Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-09-14
ADDRESS TO PARENTS,
ADDRRss TO
To Parents, and those hacing charge
of Children in Storey County:

Of Children IN Storey County:
The Fall Term Of the Public Schools In this Coun.
ty will commence on Monday, September ID. ls66,
at 10 O'Clock A. N.
The Public school system.
The Public School system In the United States, by
Its broad and comprehensive range OF studies, nom
the lowest Primary School TO the Free Academy; BY
Its opened doors to all classes, regardless Of rank,
fortune or condition. organized and supported by
authority Of law, yet under the control and manage
mcnt Of the people, Is essentially an American In
s%titution. 1t Is the legitimate offspring OF our denl-
ocratic system Of Government. Begotten by our
necessities II Is admirably adapted to minister 10
our peculiar wants.
Something about the History of Public
schools.
The history OF the Public School System shows
that II has not always been characterized by that
perfection OF system and harmony OF arrangement
that marks It's present movements. II Is only by
degrees that the most beneticent systems are Drought
to the highest hes degree Of u ps t6Is sS.,em lI toS I ana o sSi
growth and popular favor. It's early existence Was
feeble. 1t awakened strong preJudices, mostly nom
a mIsconception OF its true character. and rom All
Inability TO comprehend the grandeur OF Its mission.
some considered Il an ingenious arrangement Tor
plundering the rich for the education oil the cnlldren
Of the poor, and others, Us a conspiracy on the part
Of political demagogucs, 10 break down the social
walls OF separation existing between the rlch anu
the poor. the vulgar and the refined, the piebian and
the patrician classes. One class considered II lmpos-
SIblc that Public Schools. fOstered by, and 70 a GER
| tain extent under the management OF, the Govern
mcut could De as encltnt cuuCdlOIS VI yVutn, "
those conducteG by private enterprise; another,
that secular education without a strong auniNture
OF religious Instruction. would leave tue pupH 10 DC
controlled by his wild and ungoverned passions ana
prepare him for a vagabond and Goddess life; while
a third class insisted that the people OF the various
RELIGIOUS denominations would never consent 10
have their children instructed In aSchooi which pur-
| poscly separated ecclesiastical from literary and SCI
entltc studies. But In the older states, experience,
time, an enlarged and charging spirit OF liberation
| iustment OF the Public School System to q common
misunderstanding q platform upon whlch al, 10,
vorablc TO universal education, might STAND anu
tremendously cooperate. without any sacrlnce OF
religious OF political opinions, We repeat, that THESE
and other questions prophetic OF the early downfall
OF the Public School system, have been trlnmpnaht-
ly settled In their favor. 1t Is now generally admit
ted that there Is q system OF morality, accepted by
| all civilized communities and q common religious
ground. up TO the base Of %sectarian differences,
where all eau ~stand-that these Will allow the high
est religious truths. and the sublimcSt morality TO
be taught-cQua 10 educating the mind OF the
School Into q sense Of Its religious and moral respOn-
siblllties, and OF inspiring its pupils with a respect,
vsneration and love Of God, aud u kindly feeling for
all mankind.
~ politics, find no countenance or support In our
School System. On this common ground. a truce Is
proclaimed, aud liberation establishes It's empire.
The Nevada Public School system.
The Public School System Of the State Of Nevada,
was organized to furnish the youth Of the State the
facilities for u good substantial. business education.
In q thickly populated County like Storey, they
should possess all the qualifications OF ~iirst.claSs
Schools, equal to those OF Il similar grade and facili.
ties, existing In any part OF the Country.
Your Cooperation Invited.
The great success that has attended the Public
Schools In the county for the past fifteen months.
has encouraged the undersigned. 10 whom their H.
tercSts have been committed, to ~iellcltatc you upon
their improvement. and TO earnestly Sollcits your
cooperation to Increase their usefulness and TO eN-
tend their influence. that they may more fully sub
serve the noble purposes Of their organization.
Importance of Our Public schools.
The undersigned are happy TO be able TO state that
very many Of the preIudiccs that formerly existed
against the Public Schools In this county. and which
c~onSpirci largely 10 abridge their influence, have
altogether. They are now with us patronized by all
classes. The people have learned that the Public
Schools HAYES higher mission and u nObler purpose
than merely to restrain bad boys from running at
large In the streets: but that. on the contrary, they
are efficient In educating the mind. cultirnting the
habits and tastes Of the pupils; that the teacher not
only drills them efficiently and successfully in the
various branches OF education. but that he or she Is
also personally present with them In their out OF
door plays, during receSSeS and intermiSSlons, infus-
Ing into their amusemcntS u decorous and respect
full bearing one toward another. cultivAting In them
moral feelings, courteous manners and polite Ian
cuase-a social and moral training almost us essen
tlalto their well being as that OF mental culture; that
In our public schools pupils OF the same grade have
improved In their studies as rapidly as those who
have been sent out Of the State at large expense,
out from and beyond the healthful influence OF
parents and home. Those who have taken the
trouble 10 tNAIllnf tntsNNltTn OI tuuCdIlOuu lOpkCu
By the Storey County School Department, have
learned that II Is similar TO that employed IN BoS-
ton. Chicago. San Francisco and other large towns
where the Public Schools have broken down all OPP
position and are acknowledged to be among the
most efficient, the most thorough. and the best dis
ciplined schools that anywhere exist.
