Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-20
SCHOOL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ANNUAL RRRORT
OF tho Storey Gssnty suHerintenden'

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DEAR SR: Ny statistical reports afford you all
the Information In regard TO the receipts and dis
bursements OF school moneys In this county, for
what purposes expended, the amount OF cash in the
teachers employed, the number Of schools, and tho
number Of pupils attending the same, average at
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 DO out OF
The School Law, approved March2 20. 1866. repealed
the special school law OF November, 1852, which ex.
empted Storey county from the school law approved
Board Of Education was organized and worked with
great efficiency for nearly three years. This change
abolished the old Board Of Education and brought
our schools under the provisions OF the new law,
which was poorly adapted to meet the wants OF THIS
small but comparatively thIckly populated county.
Inc 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
thority-into four School Districts, two OF which,
nom . paucity OF population. could not maintain a
school for q time ~suficlent 10 entitIe them to draw
the funds, distributed by the State Board OF Rduca-
ton, without resorting TO district taxation; though
one OF these districts embraced the extensive Re-
ductlon Works or the Gould & Curry Mining Com
pany. and seven or eight Quartz Mills-having an
amount OF taxable property, the school fund from
which, II expended In that district, would literally
support a iiourishlngs school for the entire year. Con-
SIdering 80 much OF the action OF my predecessor as
illegal, that divided the county into four districts, I
restored the same 70 ono School District, with q view
OF making the schools more efficient, by bringing
them under one management, and appointed for
School Trustees for Storey School District, Messrs.
Louis Feusier, D.. O.. Addison and $. IT,. Robinson.
energy OF character. business capacity, and devotion
TO the interest and prosperity OF popular education.
These gentlemen addressed themselves at once TO
a.. a.. aAN uaark nf 0plarHnn r0nairInU raNnvat-
Ing, ventilatIng and furnishing those school houses,
which were constructed or titted temporary for
school purposes In 1852 and 1858, with the idea that
they would soon be displaced by more commodlous
and permanent school edifices. These Improve
ments were attended with considerable expense, but
were indispensably necessary; Their laoors have
very much, but much more remains 70 DO accom-
pIIshed. The result Is, tho Board OF Educatlon has
now eleven school rooms. which are coiniortable;
equal 10 the school demands ofthe present, and Will
probably serve O good purpose for a few years IN the
future. These houses have yard room, which, IN
10 protect the pupils from rain md sun. The Board
own all these school houses with tho exception OF
two. Two OF these arc well constructed, hard finish.
hundred and ten chairs and single mahogany desks,
for the accommodation OF the more advanced pupils.
The balance OF the school rooms 10 the county arc
furnished with neat and convenient desks, by which
tho smallest pupils have comfortable seats, and by
means OF which can use their states without incon-
v~enience. II Is safe 10 afirIn that there are not on
comfortably furnished rooms than those OF Storey
county. The corps OF teachers employed Will COM
pare favorably with any IN other cities. Under their
lie estimation. Though the popuiationof the county
Is diminishing. the schools have Increased about IS
Per ce Hsr and .ss are rt SaSs s sssn sTa.nS,. Il I nSn ! an
happy 10 be able 10 report that our schools are In q
healthy and nourshing condition. Tho Board OF
himself entirely 10 the work Or instruetlng the pupils
in all the schools IN the county. In vocal music. The
| influence upon the scholars has been OF q s~otenlng
and suoduing character. This enterprise thus far
The county school tax for 1854 and 1865 was fixed
by the Board OF County Commissioner at IS cents
| ty-a tax hardly equal TO the wants OF this depart
/ ment, but with economy and no serious drawbacks
we shall probably be able 70 maintain tho schools In
the county through the year. oil.
SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
District School Libraries constitute one Of the
| most efficient auxiliArics TO our Public Schools that
| can be employed. Their importance, when wisely
| over estimated. There are books admirably adapt
| cd, both In style and thought, 10 every grade OF
mind. rich In Information, moral lessons and religious
| ever these libraries have been successfully estab-
ished they have awakened and cultivated q spirit
for reading. and have essentially nodded tho char
S would H or sa0s he Trustee s0s y each School 6istriet a
premium OF my cents for each person, between six
and eighteen years, on the condition that private
| added thereto, I feel confident that In less than one
year from the passage Of that Act, there would be
s ssaSsnIs p msttta IN IN tn the Hs State ssii insurins pleasure and
profit to the pupils. and q rich reward, particularly
In the future, to the public. One thousand dollars
expended in this way by the State. would produce
results OF great moment, +. .
.vAccIskrIoS.
