Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-09-10
ADDRESS TO PARENTS.
ADDRESS TO PARRNTs.
To Parents, and those hauing charge
of Children in St0rey C0unty:

" will commence on Monday. September ID, lShj. |
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, from |
the lowest Primary School TO the Free Academy; by
its opened doors TO all classes, regardless of rank,
fortune or condition. organized aud supported By
authority OF law, yet under the control anu manage
mcnt OF the people, Is essentially an American In.
SiitutlOn. II Is the legitimate offspring OF our DEM
OCTatic system Of Government. Bcgottcn by our
necessities It Is admirably adapted TO minister TO
our peculiar wants.
Something about the History Of Pablo
schools.
The history of the Public School System shows
that IL 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 beneiiccnt systems are brought
TO the highest degree OF perfection. Long and 50.
we're were the struggles Of this system for life and
growth and popular favor. Its early existence was
feeble, II awakened strong prc)udiCes, mostly from
a miscOnceptiOn Of Its true character, and from an
Inability to comprehend the grandeur OF It's mission.
plundcring the rich for the education OF the children
Of the poor, and others, as q conspiracy on the part
of political demaSoEues; TO SpsaS GoT ,hn 'n me- social M1
the poor, the vulgar and the refined, the plcOian ana
the patrIcian classes. One class considered II impoS-
SIhlc that Public Schools, tostcred by. and TO a Ger
tain extent under the management OF, the dovcrn-
mcut could be Us efficient educators OF youth, as
those conducted by private enterprise; ailothcr,
that secular education without a str9nS au anh ~ ~
controlled by his wild and ungOverncd passions anu
prepare him for u ~vngabond and Goddess HE; wnlle
a third class insisted that the people OF the various
religious denominations would never consent 10
have their children Instructed IN a School which put-
poscly separated ecclesiastical from literary ana SCI
entItc studies. But In the older states, experience,
time, an enlarged and ~cnlarglnG spirit OF liberation
on the part OF the people, coupled Win a WISE au,
justment OF the Public School System TO a common
sentiment-crecting q platform upon when All, Ia,
yOrablc to universal education, might stand anu
tremendously cooperate, without any saerlhee Oh
religious OF political opinions, We repeat, that lhesv
and other questions prophetic OF the early downfall
OF the Public School system, have been triumphant
~ settled In their favor. II Is now ScncranE aIlhl,.
led that there Il a system Of morality, accepted by
\ all civilized communities and n common religious
ground, up TO the base OF S~cctarial ulnerehces,
where all can S~tand-that these Will allow the high
cSt religious truths, and the Sublinest morality TO
be taught-cQual TO educating the mind OF the
School Into a sense OF It's religious and moral rcspol.
sibllities, and OF Inspiring Its pupils with u respect,
| veneratlon and love OF God, aud a kindly feeling for
The disturbing forces of sectaran religion and par
~ politics, Ind no countenance or support In our
School System. On this common ground. II truce Is
proclaimed. and liberation establishes Its empire.
The Nevada Public School System.
The Public School System Of the State of Nevada,
was organized 10 Furnish the youth OF the State the
facilities for a good substantial, business education.
In a thlckly populated County like Storey. they
should possess all the qualifications Of ~iirst-class
Schools, equal TO those Of u similar grade and iacili-
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, TO whom their In
tcrestS have been committed. TO ~ielicitate you upon
| their Improvement, and TO earnestly solicit your
cooperation to Increase their usefulness and TO en-
tend their influence, that they may more nllly 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 prrJudices that formerly existed
against the Public Schools in this county. and which
-. a.. ID .hAtr Nptlnnnnn laEn
gradually diminished. and In many cases disappeared
Altogether. They arc now with us patronized by all
classes. The people have learned that the Public
Schools havea higher mission and a nObler purpose
than merely to restrain bad boys from running At
| large In the streets: but that. OH the contrary, they
ac efficient In educating the mimi. cultivating the
| habits aud tastes OF the pupils; that the teacher not
only drills them efficiently and successfully IN the
yariou, branches Of education. but that he or she Is
| also personally present with them In their out Of
| door plays, during rcccsscs and intermisSions, mus
Ing into their amuscments u decorous and respect
i nl pearing one toward another, cultiratlng III them
moral feelings, courteous manners and polite lam
guage-a social and moral training almost as essen
tIalto 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 ~hcalthtul influence OF
parents and home. Those who have taken the
trouble TO examine the system OF education adoptel
by the Storey County school Department, have
learned that Il 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 anu are ackhOwlcIstu 10 pc alhons thc
| Ciplined schools that anywhere exist.
