Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-15


Teachers Favor . state Axsm'
isisg Beard.
At 10 A. N. today the Teacher Insti-
tuts OF Storey county met at the Fourth
Ward School-houss. Virginia.
There appeared to be NO well disestsd
work laid ont for the Institute and In.
quiry turned toward action By the COM
mi,tss previously appointed on amend.
msnts to the school Law Of the State.
This committee consists Of Professors
willis, Young and Davis. Mrs. swift
and Misses Csshion. Hurley and Lynch.
The committee had had no meeting.
When Professor Young was notified Of
bis appointment he was said to have
sent word that with State Supsrintsnd-
.ut Sessions hs Was working to attain
the desired object. It was proposed to
vait the introduction OF the Sessions
Young bill and that Superintendent
Booher, a. Chairman OF the Institute,
then call an evening meeting to discuss
it, provisions. .
Professor Willis said he had talked
With members Of the Storey county
Legislative delegation. and they were
disposed to awe great weight to the
voice Of the Institute.
Professor Bray OF Dayton said he had
thought the subject over somewhat and
had drawn up some provisions In regard
to Q State Examining Board. he was
requested to present them.
Following are some Of the points Gov.
cred by the bill OF Professor Bray:
SrcrIoS /. The State Board Of Educa-
ton Governor. State Superintendent
and Surveyor Genersl) to be authorized
to issue arst and second grade esrtia.
Gates good 10 any county In the State.
Src. q. Sessions Of the State Examin.
inR Board to bs held In January and
July OF each year. Tor examination OF
applicants for CERTIFICATES.
SEC 8. On satisfactory examination Of
applicants in readina.' writing. srithms-
TIC, photography, grammar. geography.
United States history. bookkeeping, ai.
e-brs, geometry. natural philosophy and
Constitution Of The United States and Of
the State Of N-vsds. dfst grade osrtih.
Gates to be issued to persons OF good
moral character and good for I've yrars.
| Such certificates the Board should also
DO authorized to Issue. without sxsmlna-
ton, on Arst grade certificates Issued BY
any other State.
SEQ. 4. Persons successfully engaged
10 teaching for four years. under above
certificates. to be entitled to life esriih-
oates.
SEC. s. Second grade certificates to DO
Issued on Satisfactory examination In
reading. writing. arithmetic. orthogra.
ply, grammar. geography. book keep
ing, history, Constitution Of United
States and State Of Nevada, also good
for Ave years.
SEC. &. Frat grade certificates to DO
good for teaching any erad-; second
grade good for unelsssiasd schools and
primary grades.
SEC. z. Cancellation Of certificates for
gross inmorality, gross educational In.
competency and gross misgovsrnusnt
Src. 8. Notices OF time and place OF
holding EXAMINATIONS to DO Published In
some one paper In the State at least for
three weeks ; expense to be drawn from
General School Fund OF State; provided.
all expenses Of examination not 10 OF.
coed $3.50 per year.
Src.9 Repeating clause.
Snc. 10. Law to take eject after pas.
sage and approval. :,
The institute agreed TO take the bill
up by sections With . view oil altering.
amending. substituting or approving
their provisions. ,,.
The discussion was participated 10 BY
several. Il was said that ths Legislature
would not pass the bill unless Its pro-
visions we're economical Of expenditures.
Professor Willis thought the exsmina.
tons should be such a. to b crsditsbls
to the State and beneficial to the schools.
Hs suggested that perhaps IL would be
better to make the Examining Board to
consist Of the State Superintendent. the
Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court and
Principal Of the State Institute.
Professor Baker thought the Board
should bs made up Of the State Supsrin.
tend.nt % Chairman, and that be should
select two tssohers from the State to
constitute the ether members.
The objections urged to this were
solely on the ground Of expenditures. -
thereby extra costs would DO incurred.
F. n. HIfsk-r. E.q., Of the Storey
County Examining Board, said In the
absence Of the Governor. or In case Of
his death, the Lieutenant Governor
would DO Acting Governor. The bill
would Impose on him additional DUTIES
suoh % Lieutenant Governors are not
always qualified to discharge. Even
Governors Of Nevada had not always
been competent Il assist In conducting
~tsaehers' examination. Their smbi-
ton usually pointed In another direc-
lion and was political rather than sdu'
~oaiisnal. They had even been kn:wn
to employ Q grammarisn to correct their
speeches. II on . State Examining
Board, such men would act rather 10
secure popularity than the efficiency Of
the schools. And then fancy the Gov.
srnor Of the State called upon to watch
and c~riticiss demonstrations and Illus
trations on . blackboard OF principles
and methodsi Hs liked the idea Of .
State Board, but II should Do composed
OF school men.
II the legislators were sueh severe
economists % had been held out. Nj.
Hufakrr could not see how they could
draw . full days pay for sn hours labor
and adjourn yer every Saturday ps'
sides. ,
A voioe-And pay . chaplain % sdsy
for Q few minutss' praying.
An outsider considered the subject Q
delicate one. The end to b. attained
should b. wholly the good Of the
schools. The State had recently mad.
good progress In educational matters and
the prospect was encouraging. ffsaeh
.rs had been put away from the head Of
the State Department Of the Public
Schools, and Q teacher elevated to the
position. It was not 90 much that ths
IL A.-a -nN Aa0n and this