Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-09-28
ADDRESS TO PARENTS.
ADDREss TO 4
To Parents, and those hauing charge
of Children in StOrey COuHtY:

SHttufeN w OtOTty CO"Hty'
The Fail Term Of the Public Schools in this Conn'
~ win commence on Monday, September a. IS"'
a. 10 O'Clock A. NJ.
The Public school system.
The Public School system IN the Unltcd state, o" y
Its broad and comprehensive IanSSvs aS.iirIny: bv
the lowest Primary school !" ,' ,rs,riirS, OF TnnE,
fortune or condition. OrGauitei anu Supg nsN.S,-
authority OF law, yet unier Iny ,Iiy an American In
stituiton' iii The legitimate ouS9stS 81 our uS ~
ocra;ic system Of Government; ~ ,Sinrs;,r fn
DscsSsitiss N is admirably adapted 10 munster "
our peculiar wants.
Something nboui the ItistorS Oh ruo"o
~ hillary Of the Public School System shows
thai IL has not always been characteriLci py mat
rs-S.ctipn OF system and harmony OF arrangement
Thai marks rs present movements. IL SONY ~
1ssresS that the most bcnehcent systems are brought
~ ~, highest degree OF perfection. Long and Sc
y,r, were the struggles Of this system Tor lie anu
growth and popular favor. Its early existence was
Feeble. II awakened strOuS prrludiccS, mostly rom
A mi,cOncepti0u Of IL true character, ami nom an
inability TO comprehend the grandeur Ot Us mlSSl9h.
some considered II an Ingenious Arrangement LOT
pluuierIng the rich foe the education OF The children
OF the poor, and others, ~ u conspiracy on the part
OF political demasoSGGs: 10 S5SaS G'T Sbs rfcS , ,taI
the poor, tho vulgar and the rcnned, the p.SeIlnahd
the p~atrtciAn claSSsS. one class conSlierci u lhpOS-
Sible that Public schools, tosteTed bN, anu 70 ser
TAIN extent under tue management OF, the uONcTu.
ment could be a. efficient educators OF youth, aS
those conIueted by private enterprise; another,
that secular education without a strong aimiNturc
OF religious Instruction. would leave the pupil TO DC
controlled by his wild and ungoycrncd passions and
prepare him Tor a vaSabOnd and Goddess life; while
a third class insisted that the people Of the various
RELIGIOUS denOmi AatiOns would never consent to
have their children Instructed IN 4 School which pur.
pOsely separated ecclesiastical from literary and SCI
cDllic studies. But In the older States, experience,
time, an enlarged and ~enLIySinS spirit OF liberation
on the part q The people; coupled Win a wise adj
sentiment-erectins u platform upon which all, Ia
vorable to universal education, might stand and
tremendously cooperate, without any sacrifice Of
religious or political opinions. We repeat, that these
and other questions prophetic Ot the early DOWNFALL
OF the Puddle school system, have been triumphant
~ settled In their favor. II i now generally admit
ted that there Is \ system OF morality, accepted by
all civilized communities and a common religious
ground. up 10 the base OF S~eCtarian differences,
est religious truths. and the SublimeSt morality TO
be t~auSht-eQual 10 educating the mind ui tue
school Into a sense of IS religious AMI moral re>ppn-
slbuities. and OF Inspiring It, pupils with a respect,
VcnerAt.on and love uf God. ami a kindly feeling for
The disturbing forces Of S~eciarlan religion AMI par.
IL politics. duI no COuntenance or support IN our
School system. On this common ground, u truce i
proclaimed, aud liberation Establishes is empire,
The Nevada Public school system.
The Public school system OF the State OF Nevada,
was organized 10 furnish the youth OF the State the
facilities for a good substantial. business education.
In a thlcky populated County Ike STOREY. they
should possess all the qualifications Of trSt-cLiSs
schools, equal TO those Of 4 similar grade and ncili-
ties, existing In any part OF the Country.
TOUR tO-optTutlou AuNiACu.
The great success that has attended the Public
Schools In the county for the past hftcen months,
has encouraged the undersigned, 10 whom their ILL.,
tereStS have been committed. 10 ~ietcitate you upon
cooperation to increase their usefulness and to eN-
tend their influence, that they may more iuIy sub
serve the noble purposes OF their organization.
Importance of Our Public schools.
