Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-28
STATE UNIvERSITY-ITS FRO.
0RESS.

fairs Of their State School. ct Eiko. N,
information concerning it has been with
held. nor notwithstanding the iniima
ton Of the Reno Gazette-has an!
proper cisor been spared 10 publish it
workings. But, chickering's aside. y,
may tell .hs story of the school owe
sgain. 10 q few words. It vas opened
October IL. 1874. with . mere handful o
pupils. not more than seven or eight
now, it numbers about thirty. Tn,
Principal knew, Of conrsc, that the in
stituiion nIust continue for severn
years almost entirely local; that -. h.
knew his pupils must be had from tLs
town and county Of Elko. He sircve
however. IN one sense. to make it il
name and IN truth q State school; ht
iabored 30 advance his small class at
rapidly and as thoroughly as possible
in order TO distinguish i, above all Ollie,
ichoo,s in Nevada by rsisiOs it;
intellectual standard. This object.
10 some measure, has been 60.
conp!ished. BS studiously calling on,
The best talent wherever he could find il
in the sphere Of bis operations. The
selection at Ell! tunes being made no,
with reference to what Lad been acquired
by pupils. hu. On the ground Of ability
10 learn. the teacher has been constantly
adding to the number of his school until
it has reached its present number. His
students have been taught less as class
than sepa,a:ely. Each one has besn
allowed AS nearly as possible to follow
the natural bent Of his native inte!li.
gence. In his school. with all earnest.
ness, epecia! talent has been tenderly
fostered and specifically developed. And
j; has been his good fortune. his CON-
fort. in an enterprise prer,a.ureiy under.
taken. it may he, but necessarily under
taken. to find for nucleus score of
the very brightest youthful iuteliects.
Any one, the scholar as we'll as the every
day observspt business man. would have
been pleased with the showing made by
the boys and siils OF the Preparatory
Department. last Friday. We are
credibly informed that in az exhaustive
mathematical test examination. extend.
ing from the beginning Of arithmetic.
through algebra. plane and solid geom-
etry. aud through the discussion Of rigb,
apg'ed trisngles in irigouometrv. the
most important and difficult subjects
were reci;ed upon. without o single
serious failure. The principles
of the construction Of the log.
srithmic table-which every scholar
knows involves many Of the most subtle
and abstruse considerations in elemen-
tsry algebra were thoroughly demon.
strated. Several college graduates who
beard the analysis through complimented
The class en- their proficiency and
In other respects the |
,dvancenens of the school hiss been
lutte as marked though not 50 con-
'picuous. Those who are familiar With
be Internal workings Of a school or col
eye. however, need no better criterion
~ which to judge OF the general stand
nc of requirement than that of mathe-
natica, advancement. We take the ex-
,ressions Of the Elko Independent to be
fair exponent of the estimate in which
he Preparatory Department is held BY
hose nearest it. aud most jealous Of the
lsnper ia which it is conducted. 1t
ays:
The examination at the University
excited good deal of interest
mong the relatives and friends Of the
:udents at that institution, and quite a
lumber Of ladies and gentlemen we're in
tendance during the day. The pro-
cheney displayed in mathematics du-
ing the exercises Of the morning, was q
tribute to the ability Of the
Principal, Mr.. Sessions. as q teacher.
nd is conclusive evidence that he is not
My specially accomplished in that very
important factor 70 an accomplished ed
cation, but also possesses to q very lib
raj extent the faculty Of impsrting what
e has acquired, to others. In the reeita-
ons, and answers to Questions asked
romiscuously. bearing upon subjects
sIa.ing TO all the various branches
,usbt. a thorough appreciation Of the
riucipies upon which the superstruc.
lie of acquired knowledge is founded.
as heal,hfu!ly manifested, showing
rat their attachments were not merely
lperficial, but Of character ut once
.~iing and valuable. The advance {
len, made in the various studies since
,e previous examination was particu-
ll- marked, and the success which has d
tended the unfagging efforts of MIR. L,
essions in establishing the University
pom finn basis as an educational 10. :
tuition, is good cause for cosgratula.
on.