Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-31
acknowledges
ANNUAL RRBORTT7
or the Storey Cslnty- superintendent
Of Fnblfc InstFuciion.

OIL EuplNC uCtAOHs
Hon. A. F. ,Raas, Superintendent u, Public ~
9ssruetion for he Stats Of NerddGs
DEAR sIR: Ny statistical reports afford you all
the Information In regard 10 the receipts and dis
bursements Of school moneys In this. county, ir
what purposes expended, the amount OF cash IN the
hands OF tho County Treasurer, the anne OF the
teachers employed, the number OF schools, ana the
number OF pupils attending the same average al
tendance, an abstract from the reports Of the Census
School Marshal, School Trustees, Teachers, and
such general Information as the School Law requires.
Perhaps q few words, by way Of explanations and
suggestion. In this connection, may not BE- out Of
The School Law, approved March 20. iS6s, repealed
the special school law Of November. 1862, which ex-
empted Storey county from the school law approved
Board or Education was organized, and worked with
great efficiency for nearly three yeurs. This change
abolished the old Board Of Education and brought
our schools under the provisions OF the new law,
which was poorly adapted 10 meet the wants OF this
small but comparatively thickly populated county.
Tho schools Of this county were PLACED under my
found the county, which formerly consisted Of but
one School District. carved up. by my predecessor
who, by q decision Of the Supreme Court, held the
thonty-into four School Districts, two Of which.
fom a paucity Of population, could not maintain a
school for a time sufficient 10 cntitle them TO draw
the funds, distributed BY the State Board VI Educa-
lion, without resortlng 10 district taxation though
one OF these districts embraced the extensive He-
ductlon Works Of the Gould i Curry Mining Com
DAnN. Anu seven OF tlkul SuullL IAil1 ho'i.f 49,
amount OF taxable property, the school rlnd from
which, II expended In that district, would h0eraly
support a hourIshIng school for the entire year. Con.
sldering so much Of the action or my predecessor as
Illegal, that divided the county into four districts
restored the SAME 10 one School District, with view
Of making the schools more einclcnt, BY bringing
them under one management, and appointed LOT
School Trustees for Storey School District, Messrs.
Louis Fcusier, D.. o. Addison and s. ii. Robinson.
three gentlemen well known for their public spirit,
energy Of character. business capacity, and devotion
To the interest and prosperity of popular education.
These gentlemen addressed themselves at once 10
the important work Of enlarging, repairing renorat-
Ing, ventilating and furnishing those school houses,
which were constructed or lifted temporary iOr
school purposes In ls62 and 1853. with the Idea TINT
they would soon be displaced BY more commodious
and permanent school cditlees, These improve
ments were attended with considerable expense, but
| were indjspensably necessary. Their la6ors have
been a.duous. They have already accomplished
pllshcd. The result Is, the Board or Education has
| now eleven school rooms, which are comfortable.
neat, spacious, well lighted and well ventilated, and
equal 10 the school demands OF the present. and VIII
| probably servc a good purpose for a few years In the
Mturc, These houses have yard room, which, In
this city. are fenced In and covered. In part. BY shed:
to protect the pupils from rain and sun. The Board
own all these school houses with the exception OF
two. Two OF these arc well constructed. hard finish
ed buildings. The school furniture consists OF two
hundred and ten chairs and single mahogany desks.
for the accommodation Of the more advanced pupils.
The balance OF the school rooms In the county are
furnished with neat and convenient desks, by which
1 I'M lAlt DuIIl uhNC OlutO " eOhk'aA liA ~
| means OF which can use their states without incon.
venience. 1t Is safe to anirm that there are not on
the Pacific coast, San Francisco not eSceptea; NOR
county. The corps Of teachers employed, VIII com
pare favorably With any In other cities. Under their
administration the schools are rapidly rising In pub
lie cstimation. Though the population OF the county
is diminishing, the schools have Increased about y
per cent. and are rapidly augmentlnS In numbers.
Two new schools have been organized, and i am
happy 10 he able 10 report that our schools are In .
healthy and fiourishing condition. The Board OF
| Education employ a singing. master. who devotes
| himself entirely 10 the work OF inStructlnT the pupils
in all the schools In the county, In vocal music. The
| influence upon the scholars has been OF q s~oftcning
and Iubduing character. This enterprise thus far
The county school tax for 1884 and 1855 was nxed
BY the Board OF County Commissioners At IS cents
| oil each 500 Of surface taxable property In the coun-
ty-s tax hardly equal TO the wants Of this depart
ment, but with economy and no serious drawbacks
we shall probably be able to maintain the schools In
the county through the year.
SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
District School Libraries constitute one OF the
can be employed. Their Importance. when wisely
selected and judiclouSly managed. can not be easily
over estimated. There are books admirably adapt,
| ed, both IN style and thought, to every grade OF
| mind, rich In information, moral lessons and religious
| instruction, untaintcd with sectarian bias. Wher
ever these libraries have been successfully cstab-
lished they have awakened and cultivated a spirit
for reading, and have essentially modified the char
acter OF those districts for good; u the legislature
would OUnr the trustees OF eNCl SCuOOl DleLIlCl y
premium OF dny cents for each person, between six
and eighteen years. on the condition that private
donations In cash should double that sum, and TO be
added thereto, ] feel confident that In less than one
year from the passage OF that Act. there would be
reading matter Cor the little folks IN every prominent
School District IN the State insurlng pleasure and
In the future, TO the public. One thousand dollars
expended In this way by the State. would produce
results Of great moment.
