The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-01-21
MORE TEACHERS
In HIGH SCHOOL
EATER PRECIPITATED LONG AND
ACRIMONIOUS DISCUSSION
AT Meeting Of Board OF Education Last
shs-Speeial Meeting Friday
Might 20 Take Action.

Preparatory steps were taken bv In.
Do..td OF education. In regular session
- night 10 meet the situation whicn
VII confront the school authorities next
week when. at the beginning OF the sec
ond semester. at least ZOE. and rr0bn bt,
lzs pupils from the graded schools " in
shtet tigh school. already In crowded
condition. The matter 81 hiring addi-
It,vnSl teachers To- take care Of the new
ttlsh school students was referred TO
me teachers aud schools committee
winch - TO report at a special uieetfn =
OF the board. To be held Friday evening
ne committee was instructed TO CON
Ts.s1et Applications and recommend
quirements wv ~
The action taken last night was what
vas suggested by Superintendent IVor.,
IN a communication TO the board al The
,eNemner meeting. more than a month
ago. The superintendent called the az
tehuon or the board to the fact that "a
~ etul canvass made by the PRINCIPALS
81 tne ward schools revealed that OF the
IIiiiS reasonably certain to pass the
,eighth grade examination at the end 81
tne tirSt semester. at least f9- declarol
WWfgt Intention OF entering High school
W lth the High school teachers alread :
having all they could teach he declareJ
shrce or four additional teachers would
- SS heeessary. The superintendent. there
s'I'' suggested that the matter be re-
terred 10 the proper COMMITTEES that tec-
CONGRATULATIONS might he made at last
hlght meeting In order that proFor
.IroNlslons might he made FOR the 30
.tpuon or the new pupils The suEP,--
,,iIh however. was laid on the table ur-
vi the next meeting. deSuite m. ,ro
tests OF President Reed and "a Few d., ..,,,
bers OF the board who insisted that the
mater should have been given imme-
When the matter came VI nj las,
nlEht meeting IL. caused consfberabt.
discussion and. Incidentally wrangiing
Commissioner Lane moved a SUSPENSION
or rules. while Commissioner Seabriehi
moved as substitute that the matte
De referred to the teachers and schools
NHW
10 the limited time. a roll call yrss
Geniahued on Mr.. Seabright's amend
ment, which was lost by a vote 81 mine
20 hNe. Nearly an hour was consumed
IN heated discussion Of the rnatter
and hnally Commissioner Hare offered as
an amendment to Commissiouar T,p.sv
motion. that the matter he referred ~
tne teachers and schools COMMITTEES
winch rs 10 return recommended ons al
night The committee was further in
structed TO consider applications OF
w ,heennE persons who are able To mn
III iequiremeHts OF the positions The
motion Of AR. Lane as amended bv Air.
Little WORK Done.
though the session was more than
Two hours in duration. but little rout-
ne business was transacted. owing to
the acrimonious discussions which pre-
dent Reed. Clerk stanton. Commissior-
ers lhlenfeldt. Rogers. Seabright. Will
son. beloe. Hare, Lane. Mckee. Miller
Relster. Etzler. Steinbicker and wendell
The teachers and schools committee
10 Whbm the offers Of the I-fghfeerf IA
street chapel. the Hesrne Tnbernacle
anu the Kings Daughters DAY Nursery
tvr domestic science purposes while the
nigh school IS being rebuilt had been
referred. reported that the offers mad
bfeh left In the hands or e sub-contnit-
Tee composed OF Chairman Armbrecht
superintendent work Miss Holden and
Miss BAY ha. The committee rer,r,-
mended that the sub-cornrittee De- Civ
90 authority 90 not. The reuorf 9rd
board. WV
fu q communication 10 the Roarr
Superi nteudcnt Work stated that many
Inquiries have been received as a.
whether or not night school viii DO
continued since the high school hrc. lie
stated iIut during tho month az Det.rrr
Dor ~" average attendance was IgS uer-
sons. The matter was referred 90 the
."A, .eis ma school committee. with uu-
Commissiuuor Mckee reported that the
lihil Adjustment company which has
Hefu awarded the contract Of looking
after tH" Interests of tie board ia ths
adjustment ~ Insurance losses is ready
10 nSRlu work. ON bis motion. President
Reed was given authority 20 sign the
contract lu behalf % the board.
tummiss' ouer Miller reported that tho
contractor ua~ practically completed nIa
WORK OF clearing the building OF debris
urd ihaf the heating system is in ftIrIs
Dr. almost dry. lic suggested that tho
nuildlngr ana grounds committee bc in-
ttIugtcl fu make arrangements with
inc insurance companies which viii nrr-
in.f Ih" use ~. fHc rooms not dnmaEed
n} the FIRE. The SUGGESTION was put tn
evening.