Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-09-08
ADDRESS TO PARENTS.
ADDRESS TO PARENTS.
To Parents, and those having charge
of Children IN STOREY County:

The Fall Term Of the Public Schools In this Coun'
~ will commence on Monday. September ID, lSd,
at 10 O'Clock A. n.
The Public school System.
The Public School system In the United States. bS
Its broad and comprehensive range OF studies, from
the lowest Primary School to the Free Academy; by
It's opened doors to all classes, regardless oil rank,
fortune or condition, Organizcd and supported Oy
authority Of law, yet under the control and manage
ncnt Of the people, Is essentially an American In
stitutlOn. 1t Is the legitimate offspring OF our DEM
ocratic system Of Government. Begotten by our
necessities It Is admirably adapted 10 minister 10
our peculiar wants.
Something about the History Of Public
Schools.
The history of the Public School System shows
that II has not always been characterized by that
perfection of system and harmony OF arrangement
that marks It's present movements. IL Is only by
degrees that the most bencleent systems are brought
TO the highest degree OF perfection. Long anu &c,
we're were the struggles Of this system for life and
growth and popular favor. Its early existence was
feeble. II awakened strong preJudlces, mostly rom
u mlsconception Of It's true character, and IRON al
inability to comprehend the grandeur OF Its mission.
Some considered II an ingenious arrangement for
plundering the richfor the education OF the chlluren
of the poor, and Others, as a conspiracy on the part
walls OF separation existing between the rich and
the poor, the vulgar and the refined, the piebian anu
the patrician classes. One class considered y lmpOs-
sible that Public Schools, fOstered by, ana 10 q GER
tain extent under the management oil, the dOvern-
ment could b. as efficient educators OF yOuth, as
those conducted by private enterprise; ,anOtner,
that secular education without Il strong admlNturc
Of religious instruction., would leave the pupil to be
controlled by his wild aud ung0verned passions anu
prepare him for a vagabond and Goddess HE; whlle
a thlri class Insisted that the people OF the various
religious denominations would never consent 10
have their children instructed In School which pur-
poSely separated ecclesiastical from literary anu SCI
cntinc studies. But In the older states, experience,
time, al enlarged and c~nlarglnS spirit OF liberation
on the part OF the people, coupled with u wise AL
Justment OF the Public School System to a common
sentiment-crecting u platform upon which all, Ia,
vorable TO universal education, might stand anu
tremendously cooperate. without any sacrifice OF
religious or political opinions, We repeat, that these
and other questions prophetic OF the early downfall
OF the Public School System, have been triumphant
~ settled In their favor. II Is now generally admit
ted that there Is a system OF morality, accepted by
all civilized communities and n common religious
ground, up TO the base OF sectarlan differences,
where all can stand-that these Will allow the high
est religious truths. and the subliIlcSt morality 10
be taught-cqualI TO educating the mind of the
School Into n sense Of It's religious and moral reSpon-
sibilitics. and Of inspiring Its pupils with a respect.
vencration and love OF God, and u kindly feeling for
oil mankind.
The disturbing forces of s~cctarian religion AMI par
Is politics, find no cOuntcnancc or support In our
School System. On this common ground. a truce Is
proclaimed. and liberation establishes It's empire.
The Nevudn Public school System.
The Public School System OF the State OF Nevada,
was organized to furnish the youth Of the State the
facilities for u good substantial. business education.
In II thicEly populated County like Storey, they
should POSSESS all the VuhllnCItlO0s Ol HIst-Cha'S
Schools. equal to those OF a similar grade and aclli-
ties, existing In any part Of the Country.
Your Corporation Invited.
The great success that has attended the Public
Schools In the county for the past fifteen months,
has encouraged the undersigned, to whom their In
tercsts have been committed, 10 ~fcllcitatc you upon
their Improvement. and to earnestly solicit your
cooperation 10 increase their usefulness and TO cN-
tend their Influence, that they may more inlly sub
serve the noble purposes OF their Organization.
Importance Of Our Public schools.
The undersigned are happy to be able TO state that
very many OF the prcJudiccs that formerly existed
against the Public Schools In this county, and which
cOnSplrcd largely TO abridgc their influence, have
gradually diminished. and In many cases disappeared
altogether. They are now with us patroniZcd by all
classes. The people have learned that the Public
than merely 10 restrain bad boys from running at
large in the streets; but that. Oh the contrary, they
are efficient In educating The mind, cultirating the
habits and tastes OF the pupils; that the teacher not
only drills them efficiently and successfully In the
various branches Of education, but that he or she Is
also personally present with them In their out OF
door plays, during recesscs and tntcrinisslOns, infus-
Ing into their amusementS u dec0rOus and respect
nl bearing one toward another, cultivating In them
mora, Ics nnsISi Svd moral tI r,iiiiT. n nmc os essen.
tlalt to their well being rs that Of mental culture; that
In our public schools pupils OF the same grade have
improved IN their studies as rapidly as those who
out from ami beyond the healthlul influence OF
parents and home. Those who have taken the
trouble 10 examine the system of education adopted
by the Storey County School Department, have
learned that II Is similar 10 that employed In BOS-
ton, Chicago, San Francisco and other large towns
where the Public Schools have broken down all OPP
position and are acknowledged TO be among the
most efficient, the most thorough, and the best dis
clpllncd schools that anywhere exist.
