The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-21
nuox DISCUSSION PRoLoNas AD-
IofrnHEp SESSION or BOARD
vias showing Made By Puntls IN seh0''
savings RsrN.t

Vac ShOW1uX EAAa0
savings RsrN-t
,ftsr lingering around until 80
..cIock last evening. eleven members OF
,he board OF education Of the indepenu-
spt school district OF Wheeling anaI'!
assembled for the special meeting Ca'.eu
70 hniSh the business or the rcEut@'
monthly meeting started last ih"Fs""r
night. and the session turned out 10
be q long AFFAIR. with much discussion
the ordering received and hlea OF q
number OF communications ana 'C'el-
ring many others 10 committees A'' B"
~vestiration and report.
On, OF the most important business
matters OF the. evening was the granting
OF a leave OF absence Of two months 20
Frank stanton. the veteran clerk or the
board. Mr.. StantnD only recently recoF-
a-ed from an attack OF Ia grippe. IN"
asked for the have % absenSe. MS
request was granted unanimously.
The meeting was scheduled 10 bes!a
a. the usual tine. eight o,ci"ck' Al
sac. Messrs A-nb5eSht. cKe NtiteT'
Renexe. Seahri:ht. Hcnnon. "HEHer'
Kindelbcr.er. Kane aud Koch. Ihere
lacked one OF 4 quorum and after = long
wa!t. COMMISSIONS Fred l." MaurE ar
rived. and the meeting began.
ia EbssfaNFH' ~ ~ a"'N
Thursday r.gh; O. last week. we're read,
After thew had progressed about hair
WAY. Cnmm,ss:o"Nr Mckee asked wh"th-
- o. not the meeting w2s n
Of .nc ThrrSiar session. and "aHtNcr
tive minutes peel he r"ad again. Ntter
pr:i~H--nrcs.dHat Koch hail informed h'm
.rat the meeting vac I sreral gat"er-
irg. ;he read:n= progressed ana was
Finely Concluded.
" TIC end ct - reading. Commits
: ,rr- Mc'Nc objected 20 the word DIS
& --tsO"s" be S.riCHcu from the minute
where t, -e?i ahou, TIC O'Nsil Discus
son IL. Thursday. O'Ne;l. II will be
re-,.lbe~cd appeared before ~" boar"
VII r'rcf T.. F:=tn-. anI charged Srr"r-
!r.oa.ient o. Schools. rros c. T. 9Th
Cs With br;ag d'a2rUT;cOUS The charc"
VS. rot unheld however. the board rul-
Ing Superintendent t~;itreaS should cn-
".r,e -re rulings - lie k0a-l IN p"Ch!o-
:s.r.. ;ac so,lclt.oS among teachers and
pvri,s dur:ns recess and noon periods.
- w,S urully decided - "'rikc Uut
L.. vor& d!SCuUr eoUs.
m. vc:ding 0: thirty HCiS tntal'Ia"
S'.%97.S1 "a" ueNt. ard they wee "o'
=, owed and ordered paid
The re76yt o. pr. Charles II kee>o-.
n~..,.""' exam aer Of ~, city schools.
v:x rc<t rvn,' 7: a,So showed tN"H'.
we're G1y-sevca cases OF commandments
- "a Sc during last mnath. II was or
G-rCd received and fled.
School Savings.
An Interesting report was Submitted
b. SUM-. citizens on the rev savings
system In uSe N tie schools. II showed
ti,at in the nine days between February
let and lNth. the pupils had Sl.3S1.2'
worth ~ stamps A:ter = "mmen by
NJ. :icKee on the poor showing ~ the
school In his d!Stric.. Madison. IL vas
ordered received ard tleI.
Another interesting report was tAat
o. Prof. 7. +. Ewing. on the nigh, school
which was recently closed II showed
the largest enrolment IN the history at
the night schools, 81 students h2Nln:
enrolled and finished the season. There
were twenty-ore teachers. Among the
classes that were most successful were
me America nization classes. there be
ing an enrolment OF l5S. Another pc
culiar incident in the report was t''t
the first Chinaman studied in the night
school. The average age or those ca
rolled according 10 .ne report was ~
years. Tho report q ordered receive
and filed.
= Mr.. Koch HnadA IN Interesting con-.
mont. or how foreigners are impor:e!
into America with all ki3ds OF promises.
given work. and BOARDING houses. ard
how they are then forgotten. while he
schools are trying TO educate thsti.
Supt Citizens announced the tin&Ec'n'
rsport OF the might school wcs nor E"t
complete, hut would be submitted IT the
ext meeting.
Library Report.
Ths reporc Of Miss Houston. acting
librarian was next on the program. Il
-,-N 49,. .,. 9 n 4irt1slI on or lElE -
during February With "i$5 BOOKS oeia-
used n the reading rooms. Il also show
ID SS5 was collected IN nncS and Tor
lost books. II was approved aud ord2r'
Cd receive ed and hisd.
Another interesting report % i"e
evening was that OF the Coleman Labor
~ator!es. showing the drinking water IN
every one OF the city schools was very
satisfactory with an excellent bactHr!p-
gical conditions.
Secretary stanton submitted his re-
wort from the new system Of ~accoun;-
INK. II showed a total expenditure to-
,tIe month OF $5I,i6T.56. Ia the report
was a contingency OF over $500, OF
which there was much discussion.
4 communication from A K Mont
Sumery. secretary o. the R;tchIe couh'
~. district board OF education. was
~eod. It contained 4 hill OF s4O+4j Tor
,nIldren sent TO Wheeling, asking tnol
he amount be creiited TO re 1920 arc
:-ne country district. II was agreed
upon.
". T. Carpenter. director OF the
,aau;Ni training department. then 70
,o-ted that the department - still grow
:ry and tina; most ~, OF tie classes are
,rCwded He asked that permission be
,~antcd for the Installation o. machln-
.r,. purchased several years ago from
re government Tor Sl.o"". tHat TrSef
asses might be accom- ndated. u was
deferred 10 the co:am.ttcc on ha'idinSS
and grounds.
The suggestion by Jacob n':". who
,n-ial;cd the new accounting system IN
rae schoo, system. that Miss Martha
Wilson. FOR the raSt three years a"ssS.-
ant secreta-y o. the board. be made
6a,,.tv clerk, We referred TO The board
~ Su,erin,e,ds-t Citizens. n wa re
t.-rea 20 me committee OF finance.
\ letter from Frank S~croESins' tr&'hS
-1s p,rchase Rs some mode % convey
,,re FOR the trr2nt officer. was many
ordered rg-ei"rd a"i h.,i after 4
lengthy discussion.
s. communication from HIps7i2:eal"n'
Ci,bens a~rroucinE the "1en 10 the pho,
H., day at the domestic sc:eoc, an,
r,nuai training departments as M'r[H
en- and ihv!:lug the board members C
,,.erd was received and Med.
hul FOR sl2n FROM sta" tax '"H'
,,fes,on Nal:r- &. IrallaAan Cor Serv'
80 a,dc-ed nv J. II. OTTO Cor install
= accounting y"StcEr. was ap