Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-05-03
.soHoor, SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
annerinfendent,a Report-Conunued.

ni eysl, The Ierislature has the to prevent
these 10 a yery great extern. Sensible OF their eS.
!.t.Sse and feeling , pa f = psMsS 81 tSSe State Se consti.
futIon yesta the authority in that BODY In seetlon
2, Article II, in the following words, to-wit:
The legislature may g pas sss or ld tSs
children in each school district upon SAID PUBIC
The great irresulanty Of the attendance efehil.
nitude as TO require q remedy Il Is IN is balelul IN
nuence next TO non-attendAnce, which IS more eS.
tensiye than Is generally considered. CnnuiepT SLs
Is ofte done from thoughtlessness or rom Rno-
rance Of the evils that grow out 0 frepeated absence.
a few days, absence In term generally drops tne
pupil behind his class. It may require o vigorous
use Of ul his powers and prompt attendance 70 com.
mand . respectable standing. Soon disgust follows
closely Se yo upon s .ns nsels q diseSIrssement, and tnsTe
ciates, school teacher or school house. Mortified
ambition cannot endure daily exposure. For the
purpos,eSs e. o. 1ro sagfS, ~ he children ssars S TS.: IN q certain
that property shall be taxed 10 support a Public
School for six months IN each year. In return for
INC msb pS ysat eh X rnn' between tsS; psSs eefs,n MAJ Ss = TIA, .SsIi 20 Sx asi
themselves Of these expensive facilities for a like
term: or . tssI. sqPpI nSIIs ss a sTi sy.,sI sshSSl :.cI To in in
IL in tho public stimation that position and conf
dence that the system should command. the stand
ard Of seholarship on the part 81 teachers should be
education, unfortunate In other departments Of In
dustry. would not. venture, as q temporary expetii-
ent, TO aspire to the control Of Public school: The
feeling is altogether too prevalent, that any person
who can read and write is competent TO instruct a
Primary School. II Is my deliberate Judgment that
Wider range Of general knowledge. and a clearer AZ
prehenslon Of the complicated laws that control dii-
ferent children In q school OF forty or my little ones,
and TO excite and maintain an interest among those
who have no idea OF the value Of education, than 70
| awaken and maintain q like interest among tho
zane number OF advanced scholars IN 4 High SenoOi.
II -. ~ Nha AANt1 In thu n ave
often expressed this sentiment with great feeling
and force. / regard teaching as the most import
ant as well rs the most difficult OF all the proies'
sions-one that demands OF Its members indiVid.
ually a more comprehensive knowledge OF mental
and moral philosophy, a quicker perception and
knowledge OF childish likes and dislikes or the nu-
merous springs OF action, and how TO turn them TO
awaken Interest, stimulate thought. produce disci.
pline and cheerful obedience, than those o. any
Sarded competent 70 practice any OF the learned pro.
~iessIons who has not gone through a long coursc OF
professional training under the immediate dlrec-
ton OF their most eminent savans, TO qualify MIN 70
discharge intellgently the responsible duties his
profession may require. No one Is regarded compe-
tent 70 make a shoe or q shovel, a house or z hand,
bucket, without first serving an apprenticeship.
The man who can make o steam engine. or VINO can
control IL, movement atsr Il e made, VIII t S1m.
to pay an ordinary teacher In q Public school,
though every part OF the engine, from Its feed 20 its
exhaust, with It's various individual and combined
uses, could be learned In q fortnight by O well discl.
pllned and well educated teacher. whose mind has
mechanical tendency. Persons, 70 DC teaeners.
should learn their profession BY q course OF dlscipline
cessful and celebrated educators In the country.
..' as 20 NORMAL SCHOOLS $500!
Shut out and far removed a. our State Is from the
great educational centers ofthe country, our oppor-
tunltles are slim indeed 10 secure tirst class teach
ers. The best OF the imported educators 10 the
Pacific Coast will be assorted and culled out by the
Educational Boards Of San Francisco, Sacramento
1 -sA NhA a. and Urn IA Va hnNhNnK
by which TO invite superior educators 10 our desert
homes, unless our School Boards offer extravagant
pay, which cannot be expected-which would not
Our great educational want is q Normal School
all Institution TO educate those Of. our youth ambi.
tious TO be teachers and for educational honors-tO
train them 10 meet the educational requirements Of
our times and for our peculiar locality; Young men
and women whose parents, relatives or friends, or
will renAin permanently with US. An institution
OF this character would, In addition 10 It's regular
supply for our schools Of well educated. well drilled
and live teachers, do much 70 awaken and foster
throughout the State q spirit ofintellectual culture.
and 10 bring permanently before our people the
great T ,s, xslgs @nS ft iSs% essIss,s 81 . RSPGidias5 Be- f iosstss n
one OF the most ~populous towns OF the State, where
. sufncient number Of pupils could be procured for
the organization OF o training school, to be attached
thereto; for q Normal School without this impor.
tant adjunct would be as ine11cient a. q school for
the study Of practical chemistry that should ignore
tho laboratory, with Its menstruums and prccipi.
tants, or OF practical astronomy, without the aid Of
the heavenly bodies, Iquadrants and telescopes.
