Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-09-12
ADDRESS TO PARENTS.
ADDRE TO
To Parents, and those haring charge
of Children in STOREY County:

The Fall Term OF the Public Schools in this Coan'
~ win on Monday, September Sd i'"'
ut 10 O'Clock 4. N.
The Public school System.
The Public School system In the Unlten SLa.V nom
Its broad and comprehensive range OF uaIenv. by
the lowest Primary School TO the fIes ~ or ycnt
Its opened doors to all classes, Resources hv;
fortune or condition, organized anu supPui.Tun
,nthorIty Of law vel under the control anu lhaIaSe-
ment OF the people, Is esSenliaiy ~ nT onr dem
%stItutlon. II Is the legitimate orsPpinS ~ y hv mr.
o,r,tIc system of Government. Begotteh ps ouI
necessities IL Is admirably adapted 10 hiin's'e' W
our peculiar wants.
Something about tne tor'
., u =, Tho Public School System shows
thai n has not always been characterzeu oy that
n,ricction of system and harmony Oh AIrahsenlcht
that marks It's present moSsunS y.,cms sc bronrSt
~ the highest degree Of perfection. Long anu sc.
YER. werc the struggles Of this system LOT NE anu
sssshie II awakened strong prejudlces, mostly rom
a mIscouceptlOn OF Its true Character anu lIoni an
inability TO comprehend the grandeur OF is mission:
SSme considered Il. an ingenious arrangement Tor
niundering the rich for the education OF the cnliurcn
! 81 thr poor, and others, a. a conspiracy on the part
OF political demaSoSGes;; ,I 10 S SrtSS : me ric SU and
| the poor, the vulgar and the reIiped. the pieDlan aud
| The uatrIcian classes. One class consluereu IL impos-
lain an eNtent under the management Of, the Govern
| ment could be as efficient educators OF youth, as
those conducted by private enterpIlsc, aIo.nvI,
OF religious Instruction, would leave the pupil To be
controlled BY his wild and ungoyerned passions and
| prepare him for a ~vagabond and Goddess uie; while
a thirl class insisted that the people OF the various
religious denominations would never consent 10
have their children instructed IN Schooi winch pur-
uoSaly separated ecclesiastical from literary ana SCI
| entiIic studies. But In the older States, experience,
| time, an enlarged and charging spirlt0 OF lofta'ioh
| on the part OF the people, coupled Win WIS., hu,
justmcnt OF the Public School System TO a conin9h
scntiment-erectinS a platform upon which al, Ia,
| vora6Ie TO universal education, might stand anu
tremendously cooperate, without any SaSrihss Oh
| religious or political opinions, We repeat, that These
| and other questions prophetic OF the early dowhlal
| of the Public School system, have been triumphant
~ settled in their favor. IL i now EeneralS aan ~
| all civilized communities anu a common reISlous
| ground, up to the base OF sectarian dl1erenees,
| where all can stand-that these VIII allow the nigh
| est religious truths, aud the suOlimcst morality 10
be taught-eQual TO educating the mind oil the
School Into a sense OF It's religious anu moral respon'
sibilItles, and Of inspiring It's pupils. with a respect,
veneration and love OF uod, aud a kindly ieehnS Tor
all mankind.
" politics, ind 10 countenance or support In our
School System. On this common ground. q truceis
proclaimed. and liberation establishes Its empire.
The Nevndu Public school System.
The Public School System OF the State Of Nevada,
| was organized TO furnish the youth OF the State the
facilities for a good substantial, business education.
In u thicEly populated County Ike storey. they
should possess all the qualifications OF ~tirst-class
Schools, equal to those OF II similar grade and iacili.
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 iiiteen months,
has encouraged the undersigned. TO whom their In
tereStS have been committed, TO ~iellcitate you upon
their improvement. anu TO earnestly solicit your
| cooperation to increase their usefulness and 10 eN-
| 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
against the Public Schools In this county. and which
ConSpired largely TO abrdge their influence. have
gradually diminished. and IN many cases dlsapPeared
classes. The people have learned that the Public
Schools havea higher mission and a nobler purpose
than merely TO restrain bad boys nom running at
large in the streets; but that. on the contrary, they
are efficient In educating the mind, cultivating the
habits and tastes OF The pupils; that the teacher not
| various branches OF education. but that he or she Is
also personally present with them In their out OF
door plays, during rcceSses and interniSsionS. mus
Ing into their amuScmems a decorous and respect
ful bearing one toward another, cultiNating In them
| moral feelings. courteous manners and polite Ian.
