Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26
school SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
s1nsrinfendonps Rcport-Conunu.d.

socIety ara Numbered Of an undeycloped power and
strength essential 70 their high mission. our Pub
mi evils. The Legislature has the powerto prevent
these TO . very great extern. Sensible OF thelr eN,
in the teSislS,ure' the trainers Of the State COnsti-
tuition vests the authority In that body IN sectlon
2. Article II. In the following words,
The LEGISLATURE may pass such n "a Tvs
ssn nSd6s In each school district upon said Pubic
Tho Frea. Irresularty Of the attendance OF chill.
aIeno OF wen meaning parents Is an evil OF such mag.
ai,uue as 70 require a remedy II Is In It's balefnl IT.
tensiye than is generally considered. Children are
ue.arnea az nome Tor the most trivial reasons. This
= 0.e zone from thoughtlessness or from igno.
Iansso lne evils mat grow out OF repeated absence.
IA ffT days absence In term generally drops the
pupil oehlhd MS class, It may require q Vigorous
msnd q respectable standing. Soon disupst soiIows
closely upon the heels Of announcement and there
ciates, school teacher, or school house Mortiaed
ambition cannot endure daily exposure, FOR the
sense, the property Of the State. The law demands
that property shall. be taxed TO support a PnbIIr
School for six months in each year. In return for
| the payment Of this tax, property has a right 10 de-.
inland that children between certain ages shall avail
Themselves OF these expensive facilities Tor a Ike
s smT an etncient Public School sysIemNto secure or
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 be-
so raised that persons Of an Indifferent or defective
education, unfortunate In other departments Of III
| dustry. would not venture, Us q temporary cxpedl-
emf. 10 aspire TO the controlofa Public School. The
| feeling ia altogether too prevalent, that any person
who can read and wr = SY Is d SoIIhpstsn,h ,, 70 ,nssIu 81, :
il requires more skill, q greater amount OF taet,a
wider range OF general knowledge. and a clearer az
nrehenslon Of the complicated u that control dif-
ierent children IN q school Of forty or tlty little ones,
| and 10 excite and maintain an interest among those
who have no idea OF the value OF education. tnAnt 20
awaken and maintain q Ike interest among me
same number OF advanced scholars In u High School,.
Many or the wisest educators In the country have
often expressed this sentiment with great feeling
and force. / regard teaching as the most import.
ami MS well as the most difficult OF all the probes
LONESOME that demands Of Us members inaividi
and moral philosophy, a quicker perception and
knowicdge Of childish likes and dislikes OF the nu-
merous springs Of action; and , 60 Q 20 n rosn sne di.e y
pllne and cheerful obedience. than nose Of any
other OF the Intellectual professions: No one Us re-
LESSONS who has not gone through q long course OF
professional training. under the immeoAte aIes.
ton OF their most eminent Swans, 10 9uaniy MN 70
p%rSSsssicn may require. No one is regarded compe-
| tent 10 make a shoe or q shovel, a house or q manu-.
saw, a coach or a crowbar. 4 broom. 4 ~ Or
bucket, without Hrst serving an apprenticeship.
The man who can make a steam engine. or VINO can
control Its movement after II Is made, VIII S4ni.
10 pay an ordinary teacher In q Public School,
though every part OF the engine. from It's feed 70 Us
exhaust, with It's various individual and combined
l uAeB. COulu q III . " = - $500
plIned and well educated teacher. whose mind has o
mechanical tendency. Persons. 10 % isaSnSIs,
should learn their profession BY acourse OF dlsciplmo
and training. under the direction Of the most sue
cessfOl and celebrated educators In the country.
NORMAL SCHOOLS.
Shut out and far removed as our State Is from the
treat educational eenters oftne country, gu! 1ppSsb.
ers, Tho best OF the imported educators 10 the
Pacific Coast will be assorted and eulled out by INC
Educational Boards Of San Francisco,
and other parts Of California, and we have nothing
by which 70 Invite superior educators TO our desert
homes, unless our School Boards offer extraysSant
Our great educational want Is a Normal School
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
all OF them, reside In our State. and who probably
will remain permanently with US. An institution
81 sap sSls f ssa Gaf ssh %Gst ~ w W fs ednesa.d % wen We r sfilIsd
and live teachers, do much 70 awaken and foster
throughout the State q spirit OF intellectual culture.
