Mrs. william shrimp Of MoundsviIie
was elected az the delegate to attend
the Womcn's Foreign Missionary So
ciety convention wien will be held al
Louisville. Ky, October 10 90 10 Fol
lowing the election of officers the re-
port Of the resolution committee ana
the reports Of the dciegutes were heard
Evening SeErion.
. Nc evening session WIS opened
- 1lo O'Clock with Miss Mary
l. scott and Miss Agnes Hail in
chat e. Toe speakers ~ the evening
were. Miss Julia Bouaheld. Miss Edna
Kidd. Miss Mary ]. scott and Mrs. a D.
clarke. Miss Bonancld delivered a
splendid address on the missionary work
a. conducted az Foochow. China.
Probably the most interesting address
81 the evening WIS that delivered hv
Miss Edna Kidd. who has just returned
from the mi Missionary field in Mexico
She spoke ON the missionary work ~
conducted Do Mexico during the recent
war In that country. Miss Kidd In tho
course ~ her address gave n vivid ac-
count Of the conditions tn Mexico a.
they actually existed and 81 the great
havoc wrought in general during the
Miss Mary Scott in the course % her
remarks spoke on the summer school
nf Mt.sions' and the annual convention
vas brought 90 close following Inc
Flddrces ~ Mrs. a. ]. Clarke The com
. Nentnn, a. whole. Was one 81 tho
most interesting that has been held hv
tho organization FOR some time The
ucNf convention will Boo all proha bliitv
BE- held % M0undavtflc