Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-28
Sv?.sfEEEyDENT GEEESLAH's
HEPEY 10 THE APPEAL.
TIE sehoal Question oE;e,, Cor Debate

Gir. Greenlaw. who is fairly entitled: to
his disclaimer, ana who quite earnestly
denies .ke i,l;tst..tion east upon him hy
an Article in yeste:dly's APPEAL, Las
done exactly what we desired si.oU!,: &c
dore. namely, Opened Iie discussion OF
the differences wL:cli exist between the
rival School Authorities III this District.
Ii is unt;eai.5le that the public : cz-
titled to !,row ali tie facts il tie case;
and Justice. all round, demands thai I'll
parties 70 these differences Should lave
:, hearing. hir GceeIslaw denies that
the Tribune Is his organ, and Gizaia.,2s
any cor2ectio, with The article which
appeared IL Thursday evening" Issue Of
that paper. b The terms OF the Az
PEaLs criticism lie i entitled % the con-
fsss;on or or part Of having acted upon
q w.ons impression AMI ti.y,=ei';: to have
done him IN injustice. s. much tor the
cas- Of IL. Ggeal;aw Is. tie A-7EAI.
How in regard 10 t:.aso differences Of
.Y;n.5: azd diversity q aims between
r.. G.,ss.le~ and n. HIVE W have
only 20 say th=t ws tEu=t LEY nay Il
faIlv ventilated. l. their slis.;iyn is
the only hope q their adjustment, The
only pant We are Wiling - take IL -
PREMISES IS that q an Impartial lae,-..;s:-.
for placing the facts before III
public in o7tler thai hey may decide.
for Themselves. which Of lis two
IS lielst, CT Il each IS sou.cyl.-.t Il error,
whore the co1pro1ise sl2.,.i te I...de-
o. course We speak OF 1Ir. Howe rs the
REPRESENTATIVE nan Of that side Of the
case upon which he and the Trustees are
;,rravstl. We understand that II HoTe
is sustained by the Trustees. We think
the propli.ty of our advice 10 d.. COZ
ton and Mr.. Lovejoy not to resign VIII
be apparent, in view OF tbs issue. They
are under Z moral Obligation TO stand By
their co,ors until the public can know
enough OF these differences to form al
opinion concerning the merits Of the
same. The Tribune has placed them On
trial, SIS il were, and to resign il the
face cs its detracti0Es would be to ack-
noyledge their justice.
And here it is pertinent TO say that
ore Of tie most inexcusabie weaknesses
Of the present school system Is. the d.
viied authority. or rather, the divided
right to NEEDLE in the management Ct
tie schools, conferred upon County ST.
pecintendeEts sDd Boards Of Trustees.
Either the Office Of County Surerin.cnd-
ert should he abolished or the School
Boards should be done away with. There
is always q conflict of opinion and aU-
thority between the iEcUmbe2ts Of the
Superintendency and the Board. Once
we went to such al extreme Of folly IL
this District as to make the Principal
OF the school the County Supe.intenG-
eut. II the Board had happened to resign,
he (B. T. BiyiEs was Tie mani could.
If ne had chosen TO do, have embodied
within himself all the various functions
Of Superintendent, Board Of Trustees and
ScEool,..as:er. A. 1t Was. he audited
his oTn and his sub-teaclers accounts.
tThis is merely incidental, of course:
Int II shows what might be done under
tie present system.l
We trust TO see the School law amend
cd al the next session OF tie Legislature.
We believe (and experience warrants tine
orinicn} that the Office Of School Super
i.teut,e1.t Is C. needless one, and 10; only
thai, but . positive obstruction in the
machinery. 1. makes one too man!
cooks. OF coarse, this IS no reflection
upon lr- Greeniaw- We suppose he Is
quite rs useful, Or as harmless, rs any
body would La IL the ofice he nov
holds. But ii IS good rule il goyeIn-
,nert as well IS i'll mechanics, that lile
simpler the machinery, the better.
The terms of this article axe to be I'M
ders,ocd as inviting fall showing Of