Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-13
SCHOOL supER1srBsDssr REPORT.
S.perintendsars Report-Couunued.

nS SSnSois arc designed As an antidoto 10 tSsse fe.J.
mes % very great eIssn'. Be- ssnppi SSsr ~ r ,R R,sys2t
istence, and feeling that 4 remedy should a. be- sn Sss sS;
tuition vests the authority in that ' Sed Htt ~ Sonsti.
?, Article II, In the following. words, to.vit SECTION
"The Legislature may mas, snch ,,,,.
as Will tend 10 secure . general Attendance az tSe
Schools."J b. .Hr. % uo'e
The great irregulArity OF the attendance OF chill.
dren OF well meaning parents Ii an evil Of such mag.
nuence next TO non-attendance, which Is more cX.
tenslye than Is generally considered. Children are
detained at home for the most trivial reasons. This
Is ofte done from thoughtlessness or from igno-
rance Of the evils that grow out ofrepeated absence.
A few days absence In o term generally drops tho
pupil behind his class. II may require q vigorous
msnd a respectable standing. Soon disgust follows
closely upon the heels OF disbursement, and there
Is no longer any attraction either for school asso.
ambition cannot endure daily exposure. For the
purposes OF education. children are. In a certain
sense, the property OF the State. The law demands
that property shall DO taxed 10 support q Public
School for SIX months in each year. In return for
tho payment Of this tax, property has o right to de;
| mand that children between certain ages shall avail
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 conti.
dcnce that the system should command, the stand
ard Of scholarship on the part OF teachers should DO
so raised that persons or an Indifferent or defective
education, unfortunate In other departments OF IN
emit, 10 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 o
Primary School. ~ my deliberate Judgment mat
II requires more skill, a creator amount OF tact. q
| wider range OF general knowledge. and q clearer aPe-
| prehension OF the complicated laws that control DIFF
fcrcnt children In q school OF forty or hity little ones,
and to excite and maintain al interest among those
who have no idea OF the value OF education. than TO
awaken and maintain a like Interest among the
same number0 Of advanced scholars IN q High School.
Many Of the wlsest educators In the country have
often expressed this sentiment with great feeling
and force. regard teaching as the most import
ant as well as the most difficult OF oil the profess
s%ions-one that demands OF It's members indlvid.
ually q more comprehensive knowledge Of mental
and moral philosophy, q quicker perception aud
merous springs Of action, and how TO turn them TO
awaken interest, stimulate thought, produce disci.
pline and cheerful obedience, than those o. any
other OF the Intellectual professions. No one ~ re-
garded competent to practice any or the learned pro:
iessions who has not gone through a long course oil
p tINn ~ tSs1I 1 1rS.h s@,n Sade Swans iae m io aSaIIfS hIm 10
discharge intelllgently the responsible duties his
profession may require. No one Is regarded compe
saw, q coach or o crowbar. a broom. 4 BIT Or a
bucket, without tirst serving al apprenticeship
The man who can make q steam engine, or who car
control us movement after II y made, VIII S1nl
mznd more compensation than the public ID Willing
TO pay an ordinary teacher In y Public school
Sap S,SSs EVEN SIis PAT a. s 2, tns eh ,Sais,id mom ~. ms 'e eomS IL ~
49, "tha "" satSAp ANt NhA sas
uses. could be learned In a fortnight by o well disei
plIned and well educated teacher. whose mind has q
should learn their profession By q course OF disclplIn,
and training, under the direction OF the most sue
eessful and celebrated educators IN the country.
NORMAL SCHOOLS.
Shut out and far removed as our State IA from tn
great educational centers OF the country. our oppof
tunities are slim indeed to secure 1rst class teach
ers. The best OF the imported. educators 70 n,
Educational Boards Of San francisco, Sacramento
aud other parts or California, and we have nothinl
by which to invite superior educators to our deser
homes. unless our School Boards offer eItrayagan
pay, Which cannot be e~xpected-whlch would no
Our great educational want Is Normal SCHOOL,
all Institution to educate those OF our youth aInbl
tious TO DO tearhers and for educational honors:-t'
train them 10 meet the educational requirements q
our times and for our peculiar locality; young piei
and women whose parents. relatives or friends. o.
