Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-09-04
ADDRESS TO PARENTS.
TO
TO Parents, and those hauing charge
of TL;I1,ao j0 Sforeu To,,,,h.

o. CRldFeR IN storey county:
The Fall Term OF the Public Schools in this Coun.
ty Will commence on Monday, September 81. 1850,
at IL 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 10 all classes, regardless Of rank.
authority OF law, yet under the control and manage
ment OF the people, Is essentially an American In
/ %stitutiOn. II Is the legitimate offspring OF our DEM
ocratic system OF Government. Begottcn by our
necessities 1t is admirably adapted to minister TO
our peculiar wants.
Something about the History of Public
The history of the Public School System shows
| that II has not always been characterized by that
perfection OF system and harmony or arrangement
that marks Its present movements. II Is only by
degrees that the most bcncilcent systems are brought
70 the highest degree OF perfection. Long and Sc
we're were the struggles of this system for life aud
growth aud popular favor. Its early existence was
feeble. II awakened strong prcJudiccs, mostly from
a misconccption OF Its true character, and from an
Inability to comprehend the grandeur OF Its mission.
Some considered It an Ingenious arrangement for
plundering the rich for the education OF the children
Of the poor. and others, as a conspiracy on the part
walls OF separation existing between the rich and
the poor. the vulgar and the refined, the plebian aud
the patrlclan classes. One class considered II impOs-
sibIe that Public Schools. foStered by, and to II GER
tain extent under the management OF, the Govern
mcnt could BE- as efficient educators OF youth, as
those conducted by private enterprise; another.
that secular education without II strong admlNturc
OF religious instruction, would leave the pupil TO be
controlled by his Wild and ungoverned passions and
prcparc him for q ~yagabOnd and Goddess life; while
a third class insisted that the people OF the various
religious denominations would never consent TO
have their children instructed In q School which pur-
poSely separated ecclesiastical from literary and SCI
cntlhc studies. But In the older States, experience.
time. an enlarged and cnlarglng spirit OF liberation
| on the part Of the people, coupled with a wise adj
IuStment OF the Public School System TO a common
scntiment-crectinG a platform upon which al. IA;
vOrable TO universal education, might stand anu
tremendously cooperate, without any sacrifice OF
religious or political opinions, We repeat, that these
and other questions prophetic OF the early downfall
" settled In their favor. II Is now generally admit
ted that there Is u system OF morality, accepted by
/ all civilized communities and u common religious
ground. up TO the base Of scctarian differences,
where all can Staud-that these will allow the high
= f tsnSStssauaI TO II" EDUCATING 1TI the mind Of the
| School into u sense Of It's religious aud moral reSpon-
| vcneraton and love Of God, and u kindly feeling for
The disturbing forces of scctarian religion and par
ty politics, find no countenance or support In our
| School System. On this common ground, u truce Is
proclaimed, and liberation establishes It's empire.
The Nevada Public school System.
The Public School System OF the State of Nevada,
was Orgunlzed to furnish the youth of the State the
| facilities for a good substantial, business education.
In a thickly populated County like Storey, they
should possess all the qualifications OF irst-claSs
| Schools, equal to those OF a similar grade and taclll-
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. 10 whom their In
tcrcStS have been committed. to fcliCitatc you upon
their Improvement, and TO earnestly solicit your
cooperation to Increase their usefulness aud TO cX-
| 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 prejudices that formerly existed
against the Public Schools In this county, and which
cOnSpIrcd largely to abridgc their influence. have
gradually diminished, and In many cases disappeared
classes. The people have learned that the Public |
Schools HAYES higher mission and q nobler purpose
than merely TO restrain bad boys from running at
large In the streets; but that. on the contrary, they
are efficient In educating the mind, cultiratlng 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 is
also personally present with them In their out OF
door PLAYS, during receSses and intermlsSiOnS. infus-
Ing into their amusements a decorOus and respect
nl bearing one toward another, cultivating In them
moral feelings, courteous manners and polite lam
| Iuage-a social and moral training almost Us essen
tial TO their well being rs that OF mental culture; that
I'm our public schools pupils Of the same grade have
improved in their studies S rapidly as those who
have been sent out OF the State at large expense,
ont from and beyond the healthful 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 II Is 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 TO be among the
| most efficient. the most thorough, and the best dis
cipllned schools that anywhere exist.
What Our Public Schools Require.
Our Public Schools should command the conf
dence of the public. Your sympathy and cO-Opera-
ton are necessary 10 aid the Board OF Education,
whose lAbOrs In the School Department are entirely
rratuitous, to bring them TO the highest degree OF
public favor. II Is important TO the futurc well
being OF our country to bring them to a higher
standard OF efficiency and usefulness, because but
comparatively few of the youth OF our land can eN-
pect 10 enjoy higher educational advantages than
our Public Schools afford. We have a right to an
TEN which awakened the first educational Impulses
In the minds OF many thousands Of the most Illus
trIOuS names In American history; which inpeued
them TO self culture, and among which may be
| named George Washington, Roger Sherman, BenJa-
nln Franklin, Benjamin West, Nathaniel Bowditch,
| Robert Fulton, Andrew Jackson. Henry Clay, Ste
| phcn A. Douglas, Lewis CaSs. Willard Fillmore, llor
ace Greeley, \. P. Banks, EdLu Burritt and
Abraham Lincoln.
What Our Public School, nre Doing.
Here In Storey county every branch Of an clc-
mentary English education Is as Systematically,
thoroughly and understandingly taught In our Pub
lie Schools as IN any schools IN the american Union.
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. calisthenlc exercises, reading. writing.
arithmetic, geography, grammar, history OF the
and u%IT IISs SiIaJir rs;wins. p6SsioloTy 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,
If the pupils are sufficiently advanced TO require In.
structlOn therein.
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 ttty-One SchOl-
airs. OF this number TWENTY-FIVE were males and
twenty-slN females. Ofthesc twenty-one were mas
tiers and fifteen 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
,,,nptar EnnliSh branches IN nuS4 an examination i
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
OF this State to acquire an English education,
From time to time the Boari OF Education has
added school apparatus to facilitate instruction In
the higher departments and will continue TO increase
dItion OF the School Fund will permit.
Public school Library.
The sum OF 1--we hundred and nfty dollars has been
realized from Public School Exhibitions, which has |
aided over nye hanIrca rS SSiunHsS 81 valuaD,e DSoSs
ment we trust will be followed up by quarterly or |
semi-annual accumulations, till this institution
Important feature In the Public School system In |
this county. We trust you will encourage your |
children to take books from II and to rely upon II Us |
u great source OF instruction and amusement.
No~n-Attendance.
The returns Of the School Census Marshal, in the |
month OF July last past, show that there is a large |
number OF children In this county, between six and |
eighteen years fagc, who do not attend any school. /
This should not be. No community can afford 10
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 lndif- |
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 mlschlevOus rs
with us. The mission Of our Public School system |
Is not to pull down the great and the good toa
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 awaited themselves OF the |
excellent facilities our Public Schools afford, Is an |
imp0rtant and noble work. The undersigned solicit |
YOUR assistance In this department OF labor. The
PublIc Schools should be fully a~ttended-should DO |
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 ana usefulness
can be materially augmented. There are many
things vel 10 be done TO make them what they
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
some school. |
~Irrerulnrity of Attendance.