Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-10-08

AZ AgsAN NV IA AAAAN W.
~ VIII on Monday, September al. lS6,
At 10 O'Clock A. N.
. The Public school system.
The Public School system In the United States, by
It, broad and comprehensive rangc Of studies, nom
the lowest Primary school to the Free Academy: 6y
It's opened doors to all Classes, regardless OF tniiA,
fortune or condition. organized and SuppoEtel oy
authority OF law, yet under the cputTO! anu lhaiLtSe
ment Of the people, l. essentially an American III
%stltutlon. It Is the legitimate offspring Of our DEM
ocratie system OF Government, BesotleA Oy our
necessities Il Is admirably adapted 70 minister 10
our peculiar wants.
Something about the History oil Pubic
schools
The history OF the Public School system shows
that IL has not ALWAYS been characterized bS that
perfection OF system and harmony OF 4rrlnIenent
that marks Its present movements, IL SONY .,
degrees that the most beneheenISS stems ar VSs
10 the highest degree Of perfection LyuS and
we're were the struggles OF this system ior nc an
growth and popular favor. Its early eNlNtenSt NaS
feeble. IL awakened strong prCJudices, mgNyN lonI
A mISconceptlon OF It's true character, and Fpul an
inability 10 comprehend the grandeur VI u
some considered II an inSTnioU, S - cSiLirrn
OI the poor, and others, asa SvhspuHSS - ~ -
OF political demaSoSaTs; 70 SsS yHr,n The Tn,R and
the poor, the vuGar and the refined, me ptyolana nu
the p~atrtclan classes. one class c1nNlueTeI u Iup's-
sIbls that Public schools, tOstcrcd by. ana 70 AStr'
,.SH sxTrnt unLer the manacrment OF, the GoycTn'
ment could BE- Is efficient educators OF youth, ~
those condCctcl by private enterprise; anotnet,
that secular education without 4 strong adniNture
OF religious Instruction. would leave the pupu 10 Dc
controlled by his Wild and unSOSernel passions anu
prepare him for a yacabOnd and Goddess life; while
a third class Insisted that the people OF the various
RELIGIOUS denominations would never consent 10
have their children Instructed IN school which pur-
pOSely separated ecclesiastical nom literary and SCI
entlhc studies. But Ia the older states experience,
time. an enlarged and enlarsinE spirit Of liberation
on the part q the people, coupled wlth u wise aI-
luStment OF the Public School system 20 \ common
sentiment-erectins u platform upon which all, IA.
yu-able 90 universal education, might stand and
hArmOniouSly cooperate. without any sacrifice OF
r.1i-fNus ~ DDltA~al OUluiDu.- Ne FeDgaE. that these
and other questions prophetic OF the carly downfall
OF the Pubic School system, have been triumphant
ly settled In their favor. II Is now generally admit
ted that there Is a system OF morality, accepted by
all civilized communities AMI u common religious
ground, up 10 the base OF stctlTiIn diieTencS>,
where all can Stani-thltt these WI auow the hlSh-
est RELIGIOUS truths, anu the Su5lmeSt morality 10
be taught-eQUA TO educating the mind OF the
School into a sense OF it. religious and moral reSpOu-
~Sibllties, and Of Inspiring IT. pupils with respect,
yeneTation and love Of tod. and 4 Kindly leeNhS "E
all mankind.
~ politics, nnI no COgntenAncc or support IN our
School System. On this common Srpund, 4 truce II
proclaimed. and federation establishes It's 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 q good substantial, business education.
IL a th!ekly populated County IKE story; they
Schools, equal TO those Of a Similar grade and faclll-
ties, existing In any part OF the Country.
Your Corporation Invited.
The Srea; success that has attended the Public
Schools In the county for the past uitesn mouths,
has encouraged the undersigned, 10 whom Their IN.
terests have been committed, TO ~ieicitate you upon
their Improvement. and 10 earnestly solicit Your
generation 10 IncreaSe their usefulness aud 20 eN-
tend their influence, that they may more Mly sub
serve the noble purposes OF the!E organization.
Importance of Our Public schools.
The undersigned are happy TO be able TO state that
aS.inSt ne Public Schools in this county, and which
c~0nspired largely TO abr!dGe their influence. have
gradually diminished. and In many cases diSAppearei
Altogether. They are now with Us pAtrUniZed by al
classes. The people have learned that the Public
schools hayea higher mission AMI u nOblcr purpose
than merely 10 restrain bad boys nom runnins at
large In the streets: but that. on the contrary, they
are efficient in educating the mind, cultlNa;lng the
habits and tastes OF the pupils; that the teacher not
various branches Of education, but that he or she i
also personally present with them In their out OF
door PLAYS, during receSSeS and inteTmiSsions, mus
ing into their amuSementS a decorous aud respect
fUl bearing one toward another, culuvatinS In them
moral feelings, courteous manners and polite Ian
guAye-a social and moral training almost a. essen
tialto their well belng a. that VI mental culture: that
in our public schools pupuSOi the SAINT grade have
improved IN their studies a. rapidly a. those who
have been sent out Of the State AZ large expense.
out from and beyond the healthiul influence OF
parents and home. Those who have taken the
trouble 10 examine the system OF education adopted
by the storey COugiy School Department, have
learned that It Is similar to that employed In Bos-
ton, Chicago. san Francisco and other large towns
where the Public schools have broken down all Cp-
position and are Acknowledged ~ be among the
most efficient, the most thorough, ami the best Dis
cIpllned schools that anywhere exist.
What Our Public schools Require.
Our Public Schools should command the cOnii-
dence Of the public. Your sympathy and cO-opera-
ton are necessary 20 aid the Board Of Education,
whose lAbors In the School Department are entirely
cratultous, to bring them 10 the highest degree OF
public favor. IL l. important 20 the future well
being OF our country 20 bring them TO a higher
standard OF efficiency and usefulness, because but
comparatively few OF the youth OF our Land can cN-
pcct 10 enjoy higher educational advantages than
our Public schools afford. We have a right 10 an
ticlpate great things In the future i0r that school syS-
tenn which awakened the ursi educational impulses
In the minds OF many thousands Of the most Illus
trious names IN American history; which impellcl
them 10 self culture. and among which may De-
named George Washington, Roger Sherman, Bsnja'
min franklin, Benjamin West, Nathaniel B~owditch,
Robert Fulton, Andrew jackson, Henry CLay, Ste
phen A. Douglas, Lewis CasS. Willard Fillmore, HOr'
ace Greeley, y. p. Banks, Elihu Burritt and
Abraham Lincoln.
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