Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-09
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
superIutendonps Roport-Continued.

strength essential to their high mission. our rub
nl evils. The Legislature has the powerte prevent
these TO q very great extern. Sensible OF their ex.
istnnce, and feeling that a remedy should be vested
tuition Vests the Authority in that body in Section
:, Article II. In the following words. to.wit:
80 "The Legislature may pass such laws
as Will tend to secure 0 general attendance Of the
Schools"
The great irregularity OF the attendance OF chill.
dren OF well meaning parents Is an evil OF such mag.
nltude as TO require q remedy II Is In It's baleful In.
huencc next 10 non-attendancc. which IL more cX.
tenslve than is generally considered. Children arc
is oitei done from thougStIessness or from isns.
rance Of the evils that grow out Ofrepeated absence.
A few days absence In . term generally drops the
use Of all his powers and prompt attendance to copt'
mand a respectable standing. Soon disgust follows
closely upon the heels Of encouragement, and there
Is no longer any attraction either for school asso.
ciatcs, school teacher or school house, Mortified
ambition cannot endure daily exposure. For the
purposes OF education. children are. In q certain
sense. the property OF the State. The law demands
that property shall be taxed TO support q Public
School for six months In each year. In return for
the payment OF this tax, property has q right 10 de:
niand that children between certain ages shall avail
themselves OF these expensive facilities for O like
term, or their equivalent at private schools. To In.
sure an efficient Public School system-to secure for
Il In the public estimation that position and conn.
dence that the system should command, the stand
ard Of scholarship on the part OF teachers should DC
so raised that persons OF an indifferent or defective
education, unfortunate In other departments OF In.
cnt. to aspire to the control Of q Public School. The
feeling Is altogether too prevalent, that any person
who can read and write Is competent to instruct Il
Primary School. 1t Is my deliberate Judgment that
II requires more skill, a greater amount OF tact, a
wider range OF general knowledge. and o clearer APP
prchension OF the complicated laws that control diff.
fcrent children IN u school OF forty or ffty little ones,
and to excite and maintain an Interest among those
who have no Idea OF the value OF education, than 10
awaken and maintain q like Interest among the
Muie number OF advanced scholars In u High School
Many OF the wlsest educators In the country have
often expressed this sentiment with great feeling
ind force. l regard teaching as the most Import
ant us well Us the most difficult OF all the probes
slons-onc that demands Of Its members lndlvld,
ually q more comprehensive knowledge OF menta
and moral philosophy, q quicker perception and
knowledge OF childish likes and d!sllHcs OF the nu
merous springs Of action. and how 10 turn them "a
awaken interest, stimulate thought, produce dsci
pllne and cheerful obedience. than those OF any
other OF the intellectual professions. 10 one Is re-
garded competent 10 practice any OF the learned pro
LESSONS who has not gone through a long course o.
professional trainlng under the immediate direc
ton OF their most eminent savRns, TO qualify him q
profession may require. No one ID regarded compe'
tent 10 make a shoe or q shovel, a house or q hand
saw, u coach or q crowbar. a broom, q bt Or
bucket, without first serving an apprenticeship
The man who can make q steam engine. or who can
control Its movement after II Is made, VIII com
mAnd more compensation than the public is Tllling
10 pay an OIulnnIy IchCHcT III u EuUUC 0ShVoII
though every part Of the engine, from Its feed 70 its
exhaust, with Its various individual and combined
uses, could be learned In a fortnight by q well disci
plined and well educated teacher. whose mind has q
| mechanical tendency. Persons, 10 be teachers,
should learn their profession BY acourse Of discipline
and training, under the direction Of the most sue
| ceSsful and celebrated educators In the country.
NORMAL SCHOOLS.
Shut out and far removed as our State Is from the
| great educational centers or the country, our oppor'
tunitles are slim Indeed 10 secure inst class teach.
ers. The best Of the imported educators 70 The
| Pacific Coast will DO assorted and culled out by the
/ Educational Boards Of San Francisco, Sacramento
and other parts Of California. and We have nothing
by wsIG an 10 ,n ou9 S SSpspio Be eapsa afTcr 20 put Isss5,
pay, which cannot be expected-whieh would moi
be allowed.
Our great educational want isa Normal School,
an Institution to educate those Of our youth ambi
tlous 10 be teachers and for educational honorS-tC
train them TO meet the educational requirements o
our times and for our peculiar locality: young mel
and women whose parents, relatives or friends, Oh
all OF them, reside In our State, and who pr0babl.
VIII remain permanently with us. An Institution
Of this character would, IN addition 70 lis regnIa,
and live teachers, DO much TO awaken and foSte
throughout the State a spirit OF intellectual culture
and TO bring permanently before our people tn
| great value and importance OF popular education
| An Institution OF this character should be located II
one OF the most pOpulous towns Of the State. whcr'
q sufficient number OF pupils could be procured fol
the organization OF a training school. to be attached
thereto; for o Normal School without this impor
tant adjunct would he Us inefficient Us a school fol
the study OF practical Chemistry Inat should iSnors
,me NJ ~ ny.etIcsI ,stronomy witbont the Aid 81
tbc heavenly bodies. ouadrauts and telescopcs
There Is, however, a considerable number OF young
| people OF respectable Attachments In our midst who
have taught school more or less, and ambitious e
| obtain a respectable rank In tho profession OF teach
| Ing, but whose knowledge OF the theory aud prae
uce oL teaunl.s - u,.iSs q, u,h ~ ~ ,,-na
SnnSeu hsan vinnd hs aSayn y an ,nst1,nt,ou ~
this character 70 procure NC proper ini4rinstiot
Anu = uiPIoiuas sIn,sts, snJ sSnuiI dIsnI.Ss ~,
bo oai so ~ 81 schnoi rsm,ner, thronpbout N,
iSSa Ihs stav ~ hi. Class Womb he fonser %
sso,,.r accorJInvt n their nrryious nttninmrnts AM
s III IN scnmirc A Normal Scbooi Womb civ,
nnp ~, = 10 A., Tt,i,s from this class Mere The Siat,
condi,inn 20 nrranIyc and s,,nnort a,
mspv.,ian ~ ri. chor.ctrr II would not he a,
n nn,,.r 10 nvcr csiimate i,s yaIr,e mon nh
S S,SSIts scSoo, Interest in SrySda' Isut IL need no
puo All h. .ttrnIcd with vrc.t exnenSe TN,
nee nee, 7 ! small suIiSiSa he cest OF nnhrIs,itnre nm,
,ba salary M one Professor. with trifiing Additions
Incidental expenses. would be ali the outlay that a
p XII var,ons ornSmentstIons could follow the rrowtl
| 81 the school and The Increaso OF the State Schoo
Fund II lie State would offer two thousand dol
lars annually for the frst two years. on condition
TO be- added to il, / feel confident that that amour
could be raised, and q Normal School could be q
once put into a successful WORKING condition; SON,
amount By the State, without seriously opprcsSnI
any person or class.
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
There y one suGJect tnht / Woniu \ W UaaIS =
your notice ior ySI ,b So nsssenI !. .bo np nnn s' iImr a. q
N DOUBT WnesneI u pisS hr, S',h p,v &c. ny >, ~
Sanls tne conipsenenSnCe i,,g1ss,,o n IN hi, nnn
ochooi sSstHIn; ~ IN pIocIt,ma,e mi n,nner II Il
neSuon. WI. = 10 ~ ns.r,iiar cnsr.c, nr pf,Se cl,mstI
OF the vast ranges o. t i ele ScHsd, 'I mnnn,siSs III y
tween tne noSsy ~ anu oSr Eo =. Msonie snJ ycry IN,