Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-10-08
What Our Public schools Require.
Whnt Onr Puhlic School- nrc Doing.

Here In storey county every orahcn OF an eie
mentary English education IS as Systematically
thoroughly and undersiandlngly taught In our Put
lie schools as In any schools In the American Union
The great drawback Il this: that our limited popu
lation does not permit OF an enlarged system o
grading the schools. The range OF studies cm
brace IN the Primary schools spelling. vocal culture
vocal music. caliSthenic exercises. reading. writing
arithmetic. geography, grammar, history OF th'
United States, elements OF natural philosophy, mai
and nneal drawing, physiology and hyGiene. Ia Ih'
Grammar Schools are added 10 the foregoing >tudic'
book keeping, algebra, geometry, chemistry, natura
history and perspectivedrawtnS, and also astronomy
II the pupils are sufficiently advanced 70 require In
s~tructIon therein.
Grammar school.
Tho monthly report % the Teacher OF the Gram
mar school. located Id the Third Ward In Virginia
ars. OF this number TWENTY-FIVE were males and
twenty-SiN females. OftheSe twenty-One were mas
tiers and hneen misses oeS%Sen bweIT ,o ann AMI S SNSiF
IN this county who i sufficiently advanced In the
elementary English branches to pass an examination
therein, a. prescribed by the Board u Education
Application can be made either TO the Superintend-
ent, or TO either OF the undersigned, or 10 the
Teacher OF the Grammar School. This statement
made that persons unacquainted with the hcllte,
whIch the Public Schools afford may BE- Informed
that there Is no necessity, on account OF deficient
school opportunities, for sending, their children out
From time 20 time the Board Of Education has
added school apparatus to facilitate instruction IN
this important assistant 10 the teacher. as the con-
dlt!on Of the School Fund Will permit.
Public school Library.
The sum Of ave hundred and any dollars has been
realized from Public School Exhibitions, which has
added over ave hundred volumes OF valuable books
20 the School Library. This suspicious commence
ment we trust win be followed up by quarterly or
semi-annual accumulation, I'll 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 10 take books from II and to rely upon II Us
4 great source Construction and amusement.
Sou-Attendance.
The returns OF the School Census Marshal. In the
month of July last past, show that there Is a large
number ofchlldren In this county, between six and
eighteen years otaSe, who do not attend any school
This should not be. No community can afford to
have rs youth grow up In its midst IN ignorance.
Our Institutions spring irOm-are moulded and gov
erned by the people, and will be good, bad or lndif-
ferent according TO the education, moral culture
and refined taste Of their creative and sustaining
buttons are managed by the favored and educated
few, popular Ignorance j. not 80 wlSchleyOus a
with Us. The mission ofOur Public school system
Il not 10 pun down the great and the good to a
lower standard OF exc Hence. but TO elevate the
multitude. To bring the claims OF education to The
favorable consideration ~ those families In the
county which have not availed themselves OF the
excellent facilities our Public Schools afford, l. an
important and noble work. The undersigned solicit
yotIr assistance IN this Department OF labor. The
Public Schools should be fully attended-should BE-
made TO return 10 the public, In Intellectual and
moral culture, the full worth for the money. care
anS Isbor expended IN their behalf. There must b.
an awakening on the part Of the public in educa
tIonaI matters, before their efficiency and usefulness
can be materially augmented. There are many
,bings vel 10 be done TO make them what tAel
Shonld 81. There should be apublle sentiment tina
would DO equal TO the pleaSnraole task OF ndneini
every parent in this county 10 send his children Z
I~rreguIarity of Attendance.
-Ths school Registers OF the several Schools Il
This county for the past school year, diSelos
Inc melancholy fact that a very large NUMBER .
children. who have been permanent residents IN IN
county, have been exceedingly Irregular IN tnei
Attendance. Some have been absent three-lOuItn,
many one-halL. and a large number one-quarter9 i in'
time. Had the Schools been In q crowded Sohuisloi
alArge number OF pupils would have forfeited thel
seats. The present school year the Board VIII y
more rigid than heretofore In enforcing It's rules Oh
this subject The high order OF scholarship OF thos'
whose attendance have been constant, In %eontras
with the opposite class, demonstrate the immcns'
inlury. that parents intlct upon their children BY
retaining them from school, or who do not insisI
upon REGULAR attendance. The modification, tn
discourAgetnent and sometimes even the disgust 10
school that this pernicious custom almOst necesSa
rny produces should caution parents TO set thel
faces against the continuance Of this disastrOu,
habit Shndren not eomprehending the eyIl result
that follow irregular attendance, are generally TO,
ready TO fan In with any suggestions that will inSnr,
them a vacation for a few weeks, or a few day,
even. 0nen without a thought Of the perniciou,
influence that would be likely TO follow, parents re
tain their children NON school TO perform the mos
rival duty, which could be done as well before o
snsr school hours, or upon 4 Saturday
Tnrdiness.
r.,d,nass Is another habit that eOnspires TO dis
a-aca-to keep the delinquents behind In theI
$3.50 and 10 sensibly retard the progress OF tn
entire school. Althe members Of me seno9l shoIl
% ~ On onening. No pupil can gain admittanc
H. ,ea minute from that time, without q Write
-. nom are person having the delinquent y
shssSe. without such an excuse iaAn Gay VII