VACCINATION.
II 10 very important for the continued prosperity
Of our Public Schools. especially in towns and cities.
that all the pupils should b. vaccinated. Experience
has demonstrates that there are many parents and
guardians. abundantly able to bear the small ex'
pense OF vaccination. who prefer their children
should remain at home than 10 conform 10 the rules
OF the Board. To Danish children nom school on
account OF parental avarice Is contrary 10 the genius
OF our Public School system; works a hardship both
10 the pupil and the public, and should not be toler-
atcd. In such cases II certainly seems Just that the
school authorities should be invested with tho power
70 have such children vaccinaied. at the dellnQuents'
Board OF School Trustees for the district.
There are children OF INDECENT parents who should
Se v sCSn;S ssn =! 5n Sc pIp 'Ss s1pgese a, Il Il ' Is for tSs
Interest OF the county that both children and adults
should be qualified to successfully resist the loath-
sroHo, INDIAN AND NoSooLIAS CHILDREN.
Some law more efneient than now exists: SHOULD
be framed. to secure educational facilities to the chill
penalty Is attached to any district that will admit
children OF fanny OF the prescribed races Into the Pub.
| lie SCHOOLS oil LnlA NtALe-OcnllnR any SCnOOl DlslTlCt
even BY a unanimous vote OF It's citizens. the right
TO admit one OF these unfortunates. The California
School Law, OF which ours In Its principal features.
Isl transcript has been, believe, 80 Ear modified;
The report OF the School Census Marshal returns
seven negro III, thirteen senI Indian sa,S sne h ns au a sIHS,sSn
years Of age. The Board Of Education have cSpcnd-
ed much, both Of time and earnest labor. 70 ORGANIZE
a Public School for their benefit; but there arc mu-
tual preIudIces existing OF one race against another.
almost, II mot quite. a. strong " that OF the superior
race, which bolts the doors Of educational halls
against them all; but thus far, have been unable TO
accomplish their purpose, without mourning a much
greater outlay OF money than the occasion, III their
Judgment, seemed TO Justify. From the organization
the negro has been taxed for the SUPPORT Of Public
Schools. The Assessors books, for 1858, show that
the taxable property o. Che colored people Of ts,rsini ma
Upon this amount q school lay, OF two-niths OF one
per cent, was paid into the County School Fund.
This Is gross outrage upon 4 helpless clasS-our
selfrespect, II not our sense Of Justice. should coun'
sci us 10 terminate or modify this system OF wrong.
IMPORTANCE or EDUCATION.
Mar viii. The great hIsSwSy OF tho multitude can
be illumined only by asystcm OF popular educauon.
The Public School system. as now understood
which holds the State responsible 70 Furnish educa-
tionaI facilities to all the children OF the State, IRE
s~pectIvc OF condition or claSs-is emphatically an
American system. II Is the hope; and should y.
| bound TO afford these facilities for the children. then
Certainly the children are under obligation 10 the
State to avail themselves Of these Invaluable scill'
| ties, Rights and duties are CO relative. The public
cannot anord TO allow AIRY class to remain In igno-
rance ofletters. Ignorance Is the natural enemy 10
society. It generates and carries with II All UNI
healthy and contagious atmosphere, vastly more In
furious to society. and more to be dreaded than
those loathsomr and Infectious diseases, which
arc soltrongly guarded against, by oil governments,
BY perfect system OF most stringent sanitary reSu;
lItions.
The School Department 10 the most important in
its conservative influence Of any branch Of the State
aforementioned In cure. but In prevention. The
power Of the State for all the purpose VI good aug.
ncnts with the growing Intelligence OF the people
composing II. In the train or ignorance follow dis
ease, poverty and crime, The records OF our criminal
Courts testify against Ignorance with an cloSusnce
and logic that should not pass unhceded. Wisdom,
the fruit or education, brings security andpeace.
| The schoolussler Ignorance destroys.
It is vastly morn economical for the State to main.
tain schools and schoolmasters than criminal Courts
and criminal oflccrS-to construct School, Academy
and University buildings, than prisons, penttentia.
rIes and gibbets. As the morning dew disappears
before the warm and genial rays OF the ascending
sur, 30 recedes crime with It's necessary appliances
In those communities vitAllLed with q comprehen.
IIye education, softened by moral and religious In:
the centuries-that peopled nearly q million or pre-.
mature graves. and consumed the earnings Of the
present and past generations, and norgaged the
labor OF generations u~nborn-would prooaoly not
have occurred had the worth and Importance or the
| schoolmAster been better understood and apprecia-
every part OF our Federal Union. How forcibly, In
| this Connection, 10 Illustrated. the truth or the pro-
verb, that Prevention u better than curt" These
reat truths should Inspire Us 10 cherish our Public