all Of them, reside In our State, and who probabl!
will remain permanently with US. An institution
OF tnls f saa asT ssh %Sst o3 w W. IS cSueat.d 10 wen W. r ssIIIs,
and live teachers, do much 10 awaken and ioste
throughout the State q spirit Of intellectual culture
and to bring permanently before our people III
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, wher,
The orsSnIlation or a training school, to be attschet
thereto; for o Normal School without this impor
the study Of practical chemistry that should isnor:
the laboratory. with Its menstruuins and prcclpi
tauts, or Of practical astronomy, without the aid U
the heavenly bodies. quadrants and telescopes
There IL, however, a considerable number OF youns
people OF respectable Attachments IN our midst whe
have taught school more or less, and ambitious "a
obtain u respectable rank In the profession OF teach
ing, but whose knowledge OF the theory aud prac
tice OF teaching Is altogether unequal TO. the ad
yanced educational claims Of the present tim
Many OF these would be drawn to an institution o.
this character TO procure the proper information
and q diploma, which should be current with Sehoo
IessI so IN sve 81 se d5:s5iei ks. ann sS9u tSt SasPSsss e, IN
State. The stay Of this class would be longer o.
shorter according to their previous attachments anC
forth It's nrst fruits from this class. Were the Stat
In q pecuniary condition 70 organize and support al
, essy mSte.S 81 to On" over sna sssi%.te y its s% %aIne h Spo Ss a. +
public school interest in Nevada. But It need no
necessarily be attended with great expense. Tn
rent Of a small building. the cost OF furniture an
the salary OF one Professor, with trihing additions
Incidental expenses, would be all the outlay that q
present would be required. The permanent edinc
and various ornAmentations could follow the growt
OF the school aud the increase OF the State Schot
Fund. If the State would offer two thousand do
lars ANNUALLY for the INST two years. on conditlo
To be added to Il, l feel confident that that amour
could be raised. and q. Normal School could be q
source Of revenue could be created to raise thI
amount by the State, without seriously opprcsSln
any person or class.
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION.
There is one subject that I would like to bring t
l YOuT HOIlCC v yOul GOuoluClNAlOlls u I'LL Olu W
IN doubt whether the present is tho proper time Q
this the proper channel, but with my ideas as n
CARDS tho comprehensive character OF our Publ
School system, the proposed suggestions I'm this col
nection. Will be both legitimate and proper. II
well known that the peculiar character OF 1.-THE enmat
OF the vast ranges OF these elevated taole.iands Dc
but little known by our own people. and very In
perfectly understood by the people OF the othe
States. A plan that would secure nc proper r |,
those parts ofthe State where Public Schools woul
be likely TO be maintained throughout the yea
would be q valuable contribution TO science, and |
light In regard TO our climate. One teacher In eac
Of the principal towns In the State, II furnished wit
and density OF the atmosphere. the direction an
force OF the winds, the amount of tho fall of rain an
snow. and = book for recording the necessary obseI
would undoubtedly chccrfully supply-would. wit
a trining addition to his salary. u so directed by law
accurately perform the task. These observations
publshed either weekly or monthly, would awaken
both on the part ofthe teachers, pupils and the pull
lie generally, habits ofclose observation In regard 4
SIsDIREcTios or rms PROCEEDS or THE nALr MIL
.s nj. -|.as TAX. ."
Tho proceeds ofthe half mill tax. provided for .
stitution, Il occurs 70 me, was diverted BY the las
Legislature, from the use intended BY those VIII,
formed that instrument. Section ~ Of the Schoo
moneys derived from the tax herein levied (hal
mill taxi shall be paid into the State School Fund
and DO apportioned In the Same manner az othc
money In that fund"-thAti Is, tho interest accruinl
shall be distributed to all the counties In the State
according to the asccrtained number OF persons be
tween The ages Of six and si{ bnssn ysSrs 10 1Iit
to create q fund for the support Of the Mining Col
tSs genera opinion or the members oftSs constitu
tional Convention that this tax would yield tho iirs
year from ten 70 fifteen thousand dollars. with
largo annual increase thereafter, and that at al
csylv day the Interest from thu DrOceeds of this tax