The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-21
BOARD D|SPO SED
Of CONSIDERABLE:
ROUTINE MAT TER
SUPERHTENDENT ASKS FOR TIE
ENFORCEMENT OF LA" RE- d"
oU1RING THOSE BETWEEN Ia
AND is TO ATTEND NIGHT
SCHOOL.
CHEST WEIGHT MACHINES TO BE
AWARDED SCHOOL WITH GREAT
EST INCREASE OF WE'LL DE-
YELOPEp WEIGHT.
PROP. BROOKS EEHSTATED- CITY
TREASURER REPORTS SCHOOL
BALANCES WATER RE-
PORTED SUSPICIOUS.

w I'm many matters vi tLilppt lshil|S ~
fore It, the city school board last night
disposed Of scores Of routine matters.
heard reports Of various committees
and provided FOR an interesting phys
ical education contest in the city schools.
Members Of the board voted FOR the
purchase Of three chest weight machines
to DO awarded to the school that can
show the greatest increase of we'll de-
veloped weight as result If regular
school athletic training. Tho matter
was placed in the hands Of Prof. ~ O.
Anderson. physical director.
The board voted S20D for expenses of
a school field day to he held some Fri
day in May. and gave the Superint"nd-
emit Of schools power to declare half
holiday on field day.
Prof. n. 8. Johns of the high school
was given power TO plan a lyceum
course for the next school year. He
reported q balance of 5000 from the last
course
Superintendent Citizens asked for the
enforcement of the new stat" act re-
ouirinS boys and girls between "A and
is years Of age to attend night school
at least five hours per week for 20 weeks.
General Alfred Caldwell said tho act
did not apply to the local district. but
Tue IIlStllSI " XIII lt III S'oNH'iS @I'0
schools committee.
Miss Jessie Harr was named Suhstt-
tute school nurse. succeeding Miss Bertha
Welshans.
Colemansr laboratories reported sam
pies Of water taken from Union and Con-
ter schools -SuSpicinuS.' Drinking
water In all other schools was pronounc-
ed safe by the chemists.
Prof. H. X. &rookes was reinstatcd as
teacher at t~'hGh school. after return
ing from the army. lie VS. given nm m
crease in pay.
The committee on teachers and schools
reported progress on \ state fair eX-
hfbit More information was ordered on
fhe Reserve Officers Training corps.
The COMMITTEES was given power to en-
ploy a ianitor at tho high school
Buildings and grounds committeeman
reported bills Of S1.5At.5n. The commit
tee on accounts reported bills Of
$L43s-73-
The city treasurer reported school bal
ances as follows: School fund. S93.-
5ao.1s: buildings fund. SCI, ++7.3t: library
fund, s5,635.S2.
Eat the request Of Or. Citizens permts-
sion was granted TO use the high school
auditorium for the sessions Of tho North
April II and 12.
The request Of the health study class
to use the high school as a meeting
place was referred to tho teachers and
schools committee.
Night Schaa1 reports were submitted
as follows. Total bays attending. 16c:
girls, 40: daily attendance. boys, 81:
girls. IS: total daily. 10.
Medical inspectors reports were re-
eelved as follows: Pupils examined.
256; notices sent to parents on finding Of
defective eyes. IS: cars. .: nos" and
throat. -246: teeth. 1@2: skin diseases.
Il: poor nutrition. 6: poor physical con-
dttion, 4: poor mental condition. >: pedi-
culosis. 81: throat cultures. positive and
negative. .: pupils readmitted. -. Sev-
eral were sent to the Ohio Valley Cen
eral free clinic and 244 visits were made
to homes.
THE library committee reported bills
OF 615.06. New books purchased cost
1885. The committee recommended
g., new lighting system for the library.
to save considerable cost of electricity.
The board directed Center school COM
n1issioners to investigate bill OF S6.75
filed by Redeker. tho plumber who the
commissioners had hid on work but not
done it. and bill of SCI filed by Dr.: II.
P: Linsz for services rendered a child
that fractured an arm in 1915 in the
Center school yard.
commissioners present were: Rry-
mann. Caldwell. Dancer. Kcnnon. Kepncr.
Mckee, Miller. Ricster. Rogers. Sea-
bright. Wagner. Kahn. Etzler and Maury.
superintendent Monthly Report.
TO the Board of Education:
Gentlemen: Your attention is invited
to the following abstracts of the reports
of the public schools Of tho city for the
mpnth ending February 'c$. 1919.
Boys Girls Tot.
Number pupils enrolled
sat beginning of tho
month .e465 c7n7 SIR
Number Of new pupils
Swithin the month";. IS 20 s."
Total enrolment for
Hhe month. ..23h3 PIT $50
Number Of pupils with
drawn from schools
within the month";. A 50 81