Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-10-16
ADDRESS 10 PARENTS.
ADDRESS TO
To Parents, and those AaUing charge
Of Children IN Storey County:

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To Parents, and those haCing charge
Of Children IN Storey County:
The Fall Term Of the Public schools In this Coun-
" VIII commence on Monday, september Sd, ls6S
The Public school system,
The Public School system In the United States. by
Its broad and comprehensive range OF studies, from
the lowest Primary Schoolt 10 the Free Academy; BY
fortune or condition, organized and supported 6y
OF law, yet under the control and manAge-
ment OF the people, Is essentially an American In-
~Stitution. lit the legitimate offspring OF our derl-
ocrGtie system OF Government Besotten by our
necessities Il Is admirably adapted 10 minister 70
our peculiar wants.
Something about the History OF Public
schools.
Tho history Of the Public School System shows
that 1t has not always been characterized By that
perfection OF system and harmony OF 9rrangement
degrees that tho most beuencent systems are bronShi
TO the highest degree Of perfection Long and se,
we're were the struEgles OF THIS System ior ne an
growth and popular favor. Its cay eXstense Wa
feeble. IL awakened strong preJudleeS, mostly rom
q misconceptlon OF It's true character, Anu uoui an
Inability 70 comprehend the Erandeur OF US nission-
some Considered IL an ingenious Arrangement FOR
plundertng the rich for the education OF the eauuIen
Of the poor, and others. asa sSasPTJi eSU ne s6siai
walls OF separation existing between the reh and
the poor, the vulgar and the renSe1, Ine pTT Z, ana nSna
slble that Public schools, tostcred by, and 70 GER
tain extent under the management OF, the 9oyern-
ment could be Is efficient educators OF youth, As
those conducted by private enterprise; another.
that secular education without 4 Strong admlNtuTo
Of religious instruction, would leave the pupil 10 De
controlled by his Wild and ungoverned passions anu
prepare him for a vagabond and Goddess life; while
Athird class insisted that the people OF the various
religious denominations would never consent 10
nave their Children instructed a In a school which pur-
poSely separated ecclesiastical nom literary and SCI
entlhe studies. But In the older states, experience,
IT,. -. .,1.w-aN aAN aplar4vNHw anlrIf ~ fntaraNNnn
on Ire part OF the people, coupled with a wise adj
lustment Of the Public School system TO a common
Sentiment-ereeting a platform upon which al, Ia
yOrable TO universal education, might stand anu
tremendously cooperate, without any acrinee OF
religious or political opinions, We repeat, that these
and other questions prophets Of the early DOWNFALL
" settled In their favor. II Is now senerally admit
ted that there Is a system OF morality, accepted oy
ground. up 10 the base OF ~Sectarian dlnerenees,
Wnere ali can stand-that these viii allow the hkh-
est RELIGIOUS truths, and me aeIinesI mTra NY ~ no
school Into q sense Of Its religious aud moral respOn-
dollitles, and OF Inspiring It's pupils with a respect,
Seneration and love OF God anu khaS 'eeuhs ''
me disiTTSlns forces Of s~ectarian religion and par
~ politics, and no eountenAnee or support In our
School system. On this common ground, q truce Is
proclaimed. aud liberation establishes Its empire.
The Nevada Public school system.
The Public School System Of the State OF Nevada,
was organized % Furnish the youth OF the state the
ClAlkA W. q HSNN
In q thlckly populated County IKE storey, they
should posses al the Suaaasations o. arstellSs
schools equal to those Of 4 similar grade and mcll-
ties. existing in any part OF the Country.
Your Cooperation Invited.
The great success tina, has attended the Public
schools In the county for the past nteen months.
has encouraged the undersigned, 70 whom their IN
their improvement. and TO earnestly solicit your
cooperation to increase their usefulness and TO eN-
tendthelr influence. that they may more mlly sub
serve the noble purposes Of their organization.
Importance of Our Public schools.
