Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-10-04
ADDRESS TO PARENTS.
ADDRESS To
To Parents, and those having charqe
Of Children 10 Storey COUNT.

" O"aaTen R STOREY County:
The Fall Term Of the Public schools tn this Coun.
" VIII commence on Monday, September 81. I>66,
At 10 O'Clock A. NJ.
The Public Sehool system.
Tho Public School system In the United States, oy
Its broad and comprehensive range OF studies, from
the lowest Primary School TO the Free Academy; 6y
us opened doors TO all classes, regardless OF rank,
fortune or condition. organized and supported by
authority OF law. vet under the control anu manage
ment or the people, Is essentially an American In
stltution. IL Is the legitimate onspTtng oT our DEM
ocratic system Of Government. BesVtten by our
necessities II Is admirably adapted 10 minister 10
our peculiar wants.
Something about the History oil 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, present movements IL i only by
degrees that the most benetcent systems are brought
to the highest degree OF perfection. Long and Sc
we're were the struggles OF this system Tor lie and
growth aa4 popular favor. Its early eNiSienee was
feeble. Il awakened strong prtJGdiceS, mostly from
q mlSconceptlOn OF It's true character, and from All
Inability 10 comprehend the grandeur Of Its mission.
some Sonslderet u an Ingenious Arrangement Tor
VI the poor, and Others, ~ 4 conspiracy on the part
OF political deuiaSogueS, 20 break down the social
walls OF separation existing between the rich and
the poor, the vulgar and the redned, the pleblan aud
the pltrtclan classes. One class considered Il impOS
Sole that Public schools, toStered by. and 10 a GER
tain extent under the management Of. the Govern
ment could be as efficient educators OF youth. -
those coniuctei by private enterprises; another,
that secular education without a strong adiniNturS
OF religious Instruction, would leave the pupil 10 be
controlled by his wil and ungoyeruel passions ana
prepare him for n vagaoJnd and Goddess life; while
a third class insisted that the people OF the various
religious denOmi Latlons wOutl never consent 10
have their children instructed IN aSch0o! which put.
pOsely separated ecclesiastical from literary ami sci.
entlnc studies. But Ia the older States, experience,
time. an enlarged and enlarIinS spirit OF liberation
S Sus! Sas pst ~ u Inc sI PuBiisE SshSSoTI system 10 a ! eonnSn
seRtiment-erectlng a platform upon which all, Ia
vorabIe TO universal education, might stand and
religious or political opinions, We repeat, that these
and other questions prophetic OF the early downfall
VI the Public School system. have been triumphant
~ settled In their favor. Il Is now generally admit
ted that there l. a system OF morality. accepted by
all civilized communities and a common religious
gr0und, up 20 the base Of scctarlan differences,
wneTe al can s~tand-that these viii allow the high
est religious truths, anu the >ublltnest morality 20
School into a sense OF its religious and moral rcSpou-
SlblitleS. and OF Inspiring It's pupils with u respect,
reneratiou and love OF God, and a kindly feeling for
The disturolng forces OF ~sectarIan religion and par.
" politics, hnd no counienAnce or support In our
School system. On this common ground, u truce Is
proclaimed, aud toleTalOn establishes It's 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 = good substantial, business education.
In A thickly populated County Ike Storey. they
should possess all the qualifications of hrsiselass
Schools, equal TO those OF q similar SIale ana h'iH'
NAN NAEhAeA so 80
Your Cooperation Invited.
The great success that has attended the Public
Schools in the county for the past niteeu months,
has encouraged the Undersigned. 70 whom their III
terestS have been committed. 10 ~ieteitAie YOU upon
their Improvement, and TO earnestly solicit your
cooperation 10 increase their usefulness and 10 CN.
tend thelr influence. that they may more tuhy sub
serve the noble purposes OF thetr ORGANIZATION.
Importance of Our Public schools.
The undersigned are happy 10 De able to state tina,
very many OF the prcludceN that formerly existed
against the Puddle Schools IN this county, and which
cOasplred largely 20 abr!dSe their influence, have
gradually diminished. and IN many cases disappeared
altogether. They are now with u patToplEci by all
classes. The people have learned that the Public
than merely to restrain bad boys from running AZ
larse Ia the streets; hut that, on the contrary, they
are efficient In educating the mind, cult.vatsuS 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 OF >he !
