Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-02-20
SCHOOL sHHPRRINFRNDBNrs REPORT.
ANNUAL RRRORT
Ofihe ,8tsrey Ceanty Superintendent
OF Public Instruction.
A. +. Waite, Superintendent Of Public In.
strueffon for III, STATE of Nerdda

Oftiho ,stsrey Ceanty Superintendent
OF Public Instruction.
Hon. A. F. Waite, Superintendent Of Public In.
s~trnetion for The State Of Nerdda:
DEAN Sn;y Ny statistical reports afford you all
the Information In regard TO the receipts and dis
S SSrsem IsINSs o. school THSSaoG mG ,Rs nm N 1at ~ s com " t lSe
hands Of tho County Treasurer, the names OF the
teachers employed, the number OF schools, and the
number OF pupils attending the same, average at.
School Marshal, School Trustees, Teachers. and
such general Information as the School Law requires:
Perhaps 0 few words, by way. OF explanations ana
suggestion, In this connection, may not DO out Of
The School Law. approved March 20. 1865. repealed
the special school law OF November, 1862. which ex;
empted Storey county from the school law approved
November, 1861, under which the Storey county
Board OF Education was organized, and worked with
great efficiency for nearly three years. This change
abolished the old Board Of Education and brought
our schools under the provisions or the new law,
which was poorly adapted to meet the wants OF this
small but comparatively thickly populated county.
supervision on the 9Th day or Nay. last pest. I
found the county, which formerly consisted 6f but
who. BY a decision Of the Supreme Court, held the
ONCE OF County Superintendent without legal al'
thority-into four School Districts, two or which,
from . paucity Of population, could not MAINTAIN ~ sn Y =
the funds, distributed by the State Board OF Educa-
ton. without ~resortlng TO district taxation; though
one Of these districts embraced the extensive he
pany, and seven or eight Quartz Mills-haying on
amount OF taxable property. the school fund ffom
which. II expended In that district, would literally
sidering so much Of the action Of my predecessor as
illegal. thnt divided the county into four districts. l
restored the same TO one School District, with q view
Of making the schools more efficient. by bringing
School Trustees for Storey School District, Messrs.
Louis Feusier, D. O.. Addison and 8. II. Robinson.
energy Of character. business capacity, and devotion
70 the interest and prosperity OF popular education.
These gentlemen addressed themselves at once to
ing, ventiisting and furnishing those school houses,
which were constructed or fitted temporary for
School purposes In 1862 and 1868, with the idea that
they would soon be displaced by m9Te eommodious
ments were attended with considerable expense, hut
were indispensably necessary. Their labOrs have
been ardpous. They havo already accomplished
very much, but much more remains TO be accom-
pllshed. The result is. the Board Of Education has
now eleven school rooms, which arc comfortable.
neat, spacious, well lighted and well ventilated, and and
probably serve a good purpose for a few years in the
future. These houses have yard room, which, In
this city. are fenced In and covered In part, by sheds
own all these school houses with the exception OF
two Two OF these arr well constructed, hard nnish-
ed buildings. The school furniture consists Of two
hundred and ten chairs and single mahogany desks,
for the accommodation OF the more advanced pupils.
The balance or the school rooms In the county are
furnished with neat and convenient desks, by which
the smallest pupils have comfortable seats. and by
means Of which can use their states without incon-
v~enlence. It is safe to affirm that there are not on
the Pacific coast, San Francisco not excepted. more
comfortably furnished rooms than those OF Storey
county. The corps Of teachers employed will com
pare favorably with any In other cities. Under their
administration the schools are rapidly rising In pub
Is diminishing, the schools have increased about IS
per cent, and are rapidly augmenting In numbers.
Two new schools have been organized, and l am
healthy and nourlshing condition. The Board Of
Education employ a singing master, who deHOtes
himself entirely to the work OF instructing the pupils
influence upon the scholars has been OF q s~oftening
and subduing character. This enterprise thus far
has worked eharmingly:
by the Board OF County Commissioners ut Is cents
on each 500 Of surface taxable property IN the coun'
ty-a tax hardly equal to the wants OF this depart
mcnt, but with economy and no serious drawbacks
We shall probably be able TO maintain the schools In
the county through the year. a''-
SCHOOL LIBRARIES. -.
H District School Libraries constitute one OF the
most efficient auxlllaries 10 our Public SCHOOLS 5tnal
selected and Judlciously managed, can not be easily
over stlmated. There are books admirably adapt
mind, nch in Information, mOraiiesons andSelIgious
instruction, untainted with sectarian bias. Wher
ever these libraries have been successfully estab
lished they have awakened and cultivated a spirit
for reading, and have essentially modified the char
acter OF those DISTRICTS for good. II the legislature
would offer the Trustees OF each School District a
and eighteen wears, on the condition that private
donations In cash should double that sum, and TO be
added thereto. I feel confident thatln less than one
reading matter for the little folks In every prominent
School District In the State, insurlng pleasure aud
profit to the pupils. and q rich reward, particularly
In the future, 10 the public. One thousand dollars
...na,Aa In thla may hr tho State would nfONlCC
results Of great moment f1 ..HrIs O.
