Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-09-06
ADDRESS TO PARENTS.
ADDRRss TO
To Parents, and those hacing charge
of Children in Storey COUNTY:

~ win commence on Monday. September Sd. 1866.
at 10 O'Clock A. ".
The Pablo School System.
The Public School system In the United States, by
its broad aud 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 and supported by
authority OF law. yet under the control and manage
mcnt OF the people, Is essentially an American In
%stitution. II is the legitimate offspring OF our dem.
ocratic system OF Government. Begotten by our
necessities II Is admirably adapted TO minister 10
our peculiar wants. " .
Something about the History Of Puphc
The history OF the Public School System shows
that II has not always been characterized Dy tna.
perfection OF system and harmony OF arranseinen.
that marks Its present movements. II souH y;
degrees that the most benshSsns systems SS ho ars and Sc.
we're were the struggles of this system tor nc amu
growth and popular favor. Its early existence Wa
feeble. 1t awakened strong prcJudices, mostly Itoim
a mlsconccptIon of Its true character, and from an
inability 10 comprehend the grandeur OF US LllssiSn.
Some considered IL an Ingenious arraiselneht Ior
numbering the rich for the education OF the chliuren
OF the poor. and others, as a conspiracy on tns pali
Of political demagoEues. to break doWn tnS So s
the poor, the vulgar and the refined. the pleolan and
the patrician classes. One class considered II impos-
sible that Public Schools, fostered by. anu " aeer-
tain extent under the management oil, the Goveril'
ment could h. as efficient educators oil youth, as
those conducted by private enterprise; another,
that secular education without q strT ,ns S SuIIiII ~ ~
VI IOAAlOd ialSt ~ .-l
controlled by his wild and unSoverned passions anu
prepare him for a Vagabond and Goddess NE; whhc
TeiiriSus denomination would never consent to
have their children Instructed IN q School whlch put-
poSely separated ecclesiastical from literary anu SCI
entlnc studies. But In the older states, experience,
time, an enlarged and %cnlarging. spirit OF liberation
on the part OF the people, coupled with a wise ad-
justment Of the Public School system TO a common
sen,imcnt-erectlng u platform upon which all, u.
vOrable 10 universal education, might stand anu
tremendously cooperate, without any sacrifice oil
religious or political opinions, we repeat, maj thsse
and other questions prophetic Of the early downfall
OF the Public School system. have been triumphant
ly settled In their favor. 1t Is now generally admit
led that there Is a system OF morality, accepted by
ali civilized communities and a common religious
ground, up TO the base OF Sectarian differences,
where all eau stand-that these Will allow the nigh
est religious truths, and the sneIm me n mSra Y no no
School Into n sense Of Its religious and moral rcSpOn-
s~IbIlIticS, and OF Inspiring. Its pupils with q respect,
veneration and love OF God, and n kindly ieeFnS ior
The disturbing forces Of s~ectarian religion and par.
" politics. Ind no countenance or support In our
School system. On this common ground, u truce IL
proclaimed. and liberation establishes It's empire.
The Nevada Public school system. q.
The Public School System OF the State OF Nevada,
WAS organized to furnish the youth OF the State the
facilities for Il good substantial, business education.
In a thickly populated County like Storey, they
should possess all the qualifications OF ~frst-clasS
Schools, equal to those OF . similar grade aud iacill'
ties, existing In any part of the Country.
Your Corporation 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
tereStS have been committed, TO iencltatc you upon
their Improvement, and to earnestly solicit your
cooperation to increase their usefulness and TO cN-
tend their influence, that they may more inlly sub
serve the noble purposes OF their organization.
Importance of Our Public schools.
The undersigned are happy 10 be able TO state that
very many OF the preJudices that formerly existed
against the Public Schools III this county, and which
c~Onspircd largely TO abridgc their influence. have
gradually diminished, and In many cases disappeared
altogether. They are now with us patronlzed by all
classes. The people have learned that the Public
Schools havea higher mission and a nOblcr purpose
than merely to restrain bad boys nom running at
large In the streets; but that. on the contrary, they
are efficient In educating the mind, cultivating 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 ineermissions, infus-
ing into their amuSementS II decorOus and respect
ri bearing one toward another, cultivatinS In them
| moral feelings, courteous manners and polite Ian
:niceNa social and moral training almost as essen
tialto their well being rs that OF mental culture; that
In our public schools pupilSOi the SAINT grade have
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 to examine the system OF education adopted
by the Storey County School Department, have
learned that Il Is similar to that employed In Bos-
ton, Chicago. San Francisco aud other large towns
| where Inc Public Schools have broken down all OPP
position and are acknowledged 10 be among the
most efficient. The mos. th"rouSh, and the best dis
What Our Public schools Require.
