Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-09-11
ADDRESS TO PARENTS.
ADDRESS TO PARENTs.
To Parents, and those haUing charge
of Children in ,StOrpu IOuDtu.

" win commence on Monday, September 81, isf6,
at ~ O'Clock A. N.
Tn Public school System.
The Public School system lnthe United States. by
It's broad and comprehensive range Of studies, from
the lowest Primary School TO tho Free Academy; by
its opened doors to all classes, regardless OF rank,
fortune or condition., organized and supported By
| authority Of law. yet under the control and manage
| ment OF the people, Il essentially an American In
s%tltution. 1t Is the leSitlmatc offspring OF our DEM
| ocratIc system Of Government. BcgOtten by our
| necessities II is admirably adapted 10 minister TO
our peculiar wants.
Something about the History of Public
schools.
The history of the Public School System shows
that IL has not always been characterized by that
perfection OF system and harmony OF arrangement
that marks It's present movements. II Is only by
degrees that the most benctlccntsy systems are brought
| TO the highest degree of perfection. Long and Sc
we're were the struggles of this system for life and
growth and popular favor. Its early existence was
| feeble. IL awakened strong preJudlces, mostly nom
| a mlSconccptl0n Of Its true character, and IRON an
Inability TO comprehend the grandeur Of Its mission.
some considered II an Ingenious Arrangement for
| plunderlnc the rich for the education of the children
| Of the poor, aad others, as a conspiracy ON the part
| OF political dCmarOgues, 10 break down the social
walls OF separation existing between lhe tien anu
the poor. the vulgar aud the refined, the plebiail ana
| the patrician classes. One class considered II ilhpos-
slide tina, Public Schools, fosicrcd by, and 10 q cer-
| tain extent under the management oil, the uoNerh-
mrnt could b. u efficient educators oil youth, as
those COnductci by private enterprise; another,
| that secular education without u strong adniNture
| oil tt'llslOuN llslTuCllOu, Nbllu u u pNpA ~ "
| controlled by his wild aud ungovcrned passions ana
prepare him for u vagabOnd and Goddess life; while
u third class Insisted that the people OF the various
i religious denominations would neNcF consent 10
have their children instructed In a School which pur-
poScly separated ecclesiastical from literary AMI SCI
entIhc studies. But IN the Older STATE tat, e sT ,pSdrs,so,
on the part OF the people, coupled win q WISE au-
iuStment OF the Public School System 10 a common
misunderstanding q platform upon which all, Ia.
vorable TO universal education. might stand aud
tremendously cooperate. without any Sacrihce OF
rlSiOuS or political opinions, We repeat, that these
and other questions prophetic Of the early downllll
| 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, a0ssP1Sd y!
ground. up to the base OF sectarlan dlnerehees'
where all can s~tand-that these will allow the high.
est religious truths, and the suOlimest morality TO
b. taught-eQual to educating the mind OF the
/ school Into a sense of Its religious and moral respon.
i ~sIbilitics, and Of Inspiring It's pupils with u respect.
vcncratlOn and love Of God, and a kindly feeling Tor
Thc disturbing forces of ~sectarian religion and par.
~ politics, lind no eountenanee or support III our
| School System. On this common ground, q truce Is
proclaimed. and liberation establishes It's empire.
The Nevada Public school system.
The Public School System OF the State of Nevada,
was organized to furnish the youth OF the State the
facilities for a good substantial. business education.
In a thickly populated County like storey, they
should possess all the qualifications OF ~irst-claS
Schools. equal TO those of a similar grade and hcill-
ties, existing In any part OF the Country.
Your Cooperation Invited.
The great success that has attended the Public
Schools in the county for the past tii,ccn months.
| has encouraged the undersigned, TO whom their ill.,
tcrcsts have been committed. TO ~iellcitatc you upon
their Improvement, and TO earnestly solicit your
cooperation TO increase their usefulness and to cN-
i tend their influence, that they may more illly sub
serve the noble purposes Of their organization.
Importance OF Our Public schools.
