Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-14
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
SUPERINTENDENT Report-Continucd.

Superlntendonps Continucu
society are piundered OF an undevclopcd power and
strength essential to their high mission. Our PUB
lie Schools arc designed as an antldoto 10 these iear.
fl evils. The Legislature has the powert9 prevent
these TO q very great extern. sensible OF thel ~;
istcnce, and feeling that q remedy should be vested
in the Legislature, the trainers OF the State Consti-
tuition vests the authority In that body IN Section
2, Article II. In the following words. to.wit:
The Legislature may pass such laws
as will tend 10 secure q general attendance Of The
children In each school district upon said Public
Schools"
The great irreGularIty Of the attendance Of chill.
drcn OF well meaning parents Is m evil OF such mag.
| nitudc as to require q remedy II Is In It's baleiul In
fuence next to non-Attendancc. which is more ex-
tensive than Is generally considered. children are
detained at home for the most trivial reasons. This
Is oite done from thoughtlessness or from lgno-
rance of the evils that grow out orrepeatcd abscDce.
A few days absence In a term generally drops the
pupil behind his class. 1t may require q vigorous
u.o Of full his powers and prompt attendance to COM
mand a respectable standing. Soon disgust follows
closely upon the heels Of Encouragement. and there
Is no longer any attraction either for school $3.50,
clates, school teacher or school house. Mortined
ambition cannot endure daily exposure. For the
sense, the property Of the State. The law demands
that property shall be taxed TO support u Public
School for SIX months In each year. In return for
the payment Of ms tax, property has a right TO de:
mand that children between certain ages shall avail
themselves OF these expensive facilities for q like
term. or their equivalent at private schools, 10 In.
sure an efficient Public School system-t0 secure for
I In the public estimation that position and conn.
dence that the system should command. the stand.
ard Of scholarship on the part Of teachers should be
so raised that persons OF an Indifferent or defective
edncatlon, unfortunate In other departments Of In.
dustry. would not venture, as q temporary cxpedi-
feeling is altogether too prevalent, that any person
who can read and write Is competent 10 Instruct o
Primary School. II Is my deliberate Judgment that
IL requires more skill, a greater amount OF tact, q
wider range Of general knowledge, and o clearer APP
prcnenSI1h OF .he eoiIpISa,ea Jaws Ihat eoniroiu lI'
ierent chlllicn w u SCHOOL oI lorty OF MY tltle ones,
4 and IA aNRlfn anil maintain nm InfuFoE9 mn thngR
S Who have I no N i tt%a Of the vaIme y, eGncaiioD tban 10 @
AWAKEN anu MAINTAIN q IKE interest amons tne
same huhi9etOi advanced SCHOLARS n hlsn Scnool.
often expressed ms sentiment with great feeling
ana Iorse, i regard teacGitS as the most import
ant rs wen as the most dlflcllt OF AL the PROBES
haliy a more COMPREHENSIVE knowledge OF mental
anu moral phlioS0phy, q quicker perception AM
nerous springs OF action, anu now 10 turn mem 70
awaken interest,", stimulatc thought, produce Iiscl.
pine anu chceriul OBEDIENCE, than those OF any
other OF inc lhteiiectual professions; 40 one Us re-
garded competent 10 practice any ofthe learned pro.
LESSONS WHO mas not gone through "a long course OF
professional tralnllg, under the inimediaie IlIec-
ton OF thclr most eminent sarans, 10 qualify MN 70
ulscnhlSc IteHlHeIty inc respohsiOlc uutles hh
procession may LeIuiIe. 40 one Is regarded comps
tent 70 MAKE u snoc OF q shovel a mouse OF q manu-
raw, q sonSh VI q .'oNuai,u oIoonI, ~ u
9Mcket, WITHOUT pIst sels,mS an appren.SeSnIp.
Ine nan VINO san Hiahe a steam englne, OF wIo can
control It's movement AFTER II Is made, VIII COM
mahd moIe compensation than lhe pnDhS IN wiiiliS
10 pay an Ordinary eaSner IN a imonc Scnooi,
InpuEn eIeII PAT y u enS Y, Iron is 'ccn ~ ~
SHilausI, VIII ~ At'Vus .huas Luu', anu eol,iuihca
us, SouiI De IeaIncu ~ u IoItnISnI y! ] VII lin,
pnngu ~ WI n.asno.' "noSu ui,iu ~
.hoTLI in",r ,Sa,r nros.ssJon h. ! nv ~ w ~ tSssJniIncc
~ ny ,.aIr,n. ,n y" ,h. Sira ~ y, a. ~
n". nj ~ nuh r.Iahra,st nSInc.,or. IN liz conntpy '"N0
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NORMAL SCHOOLS.
Shut out and far removed as our State Is from the
great educational ccnterS ofthecountry, our 0ppor-
tunitics are slim Indeed 10 secure nrst class teach
ers. The best OF the imported educators TO the
Pacific Coast Will be assorted and cullcd out BY the
Educational Boards Of San Francisco, sacramento
and other parts OF California, and We have nothing
by yr which nn 10 in NnI s SSpepi0f ns eaqsa ai,1, 20 sr our GsseI,
pay, which cannot be eSpected-~hich would not
be allowed.
