Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-05
SCHOOL stPgRrYrsNbtNrs REPORT.
snnerinfnndont,a Reporf-Continued.

?, Article II, in the following words, to.wit:
= . . "Tho Legislature may pass such 10
as will tend TO secure = general attendance OF the
Schools" 1854.
The great iregularity Of the attendance OF chill.
dren Of well meaning parents Is an evil OF such mag
nuence next TO non.attenlance. which Is more ex-
tensive than Ia generally considered. Children are
detained at home for the most trivial reasons. Ihls
Is Oite done from thoughtlessness or from igno-
rance OF the evils that grow out OF repeated absence.
A few days absence In o term generally drops the
pupil behind his class. 1t may require q vigorous
use OF all his powers and prompt attendance TO COM
mand q respectable standing. Soon disgust follows
closely upon the heels Of disbursement and there
Is no longer any attraction either for school asso.
ambition cannot endure daily exposure. For the
purposes OF education. children are. In q certain
sense. the property OF the State. The law demands
that property shall be taxed TO support a Public
School for six months in each year. In return for
the payment OF this tax, property has q right to dc.
nland that children between certain ages shall avail
themselves OF these expensive facilities for q like
term. or their equivalent at private schools. To In
sure an efficient Public School systematic secure for
y d.n M ,l .Sa au ,ss sSstsm sSnn ,ha so pSs,;io59 i ana . sona.
ard OF scholarship on the part OF teachers should be
so raised that persons Of an Indifferent or defective
education. unfortunate In other departments OF in.
dustry, would not venture, US q Temporary expedi-
ent, to aspire to the controlOfa Public School. The
feeling Ia altogether too prevalent. that any person
who can read and write Is competent to instruct u
Primary School. II Is my deliberate Judgment that
II requires moro skill. q greater amount OF tact. n
wider range Of general knowledge, and 4 clearer APP
prehenslono OF the complicated laws that control dit.
ierent children In a school Of forty or tifty little ones,
and TO excite and maintain an Interest among those
who have no Idea OF the value Of education. than TO
awaken aud maintain a like interest among the
same number OF advanced scholars In u High School.
Many Of the wlsest educators In the country have
often expressed this sentiment with great feeling
and force. l regard teaching as the most Import
ant as well Al the most difficult OF all the profrs.
sions-onc that demands OF its members indiyid;;
ually a more comprehensive knowledge % mental
knowledge Of childish likes and disiiErs OF the nu.
Inerous springs OF action, and how 10. turn them 10
awaken interest. stimulate thought, produce discl-
pline and cheerful obedience, than those OF any
other Of the Intellectual professions: 20 one Is re.
garded competent TO practice any Of the learned pro.
fcsslOns who has not gone through q long course VI
professional trainiug under the immediate direc-
tion, OF their most eminent Swans 10 qualify him 10
discharge intelllgently the responsible duties his
tent to make 4 shoe or 1 shovel, u house or u hand.
saw, u coach or q crowbar. 4 broom, a BIT or a
| The man who can make a steam engine, or who can
control Its movement after Il Is made, will conf
mand more compensation than the public Is willing
70 pay an ordinary teacher IN = Public School,
though every part Of the engine, from It's feed 10 It's
exhaust, with Its various individual aud combined
pinned and well educated teacher, whose mind has a
mechanical tendency. Persons, to be teachers,
should learn their profession BY course Of discipline
and training. under the direction Of the most sue
ceSsful and celebrated educators In the country.
SoRxAL SCHOOLS.
Shut out and far removed az our State Is from the
great educational centers OF the country. our oppor.
tunities are slim Indeed 10 secure first class teach
ers. The best OF tho imported educators 10 the
Pacific Coast will be assorted and culled out by the
Educational Boards Of San Francisco, Sacramento
and other parts or California, and We have nothing
by which 70 invite superior educators TO our desert
homes, unless our School Boards offer extravAgant
pay, which cannot be expected-which would not
Our great educational won't Is a Normal School
an institution TO educate those OF our youth anIbi-
tIous TO be teachers and for educational honors-io
train them 10 meet the educational requirements OF
our times and for our peculiar locality; young men
and women whose parents. relatives or friends. or
will remain permanently with US. An Institution
Of this character would, In addition 70 It's regular
supply for our schools OF well educated. well drilled
and live teachers. do much 10 awaken and foster
throughout the State a spirit OF intellectual culture.
