Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-09-13
ADDRESS TO PARENTS,
ADDRESS TO PARENTS.
To Parents, and those having charge
of Children IN StOreu Countn:

The Fall Term Of the Public Schools IN this Coun.
" Will commence on Monday, September ID, lsfS.
at ~ o'clock A. n.
The Public school system.
The Public School system In the United States, By
It's broad and comprehensive range OF studies, from
the lowest Primary School TO the 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. Is essentially All American In
stitutiOn. II IL the legitimate offspring OF our DEM
ocTatIc system OF Government. Begottcn 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 Ii has not always been characterized By that
perfection OF system and harmony Of arrangement
that marks Its present movements. II is only by
degrees that the most benetcent systems are brought
TO the highest degree Of perfection. Long and &c.
we're were the struggles OF this system for life and
growth aud popular favor. Its early existence was
feeble. IL awakened strong prcJudices. mostly from
a mlsconceptlon OF Its true character, and from All
inability to comprehend the grandeur OF Its mission.
Some considered Il an Ingenious arrangement for
plundering the rich for the education OF the children
Of the poor, and Others, US a conspiracy on the part
OF political demagogues, TO break down the social
walls of separation existing between the rich and
the poor, the vulgar and the refined, the plebiAn and
the patrician classes. One class considered II lmpOs-
sible that Public Schools. fostcrcd by, and TO q GER
tain extent under the management OF, the Govern
ment could. be rs efficient educators OF youth, as
those conducted by private enterprise; another,
that secular education without u strong AdfllNturc
Of religious instruction, would leave the pupil TO be
controlled BY his wild and ungoverned passions and
prepare him for a vagabOnd and Goddess lie; while
a third class insisted that the people OF the various
religious denominations would never consent 10
have their children instructed In q School which pur-
pOsely separated ecclesiastical nom literary ana SCI
entItic studies. But In the older States, experience,
time. an enlarged and charging spirit OF toleratlon
on the part OF the people, coupled with a Wise Au-
IuStment OF the Public School system 10 a common
misunderstanding a platform upon which all, "a,
| vorable 10 universal education, might stand aud
tremendously cooperate, without any sacrifice OF
religious or political opinions, We repeat, that These
and other questions prophetic OF the early dowhial
OF the Public School system, have been triumphant
il settled in their favor. II Is now generally admit
ted that there Is a system OF morality, accepted by
all civilized communities and a common religious
ground, up TO the base OF sectarian dl1erences,
where all can s~tand-that these will allow the high
est religious truths, and the subliInest morality 10
b. taught-equal TO educating the mind OF the
School Into a sense of Its religious and moral rcspon-
slbllitieS, and OF Inspiring It's pupils with a respect,
veneration and love OF Col. and u kindly feeling for
all mankind.
ty politics. lind no countcnAnce or support In our
School system. On this common ground, a truce Is
proclaimed. and liberation establishes Its 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 a good substantial. business education.
In u thickly populated County like storey. they
should possess all the qualifications OF ~trst.class
Schools, equal 10 those Of q similar grade and facili-
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 tifteen months,
has encouraged the undersigned, TO whom their In
tereStS have been committed. to ~felicitatc you upon
their Improvement, and TO earnestly solicit your
cooperation TO increase their usefulness and to en-
tend their influence, that they may more fully 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 preJudices that formerly existed
against the Public Schools In this county, and which
conSpircd largely TO abridge their influence. have
gradually diminished. and In many cases disappeared
altogether. They are now with us patronized by all
Schools havca higher mission AMI q nObler purpose
than merely TO restrain bad boys from running nj
large in the streets; but that. on the contrary, they
are efficient In educating the mind, cultivating the
habits and tastes of the pupils; that the teacher not
only drills them efficiently and successfully In the
various branches OF elucation, but that he or she Is
also personally present with them In their out OF
door plays, during recesSes and intermissions, linus
ing into their amuSemcnts q dccOrous and respect
ful bearing one toward another, cultINatinE In them
moral feelings. courteous manners and polite Ian
guage-a social and moral training almost as essen
tial 10 their well being as 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
naren,s and home. Those who have taken the
trouble to examine the system OF education adopted
| By the Storey County School Department, have
u learned tnlt u Is SlnllldE 10 llut tulIlONtu III DOS-
| 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
clplined schools that anywhere exist.
Whit Our Public SCHOOL, Require.
Our Public Schools should command the conf
deuce OF the public. Your sympathy and eo-opera-
ton are necessary TO aid the Board OF Education,
whose labors In the School Department are entirely
gratuitous, TO bring them TO the highest degree Of
public favor. Ii Is important TO the Mturc well
halo. 81 ma Country 10 hPiny fhRm IN n hIChRF
standard Of efficiency and usefulness. because but
comparatively few OF the youth OF our land can eS-
pect TO enjoy higher educational advantages than
our Public Schools afford. We have a right TO an-
tlcIpate great things In the future for that school Sys-
tenn which awakened the trst educational Impulses
In the minds Of many thousands OF the most Illus
trIous names In American history; which lmpellcd
them TO self culture, and among which may be
named George Washington, Roger sherman. Benla-
min Franklin, Benjamin West. Nathaniel Bowditch,
Robert Fulton. Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, Ste
phen A. Douglas, Lewis CaSS. Willard Fillmore. Hor-
ace Greeley. y. =. Banks, Ellhu Burritt and
Abraham Lincoln.
What Our Public schools nre Doing.
Here In Storey county every branch OF an Gle
mentary English education Il as Systematically,
thoroughly and underStandlngly 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. callsthenic exercises, reading, writing,
arithmetic, geography, grammar, history OF the
United States, elements OF natural philosophy, map
| and lineal drawing, physiology and hygiene. In the
Grammar Schools are added to the foregoing studies
book keeping, algebra, geometry chemistry, natural
history aud perspectivedrawing, 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 the Third Ward In Virginia,
ars. or this number TWENTY-FIVE were males and
| twenty-siN females. Ofthesc twenty-one were mas
teen wears 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. "a prescribed by the Board OF Education.
| Application can BE- made either to the Superintend-
emit, or to either OF the undersigned, or TO the
| Teacher OF the Grammar School. This statement Is
\ which the Public Schools afford may be informed
| that there Il 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 or Education has
added school apparatus TO facilitate instruction In
the higher departments, and Will continue TO Increase
| this important assistant to the teacher, as the con-
dItlon Of the School Fund VIII 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 or valuable books
to the School Library. This suspicious commence
mcnt we trust will be followed up by quarterly or
semi-annual accumulations. TIL 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 as
a great source ofinstruction and amusement.
Non-Attendance.
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 ofagc, who do not attend any school.
This should not be. No community can afford TO
have It's youth grow up In It's midst In ignorance.
Our institutions spring from-arc moulded and gov
crned by the people, and will be good. bad or indif-
ferent according to the education, moral culture
and refined taste OF their creative and sustaining
power. In countries whose government and insu-
buttons are managed by the favored and educated
few, popular ignorance Is not so mischlevous as
with us. The mission OF our Public School system
Is not to pull down the great and the good to a
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 availed themselves OF the
excellent facilities our Public Schools afford, Is an
YOUR assistance In this department OF labor. The
Public Schools should be fully at~tended-should be
made 10 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
can be materially augmented. There are many
things vet 10 be done TO mako them what they
should DC. There should be a public sentiment that
would DO equal to the pleasurablo task OF inducing
every parent In this county TO send his children to
some school.
I%rregulnrity 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
,,tanJanca Some have heen absent three-fOurths,