Whnt Our Public schools Require.
Our Public Schools should command the conf.
dencc OF the public. Your sympathy and c0-opera.
tIon are necessary 10 MD the Board OF Education,
whose labOrs In the School Department are entirely
gratuitous, to bring them TO the highest degree 0t
public favor. IL Is important TO the future well
being Of our country TO bring them 10 a higher
standard Of efficiency and usefulness, because but
comparatively few Of this youth Of our land can cx-
our Public Schools afford. We have q right TO an
ticipatc great things In the future for that school sys-
TEN which awakened the inst educational impulses
In the minds OF many thousands Of the most illus
triouS names In American history; which impelled
them TO self culture, and among which may be-
named George Washington, Roger Sherman. Bcnla'
min Franklin, Benjamin West, Nathaniel BOwditch,
Robert Fulton. Andrew Jackson. Henry Clay, Ste.
pheu A. Douglas, Lewis Cas-. Mllard Fillmore. llOr-
ace Greeley. n. p. Banks, ElIhu Burritt and
Abraham Lincoln.
What Our Public Schools are Doing.
Here IN Storey county every branch Of an Gle.
mentary English education Is as Systematically
thoroughly and understandingly taught In our Pub.
lie Schools rs In any schools In the American Union.
The great drawback Is this: that our limited popu-
latIOn does not permit OF an enlarged system of
grading the schools. The range of studies EN-.
brace In the Primary Schools spelling. vocal culture.
vocal music, callSthenlc exercises, reading, writing,
arithmetic, geography, grammar, history Of the
United States. elements OF natural philosophy, map
and llneal drawing, physiology and hygiene. In the
Grammar Schools are added TO the foregoing studies
book keeping, algebra. geometry, chemistry, natural
history and perspective drawing. and also astronomy.
IL the pupils are sufficiently advanced to require IN.
~struction therein.
Grammar School.
The monthly report OF the Teacher Of the Gram
mar School, located In the Third Ward In Virginia,
for the month Of July last, returns %iiity-onc schol.
ans. or this number TWENTY-FIVE were males and
twcnty-SiN females. Ofthesc twenty-one were mas
tiers and fifteen misses between twelve and seven
teen years OF age. This school Is open to any youth
In this county who is sufficiently advanced In the
elementary English branches TO pass an examination
therein. as prescribed by the Board Of Education.
Application can be made either TO the Supcrintend-
cnt, or to either OF the undersigned, or TO the
Teacher Of the Grammar School. This statement Is
made that persons unacqualnted with the facilities
which the Public Schools afford may be informed
school opportunIties, for sending their children out
OF this State to acquire an English education.
From time TO time the Board Of Education has
added school apparatus TO facilitate instruction I'm
the higher departmcnts. and will continue to increase
This Important assistant TO the teacher. rs the con-
dItion OF the School Fund will permit.
Public school Library.
The sum of five hundred and fifty dollars has been
realized from Public School Exhibitions, which has
added over five hundred volumes OF valuable books
to the School Library. This suspicious commence
ment we trust will be followed up by quarterly or
seml-annual accumulations, I'll this Institution
important feature in the Public School system In
this county. We trust you Will encourage your
children TO take books from II and to rely upon II rs
Il great source oflnstruction and amusement.
observation-disclosures.
The returns Of the School Census Marshal, In the
month OF july last past, show that there Is q large
number OF children IN this county. between SIX and
eighteen years ofage, who do not attend any school.
This should not be. No community can Afford 10
have Its youth grow up In Its midst In Ignorance.
Our Institutions spring fr0m-are moulded and gov
crned by the people, and Will he good, bad or indif-
and refined taste OF their creative and sustaining
power. In countries whose government and lnsti-
buttons are managed by the favored and educated
few, popular ignorance Is not 80 mlschlerous rs
with us. The mission OF our Public School system
Is not TO pull down the great and the good to
lower standard Of excellence, but to elevate the
multitude. To bring the claims OF education to the
favorable consideration OF those families In, the
excellent facilities our Public Schools afford, Is an
and noble work. The undersigned solicit
YOUR assistance In this department OF labor. The
Public Schools should be fully attcnded-shOuld be
moral culture, the full worth for the money, care
and labor expended in their behalf. There must be
an awakening on the part Of the public In educa-
tIonal matters, before their efficiency and usefulness
can be materially augmented. There are many
things vet TO be done TO make them what they
should be. There should be a public sentiment that
would be equal TO the plcasurable task OF inducing
every parent in this county to send his children to
some school.
Irregulnrity Of Attendance,
The School Registers OF tho several Schools in
this county for the past school year, disclose
the melancholy fact that a very large number OF
who have been permanent residents I'm the
county, have been exceedingly irregular In their