VACCINATION.
II Is very important for the continued prosperity
Of our Public Schools. especially In towns and cities,
that all the pupils should be yaccinated. Experience
has demonstrated that there are many parents, and
guardians, abundantly able to bear the small ex'
pensc OF vaccination. whO prefer their children
should remain at home than TO conform to the rules
OF the Board. To Danish children nom school on
account SS g Rssss sSGI, H Sy.,C% Is S contrary n 20 iss Sc bo,s
to the pupil and the public. and should not be toler
ated. In such cases II certainly seems Just that the
school authorities should be invested with the power
10 have such children vacclnated. at the dellnquents
expense, amer - days notice by the Clerk OF thC
Board OF School Trustees for the district. =,
There are children OF indigent parents ~ho shonld
be vaccinAted at the public expense. ln.these case:
the county should bear the burden. as II y for thC
interest Of the county that both children and adults
should be qualified to successfully resist the loath'
some disease OF small pOx. .- 81 .FIa-s.i y -
aa. MONO, INDIAN AND AoSGoLIAS CHILDREN. :,
Some law more effclent than now exists. should
6S1 i5a " Sss 10 sec fTsI sGae AMI Man nSslIsss 20 4 tn se Sert
penalty Is attached to any district that Will admit
children Of any OF the prescribed races into the Pub
lie Schools o fthis State-denying any School District
even by q unanimous vote Of It's citizens, the right
to admit one OF these uniortunAtcs, Tho California
School Law, or which ours In It's principal features,
is q transcript, has been. ! believe, 40 far modified,
TO meet the advancing spirit Of the age, as to repeal
The report Of the School Census Marshal returns
seven negro, thirteen Indian and fifteen monaghan
cbIldrap In thls rOunfy hntWoCu six and pluhtapn
years OF age. The Board or Education have cNpend'
ed much, both OF time and earnest labor, TO organize
q Public School for their benefit; but there are mu'
tuai prejudices existing OF one race against another,
almost, II not quito, as strong as that OF thn superior
race, which bolts the doors Of educational halls
against them all; but thus far, nave SS ISSn unable 6Ied %
greater outlay Of money than tho occasion, 10 their
Judgment, seemed to justify. From the organization
Of the Territory TO the present time the properly o.
the negro has been taxed for the support OF Public
Schools. The Assessors books. for 1853 show That
the taxable property OF the eolorcd peopleo Of vtrstnia
City. for that year. sm mount, ,a 70 ~ me fs son \ 9n ar onc
per cent. was paid into the County school Fund,
This Is gross outrage upon q helpless ciaSS-our
sci us to terminate or modify this system OF wrong.
IMPORTANCE. OF EDUCATION.
The genius OF our Institutions rests upon the pop
var ,,t VIII Ta Sn Ess x ! a iss,sS q q sp sSs %pt sSaeSti Sah
The Public School system, as now underst9od-
which holds the State responsible TO Furnish edhca-
NonRl facilities 10 all the cnuuren oI tnc Statcsluc-
spectlve Of condition or class-is emphaticany an
American system. II Is Tho. hope, and should be
the pride, OF our country. II the State IA morally
bound 10 afford these facilities for the children. then
certainly the children are under oolgation 70 me
State 70 avail themselves Of these INVALUABLE faeill.
ties. Rights and duties arc CO relative. The public
cannot afford TO allow any class to remain IN lgno-
rance OF letters, Ignorance Is the natural enemy 10
society. II generates and carries witt. II an I'M
healthy and contagious atmosphere. vastly more In
furious TO society, and more to be. dreaded than
those loathsome and infectious diseases, which
are so strongly guarded against, by all governments,
by q perfect system Utmost stringent sanitary regu-
The School Department is the most important In
its conservative influence OF hny branch ofthe 6tate
Goyernment-pot in cure, but In prevention, The
power OF the State for all the purpose OF good aug.
composing IL. IN the train OF ignorance follow dis.
ease, poverty and crime. The records Of our criminal
Courts testify against ignorance with an elo1uenee
aud logic that should not pass unheeded. Wisdom,
THO gchooimsster acknowledgements destroys.
ills vastly more economical for the State 70 main.
tain schools and schoolmasters than criminal Courts
and criminal onioers-to construct SCHOOL, Academy
and University buildings, than prisons, penltentia-
.ries and gib6ets. As the morning dew, disappears
before the warm and genial rays OF the ascending
snn, 30 recedes Grim with its necessary appliances
In those communities vitaliEed with q comprehen.
nuences. The recent rebeilion-+the greatest war OF
the centuries-that peopled nearly q million or pre-
mature, graves, and consumed the earnings 81 the
present and past generations, and mortgaged the
labor OF generations u~no0rn-would probably not
have occurred had the worth and Importance otthe
schoolmAster been better understood and apprecia-
ted, and his presence and influence been invoked In
every part OF our Federal Union. How forcioly, In
this connection, Is illustrated the truth Of the pro-
verb. that Prevention Is better than cure = These
great truths should inspire US 10 cherish our Public
Schools rs the life and hope Of the State, and our