Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-08-21
THE HALLIDAY SYSTEM.
1T WILL BE CONTINUED As AT
PRESENT IN THE SCHOOLS.
Citizens Inquiring OF she School
Board C~oncerninE It's Extension,
Etc.-Answer Of b Board.

ooSE0
Etc.-Answer Of the Board.
There was q meeting OF the Gold Hill
School Board last evening to receive .
committee Of citizens appointed to con-
fer with the Board as to the retention or
extension Of the halliday system in the
lower primary grades OF the public
schools. The committee consisted OF
John Robertson and T. h. Stone.
Mr.. Robertson said that Q meeting OF
the citizens had been called to consider
the halliday system. Many were OPP
posed to Il and would like the Board to
stop 1t. The meeting had adopted o
resolution ~smbodying Its sentiments on
the subject and wished to ascertain the
line Of policy marked out BY the Board
in that respect. Some Of the patrons OF
the school considered that in the last
eight months Of the school. during which
Il had been adopted. they had lost four
months OF schooling. Their children
had been turned into the street
after being deprived Of tho good
and there were subjected to the bad.
Parents thought 1t q hardship also to
send small children . long distance for
80 little schooling. They thought there
had been a falling Of In the progress of
their children under the system. Many
seemed to be Of this opinion and thought
their children better not 60 at all. Suoh
people wanted to tell the Board Of their
opinions and ascertain whether the sys-
tenn had been adopted from necessity or
by choice. .,
Trustee Williams OF the Board said
that II had only been adopted after care
full consideration by the Board. and thsn
only as to the very youngest children In
the schools.
Mr.. Stone thought II Q hardship on
the little ones, and that there ought to
be money enough to give them an ALL
day schooling. he wished. a. Q repre-
sentative OF the meeting OF citizens. to
know il the Board intended to extend or
do away with the system.
Secretary Bennetts said that the Board
had talked the subject over informally
at its meetings aud had in that way al.
| ready given expression to a determine.
ton not to extend 1t at present. The
systsm had been adopted by many. in
fact most OF the leading educators Of the
| day, both East and in California. There
was a necessity existing for running the
| Gold Hill schools at a. little cost 90 pos.
sible, and by adopting this system for
the smallest scholars. two departments
had been done away With, S3OO per
month saved. aud the efficiency Of the
schools retained. The movement was
certainly economical and the Board were
satisfied that the children made just as
good progress in education. As to the
complaint that the children were turned
out into the street to 60 to the bad. that
was not the fault OF the Board. which
could not DO expected to take the place
OF parents and provide nurseries for the
children.
Here some talk wal had about the
High school and the Grammar schools
and the law which required the Board
to run the primaries rather than higher
departments. II there were not means
enough to run all the schools.
Mr.. Williams said that there was one
plain proposition to DO considered by the
| Board and that was whether the schools
should 90 on as heretofore, the lowest
attending hall . day. which he was sat
isfed was Just as we'll for them both
physically and mentally, and the Gram
mar schools be continued, or whether
the small children should DO kept oil
day to their detriment and the larger
scholars turned into tho street.
Mr.. BENEFITS said that now schools
were not conducted a. formerly when Q
little child was called up to 60 over its
letters or to spell little words once or
twice each half day. The teachers
time while the scholar was In school was
given to all the scholars at once and each
was taught the whole time. the exercises
being placed on the blackboard or on
the desk and visibly before the children
and their entire attention chained the
whole time. This gave them more
schooling in half o day now than they
formerly got in q whole dsy-mors men.
tai activity. more discipline.
Mr.. Williams said the sentiment spo-
ken Of by the Committee was not the
sentiment Of q majority in the commu.
nifty, for from observation and expert
encs many were OF the opinion that q
halliday Of such schooling as was now
given to the young and tender minds OF
the children was enough. The duty oil
the Board was to give all children Of
school age the benefits OF schooling, u
that could possibly be done. There
was no place for these larger ones.
They could not 90 into the mines OF
shops. The best place for them was In
the sohool.room and. by adopting the
halt.da System for the little scholars,
the older ones could be kept In school,
Mr.. Stone thought II a child could
not 20 to school before eight years oil
age, there was Q poor show for It to gel
an education.
Here followed much general talk on
what should constitute school age fol
children.
Mr.. Stone thought II the duty OF the
Board to see that the small children had
schooling. That was the sentiment oil
the people he was sent there to repre-
sent.
wiIliams-Do / understand you to
say that the sentiment Of the people Ia
that we shall close the High School and
A Grammar School for the purpose Of
allowing tho lower primary scholars to
attend all day
Stone-Your duty 10 to see that the
small children, at any rate. have the
necessary schooling.
Pitchford-How many families have
you talked with
Stone-Twenty or more. They oil
talked the same way.
Pitchford--How many school children
have we according to our school census
Benpetts-Over 1900.
Pitohford-That would coll for at least
400 families. Now, I have talked will
. large number myself and 1t Is not that