Our Public Schools should command the conf.
lence OF the public. Your sympathy and cO-opera-
| ton are necessary 10 aid the Board OF Education,
whose labors In the school department are entlrely,
public favor. II Is important TO the future well
being OF our country to bring them TO u higher
| standard Of efficiency and usefulness, because but
Il conn aratIyplv few Of the Youth OF Ollr lAnl can en-
| pect 10 enjoy higher educational advantages than
our Public Schools atiorl. We have q right to an
tenn tenn which awlKrmrd IIr nTSt educational impulses
in the minds OF many thousands OF the most Illus
them to self culture. and among which may be
named George WashinSton. Roger sherman. Benla-
pin r,ap TSlicn BENJAMIN iSsIsR G .SesSsS Sa' hienIy p Cav, Ste..
| phen A, Douglas, Lewis Cass. Willard Fillmore. Hor.,
ace Greeley, y. Z. Banks. Elihu Burrttt and
Abraham Lincoln.
What Our Public Schools nre Doing.
Here In Storey county every branch Of an ele-
mentary English education II as Systematically,
thoroughly and understandinHly taught In our Pub
ls Schools as In any schools N the american Union.
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 calis,henic exercises, reading, writing,
arithmetic, geography, grammar. history OF the
United States. elements OF natural philosophy, map
and lIneal drawing. physiology and hygiene. In the
Grammar Schools are added 10 the foregoing studies
book keeping, algebra, geometry, chemistry, natural
history and perspecuvedrawing. and also astronomy.
II the pupils arr sufficiently advanced 10 require In
s~tructiOn therein.
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 tifty-one Schol.
ans. OF this number TWENTY-FIVE were males and
twenty-siN females. Ofthese twenty-onc were mas
tiers and ffteen 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
elementary English branches TO pass an examination
therein, as 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 deficient
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 10 facilitate instruction In
this Important assistant to the teacher. as the con-
dition OF the School Fund will permit.
Pablo school Library.
The sum OF 1--WE hundred and fifty dollars has been
realized from Public School Exhibitions, which has
added over ave hundred volumes OF valuable books
TO the School Library. This suspicious
ment we trust will be followed up by quarterly or
Seml-annual accumulations, TIL this institution
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 to rely upon II rs
q great source OF instruction and amusement.
Son-Attendnnce.
Tho returns OF tho School Census Marshal, In the
| month OF July last past, show that there Is a large
| eighteen years ofagc, who do not attend any school.
| This should not be. No community can afford to
have Its youth grow up In Its midst In ignorance.
| Our Institutions spring from-are moulded and gov
crned BY the people, and will be good, bad or Indlf-
ferent according to the education, moral culture
and 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 80 mlschlevous as
with us. The mission OF our Public School system
| Is not to pull dow the great and the good toa
| lower standard OF excellence, but TO elevate the
multitude. To bring the claims OF education. TO the
county which have not awaited themselves OF the
| excellent facilities our Public Schools afford, Is an
imnortAnt and noble work. The undersigned solicit
| yonr assistance In this department OF labor. The
Public Schools should be fully attended-Should be
made 10 return to the public, In Intellectual ana
moral culture, the full worth for the, money, care
and labor expended In their behalf. There must De
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
| shonid be. There should be a public sentiment that
would be equal TO the pleasurable task OF inducing
every parent In this county to send MS ehiidreh 10
IrreguIarity Of Attendance.
The School Registers Of the several Schools In
this county for the past school year. disclose
the melancholy fact that 4 very large NUMBER OF
children, who have been permanent residents IN the
county. have been exceedingly Irregular IN their
Attendance. Somp have been absent three-iOurtnS,