The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-20
SCHOOL BOARD
ACTS IN MANY.
MINOR MATTERS
ROUTINE BUSINESS TAKEN UP AT
THE REGULAR OCTOBER
MEETING.
Superintendent Citizens Authorized to
Prepare for Opening OF Night
School,, November 8.

An unimportant session Of the board
! of education of the independent school
district of Wheeling was held last
night in the board rooms 1T the
! Wheeling high school on Chapllnea
street Routine business, reports OF
Superintendent c. E. Citizens were
acted upon.
/ Principal among the recommends
| tons of DR.. Citizens was that prepara-
| tons be made for the opening OF night
| school. This will be commenced Mon
day evening, November 6, and will
continue twenty weeks with three SEES
sions week. The common and more
advance subjects will be taught. As
remuneration, the instructor IN charge
| is to receive S2.50.au evening, and the
! instructors $500.
The report OF the medical inspector
disclosed the fact that one case OF
diphtheria had been found in the
! Wheeling schools and that the proper
| precautionary methods had been EN-
i ployed to prevent its spread. There
! were 1T6 pupils examined for various
ailments. and $50 cases Of pedlculOSlS
discovered.
Preparations for the instruction OF
! forging in the manual training depart
ment was recommended BY the in
/ Structor, W. G. Carpenter. He asked
; for a forge and anvil, and other equip
ment. This was referred to the teach
! ers and schools committee. The board
accepted the offer OF Mr.. Carpenter,
referred to the teachers and schools
committee at the September meeting,
for the construction Of bedroom
suite by the manual training depart
ment and the board pay for the cost
of the material. William Bone was
appointed assistant in the department
with a salary of $50 per month.
FaVors Social Centers
Another matter which was referred
| to the teachers and schools committee
} was a resolution which followed the
introduction Of letter from the Mems
Liberal club. The letter stated that
| the club had unanimously adopted
resolution favoring the social centerS,
! and urging their continuance. me
resolution which was referred to the
committee was presented by Commas
} sioner Seabright from Richie. asking
that 4 social center be conducted at
| Mckinley school and that $500 be ap-
propriated for its expenses. Union
school social center may be dropped.
| On motion Of DR.. Wilson, OF Union
{ district, the superintendent of schools
was instructed to announce in The
| schools the lecture which will be given
, by Miss Julia Lathrop, in the First
! Presbyterian church, under the aus
/ pieces OF the Federation OF Woman 5
! Clubs. Mis- Dathrop will lecture upon
Child Welfare, and it was the opinion
! that the school children OF Wheeling
should attend. The lecture will be CIV
en- Tuesday evening.
Half Holiday Oct. 27.
| Schools will be dismissed Friday IF
! ternoon. October - permitting the
| teachers TO attend the opening SEES
sions OF the Ohio Valley Round Table.
: Miss Meta Brovermau was reap
pointed stenographer TO the clerk Of
| the board of education and Superin-
! tendent Citizens. An increase OF s. per
month. making her salary $45 per
month, was authorized
| For instructing the high school Or
chestra Miss Lucy Robinson, instruc-
/ tor OF music in the Wheeling High
school. is to receive 500 at the end
! of the school year.
| Permission was granted the home
economics department TO have Il dis
! play at the Y W. c. A. during the
! meeting of the Federation Of Woman S
! clubs here next week.
: Architect Fred Farris has been IL
structed to draft plans for the i'm
proyemepts 10 be made at the Hub
| bard property as an annex to the
! Wheeling High school, according TO
| the building and grounds committee.
| Students who take music in the
| Wheeling High school will be given a
credit should they pass satisfactory
J examination.
| SuperIntsndent's Monthly Report.
Superintendent Citizens submitted the following re-
! port:
C;entIemcn:--Tour attention is invited tn the fol-
lowing abstracts Of the reports OF tho public schCnS
.: the c!,y for the month ending September %. Fps:
BOys. Girls. Total
N;:nher nt new pupils with month 2607 oS2t 542S
Total enrolment for tho month 1907 2S33 Si2J
Nutahc- ~ pupils Withdrawn from
schools within tho month. So u co