Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-01
A CARD.

OWING TO AN uNGENER0Us AND UN.
" provoked assault upon our Principal, @
8. YOUNG. for the alleged misconduct. Of send.
ing East for . teacher to supply the place Of
Miss salkeld. resigned. which we believe has
been made from . misspprshensi n Of the facts
In the case. We desire to make the following
statement
Principal Young did not send East nor any.
where else Tor . teacher. - no had ne authority
20 to do. He did not even axe . suggestion 10
that effect: and when the suggestion was made
he counseled against 10, u IL could possibly be
avoided. his desire being merely TO secure the
services Of some competent and experienced
person to NIL the vacancy.
Ne has never secured . personsl friend .
position In our schools, nor has he tried to
do 60.
lie has NO voice In the Board. ard In no pos.
sible way can he b held responsible for its &C.
ton.
From one Of our own Board. q native Of the
same town. and from our W private CORR.
spondencr. We became thoroughly acquainted
with Mr.. Young's record as . scholar and
teacher before be came to Nevada. and we will
take this occasion 10 say that We have hsd 30
far no reason TO regret that We have employed
him.
After maxim, q critical canvass Of the compe.
tency and availability Of all persons holding
rrrt-grade certificates In this county. we In
structed Principal Young to correspond with
educators IN different parts Of ths country whom
he believes bad any krowledse oi competent
persons dssirous Of tee hine. aud " rsvor: TO
the Bosrl Of their ne,t f,gu ar NEE Ing
Neither Principal Young .,r the bO,ri has
Oh va ANY unfavorsb,s di.criminaiiun 'giinst
t..s u oiouxhiy Quslihe, trs hers VI tLis coun.
q: on the contrary. v . arc doing What We be.
lievs NO other public school On The Pacific
coast Is doing. We are giving thoes OF the
senior class who desire to ADOPT the profession
ton OF their time to the visiting Of the various
rooms for the purpose Of familiarixiDg them.
selves with the ways and methods OF teaching;
and IL has been arranged that. amer the April
vacation. each one OF them will DO required TO
take charge OF some one clsss one hour each
day. under the direction Of the Principal and
regular teacher. The purpose OF this normal
training 10 to qualify them to ennciently I'LL po-
sitions In our public schools. However. we
promise mons positions who do not show them.
selves equally Efficient with those who can be
procured elsewhere fJr the sane slary. Our
theory is that the pr yer intrii~c usl training
OF the children under our charge u dsArcr to
TO the parents than the pscaniAry interests Of
Any individual Including our ne election 10 Q1gcs.
We believe that unjustinaois As,au, > apon the
character AMI c,mpetency Of teacLers, basei
upon mere r-mo- and Anonymous newspaper
articles are Detrimental to the beet interests OF
our schools;.but we invite Intelligent criticisms
upon our teachers and upon the manner u con.
Quoting our schools. aud to thst end We invite
NJ and all Who have al unsslnsh interest In
the education OF our Children. To meet with Us
II any Of our re7ulsr OF spscisl meetings.
RICHARD MEkCkR.
EVAN WILLIAMS, lrr,.
ALBERT L'CAEY, ~
JOHN o. BkSNhTr5.
Gold Hill. March ~, 1850. 20