Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-21
snH00L SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
S1perintendcnts Report-C Continued.

nl evils. Tho Legislature has the powerte prevent
these 70 . very great extern: Sens sSne,S q M sn sn.t ga;
in the legislature, the trainers OF the State Consti.
tuition vests the authority in that body in Section
2, Article II, In the following words, to'Wit; ~
as will tend 4. Zee secure Ess Z General n lst.e Rsli nssse'Se q The tSs
sh,ldren in each school district upon saia fuohc
dren Of weIi meaning parents is an evil Of such mag.
nitude as TO require a I. medy It Is In is baleful In
nuelee next TO non-attendince. which Is more ex-
detained at home for he most trivial reasons. This
Is oite done from thoughtlessness or from igno-
rance Of the evils that grow out ofrepeated absence.
pupil behind his class. II may require a vigorous.
use Of all his powers and prompt attendance 70 COM
IsnS q i 5espsf Ia S..= sI;a N dIs Soon disgust follows
Is no longer any attraction either for school asso.
ciates, school teacher or school house, Mortified
ambition cannot endure daily exposure. For the
purposes OF education, children arc, in a certain
sense, the property Of the State. The law demands
that property shall be taxed to support a Public
the payment Of this tax, property has a right 10 dc.
mand that children between certain ages shall avail
themselves Of these expensive facilities for a Ike
sure an eficlent Public School system-to secure for
II In the public estimation that position and conf
dence that the system should command, the stand.
so raised that persons or an Indifferent or defective
education, unfortunate In other departments OF In
dustry, would not venture, as o temporary expedl-
feeling Is altogether too prevalent, that any person
who can read and write Is competent 10 instruct a
Primary School. tiS my DC i6erate Judgment taat
wider range OF general knowledge. and q clearer ap.
prehension OF the complicated laws that control dil-
ierent children In q school OF forty or nity title ones.
and TO excite and maintain an interest among those
who have no idea OF the value OF education, than 10
awaken and maintain q like interest among. the
amc number OF advanced scholars In u High School
Ala-W ~ Nha NFlaaaH RANaagAPa In In nnnnlF havR
often expressed this sentiment with great feeling
and force. regard teaching as the most import
sIons@one that demands or lis members indiyid.
ually n more comprehensive knowledge OF mental
and moral philosophy, 2 quicker perception and
merous springs Of action, and how 10 turn them TO
awaken interest, stimulate thought, produce disci-
pllnc and cheerful obedience. than those Of any
other OF the Intellectual professions. No one Is re-
garded competent 70 practice any OF the learned pro.
LESSONS who has not gone through a long course OF
lion OF their most eminent savans, 70 qualify him 70,
discharge intelligentiy the responsible duties his
profession may require. No one Is regarded eompe'
tent 70 make Sossb q s s90s OF srax ss9vsl' S 3 ooHse q u 81, n or a
bucket, without trst serving an apprenticeship.
The man VINO can make a steam engine, or who can
msnd more compensation than the public is willing
to pay an ordinary teacher In q Public scnool,
though every part ofthe engine, from us feed @ is
uses, could be learned In a fortnight by a vel. disei.
plined and well educated teacher, whose mind hasa
mechanical tendency. Persons, 10 DC isasnens,
and training, under the direction or the most sue
cessful and celebrated educators In the country. '
NoRNA SCHOOLS.
Shut out and far removed as our State is from the
| great educational centers ofthe country. our oppor-
~tunites are slim indeed to secure nrst class teach.
ers. The best OF the imported educators to the
Educational Boards OF San Francisco, Sacramento
aud other parts Or California, and we have nothing
homes, unless our School Boards oSsr extravSssnt
pay, which cannot be. expceted-whlch would not
Our great educational want Is 4 Normal School
an Institution 10 educate those Of our youth ambi.
tous 10 be teachers aud for educational bonors-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
win remain permanently with US. An Institution
supply for our schools Of well educated. well drilled
and live teachers, do much 10 awaken and foster
@ snT ts Sqin inc ns sIase = sPfy't b Sl mees ans neo SJ,.I tSc.
great value and Importance OF popular education.