guage-a social and moral training almost aS essen
tLal 10 their well being rs that OF mental culture; that
In our public schools pupils of the same grade have
Improved In their studies as rapidly as those who
| have been sent out OF the State nj large expense,
out 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 i similar to 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 10 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 comb.
| dence Of the public. Your sympathy and cO-opera-
| ton are necessary to aid the Board OF Education.
| SratuitOus, to bring them to the highest degree Of
public favor. II Is important TO the future well
Standard nj OF our ca SiSIe e and no T asSial f"s. Because sS IS but
comparatively few OF the youth OF our land can cX-
pect to enjoy higher educational advantages than
our Public Schools afford. We have a right TO all
,IcIpatc great things In the future for that school sys-
tenn which awakened the irst educational impulses
in the minds Of many thousands OF the most Illus.
| trlous names in American history; which impelled
them 10 self culture, and among which may be
named George washinSton. Roger sherman. Benla-
Robert Fulton. Andrew Jackson. Henry Clay. Ste
| phen A. Douglas. Lewis CaSs. Willard Fillmore. lIor-
ace Greeley. \. p. Banks. Elhu Durritt and
Abraham Lincoln.
whnt Our Public schools IRE Doing.
Here In Storey county every branch OF an cle-
mentary English education IL as Systematically,
thoroughly and underStandinGly taught In our Pub
lie Schools as In any schools In the American Union.
The great drawback Is this: that our limited popu-
lation does not permit OF an enlarged system OF
grading the schools; INC range OF studies en-
vocal music, calisthenic exercises, reading. writing,
arithmetic, geography. grammar, history Of the
United States, elements OF natural philosophy, map
and lIneal drawing, physiology and hygiene. In the
Grammar Schools are added to the foregoing studies
book keeping. algebra, geometry. chemistry. natural
history and perspectivedrawing and also astronomy,
II the pupils are sufficiently advanced to require In
structiOn 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 ~fifty-one schol-
ars. or this number TWENTY-FIVE were males and
twcnty-SiN females. Ofthesc twcnty-one were mas
tiers and fntcen 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
| alanantary English branches TO DlSH an examination
therein, a. prescribed by the Board Of Education.
Application can be made either TO the Superintend-
ent, or to either OF the undersigned, or TO the
Teacher OF the Grammar School. This statements
made that persons unaequainted 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 Board OF Education has
| added school apparatus TO facilitate instruction In
| the higher departments. and will continue 10 increase
this important assistant to the teacher. as the con-
dition OF the School Fund Will permit.
Public School Library.
The sum OF 1--WE hundred and fifty dollars has been
realized from Public School Exhibitions. which has
added over nye hundred volumes OF valuable books
to the School Library. This suspicious commence
mcnt We trust viii be followed up by quarterly or
semiannual accumulations. till this institution
i Sn@s6 i%sI' f ,n,T p'T n tbS Pubic lSSs s SiH 5SG sTsfe N In N
this county. We trust you will encourage your
children TO take books from II and to rely upon Il Us
a great source OF INSTRUCTION and amusement.
NOU-AttcuuuuCcs
The returns Of the School Census Marshal, In the
month OF July last past. show that there Is q large
number OF children In this county. between six and
eighteen years ofage, who do not attend any school.
This should not be. No community can afford TO
have Its youth grow up In Its midst In ignorance.
our institutions spring from-arem moulded and gov. |
crned by the people. and will be good. bad or lndif-
ferent according 10 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 mlschievous rs
with us. The mission Of our Public School system
Il not 10 pull down the great and the good 10 q
lower standard OF excellence, but to elevate the |
favorable consideration OF those families In the
county which have not awaited themselves OF the
excellent facilities our Public Schools afford. Is an
important and noble work. The undersigned solicit |
your assistance In this department Of labor. The |
Public Schools should be fully attended-should be
made 10 return to the public. in intellectual and
moral culture, the full worth for the money, caro-
and labor expended in their behalf. There must be
an awakening on the part ~ the public In educa-
can be materially augmented. There arc many |
things vet to be done 10 make them what they |
should be. There should DO 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.
Tho School Registers OF the several Schools In
this county for the past school year, disclose
the melancholy fact that q very large NUMBER OF
children, who have been permanent residents N the
county, have been exceedingly Irregular In their
attendance, Some have been absent thrcc-iourths,
many one-half, and large number one-9uarter oitne