Tie undersigned are happy 10 De able TO state that
very many Of the prjudlces that formerly existed
AGAINST the Puddle schools In this county, and which
c~Ousp!rrd largely 10 abrilge Ihrlr influence. have
gradually diminished. anu In many cases disappeared
Altogether. They are now with Us pdtrpUlLcG by al
classes. The people have learned that the Public
schools havea HIGHER mission and a uooler purpose
than merely 10 restrain bad boys nom running II
lArSe In the streets, but that. on the contrary, they
are efficient in educating the mlud. cUlivatiuS 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 i
also personally present with them in their out Of
door PLAYS, during recesSes and interml>SlOus. luiGs-
ing into theLr amuSementS a deCuTuu~ anu respect
fl bearinS one toward another. cultvatlnc IN them
moral feelings, courteous manners and polite Ian
guage-a social aud moral training almost A. essen
tlal 10 thelr well being ~ that VI mental culture; that
In our public schools pGpil>oI the same SrAie have
improved IN their studies A. rapidly ~ those who
have been sent out of the state AZ large expense,
out from and beyond the ~hcalthtul 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 i 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 10 DC among the
most efficient. the most thorough, and the best dis
clpined schools that anywhere exist.
What Our Public schools Require.
Our Public Schools should command the cont-
dence OF the public. Your sympathy and cO-opcrI-
zion are necessary TO aid the board oI Education.
whose lAbors In the School Department are entirely
gratultOuS, 70 bring them 10 the highest degree OC
public favor. IL : important 10 the p'urs well
being OF our country to bring them to a higher
standard OF efficiency anu usefulness, because but
comparatively few OF the youth % our land can cN-
our Public schools afori. We have II right TO an
ticipate great things In the future for that school syS-
TEN which awakened the nrst educational impulses
In the minds OF many thousands OF the most Illus
tnoGs names In American history; which impeAed
them 10 sell culture, and among which may De
named George Washington. Roger sherman. BenJa-
min Franklin. BENJAMIN West, Nathaniel Bowditch.
Robert Fulton, Andrew Jackson. Henry Clay, Ste
phen A. Douglas. Lewis Cas-. Millari Film0re. Hor,
ace Greeley, y. Z. Banks, Elhu burTilt anu
Abraham Lincoln.
What Our Public schools nre Doing.
Here In Storey county every branch Of an ele-
meutary English education Is a. systematically,
thoroughly and underSiandinSly taught In our Pub
lie schools a. In any schools Ia the American Union.
The great drawback l. this: that our limited popu-
ation 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
and hnel drawing, physiology AMI hygiene. In the
Grammar Schools are added 70 the foregoing studies
LHIOA EGRAAA ANNA . eAAaAHHs = aAAAAAA as
history and perspectivedrawing and also astronomy.
II the pupils are Sufhcienily ADVANCED 10 require III
Grammar school.
The monthly report OF the Teacher of the Gram
mar School located In the Third Wari in Virginia.
s1r ths month OF july last, returns iry-oue Schol.
ars. OF this number tweuty-hve were males and
twenty-siN females. OF these twenty-One were mas
trrs and hfteen misses between twelve and seven
tesn wears OF ace. This school + open TO any youth
IN tbis connty who is sunrcientlv advanced In the
sI.rnsn.ary English branches 10 pISS an examination
,hcrsin a. nresrrib4si by The Bnarl of Education.
AnnIicS,ion can h. made either 10 the Superintend-
- " 10 either OF mo Undersigned or 10 the
y, ,ba cr,r,rS,rS rbnli This statement 4.
aeaSut % 49, nn1cInSin,aj yrI,h ,bc f,cJIities
whlch the fuouc sShOOus anotu Iua = .nt1Lmtu
tnAt tnere Is no ueCeSNhS, on HeSouHt ~ IeASieht
school opportunities, lor senlIns tntIi C!lpl'e" out
OF this State 10 acquire an EnShSh education.
From time to time the Board OF Education has
added school apparatus 10 facilitate Instruction IN
the higher departments, and Will continue 10 Increase
this important assistant to the teacher, as the con-
ditiOn Of the School Fund VIII permit.
Public School Library.
$500 - 40. I,t.z h ha.D
Inc sumDi ' az III 4 abtss e. -
IealLSI " = Sna y,,i,,naS ~ ysi,'b ~ hrnss
IN ScSdaI Ttbr,-y rbS. ansnICionS Sommrncs.
mSnt we tIu'S VIII ~ .J (oDS M ~ ias;itniISn
\, al sFrii into pronSTtions that will render II an
Innortant fsatnrr IN Inc Public School system In
MS comfy. We trust YOU will encourage your
children 10 lake books from II and to rely upon IL as
a yTeat Source ofinstructIon and amusement,
nm. AlNRnnlnrR.