The undcrsigncdar happy to be able TO state that
very many OF the prcludiccs that formerly existed
| against the Public Schools In this county, and which
/ fnuspir1Al largely IN lbTtlEtN their influence. have
| gradually diminished, and In many cases disappeared
altogether: They are now with us patronizedp by all
| Schools havca higher mission anu a nOblcr purpose
! than merely TO restrain bad boys from running at
| large In the streets; but that. on the contrary, they
| ARE efficient In educating the mind, cultivatinS 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 oil
door plays, during rcccSscS and lntcrllisSionS, iniis-
Ing Into their amuScments u decorOus and respect
| il bearing one toward another. cultivatlng In them
moral feelings. courteous manners and polite Ian
guaSc-a social and moral training almost as essen
tnIto their we'll 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
have been sent out of the State at large expense,
out from and beyond the healthful influence OF
parents and home. Those who have taken the
trouble TO examine the system OF education adopted
by the Storey County School Department. have
learned that Il Is similar TO 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 ~eficIent. the most thorough. and the best dis
ciplined schools that anywhere exist.
What Our Public schools Require.
Our Public Schools should command the conil-
dence of the public. Your sympathy al1 eo-opera-
ton are necessary TO aid the Board OF Education.
whose laborS In the School Department are entirely.
ruituItous, TO bring them TO the highest degree OF
public favor. IL Il important TO the future well
btlnc of our country TO bring them 10 n higher
standard OF efficiency anu usefulness; because oGt
pect to enjoy higher educational advantages than
our Public schools afford. We have a right TO an-
tIcIpate great things I'm the future for that school sys-
lem which awakened the first 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, Bcn1a-
win Franklin. Benjamin West, Nathaniel B9wditSh.
Robert Fulton. Andrew 1aek Sni ,me EiIfm Say' I fSS.
ace Greeley, y. Z. Banks, Elihu Burr1tt and
Abraham Lincoln.
What Our Public schools are Doing.
Here In storey county every branch Of an clc-
mentary English education Is as Systematically.
Thoroughly and underStandingly taught In our Pub
lie schools as 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
Gramm,ar Schools are added 10 the foregoing studies
hook Keeping, algebra, geometry, chemistry natural
history aud perspective drawing, and also astronomy,
IL the pupils are sufficiently advanced to require In
Grammar school,.
The monthly report OF the Teacher Of the Gram
mar School. located In me Iniru arr IN arsihla,
ars, OF this number TWENTY-FIVE were males and
twenty-six females. Ofthese twenty,onc were mas
tiers and fifteen misses between twelve AMI seven
teen wears Of age. This school Is open TO any youth
in his county who Is sufficiently advanced In the
elementary English branches TO pass an examination
| thar.Ip as tralrrlhpI hy the Hlarl Of Education.
Application can be male either TO the Superintend-
ent, or TO either of the undersigned, or to the
Teacher Of the Grammar School. This statement Is
made that persons unacQuainted with the facilities
which the Public Schools afford may be Informed
that there Is no necessity, on account OF deficient
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 taSilltate instruction IN
this Important assistant to the teacher, rs the COLI
ditlon Of the School Fund Will permit.
Public school Library.
The sum Of i've hundred and my dollars has been
realized from Public School Exhibitions. which has
added over 1--we hundred volumes of valuable books
To the School Library. This suspicious commence
ment we trust viii be followed up by quarterly, or
semiannunl accumulations, till this institution
shall swell into proportions that WIN render II an
Important feature In the Public School system In
this county. We trust you will encourage your
children to take books from It and to rely upon It as
u great source Of inStructlon and amusement.
Non-Attendnnce.
The returns of the School Census Marshal, In the
month Of July last past, show that there Is n 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 TO
have its youth grow up In It's midst In Ignorance.
Our Institutions spring irom-arc moulded and GOV.
erned by the people. and Will be good, bad or tldii-
ferent according TO the education, moral culture
and refined taste Of their creative and sustaining
power. In countries whose government and insti-
buttons are managed by the favored and educated
few. popular Ignorance issnot 30 mlschlevous as
with us. The mission OF our Public School system
Is not to pull down the great and the good to n
lower standard OF excellence, but TO elevate the
multitude. To bring the claims OF education to the
favorable consideration Of those families In the
county which have not awaited themselves OF the
excellent facilities our Public Schools afford, Is an
Important and noble work. The undersigned solicit
your assistance In this department Of labor. The
made to return to the public, In intellectual and
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
4 can be materially augmented. There are many
things yet TO be done to make them what they
should be. There should be a public sentiment that
would be equal to the plcasurablc task Of inducing
every parent In this county 10 send his children to
some school.
~Irregularity of Attendance.
The School Registers OF the several Schools In
this county for the past school Year, disclose
the melancholy fact that q very large number OF
children, who have been permanent residents in the
county, have been exceedingly irregular In their
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