There Is, however, . considerable number OF young
people or respectable attachments In our midst who
have taught school more or less, and ambitious TO
obtain Q respectable rank In the profession OF teach
ing, but whose knowledge OF the theory and prac.
tice OF teaching IL altogether unequal to the adj
yanced. educational claims OF the present time.
Many OF these would be drawn 10 an institution OF
this !: character S;r1smI % pS0e cS6S,d ne &c I pr1psT ,nfS,l s:tHG1
Boards In ever, district, and should displace the
local Boards Of School Examiners throughout the
shorter according TO their previous attachments and
aptness 70 acquire. A Normal School would give
forth rs rrst fruits from this class. Were the State
in q ~pecuniary condition TO organize and support an
Institution Of this character, II would not be an
easy matter 70 over estimate its value upon the
public school Interest IN Nevada. But Il seed not
rent Of q small building. the cost Of furniture and
tho salary OF one Professor. with trining additional
Incidental expenses, would be oil the outlay that Al
present would be required. The permanent edihce
and various ornamentations could follow the growth
OF the school and the increase Of the State School
Fund. II the STATE would offer two thousand DOL
that private donations would equal that sum-. and
70 be added to II, 7 feel confident that that amount
once put into a successful working condition. Some
source Of revenue could be created 10 raise this
amount by the State. without seriously depressing
any person or class.
-.Ir- nIrEoRoLoGIcAL OBSERVATIONS. ..f
There is one subject that / would like TO bring to
your notice for your consideration. / am somewha
In doubt whether the present Is the proper time OF
this the proper channel. but with my Ideas as re.
cards the comprehensive character OF our Public
School system, the proposed suggestions In this CON
nection, will be both legitimate and proper. 1t |.
well known that the peculiar character Ofthe climate
Of the vast ranges OF these elevated table-lands be-
tween the Rocky and Sierra Nevada mountains. Il
but little known by our own people, and very I'm
perfectly unders,SOd By the people ,c,,I OF Of I the Other e.
those parts OF the State where Public Schools would
= L. 80. Nh. NaaR
would Be q valuable contribution TO science, and In
the course or O decade ofyears would throw much
light in regard 10 our climate: One teacher in each
ofthe principal townstn the State, if furnished with
Inc necessary Instruments for determining the heat
and density OF the ntn1osphere. the direction and
force ofthe winds. the amount Of the fall OF rain and
ysuons-an Of which the Smithsonian Institute
would undoubtedly cheerfally auppty-wonid. with
q trttting addition to his salary. Il 80 direeted 1y law .
pubfished either weekly or monthly. would awaken.
both on tho part ofthe teachers. pupils and the pub
lie generally, habits or close observation In regard to
atmospheric changes.
xnpnEcrIoS or THE PRocTIDs or THE HlLr NILL
TAX. ..
The proceeds Of the half mill tax. provided for in
seetione OF Education. Article xo( the State Con.
stitution, II occurs TO me, was diverted BY the last
Legi.lstSrs, from the use INTENDED d By By h, tsSs s, who
Law, approved March nth, 1865, provides that Al
moneys derived nom the TAX herein levied (halt
| mill taxi 60All Do PAD lntO inc otAte SCnoOl funu,
and DO apportioned in the same manner As other
money in that fund"-that is, tho intcres, accruIns
shall be distributed to all the counties In the State.
according 10 the ascertalned number OF persons be-
tween the ages Of SIX and eighteen years In said
countless for tho support OF Public Schools. The
object ofthis half mill tax was designed particularly
to create q fund for the support or The Mining Col.
lege-the mining branch OF the University: lt was
the general opinion OF the members OF the Constitu.
tional Convention that this tax would yield the lrst
year from ten 10 nfteen thousand dollars. with II
large annual increase thereafter. and that at an
early day the Interest from the proceeds OF this tax.
and from other sources or revenue, would enable
the Boart Of Regents TO establish this branch OF the
University and to put It Into SUCCESSFUL operation IN
OF the Constitution. IL In the following language, to
1.-THE Legislature shall provide a special tax OF one
half OF one mill on the dollar OF all taxable property
OF the State. In addition to tho other means pro-
vided for the support and maintenance OF said Uni
versity and common tckooL." rH -.Hr-E -. 4,
above, were coupled with the word University TO
make II appear manifcstly clear that the Unlvers!y
was q part Of the Public School system. Ihe In.sni I
ton Of the Convention, IN regard 10 the ulspvsAiv
the proceeds Of this half mill tax, VIII m9Ie S'snly
appear by reference TO sectl0ns, OF the hdueAt,omai
Article OF the Constitution. which readSaS 'o"'"''
eth Board Of Regents shall. from the lnlerrsI
accruinr nom the nrst funds 0roin the nan miaIanl
which como under their control. imneuias ~ an, Ioy
lie and maintain the said Mlnlng DrPaits =, ~
me UnlyersItyJ in such manner as 10 m"A u '"S
most effective and useful 40 mind IN Inc
From the foregoing II sPpeipaS 49, : ~ ~ REGENTS that
sSnS.us.se az nrst sccTuing from the STATE nnd must
hs eInended. not by distributing me y, Al ,S. sSe..n,,i.
snnIsHv among the several counties in me stats