An Institution OF this character should be located In
one ofthe most populous towns OF the State, where
a %suficIent humble or pupils could be procured for
the organization OF q training school, TO be attached
thereto; for o Normal School without this impor-
the study OF practical chemistry that should ignore
the laboratory, with Its menstruums and precipi-
tants, or OF practical astronomy, without the aid Of
There Ii. however. a considerable number OF yonng
people OF respectable attainments 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 OF the theory and prac.
lice OF teaching Is altogether unequal to the ad.
yanced educational claims OF tho present time.
Many OF these would be drawn TO an Institution OF
| this Character to procure the proper Information
and a diploma, which should DO current with School
Boards In every district, and should dlsplace the
local Boards OF School Examiners throughout the
State. The stay OF this class would be longer or
shorter according TO their previous attachments and
aptness 10 acquire. A Normal School would give
| forth It's INST fruits from this class. Were the State
in A pecunIary condition TO organize aud support an
s msY'u matter 10 over estIn,sie It's Value upon tho
public school Interest In Nevada. But Il reed not
Necessarily be attended with great expense. The
The sai.ry OF one Professor, with trfning additional
,sne,scniaie xpensct. would be ali the OUTLAY that Al
present pig s,, would niDs be TsS .stISa; e Gss g 9SIIaS IN v sSI,sS
of the sehooi and the increasc OF ms State SCHOOL
Fund' II Inc state would offer two thousand dol.
lars Annually for the nrst two years. on condition
that private DONATIONS wonld equal tnat sum anu
70 TS 1 ~ T. ~ Snrm.i schno, conid Se a.
onsS put q ln Isy = s%uses sSaTa T So sIssf condition 10 raise sG IRIs
amount by the State, without seriously depressing
any person or class. 100" 80 :
AEILoRoIooicAL OBSERVATION
There Is one subject that l would Ike TO bring 70
y : G6n notice Sh iST ySI me s0 nssssn, 4 Fl, ! p s@ sp1 ,Ime or
this the proper channel. but with my ideas as re-
CARDS the comprehensive character OF our Pubue
School system, the proposed suggestions In this con-
nection, VIII be both legitimate and proper, ltb
well known that the peculiar character OF the climate
OF thc-vast ranges or these elevated tabie-lands be-
tween the Rocky and Sierra Nevada mountains. Is
but little known by our own people, and very I'm.
States. A plan that would secure the proper ~
cordIny OF accurate meteorological observations In
those parts OF the State where Public Schools would
Be- likely to be maintained throughout the year,
would be q valuable contribution TO science, and IN
the course or a decade or years would throw much
iIeht IN regard 10 our climate. One teacher IN each
al fire principal towns in the State, lffurnlshed with
the necessary instruments for determining the heat
SMe ~ y ths winds. the AMOUNT OF the fall OF rain and
snow' and 4 book Tor Recording the necessary obser-
yations-all Of which the Smithsonian Institute
would undoubtedly 'cheerfully s~upply-would. with
a trifing addition 10 his salary. II so 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 TO
atmospheric changes, ..m. ..r.-.
r.ov or IN, p,ocr,ns or -Yr u.ry MI,
TAX.
,ection Z Of Educstion, Article K Of the State Con.
s%titnfion n occurs 10 me. was diverted by the last
Ieqislature. nom tho use Intended BY those who
formed that instrument. Section 81 Of the School
Law, approved March alth. 1855. provides that. "Al
moneys derived. from the tax herein levied (half
mill tax) shall be paid into the State School Fund,
and be apportioned IN the ZANE manner as other
| sbaII k distributed to All Inc countIe. in the State
ssccrI,rg IN the sacert sIned nnr,her M nersons he'