also personally present with them IN theiF uHt OF
door plays, during TeeesSeS and lntvrm.SN!ouS, iILuS-
lnS II TO their auusementS aGecornu> AMI respect
rl bearing one toward another, cUItiyatinS IN them
mOral feelings. courteous manners and polite Tau
saase-a social and moral trlIninc almost a. essen
uAto their well being as that o. mcnta! culture; that
IN our public schools pupils OF the same grade have
improved IN their studies A. rapidly A. those who
have been sent out Of the State At Large expense,
out Rom and beyond the hsAI'hiuI !h.nSmee .,
trouble 70 examine The system " education adopted
by the Storey County school Department, have
learned that lt = similar TO that employed Ia BO>-
ton, ChicaSc, San Francisco ami other large towns
where the Public schools have broken down all Gp'
most efficient, tie most thorough. aaL the best dis
eipl,net schools that nywherc exist,
What Our Public schools Require.
our Public Schools should command the cona-
dence Of the public. Your sympathy and co-opera-
ton are Necessary 20 aid the Board Of Education.
whose labor In the School Department are entirely
gratuitous, 10 bring them u the highest degree OF
pubic favor. IL Is important 10 the future well
being Of our country to bring them 20 \ higher
standard of efficiency and usefulness. because but
comparatively lew OF tho youth OF our hand can eN-
pect 10 enjoy higher educational advantages than
our Public schools arOTI. We have \ right to an
tIcipate great things IN the future for that school sys-
tenn which awakened the frst educational impulses
IN the minds OF many thousands v; tue most Nus
trous names In American history; which impeued
them TO self culture, and AmOaS which NAV be
named George Washington. Roger sherman, Benja-
min Franklin, Benjamin West, Nathaniel B0wditCh,
Robert Fulton, Andrew jackson, Henry Clay, STE
phen A. Douglas, Lewis CasS. Willard Fillmore. Hor-
ace Greeley. y. =. Banks, Elhu Burrttt aud
Abraham Lincoln
What Our Public schools are Doing.
Here in Storey county every branch Of an ce-
meatary English education Is a. systematically.
thoroughly and understandlngly taught in our Pub
lie schools as In any schools In the American Union.
hiion does not permit OF an enlarged system oi
grading the schools. The range OF studies EN-
brace IN the Primary schools spouins. vocal culture
vocal music, caiiSthentc exercises, reading. writing,
ttsmetl geography, grammar, history VI the
United States, elements Of natural philosophy, map
and Ineal drawing. physiology and hygiene. In the
GrammE schools are added TO the foregoing studies
hook keeping, algebra, geometry. chemistry, natural
history and perspective drawinS, and also astronomy,
n The pupils are sufficiently advanced 70 require In
s~truction therein.
Grammar school.
The monthly report Of the Teacher Of the Cram
mar school, located In the Third Ward IN Virginia,
COR the month OF July last, returns hty-one schol-
as. OF this number twentv-nve were male, and
twentysiS females. ofthese twegty-One were mas
Zen 81 S Sel Of aSe, This SCHOOL, open to any Youth
IN this county who Il sufficiently advanced In the
elementary English branches 20 pass an examination
therein, Is prescribed by the Board OF Education.
Application can Dc made either 10 the Superintend-
ent. or to either Of the undersigned, or TO the
Teacher OF the Grammar SehooL This statement
made that persons unacIuainted with the facilities
which the Public schools afford may De- Informed
that there Is no necessity. on account Of deficient
school opportunities, for sending their children ont
From time 10 time the Board Of Education has
added school apparatus 10 facilitate instruction IN
mi, inoortapt assistant 20 the teacher. a the con
diiion Of the school Fund Will permit.
Public school library.
Tn. sum Of ave hundred and tfty dollars has been
,s.II,ad nom Public school Exhibitions, which mas
added over ave hundred volumes OF valuable books
20 the School Library. This suspicious ommence
ment We trust VIII be followed up by quarterly or
semlannuaI aeeumulatons, I'LL this institution
shall swell into proportions that VII render u an
Important feature IN the PueltG school system IN
children 70 take books from Il and 20 rely upon II a.
a great source ofinstrucuon and amusement.
Sou-AttendRnce.
The returns Of the School Census Marshal, In the
month OF July last past, show that there i a large
number OF children IN this county, between SIX and
eighteen years ofase. who do not attend any school
This should not be. No community can Afford TO
have It's youth grow up In IT. midst In ignorance.
our Institutions spring irom-are moulded and gov.
erned BY the people, and viii be good. bad or lndii-
ferent according 90 the education, moral culture
md refined taste OF their creative and sustaining
power. In countries whose government and inSti.
buttons are managed BY the favored and educated
Few. popular ignorance Is not 20 mischieNous a.
with Us, The mission OF our Public School system
is not TO pull down the great and the good to-
lower standard Of exc Hence. but to elevate the
multitude. To bring the claims OF education 10 the
favorable consideration OF those families In the
county which have not availed themselves Of the
excellent facilities our Public Schools afford. Is an
important and noble work. The undersigned solicit
your assistance In this department of labor. The
Public Schools should be fully attended-should be
made 10 return 10 the public, In Intellectual and
moral culture, the full worth for the 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