Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-02-19
SCHOOL upRRIErRNpENrs REpORT!
oSaHariafendanf,a RAnarf-Oonfinued.

In the Legislature, the ffamcrg OF the state Consu-
2 Article II. in the following words toiwit
~ sfslsgrThe Legislature may pas such laws
as will tend 70 secure Q general attendance Of me
children In each school district upon SAID Pubic
TSs great lreGlalarity Of the attendance q chill
dfeh Of wen meaning parents 10 an eyio suen, mag.
66l nsHsn e st % e 3 nen : Ismsasi which Is morS es.
tensive than Is generally ccnhdered. Children are
detained at home Cor the most trivial reasons. This
rance ofthe evils that grow out ofrepeated absence.
A faw days absence In q term generally drops the
pupil P.. n G n ss p b: s!a .sa 5 i msy . sseStans e s y sS%.
msnd q respectable standing Soon disEuBt follows
closely upon the heels Of dlsconragement and there
oistes, schoolteacher or. school house, Mortified
ambition cannot endure. Tally exposure. For me
purposes Of education. children are. In o certain
that property shall DO taxed TO support q Public
School for six months In each year. In return for
the payment Of this tsJ, property has 9 right TO de.
themselves OF these expensive facilities for q like
term, or their equivalent at private schools. To IN
sure an efficient Public School system-to secure for
dence that the system should command. the stand
ard Of scholarship on the part Of teachers should DO
SO raised that persons Of an INDIFFERENT or detective
ent, to aspire 10 the control Or Public School. The
~feelingis altogethertoo prevalent, that any person
Nv n - a4dL ~ - :
Primary School. II Is my deliberate Judgment that
II requires more skill, o greater amount OF tact,a
wider range Of general knowledge, and clearer ~
ferent children In . schoolo Of forty or my little ones,
and to excite and maintain an Interest among those
who have no idea OF the value OF education, tnAn 70
awaken and maintain q like Interest among the
same number OF advanced scholars IN = High School.
Many or the wisest educators In the country nave
often. expressed this sentiment with great ,IeeiinS
ant MS well as tho most 'dIricu!t or all the protes-
AiOns-one that demands OF It's members tndivid,
and moral pSiiosophy, q quicker perception and
knowledge Of ichiidish llkes and disiikes OF tho nu-
merous springs Of action. and how 70 turn themt 20
ipiine and Cheerful obediunce. insnf those Of any
other OF the intellectual professions: NO one ~
garded competent TO practice any OF me learned pro
ton or their most eminent savIns, 70 qualify him 70
profession may require. . No ono Is regarded eompe-
tent to make 4 shoe or q shovel. q house or q hand.
saw. q coach or q crowbar. q broom. . BIT or
| The man who can make q steam engine, or who can
control It's movement after Il 10 made, will com.
mand more compensation than the public N TtuipS
though every part or tho engine, from its fcedito its
exhaust. with Its various individual and combined
piinccd and well re sdueatsa tsSess. Whose mind Sasa
should learn their Profession s. ssSSrss cf discipline;
| anu ITdlDlnR. ul0er Ile ulIoCltOni Ol lInO ulOaL sue
cessful aud celebrated educators ip tho country.
l., ~ III. NORMAL scHooLs. .,i.,rza,
Shut out and far removed a6our State IA from the
great educational enters ofthe our oppof-
tunities are slim indeed 70 seeuse gra class teach.
Pacific Coast win be assorted and, Called ont by the
Educational Boards Of, San Trsnclsco, Sacramento
sS@ When Ssnsh % Sa iasi Ss s Sa5. ! sd aRs Ss f e our PS assens
pay, which cannot 30 cxpeetsS..SSieS would not
Our great educational want Is . Normal School,
an Institution 10 educate those Of our youth ambI.
tIOus TO be teachers and for educational horors-to
train them to meet the educational requirements Of
and women whose parents. relatives Or friends, OF
aiIof them, reside,iD our STATE and who probably
WI t6 5Sm esnr ,nss@s %SSia, * Sis sas III A e IL tssaisI
supply for! oursshools Of Ssa educated. well drilled
and, lLe tseehsEgss DC. much 2 awsfsnL andt isstsl
and 10 bring permanently before0our people tin
great value and importance Unpopular education
An Institution Of this character should be located1
a suficlent number OF pupils could be procured fI
the organization OF q Trailing school, TO be attached
thereto: FOR q Normal School without this impor
.Snt salSIst would i, Be s, O. inse2s lent * so : ssh Ssa.6 5os
the laboratory, with It's menstruums and preclpl.