Our great educational want is Y Normal School
an institution 10 educate those Of our youth Hmbi-
tlous to lr teachers and for educational honor>-io
train them 10 meet the educational requirements Of
and women whose parents. relatives or friends, or
all OF them, reside IN our state. and who probably
VIII remain permanently viii ms. an ins'ltuti9n
OF this character would, IN addition 10 us regular
supply lot our SCHOOLS oI Wen euucateu, wen uthied
and live teachers. do much TO AWAKEN and foster
Throughout the state n spirit OF intellectual culture,
and TO bring permanently before our people the
great value anu importance OF popular education.
An Institution oil THIS character should De located IN
4 sufficient number OF pupils could BE- procured for
the organization OF u training school. TO be attached
thereto; Tor u Normal school Without thls, lnlpor-
.ant ~ -, ,ha, ssorId -
!, Ishny,torv with ia menstrunms and nrecini.
,.E,s nv of nIsciicaI astronomy without The aid or
The heavenly bodies, quadrants md telescopes.
TSara il however. A Considerable number OF Young
ne"nI. ~ rssnectabIr ettuInmcnts in orr midst who
49, ,.r,h, srhnoi morc or less and omhitIonst m
oh,ojr = rssnectabie ronl in the nrotession Of Teach.
Inc Int whose Knowledge Of the theory and prac.
~, - o".Sin, 4. nIIorcthrr nneInSi N thr al.
.S"ccd ,Jnr,tion,, claims OF the presen, lime
Many Nam. nr ,hsss wou,d hc drawn 10 an institution or
tnls CuhIhStcl w ptVNult ~ PiNPS "tUi ~
M mn.r,s IN awcrv aIstTict and sSonld dIsnIaes the
poa,up ~ 80 chnni i am,nsrs thronsho,,, Inc
t9cal b21sus y y, ySis ciSss woSlI ~" sanS., NY
S snavs.r a ans r 70 their previous attainment and
, mv ~ ,cnmirc> A Normal School wonId give
aapr,h 10 Hrsi trtiis from his cl,S. Mere The Slate
IN a pesu.,at$ MI Z, xroniiJJ NJ, Se an
nst,'S,vn - ~ aver ssiIn,sie Us value unon the
public school interest in Nevada. but 1t need not
nSeesSnihS y, huIiIius az 49,; ~ Sir,I,n,o amI
iSnl oi q sm ~ ~ prngns,,o - uJ,SS ,r,atna .Sd,,,om"ii
incidental eHpetses, MTuT" ~ T nn u ousS .Iisoc
pIesSn. wuuu u ,o N a,Ion. canI Ld Syoi,ow ibs crow.th
anu " sCSooI n%d the incrcSSc Of the State School
" I' sSETn,ymnaa ST., ,cn,ni oT.r w. ,bonssni All
Lu"d. =, IL tor The Srsi two wears. on condItion
iars annual! Los the UT. IA oSn,ranLI; S Su nm aVd
TO be added TO i, l feel confident nat that amount
could De raised; anu = S SrdrE'rS I cnNd,,Ion Son ~
once put iuto u suSec .a,uI " : n,,od ~ rsjsc ,hIs
amount by the state WITHOUT Set'ous'! expressing
any person VI e'ass'
METEOROLOGICAL oDsERNATtONs.
T,.r., N subject that I would like 10 bring 10
vour noticc iSr voTr consideration. I am somewhat
IN Jonbt vhsth,r The present is the proper Time or
hi. IN" proncr channel, but with my Ideas as re.
~ ,I,n cn,nnrchrnsiys character OF our Public
SS a sSs,cm' The proposed suggestions In this con-
ncn,Ion will ic b6th lrcItimatc and proper, II Is
Iii sn,,rn moi thr nccuil,r character ofthc climate
WI y r'nccs ~ these elevated tnble-Iunds be-
on lne r "a p ,nIS ,ytd Sicrrs Nevada mountaIns. ia
hMeen ~ no,.S hv AZ own nconir. and very I'M.
Y. al nnJerstoSl Nv Tho ncopIc OF the other
Sta,cs Man Thai would secure the proper re-
corTin,, NJ accurate meteorological observations In
,Snsn S,yts of The State where Public Schools would
III Ii,pin IN hc maintained throuchout the year,
m,,hf ~ , vaI,I,hir contribution 10 science, and In
t TU" Course OF a decade OF years would throw much
I'm StSc nri,ncinal towns in the State, If furnished with
The necessary instruments for determining the heat
S NJ Tho winds. the amount or the fall OF rain aud
snoS, ami a book Tor recording the necessary obser-
%ntIons-alI OF which the Smithsonian Institute
vroiiId undouhtrdlv cheerfully s~upply-would, with
\ . trinino addition 10 his salary, II so directed by Law,
arcmrateIy por(oIm the task. These observations,
pubIishcd either weekly or monthly, would awaken,
both on the part ofthe teachers. pupils and the pub
lie generally, habits Ol close observation IN regard 10
Atmospheric changes.
yIsplREcrION OF THE PROCEEDS 0f TIE HALF MILL
TAX.
Tho proceeds of the half Mill tax, provided for In
soctIon & OF Education, Article Y Of the State Con-
stitutIon, il occurs TO me, was diverted by the last
Tcgisiatiirc. nom the use Intended by those who
1o,sned ,bnt Insirumcnt, Section 81 or the School
Law, approved March 2uth, lSd3. provides that: IAN
moneys derived from the tax herein levied (half
mil taxi shall be paid into the State School Fund.