and TO bring permanently before our people the
An Institution or this character should be located In
one ofthc most p~opulous towns Of the State. where
a sufficient number OF pupils could be procured for
thereto; for q Normal School without this impor-
tant adjunct would be as inefficient as o school for
the study Of practical chemistry that should Ignore
the laboratory, with Its menstruums and precipi-
tants, or OF practical astronomy, without the aid OF
the heavenly bodies. quadrants and telescopes.
p pSs5S q rsspecta6Ie Attainment in our midst who
have taught school more or less. and ambitious 10
obtain a respectable rank In the profession OF teach.
/ INK. DuL WHOSE kuONleukc VI luG lHCOIg uuu pIuC-
lice or teaching Is altogether unequal 10 the adj
vanccd educational claims OF the present time.
Many Of these would be drawn TO an Institution Of
and and a diploma, which should b Current with School
Boards In every district and should displace the
local Boards Of School Examiners throughout the
shorter according to their previous attachments and
aptness TO acquire. A Normal School would give
In q pecunlary condition to organize and support an
Institution Of this character. IL would not be an
easy matter to over estimate Its value upon the
public ,sho9 3. in a!srSS. y T NsSs STs., S sNn. IL aeea T No.
rent Of a small building, the cost Of furniture and
the salary OF one Professor, with trinlng additional
Incidental expenses, would be all the outlay that at
present Would be required. The permanent edltce
and various ornamentatlons could follow the growth
OF the school and the increase Of the State School
Fund. II the State would oner two thousand dol
lars annually for tho first two years, on condition
that private donations would equal that sum. and
10 be added TO Il, l feel confident that that amount
could be raised. aud . Normal School could be at
once put into a successful working condition. Some
source OF revenue could be created to raise this
amount by the State. without seriously depressing
any person or class.
METEOROLOGICAL obsERvATloSs.
There Is one subject that l would like TO bring TO
your notice for your consideration. ! am somewhat
in doubt whether the present Is tho proper time or
this the proper channel. but with my ideas as re-
CARDS the comprehensive character or our Public
School system, the proposed suggestions In this con-
~ncction, will be both legitimate and proper, It Is
I - n In1II III A. ulA1I NHAlu Nj kIC lllIlANN
Of The vast ranges Of these elevated ta6lelands be-
txccrI the RocEy and Sierra Nevada mountains, Is
hnt littIc known BY our " people, and very i'm.
n~erfectly understood By the people Of the other
States plan that would secure the proper re-
cor,IIn, OF accurate meteorological observations In
those narts OF the State where Public Schools would
he likely TO be maintained throughout the year,
wouid he a valuable contribution 10 science, and 10
Inc ronrsc or A decade or years would throw much
iirht in regard 10 our climate. One teacher in each
OF Inc principal towns in the State, Furnished with
the necessary instruments for determining the heat
force of Inc winds, the amount OF the fall of rain and
snow. and a book for recording the necessary obscr-
yations-all OF which the smithsonian Institute
would undoubtedly chcerfully supply-would, with
A trIding addition 10 his salary, n so directed by law.
sccnratcIy ncrform Inc TASK. These observations,
publishcde either weekly or monthly, would awaken,
both on the part ofthe teachers, pupils and the pub.
nc generally, habits OF close observation Ia regard TO
atmospheric changes.
NfspIREcTToS or THE HRocIIps or THE HALF MILL
"FHEf TAX. 2. ma
The proeer9s OF tne nAii NH Wy, P,SslIea .9I ~
%stitutlon. Il occurs 70 me. was diverted ny the last
Legislature, from the use intendch by those VINO
formed that Instrument. Secuon 81 OF the ScnOol
Law, approved March a1th, 1855. provides that: A
moneys derived foni the tax herein levied (haif
mill taxi shall be paid into the state school Fund,
money in thai n~ind"-thaiM the interest accruing
shall be distributed TO all the counties In the State,
according TO tic nscertained number Of persons be-
tween the ages OF six and eighteen years In said
| counties, for the support Of Public Schools. The
| ahIast ofthis half mill fax WAS dpStCned parficnlayly