tants. orof practical Astronomy without the d
There Is, however, q considerable number OF young
peoples Of respectable attachments In our midst who
have taught, school more or less, and ambitious 70
obtain q respectable rank IN tho profession Of teach
ing, but WHOM knowledge OF The theory and prae-
ticc OF teaching Is altogether unequal to the ad'
yNH Nance 4, e ,ssss Ss1,a sl IA 5;.S Or The % n p iS::Iea,I tlm g
and o diploma, which should DO current with School
Boards 70 essry, dtstrio,S and should displt1 :, II; the
State. The stay or this clAss would be longer OF
:ho5;s. according .Sn,S e tsslS Rssyi0s %S Sstsip SSss s sSe
/ forth tea Await frttIta frdU1 fhfa riaRg Were the StatA
10 pecunhry condition TO organize and support an
Institution Of this character, It would not be an
easy matter 70 over estimate Us value upon INC
Necessarily be attended with great expense. Ths
rent OF . small building. the cost q larniture ant
Incidental expenses, would be all the outlay that al
present would be required. The permanent edltict
and various ornameptatlons could follow the groxtf
Find: II the State would onef two thousand dol
lars annually for the .dnt two yenrs, on condition
that private donations would equal thGt sum, anc
soa Ss A g fai ts j. a ! "a s SSaSS' s tsst 's eaa sp e q
once put into a successful Working eondiuon, s92mpft
source or revenue could be created TO raise thii
amount by the state. without seriously oppressins
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. .s'!.-'H
There Is one subject TINT l would IKE TO bring 70
your notice for your consideration. l am son,ewhs,
CARDS INC eomprehenIIss character " our Public
scn9oi system, tne p,oPoseS SuSses n%l D.nrtr II n
well known That the ] peculiar Character 20 ,s e tas Siin ~:
oa,sDe VS. podSS ~. ~ sIss,s Ssvsd.S mnnntsins' /,
%D OS n anSss Ssd By tSe PEOPLE Or the Other
States, "A plan that would secure the proper re
sSIuins ot aSSu,at c.. uae, usSn." b,h,c SchncIs wouia
be- IIikeiy To- bc hsintsined throuShont Inc year
uoria Y : ,,aI,,S is contrsSntinn ~ Silence And IN
Ia conrsc or !" y deesde ~ yesra wonld throw 'much
| iIcht in regard 10 onr Climate. ono tescher in each
OF the prncipal towns in Inc STATE. II furnIshed with
the necessary Instruments for determining the heat
force oftheS Winds, the AMOUNT Of the All offsih and
snow, and a book for recording the necessary obser-
yaiIons"alI Of which thc Smithsonian Institute
a trihlng addition TO his salary, II 80 directed by law,
accurately perform the task. These observations,
published either weekly or monthly, would awaken
both on the part ofthe teachers, pupils and the pub
lie generally, habits OF close observation In regard 10
stino:pasris ehsnsss; -, :, u,, 90, ~,
The proseeas Or ne haif min "a; pfSviSed ~ IN
sdtagsS. Moeeufsto me, was diverted Syt6si.st
Legtastute.s rom the useinnnoed ioyi tnosS WIG
forned that instsnmsn.; . sessson o. 2. tne scn9G II
n LsS: SpPSs sgiSed a from f sSe 't tax herein paSlruf levied spsi' CbSii
null uxl DC paln into tne otate SSl9H. Lannn,
and be appoftioned IN tne anne msnnet ~ o,ne,
money IN that mnd"-tnat Is, the interest," aecIulng
shall be distributed 10 all the counties IN the otate,
according 70 the AScertaiped number OF persons oe.
tween the ages DISK and ef9hteen' years IN Mlo
counties, for, the support Of Public, Schools. The
object Of this half mlifax was Designed particularly
ieseHthe mining branch OF the University. II was