What Our Public schools Require.
Our Public Schools should command the conf
dence OF the public. Your sympathy and co-opera-
ton are Necessary TO aid the Board Of Education,
whose labors In the School Department are entirely.
gratuItous, TO bring them to the highest degree OF
public favor. 1t Is important TO the future well
being OF our country TO bring them TO a higher
standard OF efficiency and usefulness, because but
comparatively few OF the youth OF our land can eN-
pect to enjoy higher educational advantages than
our Public Schools afford. We have u right TO an
ticlpate great things in the future for that school sys'
tenn which awakened the 1rst educational impulses
in the minds of many thousands OF the most Illus
trious names in American history; which impelled
them g self culture. aud AMONG which may be
MIN Franklin. Benjamin West, Nathaniel Bowditeh,
Robert Fulton, Andrew Jackson. Henry Clay. Ste
| phen A. Douglas, Lewis Cas-. Willard fillmore, Hor.
| ace Greeley. y. 2. Banks, Elihu Burritt aud
Abraham Lincoln.
What Our Public schools nrc Doing.
Here In Storey county every branch Of an ele.
| mentary English education Is as Systematically,
| thoroughly and underStandinsly taught In our Pub.
lie Schools rs In any schools In the American Union.
The great drawback Is this: that our limited popu-
la,ion does not permit Of an enlarged system OF
/ brace In the Primary Schools spelling, vocal culture,
vocal music, callsthenlc exercises, reading, writing,
| arithmetic. geography, grammar, history OF the
| United States, elements OF natural philosophy, map
and llneal drawing. physiology and hygiene. In the
| Grammar Schools are added TO the foregoing studies
book keeping. algebra, geometry. chemistry natural
| history and perspective drawing, and also astronomy,
II the pupils are sufficiently advanced to require in.
Grammar School.
| The monthly report OF the Teacher Of the Gram.
| mar School, located In the Third Ward In Virginia,
for the month OF July last, returns nrty-one schol.
ars. or this number TWENTY-FIVE were males and
| twenty.siX females. 0fthese twenty-one were mas
tiers and intecn misses between twelve and seven
teen years of age. This school Is open to any youth
In this county who Is sufficiently advanced In the
therein, Us prescribed by the Board Of Education.
| Application can be made either TO the Superintend-
ent. or to either OF the undersigned. or to the
Teacher OF the Grammar School. This statement Is
| made that persons unacQualnted with the facilities
which the Public Schools afford may be informed
that there Is no necessity, on account OF dehcient
school opportunities, for sending their children out
OF this State to acquire an English education.
From time TO time the Board Of Education has
| added school apparatus TO facilitate instruction In
this Important assistant to the teacher. as the con-
dition OF the School Fund VIII permit.
Public school Library.
The sum OF five hundred and tfty dollars has been
realized from Public School Exhibitions, which has
added over i've hundred volumes OF valuable books
to the School Library. This suspicious commence
mcnt we trust will be followed up by quarterly or
seml-annuhl hCCuuluLatlOHs, lH tus iusNltutloH
shall swell Into proportions that will render II an
important feature In the Public School system In
this county. We trust you will encourage your
children to take books from II and 10 rely upon Il as
a great source OF instruction and amusement.
Non-Attendance.
The returns OF the School Census Marshal, In the
month Of July last past. show that there Is a large
number OF children In this county, between six and
eighteen years ofagc, who do not attend any school.
This should not be. No community can afford 10
have Its youth grow up In Its midst In ignorance.
Our institutions spring from-are moulded and gov
erned BY the people, and Will be good, bad or indif.
ferent according to the education, moral culture
and refined taste OF their creative and sustaining
power. In countries whose government and insti-
buttons arc managed by the favored and educated
few, popular ignorance Is not so mlschievous as
with us. The mission Of our Public School system
Is not TO pull down the great and the good to q
lower standard OF exc Hence, but to elevate the
multitude. To bring the claims OF education TO the
favorable consideration OF those families In the
excellent facilities our Public Schools afford. Il an
important and noble work. The undersigned solicit
YOUR assistance in this department Of labor. The
Public Schools should be fully a~ttcnded-should be
made to return to the public, in intellectual and
moral culture, the full worth for tho money, care
and labor expended in their behalf There must be
an awakening on the part OF the public In educa-
tIonal matters, before their efficiency and usefulness
can be materially augmented. There are many
things vet TO be done to make them what they
should be, There should be a public sentiment that
would be equal to the pleasurable task OF inducing
every parent in this county to send his children 10
Irregularity Of Attendance.
The School Registers Of the several Schools In
this county for the past school year, disclose
Inc melancholy fact that a very large number or
children, who have been permanent residents In the