Our Public schools should command the conf.
dcuce Of the public. Your sympathy and co-opera-
ton arr necessary TO aid the board OF hduCatloh.
whose labOrs III the school department are ehtlteE,
gratuitous. TO bring them TO the highest degree OF
public favor. IL Is important 70 tne iu'urs Wen
being Of our country 10 bring them 10 a hlsheT
standard OF efficiency aud usefulness, because but
comparatively few OF the youth OF our laild can cN-
pect 70 enjoy higher educational advaniaS;s Ihal
ticipa,e great things In the mture FOR that school Sys.
TEN which awakened the tirSt educational Impulses
In the minds of many thousands IN the most Illus,
triouS names In American history; which impellcd
them TO self culture, and among which may Dc
named George washingt%n. Roger Sherman; Hcnla-
MIN Franklin, benIaulln ncst, Na'nailci n@Muissn'
Robert FUTON, AhureW oaCA IN L ~ va! H.
phen a. pouSlaS' LEVI SaSS. r III, n nirgly iU
ace ursclTS, ;, l. p""NS' f""" "'"' """
Abraham LlnNV'".
What Our Public schools nre Doing.
u,ro IN S,or.v coup,v ,ycrv brnncb or nm Gle.
mentary English education is as systematically
thoroughly and undcrStandinSy taught In our Pub
lie Schools aS In any schools IN the american Union.
The great drawback Is this: that cur limited popu-
latlOn does not permit Of an enlarged system OF
grading the schools, The range Of studies EN-
brace in the Primary Schools spelling, vocal culture,
vocal music, calISthcnic exercises, reading, writing,
arithmetic, geography. grammar. history Of the
United States, elements of natural philosophy, map
and Iincal drawing, physiology and hygiene. In the
Grammar Schools are added to the foregoing studies
book keeping. aiSsoTa. sSoineIrE, Ehc,hLs.ry ;nnau pr
~ ,bn nnniIs arn snf,icicntlv ADVANCED 10 REQUIRE IN.
s,rrcrinn therein.
mn School,
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mar SchoOl, 0catcT ~ ,uc innu !, mi ,"st,iiS'
lOr tie ni0utn VI Suiy nas., ,etuann ~ UmG s ~
an. VI ms nunlOei twene',nnc Meto nIatcs aau
twchsy-S ~ ssanaUvSi VI h n.c ,u:o,,n aMG saxnn-
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N this Cout..s Suinevn.as nunan.vu ~ i "a
.temyn'ary E.snsH oISahhviu,,hs ~ " RaS = a. ~ Etnnn,Inu
,hetSlh, Us pIesSIioed ~! w poaiu % Eiusa.ioI
Abpnca',Oh Saa y q ~ o nnG ~ MY 'ups' !, u ~
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leaSnrr oi tuc uIaiiiIiiai SSnVoIi ~ ,sa'Siilnnt "
nia.ly 'Iia Rnen,Sspin Snh"a. 49, Nv ~ ~ 1917
winch tnc uDllI SSnVY ~ mnS = i1l ~
that ,hcIt ~ W ne@SNs''s, ~ NyVui ~ Hclleicn.
sCn02l SppYttunticn II sVpiIns 'nyn emiiitch 'ut
OF tnls STAR u "tIui, Sn 6n ns : ~ SrrSIIan,n"ou, n.s
added school apparatus 70 IaEilllaty instruction III
the higher departments anu VII cohthuet 10 increase
TINS important assistant 10 lnS tcACncT' rs inc Coh-
ultlOh OF inc SCHOOL ruuu VIII permit
Public School Library.
The sum of Ave- hundred and INV dollars has been
reaI,,cI from pnbIic school ExhibitIons which has
added over ave hundred Volumes OF Valuable books
10 The School Library. This auspIcious ommcncc-
ment we trust will be followed UP BY quarterly or
s ssniI sWsli into SSe proportions' that hat viii Viii rcn nisi!H II an
important feature In the Public School system In
this county. We trust you VIII encourage your
children TO take 6ooks from II anu 10 rely upon IL as
u great source oil INSTRUCTION anu amusement
Non-Attendnuce.
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