An Institution OF this character should be located In
a %suGieient number OF pupils could be procured for
the organization OF q training school. 10 be attached
thereto; for o Normal School without this impor.
tant adjunct would be as inefficient as q school for
the study OF practical chemlstr that should ignore
the laboratory. with Its menstruums and precipl-
tants, or OF practical astronomy. without the aldo
The heavenly bodies, quadrants and Telescopes.
There Is, however, q considerable number OF young
people Of 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 or the theory and prac-
vanced educational claims OF the present time.
Many OF these would be drawn TO an institution OF
s snd g sS SipfSSs, " %Si eEU sS6sld H. &c s Si3Ps5 lRIS5S sssSGI
local Boards Of School Examiners throughout the
State. The stay OF this class would be longer or
shorter according 10 their previous attachments and
aptness 10 acquire. A Normal School would give
i IN a p y ! Condition TO orssnIne and mdi su ms nan an
Institution Of this character, II would not be an
easy matter 70 over estimate Its value upon the
necessarily be attended with great expense. The
rent OF q small building, the cost Of furniture and
incidental expenses, would DO ali The outlay thai Al
present would be required. The permanent edIncc
and various ornamentations could follow the growth
Fund. II the State would offer two thousand dol.
lars annually for the nrst two years, on condition
10 be added to II. / feel confident that that amount
could be raised, and q Normal School could be at
once put into a successful working condition. Some
amount by the State, without seriously depressing
any person'or class.
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
There Is one subject that / would like to bring to
In doubt whether the present Is tho proper time or
this the proper channel, but with my Ideas as re-
School system, the proposed suggestions in II ibis con-.
nection, will be both legitimate and proper. 1t ID
well known that the peculiar character oftie climate
tween the Rocky and Sierra Nevada mountains, is
but little known By our own people, and very i'm.
perfectly understood by the people Of the other
cording OF accurate meteorological observations IN
those parts OF the State where Public Schools would
Would Sc a valuable SontrtSutio op9ttSSp seIsns cue ,S SSa "
the course or a decade or years would throw much
light In regard 70 our climate; One teacher In each
ofthe principal towns In the State, II furnished witt
the necessary Instruments for determining the heat
and density OF the atmosphere, the direction and
force Of the winds, the amount or the fall Train and
snow, and a book for recording the Necessary obseT-
vations-al Of which tho Smithsonian Institute
would undoubtedly e%heeridlly supply-would, with
accurately perform the task. These observations,
published either weekly or monthly, would awaken,
Sotn on me part oiths teachers. pupils and the pub
atmospheric changes.
xIspnIerioS or THE PROCEEDS or Txs MLLy MILL
TAX.
The proceeds Of the half mill tax. provided for in
section OF Education, Article Y Of the State Con-
s~tltution, II oecurs 10 me, was diverted by the last
formed that instrument. Section 81 OF the School
Law. approved March 10Th, 1855. provides that: "All
money: denysd from the tax herein levied (hait
money 10 that ~fund"-thath Is, the Interest aceruins
ouhL Oo ulbtrlOuIcu 70 al tue counties In the State.
according 70 the sscertained number OF persons BE-.
tween the ages OF SIX and eighteen years in said
counties, for the support OF Public Schools. The
object olthis half mill tax was designed particularly
70 create q iund for the support Of the Mining COL
lege-the mining branch Of the University, II was
the general opinion OF the members OF the Constltu.
uonAl Convention that this tax would yield the nrst
year from ten to nneen thousand dollars, with a
large annual Increase. thereafter, and that at an
early day tho Interest from the proceeds Of this tax,
and from other sources OF revenue, would enabIt
the Board Of Regents 10 establish this branch oftf -,
University and 70 put II into successful operation IN
livery short TINT. The section .Q) referred 10 ae "a
Or the Constitution. Is In the following langu@ .os,es
The Legislature shall provIdea special toy ,,
half OF one mill on the dollar OF all taxable ' " vnS
o. ne STAT. In addition 70 the other ., an: TSps prc.
Sersity and common schools" 'a" e"'
The last three words, land comm, D
above, were coupled with tho word ~ aSnVo.';
make II appear manifestly clear that ,SnIIffotS,sg =
was a part OF the Public School systs y Shn tn,sn.
ton o. the Convention, 10 regard = } the disposal Of
appear BY reference to sectlonh Q ,,ha EJucstional
Article Of the Constitution, whiS resds As follow,
TO wit:
"The Board OF Regents shall from the interest
accruing from the first funds 10 an, he half mill taxi
Snisn some under tneir eontT 1. Immediately orgzn,