Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-09-05
Address, TO PARENTS.
ADDRESS TO
TO Parents, and those ha0ing charge
of Children in Storey County:

~ Will OH Monday, September 81, 1880,
AT 10 o'clock A. N.
The Public school System.
The Public School system In the United States, by
its 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, IL essentially an American In.
stitutIon. 1t Is the legitimate offspring OF our DEM
ocratIc system OF Government. BcHOtten by our
necessities Il Is admirably adapted to minister to
our peculiar wants.
Something ubout 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 benehcent systems are brought
to the highest degree of perfection. Long and Sc
we're were the struggles of this system for life and
growth aud popular favor. Its early existence was
feeble. II awakened strong prCJudiceS, mostly from
"a misconceptiOn Of Its true character, and ironi al
Inability TO comprehend the grandeur OF Its mission.
Some considered 1t an ingenious Arrangement for
uIunlcring the rich for the education OF the children
OF the poor, and others, as Il conspiracy on the part
Of political dcmagogues, 10 break down the social
walls OF separation existing osLwTeH ,hs ST nioh hIen anu
the ~Ixitriclan classes. One class considered II impOs-
slble that Public Schools, fostcred by, and 10 a GER
| tain extent under the management or the uoTcrll'
| mrnt could be as efficient educators Of youth, as
those conducted by private enterprise; another,
that secular education without a strong admlNture
/ oil TrllklOuN lnhlTuCIlullt ohi NNfN thN iNbh ~ !,
controlled by his wild and ungoverncd passions and
prrparc him for u r~agabOnd and Goddess HE; while
a thlrI class insisted that the people oil the various
| religious denominations would never consent 10
| have their children Instructed In 4 School winch pur-
| pOSely separated ecclesiastical from literary anu sci
cntIhc studies. But In the older States. experience.
time. an enlarged and c~nlarIinG spirit OF liberation
on the part OF the people, coupled with a Wise aI-
justmcnt OF the Public school system TO common
| misunderstanding a platform upon which all, Ia.
i vorablc to universal education, might stand anu
i tremendously cooperate, without any sacrifice oi
/ religious or political opinions, We repeat, that These
/ and other questions prophetic Of the early downfall
| of the Public School System, have been triumphant
Is settled In their favor. II Is now generally admit
ted that there is a system OF morality, aeeeP.SH 0y
i ground, up TO the base OF sectarian differences.
where all can s~tand-thatt these viii allow the high
| est religious truths, and the subunest morality 10
| be taught-eQual to educating the mind OF the
| School Into a sense of Its religious and moral rcSpoil-
sibilItes, and Of inspiring It's pupils win a RESPECT,
| generation and love Of God, aud u kindly feeling for
The disturbing forces Of ~scctartan religion and par.
~ politics. lind no countenance or support III our
| School system. On this common ground, u truce Is
proclaimed. aud 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 tho
facilities for "a good substantial, business education.
In a thlckly populated County Ike storey. they
| should possess all the qualifications Of ~frst-class
Schools, equal TO those OF u similar grade and laClll-
| 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 fifteen months
has encouraged the undersigned, TO whom their In
tcreStS have been committed, to ~felicltate you upon
| their Improvement, and TO earnestly solicit your
cooperation TO Increase their usefulness and TO cN-
| 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 prcjudiccS that formerly existed
| cOnSpired largely to Abrldgc their influence. have
| gradually diminished, and In many cases disappeared
| altogether. They are now with us patronlzed by all
classes, The people have learned that the Public
| Schools havea higher mission and a nobler purpose
than merely TO restrain bad boys from running at
large In the streets; but that. on the contrary, they
| arr efficient in educating the mind, cultirating the
| habits and tastes Of the pupils; that the teacher not
| only drills them efficiently anu 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 rcceSSes anu intermiSSionS, mus
Inc into their amuSementS a dccorous and respect
| ti bearing one toward another, cultivating In them
moral feelings, courteous manners and polite Ian
guagc-a social and moral training almost ~ essen
tall 10 their well being ~ that Of mental culture; that
In our public schools pupllSOi the same craze nave
improved In their studies A. rapidly aS those who
have been sent out Of the State at large expense.
ont from and beyond the hcal,hml influence OF
parents and home. Those who have taken the
trouble to examine the system OF education adopted
bv 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
/ DOSltlOu utl III Univ ANAhNh " w hAiiphN 1N
| most efficient, the most thorough, and the best dis
/ cipllncd schools that anywhere exist.
What Our Public schools Require.
Our Public Schools should command the conf
/ dence OF the public. Your sympathy and cO-opcra-
ton are necessary 70 aid the Board Of Education,
/ whose labors In the School Department are entirely
| grntuitous, to bring them to the highest degree Of
public favor. IL Is important TO the future well
being OF our country TO bring them TO u higher
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 irst educational impulses
In the minds OF many thousands OF the most Illus
trlouS names In American history; which lmpelied
them to self culture, and among, which may De
named George Washington, Roger Sherman. Benla-
min Franklin, Benjamin West, Nathaniel Bowditch,
BSsS I f banSIss A Lswis Casa sSsf MIIIar nV Fiiim Sa; H Tor
ace Greeley, n. p. Banks, Ellhu Burritt and
Abraham Lincoln.
What Our Public schools nre Doing.
Here In Storey county every branch of an clc-
mentary English education Il 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-
latlon 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. calisthcnlc 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 10 the foregoing studies
book Keeping, algebra, geometry, chemistry, natural
history and perspective drawing. and also astronomy.
II 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.
for the month OF July last, returns Hity-One schol.
ans, or this number twenty-five were males and
twenty-six females. Ofthese twenty-One were mas
tiers and nitecn 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 Superintend-
ent, or 10 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
From time to time the Board OF 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-
dltlon 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 Ave hundred volumes Of valuable books
TO the School Library. This suspicious commence
ment we trust will be followed up by quarterly or
semi-annual accumulat!Ons, till this Institution
shall swell Into proportions that will render II an
important feature In the Public School system In
this county. We trust you will encourage your
children to take books from II and 10 rely upon II rs
a great source Of instruction and amusement.
Nou-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 ofage. 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-are moulded and gov
erned by the people, and Will be good, bad or indii-
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 Is not so miSchicvous as
with us, The mission Of our Public School system
* 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
comfy which have not availed themselves OF the
excellent facilities our Public Schools afford, Is an
imnortant and noble work. The undersigned solicit
your assistance In this department OF labor. The
Public Schools should be fully a~ttended-should be
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
can be materially augmented. There are many
/ things vet TO be done TO make them what tney
| should be. There should be a public sentiment that
would be equal to the pleasurable task OF Inducing
every parent In this county TO send his children 10
I~rregularity Of Attendance.
The School Registers OF the several Schools In
| this county for the past school year, disclose
the melancholy fact that a very large NUMBER OF
| children. who have been permanent residents In the
county, have been exceedingly irregular In their