The undersISned are happy to be able TO state that
very many Of the preJudtces that Formerly existed
AGAINST the PuoLle Schools In this county, and which
conspired largely 20 abTige their induencr. have
sraluAIiy diminished, ami Dnlany casrSdiAppearci
Altogether. They are now sIia u pI'runiEsi BY all
SCHOOLS have higher mission AMI ID IuJ,eC purpose
than merely TO restrain BAD BOYS uOm running at
larse In the streets; but that. Oa the contrary, they
are eiiclent In educating the mind, enlilVatinst the
habits and tastes Of the pupils that the teacher not
only drills them efneieptly and sueceSStnUy In, the
various branches OF education, but that ne or she l.
also personally present with them In their out OF
door plays, during reeeSscs and lutermiSSlonS, MUS
ing into their amnsements a deeoL9aS and respect
guaSe-A social and moral training almost As essen.
tiAlto their well being asthat OF mental culture; that
IN oEr public schools pupils OF the same grade have
Improved IN their studies Is rapidly A. those who
have been sent cut q the STATE a. ArSs expense;
parents and home. Those who have taken the
trouble TO examine the system or education adopted
by the Storey County School Department, have
learned thai Il Is similar TO that employed In BoS-
ton, Chicago, San Francisco and other large towns
where The Public schools have broken 70 ndSTH al ~
most efficient, the most thorough. and the best dis
Ciplined schools that anywhere exist
What Our Public schools Require.
Our Pablo Schools should command the eona-
lenee Of Inc public. Your sympathy and eo-opera-
ton are necessary TO aid the Board Of Education,
whose lAbors In the School Department are entirely
public favor. II Is important 10 the future well
belng OF our country to bring them 70 q higher
comparatively few Of the youth OF our land can eN-
pect 70 enjoy higher educational advantages than
our Public schools anord We have q usht 70 an
tenn which awakened the DIST educational impulses
in the minds OF many thousands OF the most Illus
them 20 self culture, and among which may be
uamed George Washington, Roger sherman. BenJa-
ain Franklin, Benjamin West, Nathaniel Bowdlteh,
Robert Fulton. Andrew Jackson. Henry Clay. ste
phen A. Douglas. Lewis Cas-. Willard lllmore Hor-
ace Greeley. n: P. Banks. Ethu Burrttt and
What Our Public schools are Doing.
Here In Storey county every branch Of an ele-
mentAry English education Is as systematically,
thoroughly and understandingly taught In our Pub
lie schools as In any schools In the American Union.
me great drawback Is this: that our limited popu-
lAtson does not permit OF an enlarged system OF
go \, ,Ss primSry schools s@DeIiins. vocal caitare,
vocal music, cAliSIhenlc exercises, reading. writing,
arithmetic. geography. grammar. history OF the
and Ineai drawing, physiology and hygiene. In the
Grammar Schools are added to the foregoing studies
book keeping. algebra. geometry, chemistry. natural
history and perspective drawing. and also astronomy,
II the pupils are sufficiently ADVANCED to require In
Grammar school.
Tie monthly report Of the Teacher OF the Gram
mar School, located IN the Third Ward In Virginia,
FOR the month OF July last, returns rfty-one Schol-
ans. OF this number tEenty-dye were males and
twenty-SIx females. Othese twenty-one were mas
tiers and nfteen 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
English branches 10 pass an examination
therein, as prescribed by the Board OF Education.
Application can be made either 10 the Superintend-
rGt, or 20 either OF the undersigned. or 70 the
Of the GrAmu1r School. This
made that persons unacguAlnted with the facilities
which the Public Schools afford may be informed
that there Il no necessity. on account OF deficient
school opportunities, for SENDING, thelr children out
Of this State 70 acquire an English education.
From time TO time the Board Of Education has
added school apparatus TO facilitate Instruction In
the higher departments. and VIII continue 70 Increase
this Important assistant 20 the teacher. a the con-
dillon Of the school Fund will permit.
Public school Library.
The sum Of ave hundred and fity dollars has been
realized from Public school Exhibitions, which has
ADDED over nve hundred volumes OF valuable books
70 the School Library. This auSplciouS commence
semlAnnual accumulattons, I'LL this institution
shall swell into proportions that Will render 10 an
Important feature In the Public School system In
children 70 take books nom Il and 10 rely upon IL as
= great source ofinStruetlon and amusement.
N~on-Attendnnce.
The returns OF tho School Census Marshal, In the
month OF July last past, show that there u q large
nn,nosr 2. ennSIsn IA tsls county, between six and
This should not DO. No community can aford 10