1t Is very Important for the continued prosperity
Of our Public Schools, especially In towns and cities.
that ali the pupils should be yaecinatcd. Experience
sasT SSmSHi aSan%a iaHs ' aSie e 70 5 S,any ,h nat smail S sSi
penSe OF vaccination. who prefer their children
should remain At home than 70 conform to the rules
OF the Board. To Danish children nom school on
account OF parental Avarice Is contrary TO the genius
OF our Public School system; works . hardship both
70 the pupil and The public land, and :sonia not not, G ,s, to ,sc
school authorities should DO invested with the power
10 have such children vacclnated, at the dellnQuentS'
expense, amer :" days notice BY the Clerk OF the
Board Of School Trustees for the district.
There are children o findigent parents who should
be vaccinated at the public expense. o In these cases
the county should bear the burden, As Il Is for the
interest OF the county that both children and adults
should be qualified TO successfully resist the loath-
some disease OF smal poX.
NEGRO, INDIAN AND NoSooLIAS cHnpRES
Some law more efficient than now exists, should
BE- framed, TO secure educational facilities TO the chill
dren ofnegrOes, Indians and Mongolians. A severe
penalty Is attached to any district that VIII aamit
lie Schools OF this State-denylng any school District
even by q unanimous vote Of Its citizens, the right
TO admit one Of these unfortunates. The California
| School Law, OF which ours In It's principal features,
is a transcript, has been, / believe, so far modified,
to meet the advancing spirit OF the age. as to repeal
The report OF the School Census Marshal returns
seven negro, thirteen Indian and hteen Mongolian
children In this county, between six and eighteen
| years Of age. The Board Of Education have eXpend-
| ed much. both or time and earnest labor, TO organize
| a Public School for their benefit; but there arc mu-
tual preJudices existing OF one race against another,
race, which bolts tho doors Of educational halls
| against them all; but thus far, have been unable 70
accomplish their purpose, without mourning amueh
greater outlay OF money than the occasion, In their
| Judgment, seemed TO justify. From the organization
OF the Territory 10 the present time the property OF
the negro has been taxed for the support OF Public
| Schools, The Assessors books. for 1885, show that
the taxable property Of the colored people Of. Virginia
City, for that year, amounted TO the sum OF 5000.
Upon this amount a school tax Of twosishs o. ons
This is gross outrage upon a helpless class-our
scIirespect, II not our sense Of Justice. should eoun-
sci US 10 terminate or modify this system OF wrong.
IMPORTANCE or EDUCATION.
The genius OF our institutions rests upon the pop
be Ilumine only by a system OF popular education.
The Public School system, as now understood
, SS1;h5 %i ssIS; .ss 70 s a ne 5ss SSiFGIsn o e t Ssq sss.s saS iTs:
american system: i Is ii, hope ma shoaid Ss
SoHpd to sanord these facilities FOR the children. then
certainly tho children are under obligation TO the
State 70 avail themselves Of these invaluable facili-
ties. Rights and duties arc CO relative. The public
cannot AFFORD to allow any class 10 remain In lgno-
rance ofletters. Ignorance Is the natural enemy TO
society. II generates and carries with II an I'M
healthy and contagious atmosphere, vastly more In
furious TO society, and more TO be dreaded than
those loathsome and Infectious diseases, which
arc so strongly guarded against, by all governments,
BY q perfect system OF most stringent sanitary regu-
lations.
The School Department Is the most important in
itI conservative influence OF any branch OF the State
Government-not IN cure, but In prevention. The
power OF the State for all tho purpose Of good aug.
ments with the growing intelligence Of tho people
composing Il. In tho train OF ignorance follow dis:
ease. poverty and crime. The records OF our criminal
Courts testify against ignorance with an eloguence
and logic that should not pass UNDECIDED. Wisdom,
the fruit Of education, brings security Andpeace.
The schoolmaster conserves-ignorance destroys.
tain schools and schoolmastcrst than criminal Courts
and criminal onlcers-to construct School. Academy
and University buildings, than prisons, penitentis.
ries and gibbetA. As tho morning dew dllappears
before the warm and genial rays Of the ascending
sun, 70 recedes crime with It's necessary appliances
In those communities vitaliIed with Q comprehen.
sive education, softened by moral and religious In
fuences. The recent rebellion-the greatest war OF
the centuries-that peopied nearly Q million Of pre-.
mature graves, and consumed the earnings OF the
present and past generations, and mortgaged the
labor OF generations ~unborn-would probably not
have occurred had the worth and Importance OF the
schoolmaster been better understood and appreciA-
ted, and his presence and influence been invoked in